Princess flying boat progress and route prospects in 1950s
Saunders-Roe's first Princess flying boat under construction at Cowes receives dummy turboprop engines on wings. Bristol Proteus engines to replace later with 10 aircraft planned for BOAC, trials due 1951, 1953 delivery, 105 passengers per craft, and potential routes across the Tasman Sea to New Zealand and on to Australia with high speed transcontinental travel.
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Cowes
Isle of Wight
Solent
Tasman Sea
New Zealand
Britain
Australia
AP Photographers Sweep News Picture Awards in Britain
Associated Press photographers won all three fan awards in the third annual British News Pictures of the Year. First prize went to Ronald Mitchell for a London Palladium crowd greeting Frank Sinatra. second to Leslie Priest for a colonel falling from a horse. third to Eddie Worth for a candid shot of Princess Elizabeth and her children.
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London
A.F
Associated Press
United Kingdom
Encycln
Ronald Mitchell
Frank Sinatra
London Palladium
Mitchell
Leslie Priest
Eremony
Prest
Assovited
London Star
Eddie Worth
Eideth
Anscrmed Press
Robert Rurner-Rider
Mes
Propaganda War over Goa Daman and Diu escalates on Bombay coast
A propaganda battle rages over Goa Daman and Diu with religion prohibition and tuberculosis as themes. Pro Portuguese and anti Portuguese factions claim fears of persecution and religious conversions if Goa joins India, while pro Portuguese voices tout local economic improvements and a plebiscite unlikely to favor merger. Radio broadcasts from Daman and Diu heighten tensions as Bombay communities divide along sectarian lines.
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Bombay
A.P
India
Portugal
Goa
Damoun
Diu
Isle
Botmaay
Centre For Nation
Liston
Jpdia
Goa National Congress
Inca
Gombay
Goa Radio
Damaun and
Din
Inquiry on vacant lands for settlement in Innisfail
At the Johnstone Shire Council meeting in Innisfail the council discussed a proposed inquiry into undeveloped lands for mass settlement. The Minister for Lands advised the inquiry would not proceed while cane farm suitability and sugar development issues are unresolved. The council urged government action and requested ministers to visit and assess the province.
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Innisfail
Johnstone
A. J. M. Laurie
BR. H. Watson
T. A. Foley
Johnestone Shire
Innistai
Atchee Creek
West Palmerston Lands
War Service
Royal Commission
Federal Minster For National Development
BR. G. Casey
Mir
T. V. Gilmore
M.P
Couney
Commonwealth
Coucil
Queensland
E & Denk.n
Jrhostone Mill
Foley
Casey
Australia
Dr. Henderson
Innisfail Officials Urged to Open Lands for Settlement
Local delegates push for government action to open lands near Innisfail for agricultural settlement. Speakers emphasize road access, market prospects for tropical fruits, and the need for non sugar ventures as hundreds seek to farm. They urge government commissions and new settlers from Australia and Europe to boost development.
Mareeba Q A T B Committee Meets
Mareeba December meeting reports funds from a Emerald Creek dance and donations from Miss Margaret Byrne Chillagoe and Mr A Studi Bibookra. Chairman Mr T McElhinney extends Christmas greetings as the committee reviews a November case tally of 172 with 1512 miles traveled.
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Mareeba
Mareeba Armibulance Committee
W. J. Henderson
Emerald Creek
Margaret Byrne
Chillagoe
A. Studi
Bibookra
N. Parker
T McEhinney
Messrs
T McElhinney
Hairman
L . Knowlton
G E. Igguiden
E. Laverton
Marterson
Ae, Hitch
Britain Keeps Coast Safe With Lightships In Service
BBC reporter examines Britain’s lightships guarding coastal shipping. Wooden vessels last longest between overhauls, with one at Calshot Spit noted as a relic. Composite iron and wood ships last five years, while steel lightboats undergo three year overhauls. Crews of seven rotate four weeks on two off, facing isolation and dangers at sea.
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Great Britain
BBC
Audrey Russell
Calshot Spit
Southampton Water
Youmgater
Miss Russell
Clark
Meet Ping
Trinity House
Britain
B.B.C
New Drug to Relieve Pain in Cancer Patients
Viennese doctor Dr. F Mandl reports success injecting novocain into pain cells of the brain to relieve severe pain. He proposes using the method instead of removing pain cells, noting Austria’s distance from Western medical advances.
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Vienna
F. Mandl
Vienna Medical Association
Mand
Austria
Early Australian words trace from bush calls to billabongs
An article traces Aboriginal origins and early adoption of terms like cooee jumbuck billabong emu and gunyah. It notes 19th century usage in NSW with notes from 1827 1896 and an 1842 writer explaining shifts from native words to settler usage and general meanings of rough shelters and river features.
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Dunae
Outback
Sydney “Bulletin
Digiecta
New South Wales
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