Queensland Bowler McCool Delivers Notable Century
Melbourne January 2 The third Test balance tilts after Colin McCool of Queensland hammered 104 not out to lift Australia to 365. England trails at 147 for 1, Hutton’s, as a ninth wicket stand with Dooland secures 83. English batsmen brace to improve on a batmans’ wicket while Australian bowling shows limited venom.
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Edrich Back In The Firing Line In British Test
Edrich reappears in the field after an injury as England and Australia resume at 6 for 255. McCool and Tallon add vital runs as Australia’s innings continues with Lindwall and Wright bowling well for England. The match mood shifts with crucial partnerships and late lapses shaping the day’s play.
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Gate receipts at Melbourne cricket ground top prior test figures
Melbourne crowd attendance reached 70 863 with gate receipts net £7132 1s 5d after tax. Overall two day play drew 137 137 attendees and £17 531 9s 10d. England and Australia contests featured Evans’s sharp wicket keeping and Edrich’s confident batting as Lindwall Toshack and Bedser troubled batsmen, with Washbrook top scoring and England closing at stumps on 138 for the second wicket.
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Empire integration call at youth conference in London
Reuters reports Lord then told school children at the Royal Empire Society youth conference that Britain needed conscription while Australia New Zealand and Canada did not. He urged empire-wide integration in peacetime to prevent another war and envisioned future links like a Canadian Governor General in Australia and an Australian in Malaya with potential Canadian troops policing Palestine.
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Royal Empire Society
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Crude first atom bomb criticized by MacCloy
Washington reports former War Assistant Secretary John MacCloy writes in Infantry Journal that the first atom bomb was crude and inefficient, killing about 60,000 in its target city. He notes Nagasaki’s bomb was an improvement and cautions future power could come from hydrogen-based designs.
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Infantry Journal
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Egypt says no move to sever Sudan ties in treaty talks
London reports quote Egyptian Prime Minister Nekrashy warning that any effort to separate Sudan from Egypt is enmity toward Egypt. The statement, prepared for Sir Howland Campbell, signals Egypt and Sudan are not ready for a revised British Egyptian treaty. Britain’s response is seen as potentially decisive amid unresolved Sudan protocol differences from the October draft by Sidky and Bevin.
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Soviet Plane Freed After Instrument Defect Impoundment
A Greek bulletin in London states the Russian plane forced to land in Greek territory was found to have defective instruments. The aircraft was impounded but later released after investigation. Correspondent reports that the crew departed December 41 and was escorted to the Bulgarian frontier by two Greek Spitfires.
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Soviet football fest move in Moscow joins FIFA
Reuters reports Izvestia states the Russian football organization has joined the International Federation of Association Football and has created the post of vice president, according to the Moscow correspondent. The announcement lifts the stance of Russian football on the world stage.
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Reuter
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Melbourne sportsman offers McCool one pound per run
Melbourne businessman John Wren promised Colin McCool one pound for every run after Australia innings ended. He will mail a cheque for 104 pounds tonight. McCool, unsure how he will spend the money, said he will wait for it to reach the bank before deciding.
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Tonight's Post
Two Alpine Climbers Killed Near Mount Gibson
Auckland dispatch reports seven climbers from Victoria College University Tramping Club fell after a rope slipped on Mount Dobson in South Canterbury. Stanley Attaway and Roy Dixon died. others were seriously injured as rescue teams battled rugged terrain and limited communications.
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Roy Dixon
Victoria College University
Wellington
Mount Gibson
Glenlyon Station
Ravensbruck horrors recalled in war crimes court testimony
London dispatch reports Hamburg sources detailing the Ravensbruck camp atrocities. Deposition claims 75,000 inmates in January 1945, gassings of naked sick prisoners, 25 blows with a leather whip, mass shootings of parachutists, and brutal interrogations used to extract confessions.
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Rosenthal
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Nationalising Mines in Britain Plans for Fast Coal Output
London telegraph reports the nine member National Coal Board led by Lord Hyndley tells reporters nationalisation will not instantly solve Britain’s coal crisis. Short term measures use power loaders and conveyors. long term aims focus on productive pits and sinking new ones while closing inefficient mines. Manpower remains the central challenge.
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Associated Press
National Coal Board
Lord Hyndley
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Britain’s miners vow end to strikes under new framework
Britain’s miners agree there will be no more strikes in exchange for dispute settlements at pithead, regional, or national levels within 28 days. If unresolved, disputes go to an independent umpire. miners will sacrifice union benefits for total production targets amid BBC recording controversy.
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National Union of Mineworkers
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Rumours of Princess Elizabeth Engagement Denied
London report denies a London evening newspaper claim that Prime Minister Attlee sent a memo to Dominion leaders on Princess Elizabeth engagement and that the Cabinet discussed it. No official statements expected until her 1st birthday in April. Prince Philip to accompany the Royal party to South Africa as a naval officer aboard HMS Vanguard.
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England Holds Ground as McCool Advances Australian Lead
England trails Australia by 365 with one down for 147 at stumps in the third Test. McCool starred for Australia with 76 in 114 minutes and, with Dooland, forged an 83 partnership to shift momentum. England’s Edrich and Washbrook curbed the slide, reaching 130 for 2 as stumps approach.
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Melbourne
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Australia
Edrich Washbrook
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Post Office bars franked New Year slogan message
London January 1 The General Post Office refused to permit the Conservative Central Office to frank its correspondence with the slogan Happy New Year and a new Government soon The Daily Mail reports the slogan was initially authorised by a post office official but later the authorisation was withdrawn.
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Daily Mail
Soviet Whale Fleet Ready Arctic Whaling Fleet
Moscow radio reports the 29,000 ton mother ship Slava and the 350 ton Arctic craft are prepared to process tinned whale meat with hold capacity for 15,000 tons of whale oil.
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A.ap
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America warns of danger from high tariffs and new trade course
Washington reports Arthur Paul director of international trade says 1047 should outpace 1046 for U S foreign trade but only if the United States maintains lower tariffs. He notes moves to reduce general high tariff rates could forego concessions from other nations and insists on pursuing the tariff reduction policy in 1047.
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Bus Proprietor Wins in Golden Casket
A Golden Casket draw yields £1800 for a bus proprietor with another £45 in unclaimed prizes. The casket manager Mr. F Burke notes 7 percent unclaimed prizes this season, a major task in the annual draw.
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F. Burke
Burke
Reinforcements Reach London As Cambodia Unrest Surges
Reports from Paris and London cite European French reinforcements arriving amid a new rebellion in Eastern Cambodia. Issaraks, led by deserters and guerrilla bands, operate near Battambang while Siam 및 arms them. French transports Pocteur and Le de France move toward Haiphong and Hanoi to join inland forces. Pasteur Institute labs and equipment were burned in fighting. Nguyen Manh, former Vietnamese minister, is reportedly in Hanoi under French protection.
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Cambodia
Issarake
French New Agency
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Battambang
Siam
France
Saigon
Haiphong
Hanoi
le de France
Reuters
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Pasteur Institute
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Strike threats loom as NSW unions push demands
In Sydney, January 2, a mass meeting of tram and bus workers pledged further action if demands are not met by January 20. Indefinite stoppage threatened. core demand is a 40 hour work week. The Co-ordinating Union views Victoria and South Australia positions and notes NSW members resumed work December 21.
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Ol Fces
Coen’ Gas Employees’ Union 1 Council
Victoria
South Australia
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Air Ministry outlines equipment limits and rules in London
Air Ministry announces initial equipment quotas set at 30 to 40 units with scope to rise to no more than 100 later. The plan appears as London hosts exchange related measures and policy details.
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