Notable Railway Route Linked to Northern Territory Mining
An item reports a discovery along the famous Stuart Highway linking Darwin and Alice Springs. The Ferguson River area uncover is described with radiovective crest details and a bridge proximity. Involved figures include Fergueon and Teonyson party with Masera Albert Johnston and Alfred He iter. The find lies about 40 miles north and 35 feet from a landmark, with 100 feet from the Ferguson River bridge.
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Darwin
Stuart Highway
Alice Springs
Fergueon
Sidney Teanyson
Batheenna
Mr. Teonyson
Masera Albert Johnston
Alfred He Iter
Ferguson River
Hertz
Torrid rules match turns ugly with crowd barracking
Grebe suffers upper denture damage and three teeth smashed while Alan Munro Leber faces heated crowd reaction. Syd ney wins by 18 points to advance into the rand Onal.
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Grebe
Alan Munro
Basta
Mustang crashes during rough landing at Whit settee airfield
A Mustang crashed while landing on a sunny afternoon at Whit settee airfield. The aircraft flipped upside down and summersaulted, twisting the cockpit, but the pilot escaped with only minor scratches. The plane was part of a formation of three and appeared to be nearing a perfect landing before the abrupt upturn.
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Whitsettee
Hoax Calls Plague Melbourne Household
Sept 11 an undertaker, ambulances, fire wagons, and wireless patrol cars have repeatedly called at a Collingwood home. Each call proved a hoax, leaving the occupants mystified about the hoaxer. The only certain detail is that the hoaxer is Tan. The house is occupied by Mrs A Berun, Mrs D Duncan, Screwminn or Duneas, and granddaughter Janice Duncan.
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Melbourne
Collingwood
Mire A. Berun
D_ Duncan
Screwminn
Duneas
Janice Duncan
Curfew Origin Traced to French Identifying Bedtime
A brief note explains curfew derives from the French deux mots couvre feu meaning cover the fire, and it usually signals bedtime.
West Germany kept militarily helpless at high cost
The Allied Military Security Board AMSB costs over a million dollars annually to keep 46 million West Germans disarmed and unable to shoot a rabbit. The board, led by US Major General Dues Hodges, Britons and French generals, employs about 400 staff and enforces strict limits on German industry. Headquarters move from West Berlin to Koblenz next month as critics label AMSB as operation futility and risk to Europe’s peace.
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Berlin
A.P
America
Britain
France
Allied Military Security Board
A.M.S.B
Bowery
Suring
Germany
Jans
Fry
London
West Bori
Ton of Ball Srithoe
Hamemi
Aebrity
Brest
Baat Garmany
Fee Board
Dues B” Hodges
Vte Wadtropp
Mand Prench
Divaien
Jean Gurceal
Oltier
West Carma Steel Tanta
Tripartite Shipbuilding Supervision
Hamburg
Betas Tone
Military Security Board
American Overseas Airlines
West Berlin
Koblenz
Rhine
West Germany
Soviet
Russia
AMSB
Demonstration in Borneo greets visiting president
Banners outside Balk Papan in Barnes greet President Bockarno during a visit to Western New Guinea. Messages threaten further action if Western New Guinea is not obtained by the end of 1950.
Fire on British Freighter Off British Coast
Sept 17 Melbourne reports an attempted sabotage of the 27,000-ton British freighter Georgic off the coast of Britain. A fire damaged part of the ship’s cabin and steering gear while heavy seas battered cargo and sea defences. The vessel, carrying general cargo, was near Devon and expected to depart Dover for Brisbane with winds up to 70 miles per hour.
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Melbourne
London
Bent
Cales
Britain
Devon
Victoria Dock
Georgic
Wisn
Liverpool
Etralta
Dover
Brisbane
Carly
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Gol Brett
Advanx
MEW International Truck
Cmassis
CAB
Varmam
Advan Ture and Motor Service
Cairns
Famous
Mustang
Remington
Sarah
Ly. Onderya
Chartreslt
Physics Department
Birmingham University
Mamental Nuclear Phy
Ae In Applied Science
Ben Biddiford
Borneo
Western
New Guinea
H. M. Svendsen Pied St
P.O. Bax
Coast OF
Austin
Eno
Feng
Glauber
Rer Ora
Coe Yee
Desler
ALF DE Jarlais & CO
Shariden St
Hipp
Riv of
Por ‘Tran
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