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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Apr 15, 1957
Page
9
Sandor Sharps the four time world record holder and Lena Laczo, both noted Hungarian athletes who fled after the October revolution, married yesterday in Ixelles a Brussels suburb.
Sydney reporters praise the peak quality of after war cattle shows with top bulls and cows from Merryville, Kyalla, and Tarana. Judge H W Therman commends Australian bulls as world-class while several exhibitors claim multiple champion and reserve titles across Poll Shorthorn Hereford and Aberdeen Angus classes.
The Canberra Fire Brigade logged seven grass fires on a busy Saturday with investigators suspecting children caused at least three. Five fires occurred between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. including one on Capital Hill near the hostel. Other blazes appeared at Mt Ainslie, Girrahween Street, Wentworth Avenue, Lord Street, O'Connor, and Stews Street Norrabundah. no injuries reported.
C M F training in rugged Mount Royal State Forest near Singleton ends after ten days. Battalion members practiced jungle warfare in platoons and companies sleeping in two man tents. They cut paths with machetes as part of the fortnight exercise before presenting colours at Manukau Oval next month.
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