Draw for the Women's Competition Held in Tunlayia
A drawing to determine the lineup for the women’s competition was conducted in Tunlayia. Players participated as scheduled, with results used to allocate matchups and seedings for the event.
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04 Aug 1956
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 04, 1956
Page
1
Nations prepare for Suez talks as canal questions loom
Britain and France coordinate military prep for possible Suez escalation while the United States signals it will be kept informed. Egypt hints at international canal control to benefit all, with leaders and agencies weighing plans for global management and regional reactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Suez Canal
Russia
Egypt
Moscow
Vor
Britain
France
United States
Jaltar
Aden
Bab el Manjdeb
Straits of the
Red Sea
Dardanel
Panama
Sues Canal
Three Die In Apartment House Blaze in Auckland
Fire in an Auckland apartment building killed three men and injured others as residents fled through early morning hours. Fire crews reached the scene within minutes but could not control the blaze. The victims named include Albert Tomlinson and Douglas Clarke alongside two others aged about fifty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auckland
Ausland
Aanes
Albert Tomlinson
Gale
Douglas Clarke
al Leaner
Henry Ler Hatfield
Seeene
Eiderly
Second Salk Injections For Ainslie
In Amalie an area the town will begin second injections of the Salk vaccine Monday. Officials expect the shots to be as successful as the first series, with several children already receiving their initial dose weeks earlier in the campaign against polio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amalie
Monit
Pollo
Search Fails To Find Two Men Missing In Sinking
Search efforts end for today with no sign of Alexander Robb and Gordon Bim after a lifeboat was found ashore near Kilcare Beach. Police fear survivors were washed to a remote spot while a Birchgrove Park lifeboat drifted ashore about 20 miles south of Gosford. In Melbourne, seamen condemned the fleet operated by R W Miller and Co as derelicts and urged condemnation of the Birchgrove Park after it sank off the New South Wales coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agemesia
Lion
Gosford
Kilcare Beach
Alexander Robb
Raa Street
Newcastle
Gordon Bim
Undercliffe Street
Hartbord
Stove Park
Melbourne
R. W. Miller
The
Seamen's Union
Miller
William McArthur
Navigation Department
Miller's
Canberra Power Dispute Delays Walkout and Prevents Blackout
Canberra workers backed by union officials delayed a planned 24 hour stoppage after a conciliation hearing with the ACT government. Delegates agreed to postpone action until August 13 and would submit plans to staff labour while the threat of a state blackout eased. Authorities warned residents to conserve power and prepare for possible but limited outages if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canberra
N.8.w
Sydney
Electricity Commission
Bank Holliday
D.F A
Inc
State Electricity Commission
J. Applebee
S.C
ACT Conciliation Court
G. A. Findlay
Applebees
Last Union Army Veteran Albert Woolson Dies at 109
Albert Woolson the last Union Army veteran of the Civil War died aged 109 in Duluth Minnesota. He joined at 17 as a private in the First Minnesota Heavy Artillery, survived 2 675 000 Union soldiers and outlived many. Remaining Civil War veterans include W W Williams 113 John Salling 109 and William Lundy 108.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minnesota
P.reuter
Albert Woolson
Woolson
Flist
ACT Traffic Accident Rate Rises 50 Percent
The ACT recorded a 50 percent jump in traffic accidents for the year ended June 20, rising from 251 to 379 with seven deaths, 211 injuries, and 138 requiring medical attention. Vehicle registrations reached 30 thousand, per Interior Department figures, ahead of a Canberra Chamber of Commerce meeting on August 15 to discuss parking and traffic issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.C.T
Department of the Interior
Safety Council
Canberra
Chamber of Commerce
Orchestra entertains children at Canberra free concert
The Canberra Orchestral Society hosted a free Symphony Concert at Albert Hall with a guided “walk through the orchestra” by the narrator. Handel’s Water Music and Sibelius Finlandia led the first half, followed by Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake Suite, Trumpet Tune, and an encore Strauss polka. Special buses ferried children home after the performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Hall
Canberra Orchestral Society
Mentator
Purnell
Handel
Finlandia
Sibelius
Magen ‘Oy Symphony
Cole Plater
Bell X2 Sets Speed Record Near Edwards Air Base
A Bell X2 research rocket plane reportedly reached about 1900 mph near Edwards Air Force Base California on July 25. The information surfaced at the Air Force Association convention in New Orleans where General Nathan Twining was to announce the record. Lieutenant Colonel Frank Everett led the flight as chief of flight test operations at Edwards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Finaay
Reuter
Edwards Air Force Base
California
Air Force Association
New Orleans
Air Force
Ataf
Nathan Twining
Frank Everent
Edwards Air Base
Oil Fire Injures Man at Red Hill
A man was seriously burned at Red Hill when an oil fire he was fighting blew back on him. O. D. Ogilvy of 16 Vancouver Street Kingston lit the fire at his workplace and suffered burns to his hands and arms. He was treated by Canberra ambulance and admitted to Canberra Community Hospital. His condition late last night was satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Hill
O. D. Ogilvy
Vancouver Street
Kingston
Canberra
Canberra Community Hospital
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Japan
Rain
Italy
Greece
Holand
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Persia
Abyssinia
Feporta
Reuters Kkame
Abdel Rahman Fl ‘Tag
al Akhhat
Weh
Nasser
Gib
Port Said
Wes
B. Coe
Canal
U.S
John Hollister
Eisenhower
Suez
Houce Blaze
Ainslie
Emplo
N. S.W
Residense
Ray
Applebee
M. L. Kelly
Public Service Board
Department
Public Service Sound
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Princess Margaret
St. Margaret's
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John Dugdale
Sir William
Lady Dugdale
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