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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 06, 1957
Page
11
The page includes a weather forecast with temperatures and wind speeds, a Canberra forecast noting frost and fog, a regional South Coast brief, and capital city temps. There are personal thanks notices, memorials, and several classified ads requesting staff, hospital cleaners, laundry assistants, and job postings.
Agricultural supplies and equipment for farmers in Fyshwick offered by E. F. Frohlich & Co Agric Division. Experienced accountant handles matters at moderate charge from 2 hours to 7 days per week. Write Box 10022 Times or call X1484.
Wollongong's Australian Tron and Steel Ltd plans speeded tinplate output with a new electronic tin-plating plant and hot dip plant. The scheme aims to supply Australia’s fine plate needs within five to six years, cut imports, and create about 400 jobs while boosting canning industry security.
Two Japanese drivers Kunio Kaminomura and Kojiro Kondo arrive in Melbourne to participate in the Mobilgas rally around Australia starting August 21. They say they compete as a goodwill gesture, not to win prize money, aiming to show a Japanese car can endure the event. Navigator Linksey Hedley from Melbourne previously competed in a Toyopet Crown De Luxe, aboard the freighter Taiping now in Sydney.
Brisbane report cites middle aged adults who are 20 percent overweight face about double the death risk compared with normal weight. Dr. D Johnson, State Deputy Director General of Heath, warns at inspectors conference that excess eating and weight create fatigue and raise degenerative heart and blood vessel disease risk, noting obesity now causes about 40 percent of Queensland illnesses.
Rockmans Showrooms Ltd plans a self-selection departmental store in Canberra at Petty and Alinga Streets. General Manager M G Nairn returns from the US tour noting lower prices from efficient turnover and one‑stop shopping for families with trained staff to aid selection.
Sydney story: Doreen Day and her husband faced a new world after dramatic rescue of their child Michelle 18 months old from a life threatening croup attack. Doctors revived the child during transport to Camperdown Children's Hospital and later operated on the throat. The Days will move to a new home in Sutherland offered by Mr and Mrs Herbert, responding to Friday newspaper reports.
The Avsanran War Memorial in Canberra will appear on two new stamps issued early next year. MG Mr Davidson announced a new denomination added to the general postage stamp series to cover second class main matter. The stamps show the Australian War Memorial in two mosaic forms by Melbourne artist Napier Waller, installed in the memorial hall.
The Can perra Artista Society revealed membership remained steady at fifty three during the past year. At the annual meeting improvements were suggested for next year’s open air exhibition including fine wire netting, canvas backgrounds, weather shelter, and a movable rack for van storage. Officers elected: President G M Duncan, Vice President J Withgerald, Secretary Hugh W Grosser, Assistant Secretary Jean Conron, Treasurer Charles Ham, with four council members elected and seven additional members.
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