Bid To Save Polio Victim At Sea Fails
A 26-year-old polio victim, Dr A McFarland, died aboard Rangitot a II off New Zealand after RNZAF dropped breathing apparatus to the ship. The Seattle crash of rescue devices followed a Sunderland air drop early today. two other passengers were injured but not seriously. The Rangitoto retrieved the canister, but McFarland died minutes later in the ship’s sick bay.
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Wellington
N.Z
A.A.P
Reuter
Rangitoto
New Zealand
RNZAF
A. McFarland
Homie Wa Tin
Belfast
Rangitota II Vietima
Sunderland
a@erie
Rangstoto
McFarland
Local notes and obituaries mix in rugged clipping
A fragmentary page reports a South Coast forecast with northerly winds and rain, then shifts to brief family notices naming William and Jonathan Bruce, Hannah Orri b, and a birthday or memorial line for Scott and the Staples family. The text mentions Eileen and Tom and a 1955 date, with terse memorial wording.
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Ube Canberrs
West Pere
Scott
Eileen
Tom
Thetaples
Fay
Wage Freeze Not Inflation Cure Says Mr Cahill
Sydney reports Premier J Cahill says suspending quarterly wage adjustments won t cure inflation now any more than during the two years it operated He notes wage pegs did not cause the present rise and argues the nation s economy is managed by Canberra not state authorities He recalls Willis blaming the state for inflation and calls for PM conference on the matter
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Sydney
J. Cahill
Willis
Canberra
Government policy on price rises faces daily fixes
Mr Morton criticized the government for reacting to price increases as they arise, arguing that the Commonwealth should have a clear policy rather than meeting each problem day by day. He noted the impact on bread and essential commodities on family budgets and industry.
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Morton
Sea search for survivors abandoned after coal ship sank
Sydney police and coastal patrols pressed a two day search for two seamen missing since the collier Birchgrove Park sank off Des Why last Thursday. A police launch and local coast guard vessels scoured waters and beaches but found no wreckage or bodies. searches will continue. FOR SALE
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Sydney
Birchgrove Park
Des Why
Nomesia
Stanly
Seamen Defer Action On Lost Coastal Ship
In Sydney and Newcastle about 600 striking seamen will return to work tomorrow after a 24 hour stoppage. A 400 strong Sydney group and a similar Newcastle group marched to cenotaphs to honor lost Birchgrove Park crew, with four survivors saved after the vessel foundered six miles north of Sydney Head. The Union defers further action pending the Coroner's Inquest outcome on the incident and calls for inspection of safety measures aboard ships servicing the coast.
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Sydney
Monda Nb.w
Men's Union
Birchgrove Park
Newcastle
Sydney Head
Full Honours For Union Army Veteran Albert Woolson
A 100-year-old Union Army veteran, Albert Woolson, was buried with full military honours in Duluth Minnesota. The ceremony marked the last survivor of President Lincoln's two million man army. Woolson died Thursday of lung congestion complicated by influenza. Secretary of the Army Wilber Brucker attended the service along with other officials.
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Duluth
Minnesota
Albert Woolson
Lincoln
Olson
Perth pastor attends wedding in Australia style
Nea, resident of Perth, marries in Melbourne style ceremony. The bride wore a white frock with tulle yoke and lace, carried a white bouquet of orchids and hyacinths. Attendants from Adelaide and Tasmania wore white lace over pink, and pink flowers in hair. Best man Kev Thrift, brother of the groom, assisted. The couple plan to live in O'Connor after a Melbourne honeymoon.
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Nea
Perth
Qrnge
Persia
Ma L Naden
Adelaide
Geraldine Bassett
Tasmania
Tasmania, and Junior Bothesmaid
Carolyn
Kev ‘Thrift
New Zealand
Mra. Thrift
Melbourne
Honeymodd
Oretal Atvic
Moe
Hag
Pink Hat
Mrs. Thrift Willve
O'Connor
Greece in war years drama and departure details
AAP Reuters reports ambiguous notes from wartime Greece involving a person named Mant associated with London. The text mentions a death at home in Somerset and references an ambulance to Greece and a Greek government escape during invasion by paratroops. The fragmentary notice hints at Annonce but lacks clear dates or full names.
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Greece
DRS
London
AAP Reuter
Boesington
Somerset
Michael
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