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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 12, 1954
Page
6
Fragmentary OCR listing shows various tool names and items such as planes, rules, sockets, and garden sundries. Readable elements include references to brass rules, socket bats, baths, vegetables, and garden sundries, with numbers like 1880 and 1687 suggesting catalog or model identifiers.
A Soviet prime ministerial figure hosted a secret gathering honoring British Labour leaders Clement Attlee and Aneurin Bevan. Delegates from the Labour Party, including Mr Morgan Philip, noted in reports that Molotov and other Soviet officials would attend and discuss future exchanges, amid talk of shifting wartime alliances.
The government backs a plan to amend the Liquor Act to keep club and hotel closing times the same. Referendum timing remains undetermined, but past votes favored 8 pm closures. Club officials vow to campaign against changes that could affect trading hours.
A fragmentary report discusses Australian food prices labeled as the cheapest in the world and contrasts them with labor hours. It references Victorian officials and compares Australia to the United States and Sweden, noting small price increases and changes in wages.
Leading oil issues recovered strongly in Sydney today though overall markets were softer. Turnover reached 42,400 with 17 stocks advancing and eight firmer. Ammool Petroleum rose 23 to 31/6, Uranmohan Mining up 1/9 to 30/-, Ampol Exploration jumped 0/6 to 68/6, and others like Search and Associated Frenoy rose modestly amid a general oil sector rebound. Uranium plays were weaker or steady with turnover 26,450.
Fire at the Austra la National University near Acton CMUghL yesterday evening damaged the switchboard and burned about six acres of grass behind the CS.11L0. Fire brigade arrived quickly and extinguished the blaze with water tankers after a short circuit in wiring caused the incident.
Fragmented OCR text notes bad weather grounding Reda Ural planes near Alice Springs and mentions fourteen pines and rain before the storm. Reports reference an Auster and a station, with unclear names and locations, indicating travel disruption and the next stage of events.
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