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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 12, 1957
Page
7
Firemen battled a blaze aboard the ship Woomera in Fremantle harbor amid exploding cans of plastic paint and volatile thinners. An analytic chemist detected vapors nearing explosion as crews prepared to unload affected holds and keep a 24 hour watch.
The Canberra Rifle Club held its annual prize meeting in variable winds with 99 competitors from 20 NSW clubs. F Sides of Cootamundra won the aggregate after a shoot-off with J Fahey of 61st Battery Wagga, both on 115 of 120.
Royalla property on Cooma Road ten miles from Queanbeyan, 94 acres, sold at £37 per acre to Arthur J. Morris of Mount Campbell after opening bid of £22. Unimproved grazing land drew a large local crowd. sale under Mrs. W J Povey guidance. Michelago Red Cross served tea. agents Woodgers Calthorpe Ltd. and Schute Bell Badgery Lumby Ltd. arranged the sale.
Goulburn defeated Canberra 10 to 8 after a tight match with Johnny Hawke scoring twice for Canberra and J Carr kicking a late goal for Goulburn. Yass II beat Braidwood 17 to 6 in the league, and Crookwell beat Captain's Fiat 17 to 5 in the inter-town competition with Under-18 seeing Crookwell 18 Captain's Fiat 15.
A Canberra store dropped 5000 leaflets shaped like flying saucers from a plane. For every leaflet returned, the store pledged a penny to the Canberra Legacy Club. More than 3000 leaflets were returned and the quiz winners will be announced tomorrow with a cheque presentation by Rogers manager Mr R Gale.
Five new polio cases in Maidstone push Kent totals to 80, with Coventry leading at 85 cases. Britain reports 2,370 cases from January to August, below 1950’s pace but above average this year.
NSW moves to quell a rail strike as 2300 to 3000 northern miners face job losses if South Maitland Railways disruption persists. Industrial Commissioner Justice Taylor to hear compulsory conference. union leaders plan public meetings to promote works programs. Premier Cahill seeks Commonwealth grant of 150000 to absorb unemployed miners and aid building and other industries.
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