Canberra Ambulance Service Receives New Vehicle
The Canberra Ambulance Service took delivery yesterday of a new ambulance worth about £1,800. A second ambulance is due in about three weeks. The ambulance headquarters will move to new premises in the next fortnight. Superintendent A W F Grant said the two new ambulances raise the fleet to five and that full emergency readiness would be achieved with the arrival of the second unit. An extensive range of rescue equipment has been obtained recently.
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Canberra
A. W. F. Grant
Pre School Staff College Needed in Canberra
Miss Pendred said the committee on tertiary education will report this year on creating a dedicated training college for pre school and primary teachers. She urged a Canberra college to relieve interstate demand as the Territory currently uses 24 teachers from other states and reported Canberra’s 24 centres have no staffing shortages.
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Canberra
Dutch youths leave liner for year in Australia
Thea Hengveld and Tineke Bod denoijk among 14 skilled Dutch youths who departed Melbourne on the Fair Sky at the weekend to spend at least a year in Australia. They were selected by the Netherlands Emigration Office in Holland as part of a 33-member group.
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Thea Hengveld
Tineke Boddenoijk
Melbourne
Australia
Netherland Emigration Office
Holland
Wharfmen push for new national shipping line plan
Federation officials L Fairburn and T Laun dery argue a state backed national line could curb unemployment, boost exports, and open South American markets. They claim Australia loses £300 million yearly to freight and say a 60-ship fleet could be built in ten years using profits, while 5,000 waterside workers remain jobless.
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Robert Menzies
Calwell
Country Party
J. McEwen
Federation
Canberra
Australia
L. Fairburn
T. Laundery
Thefederation
Oy Seas
South America
Car Overturns Near Yass Burns Local Man
Frank Southwell 25 of Suttor Street Ainslie was injured when his car overturned near a bridge on the Barton Highway about 6 pm. Constable B J Zinnerli reports the Canberra bound vehicle burst into flames after the crash. Southwell escaped, but as he moved to grab his luggage the petrol tank exploded.
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Yass
Frank Southwell
Suttor Street
Ainslie
Const
B. J. Zinnerli
Barton Highway
Bridge
Southwell
Zinnerli
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