03 Dec 1957
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 03, 1957
Page
1
Disjointed notes reference a sports lineup, a memorial ceremony, and local events. Mentions include a council meeting, a war memorial dedication, and non specific tennis references. The fragmentary text cites delays, schedules, and personnel with unclear roles.
Fires swept through Leura and nearby towns with a wall of flame an estimated 100 ft high ripping through homes and shops. Police evacuated residents as crews fought back the blaze amid rising damage estimates and fears for an elderly woman lost. Other towns reported widespread destruction from similar blazes across the state.
More than 300 residents homeless as Leura burns. Red Cross and State Government launch emergency rescue from Sydney. Fires rage through Wentworth Falls and the Blue Mountains. hospitals evacuated. trains resumed. north coast bushfires continue threatening Bellingen Hospital and eight homes.
Prime Minister-elect Walter Nash announced the Labour Caucus will appoint 8 Cabinet ministers this week with no final decision until the weekend. He outlined aims to explore markets in Asia Africa Europe and America and to maintain British preference and bulk selling deals depending on trading partners.
Reports from multiple nations describe a bright luminous object in the sky and a red hot fragment falling near Hamburg. Swiss and British scientists speculate on a crash while Moscow Radio claims the rocket completed another orbit.
An air force operation named Samar began with a sudden bang that shattered windows as villagers fled in nightclothes, fearing an artillery or defense drill. Casualty details are not provided.
A cool change and light rain reduced risk for the ACT fires as crews battled multiple blazes near Michelago Tinderry Codys Spur and Narrabundah. Firefighting efforts faced exhaustion and rugged terrain but saw some containment and averted further spread. Damages included a hut fire near Telopa Park school with cigarette-started causes and asset losses.
The Shackleton, a British research ship with 30 crew and 28 scientists, is not making progress toward repairs or reach the main Antarctic and South Georgia area after striking an ice floe. Temporary hull patches from the Falkland Islands have shielded two holes but progress remains slow as rescue ships near Coronation Gulf report limited advancement.
Sydney reports the right wing ALP faction won a 3 to 1 majority in the New South Wales branch of the Australian Railways Union after a post conducted ballot counted today. Lloyd Ross led the victorious faction, which represents about 30,000 ARU members in NSW. Palmer supervised the ballot under Commonwealth Electoral Office oversight.
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