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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 05, 1960
Page
14
Canberra Police Boys Club opens under Lady Dunrossil
The Canberra Police Boys Club building costing £65,000 opened with over 300 attendees. Lady Dunrossil unveiled a commemorative plaque and urged respect for law, noting the club would keep youth off streets and foster good citizenship and fitness. Inspector G Grove led the ceremony with Secretary H Luton and others present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canberra
Australia
W. A. McLaren
Department of the Interior
Dunrosil
Dunrassil
Viscount Dunrassil
Pilot killed in plane crash near Cracow
Brisbane pilot Hilary Eves died when his crop dusting aircraft crashed on a station property at Cracow, 150 miles southwest of Rockhampton, today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brisbane
Hilary Eves
Cracow
Rockhampton
Wettest Week-end in Canberra Record Rainfall
Canberra endured the wettest weekend of the year with 236 points from Friday 9 am to yesterday 9 am. Strong winds pushed temperatures down well below normal and the maximum 62 degrees yesterday was about 18 degrees below December average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canberra
Churchill Still Progressing After Fall at Home
Sir Winston Churchill aged 86, recovering from a fall in November that broke a small bone in his back, was reported to be still progressing at his London home. Edinburgh, Turin, and Palm Beach notes mention other royal and political movements during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill
London
Buckingham Palace
Revea
U.S. Commerce
Palm Beach
Florida
Kennedy
Paris
Cuba
Washington
Havana
Castro
Captain Cook
U.S. Ly
United States
Fran Charles Harrison
Messrsduction
Edwards
Reuter
Polish migrants open own club house in Canberra
An interest-free loan of 6250 pounds funded the White Eagle Club project in Turner. Polish and Australian supporters contributed cash, materials and labor as General Kleberg praised wartime bonds and the new club as a symbol of friendship and opportunity for Polish migrants in Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner
London
Canberra
White Eagle Club
Australia
Poland
Kleberg
Moore Street
France
Maquis Organisation
Federal Council of Polish Associations
Newman
Downer
Menzies
R.S.L
New Zealand
Polish Ex-Servicemen’s Association of Australia
M. C. Konecki
K. Newman
League
White Eagle House
Bus capsizes injure 160 near Newcastle
A fully laden double decker with over 70 Girl Guides and Brownies and relatives slid into two feet of water on Nelsons Bay Road 20 miles north of Newcastle. Ten women and children were hurt by broken glass. injured were taken to Williamtown R.A.A.F. hospital by motorists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle
Nelsons Bay Road
Williamtown R.A.A.F. Hospital
Five Missing In Open Boat Off Norah Head
Five amateur fishermen are missing from a 16 ft motor launch off Norah Head. A 17 year old youth was picked up and landed at Norah Head at 5 am. Police will resume search at daybreak tomorrow as the men were due back around midday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcatle
Norah Head
Gale Wrecks Darwin Homes
A Sunday gale at Darwin demolished three houses in a minute. Mrs. F. McDonald and her two children watched as a roof ripped from a near finished home and was hurled across, flattening the McDonalds’ old residence. The storm left as suddenly as it came.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darwin
Local Fatalities Report From Melbourne Home and Public Places
Alfred Charles Cooper 36 of Morwell was electrocuted working on a washing machine at his Catherine Street home. Leslie Victor Dunn 67 of Meyer Street Donald was fatally shot when a shotgun discharged while he climbed a wire fence. William Beazley 16 of Cheltenham died after a fall at the St Moritz rink in St Kilda and collapsed on return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Alfred Charles Cooper
Catherine Street
Morwell
Leslie Vic
Or Dunn
Meyer Street
Donald
Dunn
St. Moritz
St. Kilda
William Beazley
Dandenong Road
Cheltenham
Alfred Hospital
Australia to base Bloodhound missile unit at Williamtown
Sydney reports Australia will establish the Bloodhound guided missile base at Williamtown near Newcastle in early 1961. The base will host the Royal Australian Air Force guided missiles squadron to defend Newcastle Sydney and Wollongong Port Kembla while training crews. Wing Commander E W Tonkin appointed commanding officer after overseas study of guided weapons stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Australia
Williamtown
Newcastle
Woomera
E.A.A.F
Wollongong-Port Kemla
R.a.afena
E. W. Tonkin
Tonko
Stucic
Fire follows chemical plant explosion at Feltham lab
Fifty firefighters fought a blaze after an explosion at the British Petroleum chemical laboratory in Feltham Middlesex. Laboratory assistants were injured and taken to hospital in satisfactory condition. Nearby families were evacuated briefly and several firemen sustained minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
British Petroleum Chemical Laboratory
Feltham
Middlesex
Also Mentioned on This Page
Police Citizens Boys’ Club
Lady Dumossil
K.S.L
K. V. Newman
Gale Wrecks
Bloodhound Missile Base
Burroughs
Snow's
Mort St
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