Christmas Party at Oak's Estate Brightens 144 Children
Santa Claus distributed gifts to 144 children at the Oaks Estate Community Hall on Saturday afternoon. Families enjoyed games, prizes, and sweets as Mrs T A Corsini organized the event with help from her daughters Mrs J Reynolds and Mrs A J Byrnes and Mrs L Ingram. Santa entered to Jingle Bells and was thanked by Jim Fraser with a thunderous response to Corsini.
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Santa Claus
Oaks Estate
T. A. Corsini
Oak's
Thieves Hit Church and Building Site
A thief stole over £10 from St Pauls Anglican Church Manuka after forcing a rear door and breaking the steel cash box lock. Police investigate. Separately in Narrabundah more than £40 worth of builders tools were stolen from a home site owned by K. K. and P. Builders Pty. Ltd. of Canberra. The shed door was opened.
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St. Paul's Anglican
Manuka
Can
Narrabundah
K. K. and
P. Builders Pty.s Ltd
Canberra
Bride Weds Barry Reed At St Christophers Manuka
Marie Sykes daughter of Mr and Mrs A W Sykes Kingston wed Barry Reed son of Mrs L Reed Nimmitabel in a Nuptial Mass at St Christophers Manuka. Bride wore white nylon lace gown with three tier veil and carried maid flowers. Bridesmaid Ann McDonald wore a ricot ballerina dress. Helen McDonald was the flower girl. Reception at Sand Hotel. Honeymoon to South Coast. couple to reside in Canberra.
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St. Christophers
Manuka
Marie Sykes
A. W. Sykes Kingston
Barry
L. Reed
Reed
Nimmitabel
Ann McDonald
Helen McDonald
Alan Met Nile
Sir Macfarlane Burnet Wins Nobel Prize in Medicine
Sir Macfarlane Burnet received the Nobel Prize in medicine in Stockholm from King Gustav Adolf. He shared the award with Peter Medawar for work on transplantation. Medawar noted potential future advances in tissue grafting and bone marrow treatment, while cautioning against excessive optimism in leukemia therapies.
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Stockholm
A.p.-Reuter
Burnet
Kina Gustav Adolf
Macfarlane
Walter
Eliza Hall
Melbourne
Peter
Wessel
University
Sir Macfarlane
Professor Medawar
Medawar
Nin
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Frigidaire
Young
Federal Capital Press of Australia Pt Pty. Ltd
Barry Reed
Chatstogtaer’s
Marie Josephine Sykes
Kenneth Richard Nicholson
All Saints’ Hall
Lennon
Oak
Sorrento
Casben
San Diego
Benares
Laguna
Kingston
Wat Sand” Hotel
South Coast
Ma Reed
Sir Macfarlane Burnet
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