British Tanks Return as Port Said Attacks Escalate
British tanks fired on Egyptian positions in Port Said after the death of a British officer Anthony Moorhouse 20 reportedly killed by Egyptian fire. UN patrols in Said faced fire as 600 British troops searched for Moorhouse amid mass roundups and detentions in the Arab area.
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Thi
Bitith
Anthony Moorhouse
Bud Stockwell
Port Fi
Royal Scots
Said
Tris
Hughlandera
Gshing
U.N E.F
Triro
UNEB
Burns
Feyottian
UNE
Port Sud
Omeer
Licut
Anthon
Moorehaune
Aran
Fitzroy Women Beaten To Death In Brunswick North
Mary Boanas 82 and her daughter Mrs Rowe 52 of Brunswick North Fitzroy were found murdered in their North Fitzroy home. Police believe the crime was committed by someone who knew the house and money hidden there. The murders occurred between 3 pm Friday and the finder’s visit. Investigators have not located the weapon, a blunt instrument likely. The victims had lived in Pe King prior to coming to Australia after the 1936 war, while their husband and sister remained abroad.
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I Mary Boanas
Dughter
Mra. Rowe
Brunswick North Fitzroy
Ribbery
C. Petty
Rebie
Boanas
Peking
China
Australia
Duntroon Party In Road Smash
A Royal Military College handyman and a Canberra Army driver and his wife were injured when their car overturned on Warwick Road near Toowoomba. The driver Robert Notley aged 23 and his wife Barbara aged 20 escaped with shock. Raymond Oliphant 26, a bandsman at the Royal Military College, received a fractured left collar bone. Ambulance took them to Toowoomba General.
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Brisbane
Royal Military College
Warwick Road
Toowoomba
Robert Notley
Barbara
Raymond Oliphant
Raw Military College
Polish miner killed in rock fall at Adaminaby Dam
A Polish miner named Edward Basiorek, 34, died instantly in a rock fall at Adaminaby Dam. He was working in the Tumut Ponds tunnel when about 1 ton of rock collapsed on him at the dam settlement.
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Adaminaby Dam
Sydney
Edward Basiorek
Basiorek
Tumut Ponds
Poland to Open Consulate in Australia
Warsaw Radio reports that Poland will open a consulate in Australia, according to Vienna dispatches from Bunday via AP Reuters. The move signals expanded diplomatic presence and ties between Poland and Australia, details and timeline not specified.
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Australia
Vienna
A.ap
Reuter
Warsaw
Poland
Acon
Big Fire Ravages Lake Cargelligo Grazing Lands
A grass and bush fire in the Lake Cargelligo area scorched about 40 000 acres of grazing land during the weekend. Losses exceed £50 000 with crops fences and 100 sheep destroyed. The blaze started on Mr R Monday’s property Saturday night. Fifteen brigades from up to 69 miles away fought the fire as 200 volunteers arrived to guard threatened properties. Losses reported on the R Munday L P Bruce and Sanson estates.
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Wagga
Lake Cargellico
R. Munday
L. P. Bruce
Sanson
Dulles Sees Unity On Road Back After Paris NATO Talks
Dulles, after a Paris NATO meeting, told reporters the Atlantic alliance shows renewed vigor and unity. He said talks with Eisenhower and other ministers helped repair rifts over Britain and France and bolster the alliance. The communique pledged vigilance on the Middle East and support for UN aims, with emphasis on free elections and withdrawal of foreign troops.
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Revunne
Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Council
Eisenhower
Paria
U.S
Britain
France
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NATO Council and Security and Freedom
Atlantic
Une
United Nations
Reso
Hungary
Middle East
U.N
NATO
Russia
Burmese seamen drown after nightmare drift on rafts
The gunboat MGB103 sank off Southern Burma on November 29 during a storm while heading from Rangoon to Mergui. Twenty seven crew launched two rubber rafts. nine perished on the larger raft and several others jumped overboard or died of thirst. One officer reported a crewman went mad and another captain asked permission to die, with several men later rescued between December 7 and 11.
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Serene Ae
Rangoon
Mergui
Burma
Gem
Nother
Hight
Ning
Presamen
Ba Thow
Bau Oo
Ba Thaw
Eo See
Three Minor Bridge Collisions Reported in ACT Weekend
Three minor motor accidents occurred on bridges in the ACT over the weekend. The incidents involved King's Avenue, the Cotter River Bridge, and the back road to Duntroon with the first collision late Saturday afternoon and two others reported shortly after.
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King's Avenue
Cotter River
Duntroon
Anhemian Attemnar
Missions Await Reports On Safety Of Staffs
Reports from New Guinea say natives killed two mission aries and destroyed a mission air craft. Two American missionary pilots and a rescue party of Lutheran missionaries are feared dead or missing near Wissel Lakes at the headwaters of the Sepik River near the Papuan border.
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Sydney
Wissel Lakes
Dutch New Guinea
New Guinea
Sepik River
Madang
C. W. Brolz
Dick Lenehan
Troutman
Hollandia
Holland
Canberra
Son Vie
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Tet Seid
Fitzroy
Duntroon Party
London
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Rory
Piccadilly
Riverina
Unity
Kant
Teres
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