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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 21, 1962
Page
3
Indebtedness by purchase companies grew to 593 million by November, the seventh straight monthly increase. Earlier declines from 1959 figures showed a peak in December 1960 at 438 million, with notable drops to 368 million in April and 5 million in November of the prior year.
The Australian frigate Quiberon ferried 31 Chinese crew survivors from the 10,000 ton freighter Tuscany after it ran aground on Ladd Reef in the China Sea. The ship, under Captain W. A. Parker, arrived at Hong Kong with the survivors while a salvage team on the freighter continued efforts in heavy seas. The operation followed Quiberon’s September deployment with the British Commonwealth Strategic Reserve and mirrored a prior rescue of Kawi’s crew in October.
Sydney court to decide ownership of a £40 000 hoard found by boys in November 1959. Lilian Ethel Bullen claims the money through the racing yard family while landowners and other claimants contest the possessory rights. Police possession followed the find and funds were partly spent before action. The court will determine the rightful finder and hold the proceeds for the boys until age 21.
A bus careened off a road near Ankara killing 19 passengers and injuring all others aboard in a late breaking incident reported Thursday. Emergency crews carried survivors to hospitals as authorities investigated the cause.
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