Mrs Geoffrey Cole to Attend Morning Tea and Travel Plans
Mrs Geoffrey Cole, two-year Victoria League executive committee member and hospitality convener for 18 months, presided at morning tea. She will accompany her husband, a former migration officer in Bindinavia and Australian Consul in Denmark, abroad. They depart Canberra January 6 and sail on the Oronsay January 8.
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Geoffrey Cole
Victoria League
St. John's Women’s Guild
Hotel Civic
M. Law
E. Fisher
Burgmann
Canberra Community Hospital
Wiliam Sim
Lady Slim
A. S. Lane
M. Guy
William
Santa Claus
M. Culley
Ainsie
Goodwin Homes
Thieves Use Toy Pistols Prompt Ban in Seoul Shops
In Seoul the police urge shopkeepers to ban toy pistols amid rising robberies. A Canberra listing notes a six-girl group from Forrest aged nine to twelve raised funds for Goodwill Homes by Carol singing, with details of stalls and collections.
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Seoul
Seoul Police Bureau
Forrest
Goodwin
Star of Bethlehem
Prime Minister's Lodge
Mr. Menzies
Virus meningitis feared this summer in Australia
Melbourne reports a new virus strain likely from an overseas visitor during the Olympic Games. Dr Kevin Brennan says a meningitis outbreak occurred after the Games, with 241 hospital admissions from November 1956 to March at Fairfield Hospital. The disease is mild but hygiene precautions are urged.
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Melbourne
Australia
Public Health Commission
Kevin Brennan
Victoria
Fairfield Hospital
Fairfield
Brennan
Britons in Cairo Prison to Spend Christmas
Two British inmates James Swinburn and James Zarb jailed by President Nasser for alleged spying will receive special prison facilities over Christmas. For four days starting today and three days at New Year they may have daily padre visits and unlimited fedetuffs, and they will not work in the quarry during this period.
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Cairo
New Process Keeps Export Meat Fresh
London reports the first shipment of beef pickled by a new experimental method arrived from Brisbane. Officials claim the nitrogen preserves freshness, describing the meat as tasting as good as home killed. The process, after slaughter, pumped gas into a small container, producing an “animated suspension” that keeps the meat edible during transit.
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London
Reuter
Brisbane
London Meat Importers
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