Sir Wilfred Kent Hughes to Remain in Parliament
Melbourne report shows Sir Wilfred Kent Hughes stating he will stay in Parliament as a Federal Member and former Deputy Premier of Victoria and ex Federal Minister for the Interior. He notes the honor would be significant to Melbourne citizens and reflects on global recognition.
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Sir Wilfred
Melbourne
Wilfred Kent Hughes
Victoria
Noneven New Knights
Parlament
Premater
Interior
Dangerous Thoughts In Russia Predict Change Across Union
The piece argues Western reports of Soviet disorder should be viewed skeptically while noting a rising nationalist sentiment from Latvia to the Adriatic and student debates on freedom of mind. It warns that despite eventual political change, Moscow fears free thinking and that Western antipathy will not simply vanish with reform.
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Soviet Russia
Moscow
Stalin
Russia
Hungary
Europe
Latvia
Estonia
Lithuania
Baltic
Adriatic
Stalingrad Universty
Mansfield process reduces evaporation in dams
The Mansfeld process by CSIRO offers a bead and gauze basket system to form a thin hexadecanol film on dam surfaces, reducing evaporation. Beads float in a bronze or aluminum gauze basket on the water, replenished from a raft stored hexadecanol, with maintenance checks monthly and costs estimated per acre.
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Australia
Mansfeld
C.S.I.R
Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau
Commonwealth
C.B
Division of Industrial Chemistry
Mansfield
Traditional New Year's Eve in Britain amid petrol limits
Britons welcomed New Year with rationing, tightening crowds at Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square. The Eros statue was fenced for safety until Wednesday as police discouraged revelers while churches held services.
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U.K
London
Potion Mae
Piccadilly Ciscis
Trafalgar Square
Eros
Piccadilly
Picos
St. Paula
Traffic Jams as Time Waste and Opportunity
The piece argues drivers are trapped in jams, wasting about 18 minutes daily and 2,281 million hours yearly. It suggests reframing delays as chances to improve, study, or read, noting common behaviors during jams and offering a provocative take on viewing congestion as a test of character.
Fragmentary note on author and works
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Son A
Ace Men
Penters
Britain’s Global Stand Showed by New Allies
A recent briefing notes Britain’s emerging regional friendships and warnings about who counts as a true ally. It argues that the world’s military history favors the forces of good, and stresses careful future actions as geopolitical lines shift. General Keipakeya succeeds as lieutenant-general with Geoffrey Courne arriving in Savoy in days.
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Lear
Treenam
Keipakeya Suc- Ieesaur
Wir
Geoffrey Courne
Savoy
Letters to the Ladyer on housing for single people
A Canberra reader criticizes the Department of the Interior for denying single people, many near or over 60, suitable housing. The letter calls for a 1957 resolution to assign one bedroom flats to single residents and reserve two bedroom flats for married couples, arguing most couples work and can afford rents. The writer notes several cases where one-bedroom flats were allocated to singles who then faced shortages.
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M. Porter
Department of the Interior
Canberra
Rail Standard Gauge Soon
Melbourne officials indicate an early start on standardising the rail gauge between Sydney and Melbourne. Chairman Brownbill said federal funding would enable full cooperation, with standardisation aiding primary and secondary industry and improving country passenger services through new rolling stock as part of a broader plan.
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Melbourne
Sydney
Victorian Railways
Brownbill
Obituary: Rev Colin Mullan Dies in Yass District
The Rev Colin Mullan, 59, a Presbyterian minister long active across Australia, died yesterday at Yass District Hospital after eight weeks of illness following a stroke. Born in Glasgow in 1888, he moved to Australia at 13, worked as an engineer before becoming a home missionary and later a full minister in 1948. He served Bowentela, Lithgow area, then Yass from 1952, where a church hall was built. survived by his widow and four sons and a daughter. Funeral arrangements were not specified.
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Mullan
Yass
The
Presbyterian Church
Bowentela
Lithgow
Yura
Hia
Quiet Year Arrives In Budapest After Revolution Remembrance
In Budapest at the stroke of midnight a national anthem rang as hundreds kept vigil for the dead of the revolution. A 10 pm curfew was enforced while candles glowed in windows and armed regiments guarded streets. The city echoed with solemn restraint as the New Year began under tense security.
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Budapest
Tomst
England Schoolchildren Called Physically Unfit by Expert
English physical education expert William Campbell says about 45 percent of English children fail at least one of six minimum fitness tests, based on a 9,000-child study. He contrasts with Sir John Charles figures and notes higher exercise rates in Italy Austria and Switzerland.
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Uundon
Aap-Reuter
Wiliam Campbell
America
Italy
Austria
Switzerland
Campbell
John Charles
Bir John
Engacattered
Wales
Fi N pere of bega 'Thre at Wool castle Manly
Fi N pere of bega threatened at Wool castle Manly. a man killed and four utilities report?
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Bega
Manly
Pill ork D hot. 'trying A Tension Bo In 5Y -war cover'
Pill ork D hot. 'trying A Tension Bo In 5Y -war cover'.
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B.lr.o. Division of Industrial Chemistry
Mosadeennel
Hall Boyle
New York
Associated Press
Britain
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