Floods Hit Western Australia Damming Crops and Fences
Flash flooding in the Wheatbelt leaves muck, crops, feed and fences washed away near Carrabin Merredin and Hyden. Wheat fields submerged twice two feet deep in water with towns flooding, sandbags used to protect grain as rail line and roads suffer damage. Residents fear heavy losses across Walford Burracoppin and Hydens areas with widespread crop destruction and uncertain recovery.
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Merredin
Walfeolan
Burracoppin
Hyden
Perth
Reso
Western Australia
Bomen
Ferry Leaves for Festival to Melbourne Voyage
The Sydney-Manly ferry North Head departed Sydney today for Melbourne's Moomba Festival. The 12 crew members, traveling in shifts below deck during the 44 hour voyage, will make excursion courses on Port Phillip Bay and subsist on sandwiches and canned food. Captain S. M. Benson, Federal Member for Batman, is among the three men in command.
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Sydney
Sydney-Manly
Melbourne
Port Phillip Bay
S. M. Benson
Batman
Imen
Perth Woman Welcomes Newborn as Transport Woes Spark Care
Mrs James Prentice in Redcliffe Perth suburb smiles at her two day old son while recounting hospital visits and assistance from strangers after her husband’s illness. The newborn’s arrival follows weeks of transport delays to visit him in hospital and a community effort to help the family. A separate moment shows Jane Holden in Griffith enjoying a swimming lesson with her mother nearby at Lake Burley Griffin, captured at Tarcoola Beach.
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Perth
James Prentice
Prentice
Heen
Pren
Redcliffe
South Perth
VR Imines
Kye Prentice
Autztin
Clydebank
Glas
Gow
Lake Burley Griffin
Jane Holden
Mrs. Holden
Griffith
Tarcoola Beach
Boy back to school after heart operation in Singapore
A six year one month after heart surgery Sao Yew Ling, a Chinese boy, returned to school at Singspore Int with his mother by his side. Doctors at Margaret Hospital performed the operation and report he is in good health. The boy said he was happy to go to school for the first time since the procedure. His mother bought him a new bag.
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Singspore
Lim
Cees Margaret Hospital
Perth
Schow
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Sao Yew Ling
Conference in Canberra on MRA armament drive
The MRA conference at Burton Hall in Canberra gathered leaders including R. Coulter and William McDonald to discuss re armament, amid 300 delegates and a large medical contingent. Coulter claimed one million members behind Australia's stance while delegates from Asia and the US highlighted shortages of qualified staff and hospital needs.
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Coutter
Bien Hox Hospital
Teday
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Coulter
Soad
Seigon
Oamy
Joe Rosemary Prickatt
William McDonald
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Te Canaere
Peer Mangos
M. C. Piercy
Robert Willie
Kathleen [Hirst
Minson
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Mary Risa
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Beveridge
Daphne Amos
Fefore
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Sinere
Hunte
Australia
Vietnam
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Surgical team from Alfred Hospital heads to Bien Hoa Vietnam
A team from Alfred Hospital Melbourne departed for Vietnam to establish a provincial hospital in Bien Hoa and perform major surgical operations.
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Melbourne
Alfred Hospital
Vietnam
Bien Hox
Espirito Santo Tuna Vessel Arrives in Melbourne
The Espirito Santo, a 135 foot tuna fishing ship, arrives in Melbourne after a major Australian waters expedition. Priced at £170,000, it introduces radar sounders and radio to tuna hunting. A £22,500 nylon net and speedboats surround the haul, with capacity up to 200 tons per catch and 450 tons stored refrigerated.
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Melbourne
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