Labour Senate Team For N S W Named
Labour's Senate team for New South Wales at the next Federal election will be Senator J Arnold Mr J Ormonde and Senator S Amour The ALP official result of the pre selection ballot was announced with the count to be released to ALP officers tomorrow The ballot took four weeks to count under the preferential system and several candidates were eliminated with G S Manuel and W F Bodkin among those named as notable figures in the vote outcome Senator Grant expressed confusion over the process.
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Sydney
Labour
N.S.W
J. Arnold
J. Ormonde
S. Amour
ALP
W. Dickson
MLC
A.L.P
I. P. Ormonde
State
Joint Coal Board
G. S. Manuel
Barrier Industrial Council
Broken Hill
W. F. Bodkin
Builders Labourers’ Federation
Senator Grant
Dickson
A.lp
Baliot
Ater D. M. Grant
Twelve Die On Victorian Roads In First Week Of New Year
Melbourne reports twelve fatalities on Victorian roads in the first week of the new year. A boy near Benalla and a man on Geelong Road died last night, the latter a second victim of a crash near Little River. A five year old boy was killed when struck by a car in Pascoe Vale South.
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Melbourne
Victorian
Benalla
Geelong
Little River
O'Hea Road
Pascoe Vale
Round Australia car trip ends in death near Norseman
A Victorian car trial driver Richard H Nurgent age 27 from McKinnon died when his Volkswagen overturns seven miles east of Norseman on Eyre Highway. Passenger John Warren Purvis 26 of Black Rock Vic., survived. Two other deaths occurred in Geraldton region as a wheat truck and a motor cyclist were killed. Cecil Richard John of Geraldton, father of four, was struck by his own truck carrying over five tons of bulk wheat near Nanson. Philip Webb 19 of Orange Grove Kenwick died when his motorcycle hit a truck in Renwick while commuting to work.
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Perth
Norseman
Eyre Highway
Richard H. Nurgent
McKinnon
Volkswagen
John Warren Purvis
Black Rock
Vic
Melbourne
Geraldton
Renwick
Cecil Richard John
Nanson
Philip Webb
Orange Grove
Kenwick
Reef Stay Plan For Princess Margaret In Queensland
Queensland government offers Princess Margaret a reef holiday on the Barrier Reef and would arrange and pay for the voyage. Other items note Sputnik I disintegration, Easter anti nuke protests planned from London to Aldermaston, a Torres Strait collision leading to a pilot’s six month suspension, Rickover warns about red tape hindering US missile programs, and Japan navy planning a Pearl Harbor revisit as a friendly trip.
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London
A.p.reuter
Aldermaston Berks
National Council For the
Emergency Committee For Direct Action
Brisbane
New Australia
France Stove
Thursday Island
E. B. McWilliam
Australia
U.S
Washington
P.reuter
Hyman Rickover
Russia
Wea
Senate Preparedness
Pearl Harbour
York
Reuter
Japan= Navy
United Press
United States Naval Base
Rift Over Fuchs Hillary Split Shrouds Antarctic Trek
Reports say a dispute between Hillary and Dr. Fuchs shapes the Bertha Antarctic voyage with Hillary urging cancellation of a coast to coast crossing due to worsening weather. London backs Fuchs while New Zealand papers warn the expedition may fail to reach Scott Base before winter. Sir Douglas Mawson urges continuing after Depot 700.
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Fuchs
Hillary
South Pole
London
Fuch
Sir Edmund
Scott Base
Lion Headquarters
New Zealand
Antarctic
Dr. Fuchs
Sir Edmund Hillary
Edmund
Wellington Evening Post
Depot 700
Pole
Tion
Adelaide
Douglas Mawson
Shackleton Base
Sir Douglas
Queen and Duke attend Princess Alexandra's 21st birthday
In London the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh joined about 1 200 guests at Kensington Palace for a dinner hosted by the Duchess of Kent to celebrate Princess Alexandra's 21st birthday. A dance followed with about 150 attendees, marking the postponed main festivities tied to Christmas Day.
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London
Tuesary
A.A.P. Reuter
Duke of Edinburgh
Princess Alexandra
Kensington Palace
Woman Dies After Surgical Operation Shock
Coroner in Canberra finds post operative shock caused death of Edith Hartington, 45, of Narrabundah. She died at Canberra Community Hospital on October 18 after a major operation was performed following examination deemed fit. Doctors gave evidence of collapse and failed resuscitation. Post mortem and pathologist report confirmed operative shock as the cause.
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Canberra Community Hospital
F. C. P. Keane
Keane
Edith Ann Hartington
McKinley Street
Narrabundah
Lloyd Reath Olver
Tennyson Crescent
Forrest
Harrington
Large Cuts In Soviet Forces
Soviet announces deep reductions totaling over 41 000 troops withdrawn from East Germany and disbanded with about 17 000 from Hungary. Malinin and Kuznetsov say reductions start immediately, with further cuts at home. Moscow calls them a major relaxation gesture, amid broader force rebalancing and regional deterrence notes.
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Tass
East Germany
Hungary
Malinin
Ministry of Defence
Germany
Moscow Radio
Supreme Soviet
Budapest
Train Held Up By Caterpillars Near Healesville
A train near Healesville was halted when a swarm of 580 caterpillars covered the rails on a slope. The driver, Mr. Jones, reversed for a mile and uncoupled a carriage as the wheels spun in the caterpillar haze.
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Melbourne
Healesville
Ees Jones
Ister
Princess Margaret to Visit Australia Next Year
London reports Princess Margaret is likely to tour Australia in February next year with Prime Minister Menzies expected to advocate the move. An Australia House official denied any official approach while the diarist cites a Sydney source claiming the Princess is eager to visit. Buckingham Palace declined to comment.
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Margaret
Australia
Evening News
Mr. Menzies
Queen Mother
Menzies
Australia House
Princess Margaret
Canada
Sydey
Abs
Buckingham Palace
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