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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 12, 1961
Page
4
An official aviation department and an aircraft surveyor left Melbourne to inspect a helicopter crash in Tasmania. The extensively damaged helicopter was located on the Spero Range in the southwest near Bathurst Harbour about 18 miles east of Bathurst Harbour.
The zoo shuts its gates as three guards and staff keep duties going while 700 visitors are barred. The Miscellaneous Workers Union split, with some members on strike and a union meeting planned outside the gates. Public access remains limited as negotiations continue.
Sydney report says on Wednesday Chief Bondi beach inspector Aub Laidlaw and another rescuer saved a drowning man and his friend after they were caught in dangerous surf offshore. The incident occurred at Bondi Beach with local lifeguards aiding the retrieval.
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