Soviet Academy official notes Zavodovski Island discovery in 1819
On January 7 an official of the Soviet Academy of Sciences asserted Zavodovski Island and two other South Sandwich Islands were discovered in 1819 by a Russian Antarctic expedition led by Bellingshausen and Lazarev. Douglas McKenzie, Scott Base reporter, says Dr. Fuchs could reach the Base by March 7 based on a 30 mile daily pace.
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Soviet Academy of Sciences
Zavodovski Island
South Sandwich Group
Bellingshausen
Lazarev
Douglas McKenzie
Ross Sea Committee
Scott Base
Dr. Fuchs
Pole
Sir Edmund Hillary
Fuchs
New Zealand
34 Natives in Gaol After New Brawl
Fifty or more natives clashed in the Koki area near Port Moresby. Thirty four were jailed and three hospitalized after a riot sparked by a football match yesterday. Police, European officers, and stones marked the outbreak. one man suffered a fractured skull while others had facial and leg injuries.
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Port Moresby
Reuter
Koki
Yestern
Message in a Bottle Found On Cornish Beach
A second message in a bottle was found on the same Cornish beach as the Pamir letter and is to be flown to Germany for handwriting analysis. The item sits among several unrelated brief dispatches from London and other cities.
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London
A.a.p.reuter
Germany
Violent Storm Ravages Casino and Sydney Suburbs
A severe storm hammered Casino with over 140 windows shattered by hail. A verandah and roof were hurled 120 yards, crashing into a bedroom where Mr. John Amost lived. Power lines fell, triggering a blackout. Across Ballina, seven Richmond River Amateur Sailing Club boats sank as crews were rescued. No fatalities. In Sydney, Castle Hill endured hail up to one inch in diameter during a ten minute deluge.
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Casino
East Street
John Amost
Michi
Amateur Sailing Club
Sydney
Castle Hill
Girder Crushes Boy To Death In Zetland Depot
Sydney Sunday. A two-ton amber iron girder rolled from a timber stack at a Zetland council depot, killing four year old John Curran of Vaughan Street Ladcombe and seriously injuring his cousin John Thomas, eight, Bourke Street Zetland, as four other children played nearby. The girder dislodged and struck Curran on the head, killing him instantly.
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Sydney
Zetland
John Curran
Vaughan Street
Ladcombe
Curran
John Thomas
Bourke Street
Zet
Uncle Runs Over Infant Girl in Bendigo Driveway
A 16 month old girl Pamela N Thompson of Bakerville Street Bendigo died in Bendigo Hospital after her uncle Kenneth N Thompson backed a car from the driveway of their home. He is of Smith Street Bendigo.
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Bendigo
Pamela N. Thompson
Bakerville Street
Kenneth N. Thompson
Smith Street
Peking Demands Full Relations with Britain
Chinese Premier Chou En Lai accused the United States of seeking to split China into two Chinas with Britain and Japan. He said Formosa as a separate unit is unacceptable and urged Britain to uphold full recognition of China, arguing Britain is following the U.S. line in its dealings.
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Peking
A.A.P. Reuter
United States
Britain
Japan
Apprentices To Discuss Wages At Acton Meeting
Apprentices prepare to meet at Trades Hall Acton tomorrow at 4 30 p m to discuss government veto on raising apprenticeship rates. It marks the first independent action by apprentices in an ACT industrial dispute.
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Acton
Mr. Fairhall
A.C.T
Poker Machines Opposed By Liquor Trade
Sydney traders expect hotel interests to back a ban on poker machines after a liquor trade survey ordered by USVA shows publicans oppose the machines as unfair that clubs can operate them. Asher Joel MLA organized the survey and will present a 10000 word report to USVA. Observers say making poker machines a public issue could force the state government into election timing next year.
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Sydney
U.sv.a
Asher Joel
M.L.C
U.S.V.A
Hudson Wins Pistol Shoot at Canberra Club
Hudson wins the Canberr a Pistol Club Silhouette Rapid Fire with 15 hits and 187 points, ahead of J Lodge who had 14 hits and 119 points and A Edlington with 14 hits and 118 points. Next weekend features a free pistol over 50 metres.
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K. Hudson
Canberra Pistol Club
J. Lodge
A. Edlington
R. Brown
E. Wigley
W. Rafferty
P. Manton
L. Cooper
H. Ganter
W. de Bes
J. Roberts
T. Beazely
A. Anderson
P. Champion
K. Poplawski
8. LeLievre
G. Chodorowski
Australians Triumph in W A Doubles Final
In Perth on Sunday the Australian duo Mal Anderson and Neale Fraser defeated Americans Barry Mackay and Ron Holmberg in the finals of the W A Men's Doubles Championship. Anderson Fraser won 6 2 6 2 11 0 8.
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Perth
Mal Anderson
Neale Fraser
Barry Mackay
Ron Holmberg
Anderson
Fraser
Rally of Protes tant Churches calls for gambling curbs in N S W
In Sydney the rally of Anglican and various churches urged the New South Wales Government to investigate gambling. A resolution demanded an impartial survey on gambling expenditure, addiction, convictions, family harm, and asked to halt new gambling facilities pending the report. The campaign aims to press for action with potential Sydney Town Hall meeting on January 26.
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Sydney
N.S.W
Church of Christ
Salvation Army
W. G. Hilliard
Bishop Hilliard
N.3.w
Australia
Nine Arrested After Coburg Street Brawl in Melbourne
A police officer was scratched by a woman while breaking up a brawl at Coburg. Six men and three women were charged with offensive behaviour. Two teenage girls, Zena Ignatenko, 17, and Helen Goss, 19, from Brunswick, were taken to Royal Melbourne Hospital with head and facial lacerations as police used three cars and foot patrols near Moreland Road and Hay Street.
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Melbourne
Coburg
Royal Melbourne Hospital
Zena Ignatenko
Helen Goss
Whitby Street
Brunswick
Moreland Road
Hay Street
Three-Year-Old Loses Leg in Speedy Ambulance Dash
Benjamin Jervis, three, lost his left leg after an 80 mile dash from Berrima to Sydney in an ambulance that reached speeds up to 70 mph. He, son of Jack Jervis of Moss Vale, was injured Friday when a technician started a motor in an elevator mechanism the boy was playing on.
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Sydney
Berrima
Royal Alexandra Hospital For Children
Camperdown
Benjamin Jervis
Jack Jervis
Moss Vale
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