Million Bearings A Year From Victorian Plant
An American firm, Australian Timken, will build a 3 million pound factory in Ballarat to produce tapered roller bearings at a rate of 1,000,000 units per year. Elmer J. Schweitzer, new managing director, aims to supply 90 percent of Australia’s tapered bearing needs and expand to Southeast Asia. The parent Timken Roller Bearing Co. of Canton, Ohio chose Ballarat after a Victoria mission visit and seeks US aid for a standard one millionth inch measurement to ensure precision.
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Melbourne
Ballarat
Elmer J. Schweitzer
Timken Proprietary Limited
Australia
South East Asia
Schweitzer
Timken Roller Bearing Company
Canton
Ohio
Victoria
United States
Chinese Women and Academic Equality in China Today
Professor Fitzgerald of Australian National University spoke at the Canberra forum about equal academic rights for Chinese women. He noted government constraints on employment, the spread of educated women to distant posts, and the rise of women in professions like engineering while detailing family life, housing, and domestic care under the changing system.
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C. P. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Australian National University
Iris’ Grammar
Australian Uni
China
Canberra
Pee Secanah
Itzgerald
Ministry of Education
Peking
Snus Poiven
Lsbour Wa
Moscow fibers rival steel in durable fabric hope
Moscow Radio reports the Moscow Institute of Artificial Fibres has developed a fibre more durable than steel made from natural gas. By combining methane fluorine and ethylene the material forms a hard tar resembling mother of pearl, yielding fibre for light fabrics lace rugs and car parts.
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London
A.ap
Reuter
Moscow
Artificial Fibres Institute
Moscow Radio
Primiaw
Stowaways To Be Allowed To Stay Six Months
Australia allows two Yugoslav stowaways to remain for six months on humanitarian grounds. The expectant mother Kolesar and her de facto husband Brevo Bogovic, both aged 39 and 27, were among three stowaways found aboard. A search continues for a fourth stowaway Costa Claudio. The woman was hospitalized on medical officer advice.
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Hushana
Australia
Imm.igration
Townley
Kolesar
Brevo Bogovic
Claudio 120
Freemantle
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PT Rheate
Penfolds
Hanter River Valley
Balwood Hermitage
Penfolds Graves
Victorian
Miles
WWEW
Cord Iwgioel
Beca & Ee
Boca
Goodflyear
Bailey Bldg Petrie St
Adam Ingram & Sons
Lonsdale St
Braddon, Act
Manufacturers’ Mutual Insurance Limited
City Chambers
Alinga Street
A.C.1
E W. Haines
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