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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 16, 1964
Page
2
Mrs Davern aged 68 at Ravenswood Victoria will be 80 next Monday yet she still rides her bay horse Lightning daily with 25 year old Lishining. They formerly shared a brick and tile bungalow and a hotel walk each evening. Two months ago she bought a new 100 mph car and now drives to the hotel while Lightning remains in his stall.
The nation faces an overcrowded main highway with calls to widen sections to four lanes. The 14 year effort to build the trans continental route cost nearly 1,000 million dollars, using 12 million tons of paving materials. Peak July August traffic snarls in the Rockies drew tourists and Canadians alike to campsites and Banff Park, marking a record year for tourism and a shift in spending.
In Rotorua a small geyser in a garden erupted after cold water and rock were used to quell it. The blast hurled 1000 cubic yards of mud and rocks sixty feet into the air, destroying a veranda and garage. A new bay formed as earth collapsed near Lake Rotorua. No one was nearby when the explosion occurred.
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