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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 18, 1964
Page
2
Qantas announces government approval to pay deposits for four Concorde supersonic airliners. The jets, designed to fly at 1 450 mph, exceed twice the speed of sound and are planned for introduction in the 1970s with world-wide service from cities within hours of travel.
The Central Office of Information publishes a handbook on British life showing over one in three households own a car and four in five have a TV, with 17 million homes mostly owner-occupied. It cites a population of 51.9 million, one week’s holiday usage, and a record whisky production in 1962.
A fragmented entry lists Maio prizewinners and special draws from New South Wales lotteries, with numerous ticket numbers, participant names, and locations across Sydney and nearby districts. Names include A W Haylon, Reynolds, Gow, Fieit, and a mix of street addresses and suburbs.
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