Eleven Dead On Roads In Two States
Eleven people die on roads in New South Wales and Victoria during the holiday weekend. Six NSW deaths include two children. the toll covers an elderly man and other causes. A man, Witam George Tudman aged 80, died on the Nepean Highway at Rosebud. A Brisbane woman, Minnie Smitth, 60, dies when struck at Darlinghurst Road and Liverpool Street. Five-year-old Terrance Norman Retallie, of Blakehurst, dies after falling from a car on the Pacific Highway near Gosford and being struck by an approaching vehicle.
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Sydney
New South Wales
Victoria
N.S.W
Ted
Nepean
Rosebud
Wi- Tam George Tudman
Belgrave Heights
Brisbane
Darlinghurst Road
Liverpool Street
City
Minnie Ssmith
Gosford
Five Die In Weekend Traffic Toll In Victoria
In Melbourne Victoria on Sunday five people died in road incidents. The early 26 days of 1958 saw forty three road deaths. Police agencies conducted an intensive crackdown over the weekend with hundreds booked. A five year old girl Elizabeth Taylor was fatally struck near North Melbourne. Joyce Holt a 32 year old Melbourne woman died in a car collision near Caulfield. Police reported a rail incident involving a train aide.
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Melbourne
Victorian
Australia
Elizabeth Taylor
Kebotsford Street
Pete
Jallice
Symonds
Joyce Holt
Caulfield
Arbitration Court Lacks Facilities Shorthand Tea Provision
The Trades and Labour Council leader F. J. McCauley lamented no provision exists for shorthand writers or their tea during Arbitration Court sessions. He noted the court relies on the usually accurate reporters and commented on the lack of tea facilities during adjournments.
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Trades and Labour Council
F. J. McCauley
Arbitration Court
First Test Of Atomic Reactor At Lucas Heights
Sydney reports the first Lucas Heights reactor test succeeded a day after aims to advance Atomic Energy Commission research Senator Spooner calls it a major step in the program. Other briefs discuss mothers seeking release of sons in Red China and Antarctic sovereignty debates.
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Sydney
Lucas Heights
Spooner
Atomic Energy Commission
Songkong
A.a.p.reuter
Red China
Peking
Chou-en-Lai
Erica
Eisenhower Hails New Age In Atomic Use
President Eisenhower and officials hailed a new era in atomic power with promises of vast global energy. Reports from Copenhagen Paris and Washington described progress in fusion and hydrogen bomb research, noting breakthroughs but cautioning that unlimited thermonuclear power remains years away.
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Eisenhower
Washington
A.A.P
Igor Kurchatov
Copenhagen
Kofod Handsen
Denmark
Lyman Sitzer
Princetown University
U.S
Skeleton Unearthed In Sand Dune Near Tarwin Lower
Human skull and bones were recovered from sand dunes south of Tarwin Lower in Gippsland and brought to Melbourne for examination. Police note possible link to the 1952 disappearance of 70 year old Miss Margaret May Clement at Tullaree homestead. Homicide detectives say signs of violence suspected. no clothing found.
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Sunlbourne
Tarwin Lower
Gippsland
Melbourne
Tullaree
Margaret May Clement
Melma
Teta
War
Tarwin
Wallabies Endless Draw With Plymouth In Tough Match
The Australian rugby team, the Wallabies, tied 3-3 with Devon Cornwall Plymouth after a thawed field, securing their second 3-3 draw in five days and then matching Ireland's Munster in a later 3-3 stalemate. K Donald scored for Australia while B Jones and Held added goals for Devon Cornwall Plymouth.
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Purmuvuin
A.ap
Wallabies
Pevon-Cornwall Plymouth
Uut Wall
Ireland
Munster
Australia
K. Donald
Devon Cornwall
B. Jones
Goel
Ten Records Fall at Sydney Athletics Championship
Athletes broke ten records and equalled two at the men s country championships in Sydney. Events saw javelin and shot put records smashed, while mile times were lowered across multiple performances at the Sydney Athletic Field.
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Sydney
Governor-General Opens Workmen's Club at Trades Hall Site
The Workmen's Club at the rear of the Trades Hall, Ashton, opens under a plan to become a recreation centre with cricket, football, tennis and a future bowling green. Built for 28 000, it hosts a bar with warm floor, meals from oysters to ice cream, and a full‑time chef. A banquet and screenings will mark its launch, with Dr J Swatt and the Governor‑General invited.
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J. Swatt
University Avenue
Childera Street
Tragic Shooting Suicide Follows Gambling Night
Thomas Adam Vance 49 a Tudor Street Surry Hills wharf labourer shot his wife Merle 46 in the thigh then killed himself with a headshot after a gambling night. Merle Vance was taken to St Vincent's Hospital in satisfactory condition. Police say Vance bought a .22 rifle Friday for a 10 day pig shooting holiday and the couple left for trots before a long night of games lasting until 4:30 am with only ten pounds left.
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Sur Tine
Thomas Adam Vance
Tudor Street
Surry Hills
Merle
Vance
St. Vincent's Hospital
Taxi driver held up for £10 in Melbourne crime
In Melbourne Preston this morning a taxi driver, Brian William Kelly, was robbed at pistol point by two men who ordered a ride to Bundoora. One man pressed a pistol to the back of his neck and demanded £10 before the robbers fled.
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Melbourne
Preston
Brian William Kelly
Bundoora
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Sir William Slim
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Salingt Kom Veey
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