Mount Stromlo Aids International Geophysical Year Effort
Mount Stromlo Observatory participates in the 62 nation International Geophysical Year project. Aimed at measuring earth rotation, longitude, latitude, and time via stellar transits, zenith telescopes, and a moon camera. The work uses radio time signals from Melbourne Sydney and Belconnen Naval Wireless to compare clocks globally.
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Stromlo
Shales Naval
Quinety J Beetl Laliner Beak
Uiese
Joe Sitonito
United Tates
Eisenhower
Greenwich
Melbourne
Sydney
P.M.G
National Standards’ Laboratories
Abraham
Earth
Belconnen Naval
International Geophysical Sea Project
Stromlo Observatory
Tig Moon
Earthquake damages Dutch New Guinea area near Geel ink Baal
The Hague reports a strong earthquake near Geel ink Baal in Dutch New Guinea caused serious damage though no casualties have been reported. government spokesman said the quake occurred yesterday but details remain sparse.
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Dutch New Guinea
Hague
Reuter
Geelink Baal
Line 23
Trade pact with Japan would equalize terms for Australia
Australia minister McEwen said signing the Japan trade pact would place Japan on the same terms as other nations in Australian trade. He added Australia would not send a delegation to Japan after the signing if circumstances required. In London heat ends as storms break over the south of England with rain and floods. Bao Dai estate seizure approved by Saigon assembly. The government is authorized to seize properties belonging to the former emperor Bao Dai, now in exile.
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Stromlo
Vitjeer
Hod. M. Abraham
Australia
Mr. Abraham
South America
South Africa
India
Indian Ocean
Japan
Hong Kong
U.K
London
Reuter
England
Minyappar
Oxford
Bao Dai
Saigon
Progress in A C T Tree Pruning Noted in June Report
The horticultural division reports steady progress in pruning fruit trees during June. Growers are advised to remove dead diseased and unwanted shoots and to destroy debris and fallen fruit to reduce bacterial and fungal diseases. Large wounds should be painted with suitable sealant or Bordeaux paste and trees sprayed for woolly aphid mites scales and other pests.
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Department of the Interior
Taylor
Agriculture and Stock
Mass At Whitby Abbey Marks First Since Reformation
In London a Roman Catholic Archbishop Dr J C Heenan preached the first mass at Whitby Abbey since the Reformation in the 16th century. The abbey was founded by Hilda in 357 AD and had not hosted a Catholic service for centuries.
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London
A P.reuter
J. C. Heenan
Y.terday
Whitby Abbey
Mt. Hilds
Stay-down Miners Dismissal Deferred in NSW
Settlement after talks among the Premier, Cahill and miners’ representatives defers 250 dismissal notices at Caledonian Collieries. NSW Electricity Commission will buy coal stockpiled at Grange to resume production while alternate work is arranged. Aberdare West and 20 mines to reopen as public works programs and new industry investment are pursued in the northern area.
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Cahill
Miners’ Federation
Coalfield
Caledonian Collieries Ltd
Grags
NSW Electricity Commission
Aberdare West
Cessnack
Kurri Kurri
Newcastle
Aber
Dare West
Labour
M’s L.A
Messrs
G. Booth
Kurri Kuril
W. Crook
Cessnock
A.C.T.U
Booth and
Crook
Japanese War Criminals Freed in Tokyo Prison Exit
Tokyo dispatch reports 567 Japanese war criminals sentenced by Australia in 1945 were not freed. Five last ex-Imperial soldiers walked from Sugamo Prison to freedom on midsummer day, including Major Hiroshi Ithi and Captain Tadashi Yasuda, with others: Corporal Masaji Ito, Lieutenant-Commander Hiroshi Ito, and Sub-Lieutenant Kyosuke Yamashita.
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Tokyo
A.A. Reuter
Sugamo
Hiroshi Ithi
Tadashi Yasuda
Masaji
Imperial Navy
Hiroshi Ito
Kyosuke Yamashita
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