Maintenance At Record Level In 1958 59
In 1958 59 urgent and minor maintenance calls totalled over 30000 as Canberra grew. The Department maintained 7104 Commonwealth houses and 43 other buildings including Canberra Community Hospital and RMC. It covered 192 miles of city streets plus 438 miles of sewers and 140 miles of storm water mains. Major works included painting 980 houses and 180 interiors, installing 88 rotary clothes hoists and 203 stainless sinks. 12 miles of streets were resealed at over £12000, 42000 sq yd runway resealed at Fairbairn, footpaths replaced with concrete, 1650 gravel drives rebuilt, 260 sealed. Internal cleaning of water mains and reservoirs continued. sewer chokess cleared after tree roots.
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Canberra Community Hospital
Royal Military College
RAAF
Fairbairn Airport
Western Creek
Fairbairn
Jet Planes Found To Be Radioactive
The Daily Herald reports British Overseas Airways Comet jets are radioactive due to atmospheric radioactivity from bomb tests. A BOA spokesman stressed no danger to passengers or crew.
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London
A. P-Reuter
British Overseas Airways
Daily Herald
BOA
Tug Seamen Refuse To Work Liner Fair Sky
Melbourne reports seamen refuse to man the liner Fair Sky with Italian crew amid an international strike. The vessel remained alongside Port Melbourne as the ship’s master Panani Petrescu claimed registration and flag details while the crew staged the walkout.
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Petrescu
Sky
J Ani
Italee
Appeal Pending for Rupert Stuart Death Sentence
An appeal to the Privy Council in the Rupert Max Stuart murder case is to be air mailed to London tonight. Stuart's solicitor J D O Sullivan began drafting the petition today and expects immediate lodgement with the Privy Council upon arrival. Stuart was scheduled to be hanged at Adelaide Gaol this morning for the murder of Mary Olive fattam near Thevenard on December 20.
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Adelaide
Privy Council
Rupert Max Stuart
London
Mary Olive Fattam
Thevenard
Menzies Praises New Singapore Government
Australian Prime Minister Menzies, after meeting Singapore leaders including Prime Minister Kuan Yew, praised the new left wing government and the recent elections as a strong demonstration of self government and democracy. He spoke at a press conference in the former City Council chamber and met Sir William Goode and service chiefs.
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Singapore
Reuter
Menzies
Kuan Yew
Ilnister
Tok Chia Chye
Cabi Farrier
William Goode
Adventists Plan Call To Prayer For Radio Gospel Drive
Pastor Eric Clark of the Canberra Seventh-Day Adventist Church announced a special call to prayer for a gospel outreach via radio. The Voice of Prophecy broadcasts in 20 languages on 800 stations worldwide, with 650,000 radio logs to be distributed this weekend in Australasia and across Australia and New Zealand.
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Eric Clark
Radte
Canberra
Seventh - Day Adventist Church
Turner
Pees
Australia
New Zealand
Voice of Prophecy
Seventh-Day Adventists
Australasia
Union Calls Boycott On Arthur Murray Studios
The NSW and Australian union movement urges a boycott of Arthur Murray studios statewide. The dispute follows the dismissal of 23 teachers who joined the union, with pickets reported outside the Sydney George Street studio. Federal and state union leaders call for investigations into Arthur Murray practices as teachers from Brisbane and Melbourne are imported to Australia.
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Arthur Murray
Australia
Brisbane
Melbourne
Sydney
M.W.U
George Street
J. Dwyer
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Dupont
Ian
Sarasett
Bumped Fenseieite
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Byker Woo
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