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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 26, 1956
Page
3
A damaged listing from Apply 41 Myuns Flats Braddon details items including a scrubber polisher high chair bear dew a Ring a Glory chest a Qualcast water mower a red lounge and bassinet items plus an electric heater and a pew. The fragmentary text notes a price reference £2/5- and an assortment of odd seller marks.
Egyptian names reflect ancient ancestry with figures like Nefertiiti Ameno iphis Tut Ankh Amen common today alongside Tom and Dick. A Cairo lawyer highlights how 6000 year old names persist in modern families through generations and gendered naming traditions.
The article describes pyramid texts and inscriptions on a statue in the Claro museum dedicated to Zed-Her a healer with healing formulae. It notes water poured over the statue healing the sick, village healers using amulets, and death customs across Egypt with tomb lamp lighting and mourners smeared with mud.
Vice-president Colin Edgell urged RSL members to assist Sunday at the three acre Memorial Driveway plantation near Majura Lane Canberra side. Last Sunday about 20 members planted trees and did fencing but completion is pending due to cattle risks. Gratitude expressed to Don Tully for tools Alan Taylor for transport and W Grainger for heavy gear.
A British spokesman quoted a Greek boatman claiming two missing British airmen forced him at pistol point to land in Turkey after disappearing Monday night. RAF officials discounted Eoka terrorism links and said no extradition request had been confirmed, noting no reason yet to doubt the boatman’s story.
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