Family Gift Of £50,000 For Cancer Fight
A Victorian family donation of £50,000 was announced by Dr. W J Kilpatrick for the Anti Cancer Campaign. The gift from C N McKay H V McKay and Mrs G I Stevenson adds to a total of £585,719 as the drive nears its end, with further donations from Campaign Doorknock and the Sunshine Foundation.
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Melbourne
W. J. Kilpatrick
C. N. McKay
St. George's Road
Toorak
N.S.W. Grazier
G. I. Stevenson
Kilpatrick
Wa Vba
WE Osau
Sunshine Foundation
Messrs. McKay
Stevenson
Hugh Victor McKay
Sunshine Harvester Works
Beneft Charities
Poliomyelitis Attacking Older People In Sydney
Sydney adults were warned that poliomyelitis is no longer a disease confined to children. Dr. E Meyers, head of the vaccination campaign, noted epidemics affect older groups more severely and that injections for adults may begin by late June.
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Sydney
E. Meyers
Meyers
Fire damages Dobell portrait in Adelaide blaze
Fire swept through the home of FE W Hayward joint managing director of John Martin and Co in Springfield Adelaide destroying a valuable painting collection and damaging others including William Dobell s Archibald Prize winning portrait of Joshua Smith. Heat melted some paint and restoration to France is planned for some works. The painting Hayward bought for £1000 in 1949 after Dobell kept it in his Kings Cross studio.
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Adelaide
Australia
Joshua Smith
William Dobell
FE. W. Hayward
John Martin and Co
Springfield
Dobell
Hayward
France
Kings Crosg
Melbourne wool prices firm at opening in Melbourne market
Melbourne wool market opened firm with closing rates from last week in other centres. Sellers held firm amid keen competition from all sections of the trade. Principal buyers were the Continent and Japan, with support from the United Kingdom and Australian mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Continent
Japan
United Kingdom
U K Bus Strike Talks Collapse in London
Talks to end the two day old London busmen strike collapsed after weekend discussions. The 14 hour session failed to produce a settlement as the dispute persisted amid London transport tensions.
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U.K
London
A.A
P.reuter
Huge Sugar Sale To Japan
Negotiations in recent days led to Queensland raw sugar sale to Japan totaling 100000 tons. Seventy thousand tons to be shipped in July, August and September with the remaining 20000 tons to follow by mutual agreement. Dr J Vernon general manager of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company stated the deal was negotiated in Tokyo for the Queensland Sugar Pool by Mr P T Wheen. Last year exports to Japan reached 118000 tons yielding £6570900 in income for Australia.
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Sydney
Japan
Queensland
Colonial Sugar Refining Company Limited
J.vernon
Tokyo
Queensland ‘Sugar Pool
P. T. ‘Wheen
C.S.R. Company
Australia
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Ae Willis
Ones Depot Bailey Arcade
Canberra
Ervice Petrie Street
Civic Centre
Matt
Limitets
Blan
Ava
Nt. Ie
LAN Potter & CO
Osu
Stock Exchange Bank of New South Wales
Pill Street
Collins Street
Civic
the Mutual Acceptance Co. Ltd
C.T
Canberra Tyre Works
Dunlop BS
Dunlop
Aed
Canberra Times
Roger
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