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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 13, 1959
Page
23
At Perth airport Professor Sir William Wolford states it is a nice change to build a bridge before water. He notes plans to use Molonglo River water to create a lake system in Canberra. They will build the ridge first and add water about five years later.
In Rome on Friday Italian seamen halted more ships in a three digit strike while port authorities and shipowners moved to end the walkout. Ships were tied up and owners faced millions of lire in losses per hour as crews refused entry to parts and union officials clashed with authorities.
The Saunders Roe SRN-1 hovercraft, a four ton oval craft, completed a 15 minute land test and a second water flight with crew Commander Peter Lambe and Robert Strath. Spectators, including 200 international journalists, watched it hover a foot off ground and skim the sea at 18 to 20 mph, as the Queen Mary saluted from Southampton. A multi step development program aims to scale to 400 to 700 ton models within years.
The Assistant Secretary and Commissioner for Housing Mr M W Lucas said the Housing Branch at Civic Centre opened May 1 has let 1 houses and 79 flats. Future houses not allocated to Defence personnel will go to people on the waiting list. Defence personnel arrive in stages: Air Force July 13 Army August 17 Navy September 14. After these allocations, remaining houses will go to waiting list until mid 1960.
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