Six Killed In Survey Plane Crash At Horn Island
A twin engined aircraft owned by Adasten Ltd crashed on a beach near Horn Island after takeoff from Hornets Band airstrip. All six aboard were killed instantly including pilot Lionel Keith Jeffrey and navigator Graham Aear. The craft was on photographic survey work for Commonwealth and Queensland governments around the Weipa bauxite area. The accident will be investigated by the Civil Aviation Department.
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Amog
William Frank Mitchell
Mitchell Aerial Surveys Pty. Ltd
Lionel Keith Jeffrey
Mitchell Josephine Linfoot
Graham Aear
Sydne Herald
Lal He
Ceral Photogr
Sydney
Adasten Ltd
Hornets Band
Atrip
Civil Aviation Department
Horne Island
Weipa Mission
Cape York
Louw Defends Apartheid at Prime Ministers’ Conference
South African official Mr. Louw defended apartheid as vastly different from the United States system. He said South Africa’s racial ratio favored non whites four to one and argued not to intrude in others’ domestic policies. He noted South Africa would become a republic within the Commonwealth and avoided comments on the Queen while abroad. He stated equality with the Ghanaian prime minister at the conference.
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Louw
London
South Africa
U.8
U.S
Mr. Louw
Strijdom
U.K
Commonwealth
United Kingdom
Ghana
Wider Milk Regulation Reforms Approved in A C T
Canberra authorities approved broader health rules for milk production and importation. The changes consolidate older Dairy Regulations of 1930, cover increased imports, pasteurization, and distribution of milk in sealed bottles to fit new conditions.
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Canberra
A.C.T. Advisory Council
Vester
L. J. Wienholt
Department of Health
Councillors Criticise Missed Meeting With Sir William Holford
A. C. T. Advisory Council members condemned the Interior Minister for not arranging a council meeting with Sir William Holford. Councillors noted the Government paid to bring him to Australia yet offered no new advice beyond prior Advisory Council input. The chairman said only a luncheon with the National Capital Planning and Development Committee occurred.
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A.C.T. Advisory Council
William Holford
P. D. Day
Interior
Fairhall
Sirilliam
Mvet Council
J. H. Pead
Sir William
Australia
Icorncil
F. D. Quinane
National Capital Planning and Development Committee
Newspaper Fined For Contempt in Australian Court
The Full Supreme Court fined Associate Newspapers Ltd. and The Sun editor L Clinch £1000 for contempt. Eric Amanual King, 21, awaiting murder trial, was linked to a Sun article May 3 claiming a man berserkly bashed his wife and terrorised Lightning Ridge, with a taxi-driver fatally shot.
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Sydney
Supreme Court Today
Associate Newspapers Ltd
the Sun
L. Clinch
Eric Amanual King
Floyd Robert Regan
Lightning Ridge
Kenneth Street
The
Sun
Kenneth
Sir Kenneth
NATO Ambassador Walter George Leaves Emory Hospital
Walter George, United States ambassador to NATO, departed Emory University Hospital after a 12 day treatment for coronary disease and returned to his home in Menna, Georgia for further rest.
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NATO
Atlanta
P.reuter
Walter George
Eisen
Emory University Hospital
Menna
Georgia
George
Prime Ministers Gather For Talks In London
Three premiers in London include Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana R G Menzies of Australia and Roy Welensky of Rhodesia Nyasaland. Nehru arrives last on eve of conference. Pakistan’s Noon cannot attend due to UN Kashmir talks in the United States. The sessions survey the international situation including disarmament economics and Britain’s new defence policy.
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London
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana
R. G. Menzies
Australia
Roy Welensky
Rhodesia
Nyav
Land
Trig
Pakistan
Malik Sir Firoz Khan Noon
America
Kashmir
United Nations Iemher
Remples
Britain
Egg Allergy Bar To Flu Vaccination
Sydney report states egg allergic individuals will not receive the Singapore flu vaccine. Deputy Director of Health Mr. Wibard says supplies from Commonwealth Serum Laboratories will be available next week through drug firms. Vaccination requires a doctor’s prescription to ensure administration by doctors. The vaccine is made from fertilised egg membranes and can trigger protein shock in egg allergies.
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Sydney
Commonwealth
Wibard
Commonwealth Serum Laboratories
Wichard
Inquiry into Brisbane Rail Crash Sparks Brakes Fault Theories
An express crash at South Brisbane Station injures over 100 as brakes allegedly failed. An official inquiry by NSW and Queensland Railways will probe possible sabotage and faulty brakes with experts in Brisbane. Victims remain in hospital with several in serious condition and others discharged.
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Sydney
Brisbane Limited
South Brisbane
Railway Department
Brisbane
N.S.W. Railways
Queensland Railways
Grafton
Queensland
Nsw
Frederick Marshal
Pearl Blake
Shannonbrook
Casino
Overseas Bank Balances Rise in Weekly Report
The Commonwealth Bank disclosed a weekly banking statement showing overseas balances at 461.0 million pounds for the week ended June 19, up 5.5 million. Other assets climbed to 18.1 million, with bills receivable and remittances in transit rising by 5.4 million, though still below June 5 levels.
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Sydney
Commonwealth Bank
Three Fettlers Die in Train Crash Near Cullerin
Police identified one victim Douglas James Morrow of Grafton with two other single men from the Yarra railway camp killed in a curved cutting accident near Cullerin. One survivor, 30 year old Yugoslav Brogian Stojanovic, is in Goulburn Base Hospital with shock and possible internal injuries.
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Cullerin
Douglas James Morrow
Alice Street
Grafton
Canberra
Morrow
Yarra
Stojanovic
Goulburn Base
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Treait Hin
Bydney
A.C.T
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Sir Philip McBride
Lady McBride
Sir Eric Harrison
Fant
Lady Harrison
A.a.p.reuter
Menzies
Macmillan
Sussex
India
Mr. Jawaharlal
Nehru
Scandinavia
Rai
Culiferin
Fish River
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