World’s largest Siam ruby valued at thirty thousand
An Adelaide migrant was offered a 11.68 carat ruby worth about 30 000 dollars said to be genuine Siam ruby. Gem experts at the Gem Centre and University of Adelaide confirmed it is a rare large natural ruby. Tests included ultra violet and M ray luminescence. The stone was offered to a London club and world market dealers for sale.
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Adelaide
London
John L. O'Loughlin
Australia
Uby
Siam
J. W. Mean
University of Inch
North London
O'Loughby
Lin
R. Webster
B. Atone
Anderson
Hatton
Garden
Torch saves ten as eleventh sailor drowns in shipboard tragedy
Aboard the sinking destroyer Frank E Evans at Subic Bay ten exhausted sailors escaped a pitch dark cabin using a small penlight. The owner of the torch, a chief petty officer, volunteered to be the last of 11 chiefs to leave through a narrow escape hatch and drowned during the Melbourne Evans collision inquiry.
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Subic Bay
Frank E. Evans
Board of Inquiry
Melbourne - Evans
Doctor not guilty of slaying in Melbourne trial
A County Court jury found 72-year-old Dr William James Flynn not guilty of manslaughter in the January 9 last year death of Carolyn Mary Jamieson, 21, of Preston. The five-day trial heard Jamieson died after an alleged inadequate dose of pentathol in Flynn’s Jolimont Street clinic.
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Melbourne
William James Flynn
Flynn
Jolimont Street
Minister improves as crew escape from sinking ship
Chief Petty Officer Charles W J Cannington and 9 other officers fought to reach a hatch during a Japanese air raid and ship sinking. A hospital spokesman said CPO Malilay reported the men showed great improvement after pneumonia, with Manson noting a hatch and orderly lines. Some escaped via water, two officers drowned, and survivors were rescued by helicopter to Melbourne. The penlight was passed along as men escaped.
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Charles ‘W. .J Cannington
Sydney
Orange Park
Victoria
Florida
Manson
Sutherland Hospital
Cpo Malilay
No decisions at Subic Bay on collision inquiry
Subic Bay reports say the six member joint board will not announce conclusions about the pre dawn collision between the Melbourne and the Evans. The board will submit findings to the Australian Commonwealth Naval Board in Canberra and US Commander Harold Glass noted the inquiry is fact finding with no punitive powers. They will decide if the case should be escalated to higher authority.
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Subic Bay
Australia
Melbourne
Frank E. Evans
Australian Commonwealth Naval Board
Canberra
Harold Glass
Seventh Fleet
William F. Bringle
Oklahoma City
Glass
Tenders let for swimming pools in Belconnen district
The National Capital Development Commission awarded contracts for a three acre Belconnen swimming centre. Crystal Pools Pty Ltd will build the main Olympic size pool with a plant room and kiosk. P A Carlier secured a $108 675 contract for the first stage, and a $76 815 contract for a Set PaaEeson Centre pool. Work targets December completion amid criticism from officials and school authorities.
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National Capital de Linoire
Pont
Commission
Caoberra
P. A.carlier
Jami
Coffey
Set PaaEeeson
Belconnen
Anthony
Offic
Crystal Pools Pty Ltd
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Ata
Naval Inquiry
Torch
John Graham Glide
Larry
Mallay
Doreen
Jamieson
Glide
Dr Flynn
Evans
Miss Jamieson
Fee
Beach
California
CPO
Cannington
Cpa
Focsle
Belconnnen
Macquarie
Will Frans A Emir
Civic Centre
Kingston
Queanbeyan and Dickson Store
Empisal
Synpisal
Fair Isle
Hanson
Burns Philp
Homewares
Reta Oulu Cato
Col
Yass
Yass Red Cross Blood Bank
Yass Blood Bank
Fred Powell
Pernivit
Pernicream
Mansouri
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