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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Mar 24, 1952
Page
2
The NSW Housing Commission plans an 18 flat three storey block in Queanbeyan with two flats per level. Each flat includes three bedrooms and a lockable room. Work began in October 1860, by builders Tilyard and Rickman of Queanbeyan. A ballot of eligible residents will determine occupants.
Narrabundah residents plan a new community hall with volunteer labor and Department of the Interior material support from East Lake hostel. The 18 by 0 feet structure was outlined at the Narrabundah Progress Association meeting led by Dr. D R Williams who thanked departmental officials and social worker Mins Harding for the address and noted youth clubs to use the hall. The association closed the year with a £16 1 balance. 1952/83 offices listed presidents, secretaries, treasurers, and committee members respectively.
In Sydney a change of wind averted disaster as a 256 foot yacht neared rocks. The cruiser crossed within 20 feet of danger before wind shifted pushing it away. Police boat Nemenye assisted, and Roy Harera and George roth of New Bay were mentioned in the chaotic scene.
Shirley Strickland, at York Park in Launceston, clocked 200 yards in a time just one tenth of a second outside the world record. The effort occurred on the final day of the Temmainian meet, with just one timekeeper recording the time. The mark remains pending official recognition as an Australian record due to lone timing and conditions.
A Yugoslav man was arrested on Macquarie Street Barton in the early hours and charged with drunken driving. A 27 year old man was also arrested and charged with illegal use of a motor vehicle. Both were released on bail to appear at Canberra Court on April.
At Canberra Court on Saturday Arthur Benjamin Burns, 43, labourer, was fined £1 in default two days imprisonment for indecent behavior in the grounds of Capital Hill Hostel on March 20. A similar penalty was imposed on Henry Arthur Terrance Rourks, 36, labourer, of Capital Hill Hostel, for indecent behavior.
Report from Washington states UK manufacturers increased production per man hour by about 8 percent last year. The usual annual gain due to better machine techniques runs about 2.4 percent. The result is a narrowing gap between UK and American productivity as a result.
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