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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
May 12, 1959
Page
13
A diverse list of classic sedans from 1950s Australia and Britain is presented with asking prices and deposit terms. Notable models include 1957 Holden sedans, 1953 Morris Aape and Morris Minor coupes, 1957 Ford Zephyr, 1948 Studebaker Champion, and more. Each entry specifies cash price or deposit payment and year, model, color, and condition notes where available.
Mr. G L Bain of the Associated Chambers of Manufactures of Australia testifies in Sydney at a Commonwealth Tariff Board inquiry into the footwear sector. He warns imports from low cost Asian nations threaten 23 000 Australian footwear workers and urges expanding local manufacturing to absorb 35 000 workers yearly. He cautions against imports at the expense of Australian industry amid Japan's trade surplus.
About 10 000 mourners joined a procession through Cairo led by four Cabinet Ministers for victims of the Nile steamer Dandarah disaster. Rescue efforts continued as 175 survivors were confirmed and salvage work paused due to river mud.
In Maitland court the 39 year old dairy farmer, John Phillip Symons of Aberglasslyn, was refused bail on a charge of maliciously wounding John Robert Hartcher with intent to murder. Police argued that release could spark further violence due to farm proximity. Hartcher and his wife were attacked when Symons allegedly fired at them and at a fleeing vehicle. Symons was remanded to next Monday.
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