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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
May 21, 1958
Page
3
A dense collage of real estate and vehicle listings with prices. Items include freehold plots from £4,500 to £8,000 with varying acres, stock and plant, and multiple contact options. Also ads for wood, fish shop specials, Holden car for sale, room heaters, and an ocean-view Dalmeny home with short inquiry details.
The Department of Health will urge the government to vaccinate all possible contacts of smallpox cases. Health staff, ambulance crews, reporters, dock workers, customs officers, pilots and others would receive immediate vaccination. The move follows the National Health and Medical Research Council recommendation for widespread vaccination as a precaution. The incubation period is 12 to 14 days, risking spread from travelers arriving from Asia. A local doctor may confuse smallpox with chicken pox, so vaccination of contacts begins now to keep Australia safer.
Touhua Peter Bell, a navigator and historian famed for Moreton Bay works, ran aground at Neyacht Lucinda while guiding a voyage. He is recognized as the leading authority on Moreton Bay and wrote Moreton Bay and How to Fathom It.
The listing shows a full night of radio offerings from 2c to 11.00 with items like Breakfast sessions, Newsreels, Story of Jane Armitage, The Ainsile Show, Are You Listening, Rumpus Time and various entertainment slots including Bob Dyer It Pays to be Funny and Supper Club with Rose Murphy and Johnny Mathis.
A fragmented radio listing shows numerous programs and times across stations. Notable items include hospital hour, devotional, country hour, forum of the air, and classical music blocks with names like Lionel Hickey Septet and Latchmo.
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