Heat and fire sweep New South Wales. roads buckled
Searing heat to 98 degrees across coastal districts sparked widespread fires in Blue Mountains and near Sydney. Rail lines and a bridge buckled while homes and caravans burned at Wentworth Falls Katoomba Leura and Pendle Hill. Firefighters and volunteers battled flames as residents formed bucket brigades and signal crews worked to reopen disrupted services.
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Naie
Gildenville Bridge
Public Works Department
Ita
Wentworth Falls
Barrington Sanatorium
Queen Victoria
Sydney
Blue Mountain
Blue Mountains
Leura
Gladesville Road
B. Herniman
Katoomba
Everglades
Rsseaane
Andiry
Carter
Kingsford
Realdenta
Pendle Hill
Blacktown
Pittwater
Mona Vale
Collaroy
Broken Bay
Thousands at state funeral of Mr Graham
Thousands of mourners crowded Wagga for the state funeral of Mr E A Graham minister for agriculture and food production. A three mile funeral procession from St Johns Church of England to the Waggs Cemetery snaked along the route with gaps of people along the streets. About 600 filled St Johns and more than 1 000 listened outside the amplified service.
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Wagga
el Ogate
E. A. Graham
Agriculture and Food Production
St. John's Church of England
Waggs ‘Cemetery
Sturt
St. John’a
16 Bodies Found From Missing Stratocruiser Plane
Rescue teams recovered 16 bodies from the missing Stratocruiser in the ocean amid a disappearance that had left 36 passengers including Robert Halliday of Kangaroo Point Sylvania. The Navy stated survivors would have surfaced during the flight interval. The carrier was ordered to return to Long Beach California to await a Civil Aeronautical Bureau investigator.
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Ocean
Robert Halliday
Kangaroo Point
Sylvania
Navy
Long Beach
California
Civil Aeronautical Bureau
Canberra Sets November Heat Record at 90.7
Canberra yesterday saw 90.7 degrees at 2 40 pm the hottest November reading since 1953 and higher than 1944’s 101.8 degrees. A westerly wind brought dust as speeds reached 57 mph at 1 30 pm. Another northerly is expected with milder temperatures.
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Canberra
Russians Admit Dog Dead in Space Mission Details
Berlin reports quote Krylov saying Sputnik I carried food for Laika for seven days and nights. Laika allegedly fed via two nipples with milk and mushy food. When food ran out, Laika was poisoned to prevent starvation.
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Moscow
Fedorov
United Press
Berlin
Krylov
Lalka
Morshead to Lead Defence Departments Review Committee
Sir Leslie Morshead to chair a cabinet joint committee reviewing six defence related departments in Australia. The panel aims to improve coordination among Defence, Army, Navy, Air, Supply and Defence Production without radical changes to current administration.
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Morshead
Up of
Menzies
Sir Leale
Cabinet Committee On Public Service
Public Service
Defence
H.W. Hicks
H. J. Bunting
Enta
Department of Defence
Melbourne
Public Service Organisation
Nittee
Australia
Leslie Morshead
Defence Stealth Department
Sir Leslie
Laaka
Army
Navy
Air
Supply
Walt
Volunteers For Space Travel
U S Defense Department and Naval Research Laboratory headquarters report receiving dozens of letters and calls from would be space explorers for Project Vanguard. A caller who calls himself a crazy Irishman offers to go up in a satellite and shoot down Sputniks, insisting he will fit into the 20 inch wide satellite.
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Washington
A.ap
United States Defence Department
Naval Research Laboratory
Bank Robbers Escape With £30,000 in Morning Heist
London report says thieves blasted the strongroom door of a Fronslow bank and fled with £30,000. Premises were quiet as a morning cleaner discovered the robbery and locals heard no alarm despite the blast. Police investigation ongoing.
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London
Fronslow Bank
Narenner
Fire kills man and injures two women in Darlinghurst blaze
In Darlinghurst on Chishol Street late Friday, Walter Murray aged 74 died from burns after being trapped in a back room of William Craig’s residence. Two women, Mrs Dalcl Perry and Mrs Alma Spence, were badly burned and later treated at St Vincent’s Hospital along with Mrs Ernest Mott. The fire also damaged an adjacent engineering shop and destroyed a car.
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Sydney
Walter Murray
Chishol Street
Darlinghurst
Murray
William Craig
Dalcl Perry
Mra Alma Spence
Ernest Mott
St. Vincent's Hospital
Belgium and NATO urged unity to avoid world crisis
Belgian statesman Paul Henri Spaak argued NATO must pursue joint policy and resources to raise living standards and military effectiveness. He warned against becoming second class powers and called for foreign policy coordination to prevent war, saying this marks a revolution in diplomacy.
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Paris
AAP
Reuter
Paul Henri-Spankard
Sputnik
NATO
Atlantic Alliance
Suez
Mr. Spank
Commonwealth government bonds to come into operation next Monday
The Australian Associated Stock Exchanges announced that reduced rates for brokerage or large parcels of Commonwealth bonds will take effect next Monday. President Liorfel A. McFadyn said the decision aims to encourage expansion of Commonwealth Government securities after talks with the Commonwealth Treasury and the Central Bank.
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Australian Associated Stock Exchanges
Liorfel A. McFadyn
Commonwealth Treasury
Central Bank
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Stephen O'Brien
Ainslie
Space Travel
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