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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Oct 06, 1958
Page
9
A shopkeeper’s diary style column recalls Ron who mistook a stranger for a friend and slapped him on the back triggering a possible lawsuit. Other tales cover a borrower's hire purchase warning, a coat spattered by truck grime, and a pedestrian collision discussed as a duty issue.
More than 30,000 people crowded Sydney city beaches as a heat wave pushed temperatures to a 1 pm high of 8.6 degrees. Lifesavers rescued over 40 swimmers from dangerous surf at Cronulla and Bondi, with a mass rescue of 30 people near the southern end as giant waves swept them out. Lifesavers deployed all surf boats to bring swimmers ashore.
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