Fierce fires ring Brisbane and Sydney suburbs
Fierce fires raged around Brisbane and Sydney with blazes near Cowan 18 and Mt White threatening hundreds of homes. Firefighters, police and volunteers fought for hours to bring outbreaks under control as the dry season turned hills into tinder.
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Sydney
Cowan 18
Coory
Roma
New South Wales
Blue Moon
Berowra
Cowan
Warrimoo
Valley Heights
Mt White
Pacific Highway
Gosford
Hawkesbury Bridge
Jatore
Eye Flown From Bathurst for Grafting in Sydney
An eye packed in ice was flown from Bathurst to Sydney for grafting. It was removed from a 20 year old man at Orange Base Hospital after an injury two years earlier. The eye was sent to Concord Repat Hospital for potential transfer to another patient. Doctors at Orange removed the eye following the accident that damaged the eye socket but spared the cornea.
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Aruany
Bathurst
Sydney
Butler
Native Spearing Incident Reported in Port Moresby
A native man was speared on a plantation near Port Moresby and removed from his back by doctors at Port Moresby Hospital. A four inch spear head protruded from his back and likely penetrated his lung. The assailant fled after the incident, details murky.
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Port Moresby
Moresby
Canberra couple win five thousand pounds in NSW lottery
A Canberra couple Mr Osland and his wife from Allawah Flats won 5000 pounds in the NSW State Lottery. He is a salesman at Barrett's electrical shop and she works in the Canberra Club office. They plan to bank the prize, perhaps host a little party, and resume work.
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Canperra
Osid
Allawah
Nsw
Osland
Barrett
Civic Centre
Canberra
Canberra cyclist knocked down by gusts in brisk wind
Newton Robertsa was tipped from a bicycle on Brisbane Avenue as Canberra winds buffeted the city. He suffered facial lacerations at Canberra Hospital after a gust hurled him to the ground. officials noted wind speeds peaking around 48 miles per hour.
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Newton Robertsa
Meccarie Bereet
Brisbane Avenue
Lind
Canberra Hospital
Fairbairn
Atlantic
Fayal Island
Aseras
Fayal
Island
Saint George
Optical boom boosts binocular and telescope sales in New York
Satellite reports binoculars and telescopes selling 60 to 75 percent faster in major New York department stores. The optical surge follows interest in Sputnik and echoes the wartime rush for science fiction and atomic era curiosity.
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New
Senator McKenna Improves at Mater Hospital
Senator N. E. McKenna, admitted to the Mater Hospital earlier this week, is showing improvement according to a hospital spokesman tonight.
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McKenna Apper
N. E. McKenna
Mater Hospital
Carlier
Soviet Spokesman Rejects U N Space Arms Pact Bid
In the United Nations Political Committee Andre Gromyko delivered a lengthy speech opposing Western plans for a space arms pact. He warned that the diplomatic barrier to disarmament discussions remains set, while U S and allied proposals for peaceful space use face firm Soviet opposition. The debate moves to further consultations with governments before any major steps.
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U.S
New York
P.reuter
Andre Gromyko
United Nations’ Politcal Committee
R. G. Casey Austaller
United States
Soviet Union
Henry Cabot Lodge
United Nations
Tnited
Dionne Quinn to Wed in Private Ceremony
Annette Dionne aged 23 is set to marry Germain Allard in a private wedding today in North Bay Ontario. She will be the first of the four surviving Dionne quinn to wed as their parents traveled by car from North Bay to attend the ceremony.
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Unirual
Roby A.A
Union Volunteers To Build Homes For Fire Victims
Officials of the Building Workers' Industrial Union offered 10 temporary homes to aid victims at Craven's Point in Sydney. The union would organize working bees and supply materials with government cooperation to quickly construct dwellings on sites of destroyed homes.
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N.S.W
Sutherland
Bundeena
Port Hacking
Muogamarra
Hawkesbury
Sydney
Building Workers’ Industrial Union
Wietiene
Crav'’s Point
Canill
P. Clancy
F. O'Sullivan
BWIU
Tmber
Building Industry Congress
D. Stewart Fraser
Paain
Operative Painters’ Union
J. Anderson
Ois
Wweek-enda
Police close in on ring involved in garlic theft
Police at Piacenza pursue a theft case after finding 1 540 lbs of garlic left to dry in the sun. Authorities trace the scent to a suspect believed connected with the missing supply.
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Rome
A.aphiter
Piacensa
Detroit ad group studies space advertising rights
The Junior Advertising Club of Detroit will start an immediate study of advertising in outer space including the possibilities and problems for broadcasters. The move signals interest in extending commercial messages beyond Earth as advertisers watch future rights and regulations.
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Detroit
P-Reuter
Junior Advertising Club of
Border Raids On Ulster Reported Near Belfast Barracks
Report from Belfast describes border raids on Ulster with an incident at Roslea Barracks where a bomb was thrown but caused little damage. Authorities investigate the attack as part of ongoing unrest along the border.
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Rosles
Stoa Fs
Firs
America Ends Finger-Prints For Visitors
The new law requires reciprocal fingerprinting arrangements with other nations. Resaddt and hh have existing finger print programs and will apply to visitors to the United States on the same basis as Americans traveling to those countries.
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America
Rain Within Month Could Save Stock in New South Wales
A spokesman for a leading wool and stock firm says an inch of rain within a month across much of New South Wales could save most stock from drought. He notes the situation is serious but not hopeless, with old stock hardest hit and areas from Armidale northward likely to respond to rain. Water supply methods and fodder costs complicate the grazing outlook as drought pressure grows.
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New South Wales
Queens
Armidale
Lone
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