British firm markets two ton electronic calculator in Australia
Sir Cecil Weir of Britain's Backine Co. promotes automation in Canberra noting computers are the brains of modern industry. The firm unveiled a two ton electronic generator to be installed by post and telecommunication authorities this year as part of an Australia wide expansion. He warns against abrupt widespread automation and stresses skilled operation and phased adoption.
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U.K
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Canberra
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Bureau of Census and Statistics
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Arkansas
Brando
U.S
New Yo
Reuter
Rome
Nations plan free trade area across 17 European states
Seventeen nations in the Organization for European Economic Co operation Council agreed to form a wide free trade area to be overseen by a special intergovernmental committee. The pact would create a common market including France Germany Italy Belgium and Luxembourg and would start January 4, 1844, replacing earlier hopes for a full common market.
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Germany
Italy
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Luxem
Adapta Vobriay
Treevale
Satellite Trails Further Behind Rocket Shell
Moon observers at Harvard Observatory report Sputnik trailing further behind its rocket shell as two fellow travellers whirl around Earth. Three observers watched the satellite pass overhead where the third stage rocket passed 23 minutes earlier, suggesting the rocket itself moves nearer Earth in smaller orbits. An attempted hoax by Brussels observers claimed the Soviet satellite landed in a Belgium dump, but the report notes a metal sphere with vents and discarded radio valves inside.
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Brussels Royal Observatory
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Belgium
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Washington Welcomes Royal Couple After 16 Hour Day
Queen and Duke arrive in Washington amid massive crowds and a state banquet at the White House. President Eisenhower host to 92 guests as Royal visitors declare friendship between Britain and the United States, with praise for Anglo American ties and a grand public reception.
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White House
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Tokyo
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U.S
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Prince Philip
Potomac River
Arlington National Cemetery
Speeding Motorist Fined in Canberra Court
An interstate motorist, George Gensburgh, was fined £10 by Mr. F C P Keane in Canberra Court of Petty Sessions for speeding on Northbourne Avenue in May and for driving past the police station at 500 mph. Police pursued him along Girrahween Street as he weaved between lanes. Ronald John Davis of Queanbeyan also paid £8 10 for 45 mph travel on Scotts Crossing Roads on July 24.
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Canberra
Northbourne Avenue
George Gensburgh
Jeffcote Lavine Northsets
Girrahween Street
Gensburgh
Japan Ship Service to Run Regular Yokohama Fremantle Route
A Japanese shipping company announced monthly services linking Yokohama with Fremantle, Singapore, and Indonesia. The plan aims to strengthen regional trade and provide continuous freight and passenger connections across the specified Southeast Asia network.
Australian swimmer Lorraine Crapp meets Pope in Rome
Australian swimming champion Lorraine Crapp was received by the Pope in audience at Castel Gandolfo near Rome. The meeting occurred during the Pontiff’s summer residence visit yesterday.
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Lorraine Crapp
Rome
Forester Falls From Tree in Uriarra Forest
John Fielding of Grey Street Deakin fell from a tree in Uriarra Forest yesterday afternoon suffering a probable fractured spine and right arm extensive bruising and shock. Work mates found him at the tree base and Canberra Ambulance was called. He was admitted to Canberra Hospital.
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John Fielding
Grey Street
Deakin
Fielding
Canberra
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Canberra Ambulance
Tragedy at Work as Seven Year Old Dies in Sand Bin
Two friends aged seven were playing near a sand bin in Ultima te on Baier Road Farmoot Was rect. Council workers drawing sand from the bin unknowingly trapped one boy. He was found unconscious after 20 men attempted rescue. surgeons were unable to save him as Pyrmont police investigate.
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Calin Johnson
Jobs Baier
Wattle Street
Pyrmont
President bows to the Queen in Washington crowd
President Fei frener bows to the Queen in Washington as photographers capture the moment. He guides her by the arm and calls the photograph the closest thing to a dictator in his country.
National Conference of the W C in Canberra presided by Dr Georgina Sweet
A large gathering of delegates attended the National Conference of the W C in Canberra with Dr Georgina Sweet as National President presiding. The opening address was given by Rev E H Bargmann. Three Canberra bodies formed a Canberra Publicity Committee to promote publicity and tourist traffic, listing members from the Canberra Chamber of Commerce and local associations.
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W.C
Canberra
Georgina Sweet
E. H H. Bargmann
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