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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Sep 01, 1952
Page
2
Tender invitations seek erection of a high frequency distance measuring station on Mt Ainslie to aid serial navigation. The en route unit would relay distances to pilots of interstate airliners and assist Canberra bound aircraft in bad weather.
Navy and Royal Military College clash in a thrilling grand final, with a late controversial penalty that kept RM C hopeful until the final whistle. Debroughe, Guy, and Graham starred for RM C as Navy edged ahead by a single point amid a tense, well-fought match.
Sydney reporters hail a tight wrestling main event at Latch hardt Stadium where Chief Little Wolf, aged 17, defeated Tony Lamaro, 17.9, two falls to one in a closely contested match.
A Swiss sprinter Oscar Plattner beat Georges Seniste ron of France and Jan Denkaen of Holland to win the professional title. Britain’s Reg Harris and Australians Bid Batterman Rumell oete ridge and Lionel Cox failed to reach the final stages on day two of the event.
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