Five Story Office Block Underway at Civic Centre
Construction starts on a five storey office building for Mutual Life and Citizens Assurance at Civic Centre Canberra. Steel frame with reinforced concrete piles, aluminium glass veneer, ceramic lift tower, hot air heating, and metal acoustic ceilings. Completion aimed for mid 1908 with design linked to the Melbourne ML C project. Built by Simmie and Co. Pty. Ltd, Canberra architects Mor Ward Sater and associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutual Life and Citizens Assurance Company
Ltb
Civic Centre
Canberra
M.L.C
North Sydney
Mes
McCutcheon
Melbourne
Mor, Ward and Sater
Camberra
Messrs
Julius, Poole
Gibson
Sydney
Engs
David H. Youl
Bourne
Candidates In Favor Of Annexation In Papua New Guinea
Three candidates supporting Australia’s annexation of the Papua New Guinea trust territory won clear majorities in the Legislative Council elections. Dudley Jones led in New Guinea Islands, Tan Downs in New Guinea Mainland, and James James in Papua. Main policies favor more land for Europeans, migration from Australia, no direct taxation, and greater Legislative Council representation. Jones and Downs would be new members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Moresby
A.a.p.reuter
Trust Territory
Australia
New Guinea
Legislative Council
Youth Killed in Shooting Mishap Near Euston
In Melbourne on Sunday a Victorian youth was killed when a companion fired at an eagle on the Sturt Highway four miles north of Euston M S W Loy from Robinvale and three other youths were in a utility. Loy fired at the eagle, was struck in the back of the head, and died two hours later at Robinvale Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Sturt
Euston
M.S.W
Charles Loy
Robinvale
Loy
Fined £ 80 For Possessing 4 Stolen Cats
London Sunday reports a livestock dealer, David Taylor of Stepney, fined £ 85 for possessing four stolen cats. He faced £ 80 plus 25 shillings per cat. A former teacher Victoria Rogers, 78, ran a five year network of amateur detectives reporting cat dealer houses in East End and passing tips to Scotland Yard and the Union for the Abolition of Vivisection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Reuter
Greenwich
David Taylor
Stepney
The
Sun
Taylor
Daily Mail
Victoria Rogers
East End
Youth Charged With Outbreak Of £20,000 Fire
In Barrow England a 19 year old apprentice engineering worker William Goodwin is charged after allegedly starting a £20,000 fire at the Vickers-Armstrong plant. He told police he acted because he was fed up with the job and planned the act for some time. The case was committed for trial.
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Barrow
England
Bundy
A.p.reuter
William Goodwin
Goodwin
Vickers-Armstrong
Tom
Vickers
Job
Fulbright Grants Open to Australian Applicants for 1958
The United States Education Foundation announced Fulbright competition details for Australians wishing to study research or lecture in the United States during the 1958 American academic year. More than 400 Australians have already received grants, with 60 more awards planned, part of a program funded by the U.S. government to foster international understanding through educational exchange.
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United States
Dation
Australia
J. William Fulbright
Uniavon
Wag
Tralian
Union 8
Hs United States
United States Educational Foundation
G.P.O
Canberra
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Hanks
Tarzen
Lea
Phillips Newsagency
Petrie Street
Newcastle
Hardies Tye
Mort Street
Bredden, A.C.T
Adem Ingram & Leng
Lonsdale St, Breddes, Act
R. E. Clark
Southbourne Avenue
CIVIC
Jservice
Peleviston
T.V
George Pitt T.V. Club
George Pitt
Radio and Electrical Store
Kingston
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