Fourth VC Awarded in Vietnam
In Saigon Australian authorities announced a fourth Victoria Cross for Vietnam to Warrant Officer Keith Payne of Brisbane. The 34 year old faced heavy fire, exposed himself to save comrades, and helped organize defenses despite injuries. He later retrieved wounded and remained in danger to support his unit. Also noted were a fatal casualty in Phuoc Tuy and other injuries among Australian soldiers.
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Saigon
Vietnam
Keith Payne
Cen Eral
Payne
Stafford Heights
Brisbane
Sitalion
Dow
Payne Whem
I. Payne
Payne Dnally
Phuoc Tuy Province
1 Rennie
Inf
Broadmeadows
Victoria
6Th Battalion
Royal Australian Regiment
Orar Soldler
Po R Kiely
Phooe Tuytas
Fragmentary Late News Riddle From Crumpled Page
Scrambled OCR text yields a fragmentary item with unclear people places or events. The readable bits hint at a political or wartime update but lack concrete names dates or outcomes to identify a clear local item. The snippet resembles a transient news blurb rather than a full event summary.
Bombs Hit Israeli Offices In Brussels Bonn And The Hague
Bombs were thrown at Israeli installations in Brussels Bonn and The Hague. Two people wounded in Brussels as youths hurled hand grenades at El Al office. Belgian police detained two suspects, one later identified as a 13 year old. Grenades also used at Israeli Embassy sites in Bonn Bad Godesberg and The Hague. Explosions caused shattered glass and smoke with no confirmed casualties. A police officer seized a man with a second grenade.
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London
Brussels
Bonn
The
Hague
United Press Tvernational
el al
Dia
Che Radio Sand
Belgianadie Snd
Israehi Bombassy
Bad Gouesberg
Rac
West Germs
New gamma ray source found in space by Melbourne and US teams
A joint team from Case Western Reserve University and Melbourne University reports discovery of high energy gamma rays beyond our galaxy. Led by Professor Victor Hopper, the source lies along the Milky Way axis, about 20 degrees below the galactic plane, with preliminary estimated investigations costing about 250000 dollars.
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Melbourne
Case Western Reserve Univerity
USA
Melbourne University
Profesor Victor Hopper
Hopper
Raaf Academy
Point Cook
Parkes
Nsw
Poem Recovered From Mount Coree Cairn Burial
Mr Jack Shumack of Yarralumia recalled a 1926 poem he wrote and buried at Mount Coree while part of a surveying party that dismantled a stone cairn marking the trigonometric station on Mount Coree. The Department of the Interior says cairns across the ACT are being replaced with metal beacons.
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Jack Shumack
Yarralumia
Mount Coree
Shumack
T Cam
Mount Cote
R. Pulver
Clem March
Rex” Brogan
Cheinman
Mount
Thorse
Nasgor
Hugh
Canberra
Conetra Technical College
Department of the Ineriat
Cairns
Bury forecasts easing of penal powers in Arbitration Act
Melbourne report notes Minister for Labour Mr Bury foreshadowed changes to the Arbitration Act aimed at softening penalties. He said section 108A could be repealed if employers, unions, and the Commonwealth agree on dispute procedures. Presidential members of the Arbitration Commission could direct parties to obey awards once cause is shown.
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Melbourne
Labor and National Service
Mr Bury
Bury
Commonwealth Industrial Court
Commonwealth
Arbitration Commission
Government urged to remove need for industrial court powers
Mr Bury said the Government accepted the union claim that the Commonwealth Industrial Court does not assess merits when a union is sued for contempt of an award. He urged national level development of effective dispute procedures to avoid direct action and sanctions. The aim was to resolve matters by agreement between government, employers, and the trade union movement.
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Bury
Commonwealth Industrial Court
Industrial Court
Proposed reforms to conciliation act strengthen compliance powers
The article discusses section 109 and 111 of the Conciliation and Arbitration Act, proposing changes to empower the Commonwealth Industrial Court to enforce awards, curb breaches, and reduce court sanctions. It outlines potential procedural shifts, penalties, and a national blueprint to avoid direct action while preserving due process and industry adaptation.
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Commonwealth Industrial Court
U S Ambassador Elbrick Freed After Kidnapping in Rio
U S Ambassador Charles Burke Elbrick, age 61, was released four days after being abducted in Rio de Janeiro. He described a bare room with a forehead wound from a revolver shot, thanked Brazil’s government for securing his freedom, and noted the kidnappers fulfilled their bargain by releasing 15 political prisoners. He was flown to Mexico where Brazilian prisoners were staying at the Mexican government’s expense.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Reuter
Elbrick
Give
Charles Burke Elbrick
Rio Street
Tim Lad
Mexico
Elbnick
Press
Mt Isa Mines posts record annual profit in 1908 09
Mt Isa Mines Ltd, a major Queensland metals producer, reports a record net profit of 27,729,436 for the year to June 30, up 17,000,738 from the prior peak. Directors approve a 24c per share dividend, reflecting 150 percent payout, amid strong copper, lead, silver earnings and higher prices. A preliminary six months to February 9 shows 13.6 million group net profit, up 27 percent from all of 1908, with cash flow rising on improved production and metal prices.
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Mount Isa Mines Ltd
Queensland
Lead, Inc
Mount Vea
Bbase-Metals
Trea
Vietnam scales down war effort amid funeral despatch
The United States and South Vietnamese commands plan to scale back military operations to pre funeral levels during the three day mourning period for Mo Minh. Political correspondent Jonathan Gaul notes opposition welfare schemes loom as major domestic issues in the federal election campaign. Other pages reference ACT milk industry inquiry and general listings.
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South Viet
Perations
Vietone
Mo Minh
Libyan King Abdication Document Near Completion
In Rome a well informed Libyan envoy reports the Libyan king has finished an abdication document. An emissary is expected to arrive to discuss the handover, amid a coup that has led to a standstill. Page 4.
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Rome
Iris
Libya
Fie
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Tradex Hall Council
Ben Cart
Burry
U.S
Breese Airforce
Calao Air
Cua Hieick
Mt Isa
Jonathan Gaul
Amd Opposition’s and Welfare
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Jayne Red
Tovar
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David Jones
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