Harman Naval Station Wedding Party Rolls On
Almost 100 HMAS Harman personnel attended a reception at cottage 44 Canberra to celebrate the marriage of Miss Joan Holmes and Ivan Billett at St Pauls Church. The couple, wed last Saturday, honeymooned at Monbulk and will reside in Queanbeyan. Mrs Sillett hails from Medina Western Australia and Mr Sillett from Prahran Melbourne.
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St. Paul's Church of England
Canberra
R.A.N
Joan Holmes
Ivan Sillett
F. G. Scott
W.R.A.N
Phyllis Burnham
Kevin Newsom
Hmas, Harman Naval Station
Land
Frank Glenwright
Rla.n
Ivan Billett
Boon
Dur
Hikers Find Body Near Wondabyne in Bush
A party of hikers found the decomposed body of a man in thick bush at Wondabyne. They contacted police, and detectives from Brooklyn and Hornsby traveled to the scene to view the body.
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Sydney
Bunday
Union Trophy To John Gallagher
John Gallagher received the Union Trophy for best sportsmanship. He has played for Eastern Suburbs since 1952 and captained the side for the past two years, covering centre full-back and wing. Peter Morton won the Castro Cup as best and fairest, his first year earning the new honor, with Morton noted as a top ACT winger and representative. The awards were handed at the Rugby Union Ball, attended by 250 at Hotel Ainslie Rex Carlton Lounge.
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Gallagher
Eastern Suburbs
ACT
Springboks
Canberra Royals
Queanbeyan
Tommy Byrne
Peter Morton
Morton
A.C.T. S
A.C.T
Silea
Country Jones
New South Wales
New Zealand
N.S.W
Sydney
Carlton
Ainslie-Rex
Victorians Hurt In Collision At Turner
Three people from Echuca Victoria were injured in a collision at the Boldrewood and Froggatt Streets intersection in Turner. Mrs Ellen Margaret Potts and her two daughters Helen and Margaret suffered various injuries and shock before admission to Canberra Community Hospital for observation. The Potts car was driven by Heally Thomas Potts. the other vehicle by Joseph Patrick Saunton. Constable J Kigg is leading inquiries.
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Ellen Margaret Potts
Echuca
Victoria
Helen
Margaret
Turner
Heally Thomas Potts
Joseph Patrick Saunton
Doonkuna Street
Reid
J. Kigg
ACT, Police
Man Shot On Poultry Run
Melbourne report says a 2T-year old Walter Wicks of Hubert Avenue Glenroy was shot at his Glenroy poultry farm. Police charged a 27-year-old man with murder after the victim’s son awoke to an alarm rigged to a poultry pen.
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Melbourne
Glenroy
Earl
Walter Wicks
Hubert Avenue
Motorcycle accident injures rider after dog causes crash
A rider on a motorcycle received lacerations to the head and face when a stray dog ran between the wheels on Darling Street Barton behind Lawley House on Saturday. Hart was treated at the hospital and later discharged.
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Hart
Canberra Community Hospital
Darling St. Barton
Lawley House
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Manuka
E. Driver & CO
Cvnningham Bt
Mingster
T.byrne
Bingston
AMT
Catanzariti
TALOR
Mater
Civic Centre
Canberra Plumbing CO. Pty. Ltd
Wentworth Avenue
Kingston
Sanitary
Harman
Union Trophy
John Gallagher
Rugby Union
Mort Str
Braddon, A.C.T
Phone J
Len Griffiths
A.ct
Gibb & Beeman
Captain's Flat
Hote
H. Johnon
Chemie
Royal Hotel
A J. Rolle
Chonda
Optometrists
McIlvennes
Woolworths
Lucas Battery
Mort Street
Commonwealth Motors
Valle Bo
Pation
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