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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Sep 16, 1957
Page
1
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The ACT elects three Advisory Council and two Hospital Board members with independents polling strongly. Provisional totals show 2206 votes for Advisory Council and 2389 for Hospital Board, amid high turnout and multiple counting centers.
Professor Oliphant head of the Research School of Physical Sciences at Australian National University calls for a wide revamp of university courses to cut deadwood in science and improve practical classes. He urges basic tool training and exam access, notes flaws in Commonwealth scholarship schemes, and criticizes current government policy on higher education funding.
A Warrnambool youth named Juin Maloney, 19, preparing for church, was shot dead in his home. A loaded pea rifle discharged from the wardrobe top, hitting him on the right side of the nose, and he died at Warrnambool Base.
A deadly week on Victorian roads leaves seven dead as wet conditions and driver error spark collisions. The toll includes Stephen Benal INck 57 of Ishview Street Newtown and Bernard Vincent Storan 19 from Imack Colac, among others.
Canberra organizations protest lack of control over charitable collectors. Canberra residents were approached and bought buttons misattributed to Legacy, later found to fund the Country Pensioners' Appeal in New South Wales. Authorities have discussed oversight as collectors target the public.
Sydney reports a severe bush fire week end with Mount Victoria blaze on a 4 mile front described as the worst in 25 years. Nearby Haberbrook and other fronts threaten homes as exhausted firemen and volunteers battle outbreaks amid shifting winds.
A report notes a free oil strike at Lakes Entrance with the oil located at about 1,300 feet in. The item emphasizes the discovery without detailing subsequent actions or parties involved.
The Canberra Ambulance Service treated twelve people after three crashes on a Canberra highway. Juris Treimanis and his wife Benita were injured in a single vehicle collision near Brooks Creek with Treimanis suffering a fractured collarbone. Laurence Smith and his wife Norma sustained facial and leg injuries and their two children were admitted for internal and head injuries. A third head on collision near the same spot involved Druin Storey and Emanuel Kurtes with multiple injuries including a fractured jaw and facial injuries.
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