Third Battalion Credited With 15 Terrorists
A July ambush by the Australian forces in a rubber estate led to the killing of three terrorists and the surrender of nine more, with two separate gangs smashed. Key figures include Major R. Garland and Private Ramsey, Mullings, Hanley, Mills, and Roscow among others. The operation credited the Royal Australian regiment for initial success.
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Royal Australian Regiment
Mogg
R. 3. Garland
Mortdale
Sydney
Max Hanley
Appleby Road
Morpethville
South Australia
Rod Mullings
Wren Street
Longreach
Queensland
Bill Ramsay
George Road
Enfield
Hanley
Rod Mullinga
Bill Samsay
Pte
Reg Mills
Western Australia
Ray Roscow
Melbourne
Mills
Malayana Communist Party
Gas Explosion Wrecks Shops on Sydney Road Brunswick
A violent gas blast last night shattered dozens of shop windows on Sydney Road Brunswick. The explosion sent heavy metal covers into the air and through a car roof, injuring a couple and their child who were treated for cuts. Police warned the toll could have been higher if the blast occurred later.
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Melbourne
Sydney Road
Brunswick
World’s largest radio telescope to start October near Sugar Grove
United States plans construction of the world’s largest radio telescope starting October 15 at Sugar Grove West Virginia with an estimated cost of about 27 million pounds.
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U.S
Washington
A.a.p.reuter
US. Navy
Sugar Grove
West Virginia
Santa Maria
Azores
A.a.p.-Reuter
Santa Maria Island
Ariel
Australia
Woomera
Supply Ministry
Royal Society
Britain
Little Rock
Arkansas
Hall High School
Orval Faubus
Caution Urged On Plan For Convertibility
New Zealand Finance Minister A H Nordmeyer urged caution on sterling convertibility, saying UK alone should decide, and that rapid moves could slow UK industrial expansion and hurt markets for Commonwealth nations. The discussion followed at the Commonwealth conference amid talks on education scholarships and economic cooperation.
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New Zealand
A. H. Nordmeyer
United Kingdom
Nordmeyer
Cromment
Donald Fleming
Commonwealth
Fleming
McEwen
Canada
Italians Warned To Observe Law In South Australia
Adelaide Sunday report warns Italian residents in South Australia against taking the law into their own hands. Det Inspector Gully of the homicide squad says violence among Italians is rising after an Italian was shot by another Italian in Thebarton suburb on Friday night.
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Adelaide
South Australia
C.1.3
Inspector Gully
Thebarlton
Cigarette Tax Promoted to Fund Cancer Research
Sir Macfarlane, director of the Eliza and Walter Hall Research Institute, urged Australia to adopt a cigarette tax to fund cancer research and health education. He warned smoking remains the main driver of lung cancer and called for a commission to boost biological research with increased funding.
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Macfarlane
Eliza and Walter Hall Research Institute
A.b.c
Australia
Sir Macfarlane
England
Nude woman found in cave in Katoomba Park
Hikers discover the naked body of a woman about 35 years old in a cave at Katoomba Park. Police found clothing and a bottle near the scene. identity not yet established.
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Katoomba
Katoomba Park
Huge Car Sales Fraud Allegations Reach Riverina
Sydney investigators will travel to Riverina to probe a major motor car fraud. About 80 cars and £50,000 are implicated as hire purchase agreements are alleged to have been manipulated. Police expect the inquiry to last several weeks with two detectives leading the motor squad and others questioned.
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Sydney
Sydney C.lb
Riverina
Pollsh
C.lb
Calman
Gat
Harry Griffin
Pet. Sat. Brotherson
Man Killed Blasting Tree Stumps Near Brisbane
An 48 year old man, John Alexander McCulloch of Pillinger Road Mt Cravatt, was killed while blasting tree stumps with gelignite at Gravatt suburb. A wood piece hurled by the blast struck him, nine inches wide and two feet long, occurring eight yards from the explosion.
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Brisbane
Gravatt Town
John Alexander McCulloch
Pillinger Road
Mt. Cravatt
McCulloch
B McCulloch
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Daily Express
C.W.A. Fete
Montreal
United States
Dolar
Commonwealth Relations
Earl of Home
Commonwealth Development Bank
Eisenhower
International Development Association
Anti-cancer Fund
Manufacturers’ Mutual Insurance Limited
C.T
W. Haines
Y Chambers
Alings Street
Anbera City
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