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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Sep 24, 1957
Page
2
Fragmentary text mentions Dr. J Thomson and intelligence claims about far beyond, with reference to radio active substances and a date range 7 to 8, 26 fee 140, described as genius.
A children focused fete at Turner O Connor Church of England Sunday School is planned for next Saturday. Highlights include a doll competition, a hare competition, a pets stall with pigeons for sale, and a mission display from Tanganyika. The event will be held on land near the O Connor shopping centre where the new St Philip's round church will be built.
George John Gibbons, 62, of Causeway, was fined £20 at Canberra Court of Petty Sessions for driving under the influence after his car ran off the road into a ditch on September 14. He admitted previous offences for false pretences and theft and said he had just been released from prison four days earlier after a five year term.
A nine year old boy raised the alarm when a fire heavily damaged the fourth floor of a George Street building. Fire brigades from The Rocks and Darlinghurst battled the blaze at Leather Industries Ltd premises. A man found inside was taken to the reception house. The cause is suspected motor fault.
Bert 36 a contractor of Sut tor Street Ainslie forfeits bail after failing to answer for indecent acts at the Hotel Le Rex on September 12. The report notes Wood's Great Peppermint Compound as a remedy mentioned in the text.
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