Plane Crash at Maroochydore Beach Kills Four
Four people died and ten were injured when a Wirraway shark patrol aircraft crashed on crowded Maroochydore Beach Queensland during a shark patrol sortie from Amberley No. 23 Squadron. The plane struck the sand after circling the beach, destroying the pavilion and scattering debris. victims included Pauline Probert and Lei O’Conner and others from Nambour Yandina Bris bane Greenslopes and Maroochydore. The pilot suffered serious leg injuries. lifesavers and ambulance personnel treated the injured at the club house before arrival of doctors from Nambour. Maroochydore lies about fifty miles north of Brisbane and twenty from Nambour.
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Pauline Probert
Bibi Road
Nambour
Lei O'Conner
Yandina
Graham Blair
Gregory Terrace
Herbert William Thwaites
Windsor Toad
Rery Koren
Innisfall
Shane Oldham
Maroochydere
Nlee Oeelligott
Maroochyfore
Aml Jean Oldham
Iripact
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Ahove
C. Stuckey
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A Fine Record of Expansion in Australian Industry
Melbourne December 30. In five years since the war almost 5,000 firms have invested capital to expand manufacturing in Australia. Investments total more than £210,000,000. The Commonwealth Division of Industrial Development reports strong growth and predicts further expansion, with coal and steel supplies as key limiting factors.
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Melbourne
Australia
Commonwealth Division of Industrial Development
Commonwealth Goyit
Tomatoes Glut Leads to Public Sale at Perth Markets
A surplus of tomatoes forced a special sale at Metropolitan Markets in Perth today, with over 1,000 cases cleared and prices at 2 shillings 6 pence per 40 pound case. More than 250 people attended as retailers complained of high costs and housewives bought fruit for jam and sauce. Tomatoes, locally grown and high quality overall, were nearly all sold.
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Perth
Fone
Northerners Attack Tokyo Front Contained Says Army
Allied lines report says 10,000 North Koreans in rugged terrain south of Pupyong have been contained. reports cite a dent in the line four to five miles south of the 38th Parallel while communiques note earlier advances near Yongpo. Chinese forces threaten Seoul shifting eastward after ten days of probing attacks.
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Pupyong
38Th Parallel
Associated Press
Yongpo
Seoul
North Korea
Mid Eastern
Australian lamb in Britain criticised as exaggeration
In Melbourne on December 30, Mr H F McLennan, chairman of the Newmarket Producers Association, dismissed a Sydney journalist’s claim that Australian lamb sold in England is almost all fat and good only for sausages. He said 90 percent would be first quality, with export momentum supported by heavyweights, and urged Britain to offer competitive prices if it wanted light lamb. Britain guarantees farmers about 2/8 per lb for home-grown meat but offers only 0d to 1s 1d for first quality Australian lamb fob at ports.
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England
Newmarket Producers’ Association
H. F. McLennan
Sydney
H. Burke
Englane
McLennan
Britain
Refrigerators and Radio Sets for Australian Shearers
Melbourne December 80. Australian shearers push station owners to provide refrigerators hot water systems and washing machines for accommodation. They plan to raise the issue with the Australian Workers' Union at the Federal Convention in Sydney next month and seek radios in meal rooms fireplaces in dining rooms and free transport to the nearest railway. A Queensland shed motion says refrigerators are a necessity not a luxury and another motion calls for opposition by the A W and the Labor Party to all conscription forms.
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Australia
Shearers
Australian Workers’ Union
Sydney
Zarn
Queensland
A.W
Labor Party
Overdue Auster Lands Safe After Beach Sighting
An overdue Auster aircraft from Maylands was sighted on a beach twelve miles south of Lancelin Island. Both occupants Keith Sharpe and M V Perry walked unhurt into a Moore River fishing camp. The craft had left Maylands to pick up a woman and two children at Cervantes.
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Maylands
Lancelin Island
Moore River
Keith Sharpe
Adelaide Terrace
M. V. Perry
South Perth
Cervantes
Appalling London fire claims five young lives
December 29 London Ontario report of a wooden house fire likely caused by an oil burner explosion. Five children perished while parents and three other kids were rushed to hospital. Firefighters lacked accessible water as the hydrant was frozen. neighbors fetched water from a distant house as the blaze was quelled in under thirty minutes.
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Ontario
Hospita
Perth Cup Triumph At WA Race Carnival
Asenpais won the Perth Cup at headquarters as Western Australian Turf Club staged seven events this afternoon. Results included Orenda taking the WA Breeders Plate and Early Song winning the Second Maiden Handicap, with Royal Call and Momly among notable non winners in the card.
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A Stylish Win as Azennis Clinches Perth Cup
The 190 Perth Cup over two miles eleven yards at headquarters ended in a clear win for Azennis. Resound led early with Chanting and Orcaina, then Papertalk led midway before Azennis moved up turning for home. Azennis surged to the front inside the distance and held off Jovial Lad by about two and a half lengths, with Resound third and Orcaina fourth. time 3m 26s, a state record of 3m 24s.
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Repose Naval Hospital Ship Treated Hundreds in Korea
The floating Repose has cared for 2,162 wounded troops from Britain, Australia, Turkey, the United States, the Philippines, and South Korea since arriving in Korea. It can treat 786 patients at once and operates three rooms staffed by 300 men and 30 women.
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