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! WEST AUSTRALIA
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TO () OlPPO'(SE MiR. CURTIN.--TIe
National Party has selected Mr. A.
I1. Bracks, of Fiiemantle, to oppose
Mir. Curtin at the next elections. -\[r.
B racks, who is 43, defeated Mr. F.
R. Lee for the selection for Fre
..:;intie. For some years he has been
a member of the National 1-arty
council. H-e is also senior vice-presi
dent of the 'roemantle Returned Sol
dliers' League. Hie ha,, twice unsuc
cessfully contested State elections
here, both times against strong
I abour ca ndidates. Mr. Lee opposed
the Prime Minister in Fremantle at
the last eelction and was defeated
by :. na:rrow margin.
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) AIRY MAN ASPHYXIATE . -
IEvidence at an inquiry in Fremantle
Courthouse revealed that 28-year-old
dairyman Robert Sheppa rd was as
phyxiated by a gas producer stand
ng i'n the open air. A finding of ac
c'lental death was returned. Const
able 13. Ivers said that he tested the
,;as-producer unit. When he switched
,n the electric blower attached to the
tiuck he found that the blower suck
ed gas through from the producer
'nto a sep5t'rate carburettor. The but
terfly valve, which was open, allow
'd the gas to escape underneath the
bonnet of the engine; it had appar
ently seeped through holes in the
dashboard and the floor-boards into
the front seat. HIe detected a strong
m5nell of carbon-monoxide fumes in
the front seat.
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II)EAS HAVE CHANGED.-Life in
the Air Force, increased experience
-and travel, have changed the ideas
of many WVAAFS. and some are al
ready avowing their intention of
working in new spheres after the
,war. One of them is this State's
'eew recruiting officer, Assistant Sec
tion Officer Lesley Arnold. who de
-aI res that she is not going back to
echool-teaching but will take up
broadcasting instead.
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