ACROSS AUSTRALASIA AND BACK.--Squadron-Leader P. H. Raw stepping out at Laverton yesterday from the Canberra jet bomber he piloted on I route, Layerton-Darwin-Perth-Christchurch (N,Z.) and back to Laverton. yesterday s flight from Christchurch to Laverton took only 3 hours 22 min ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 62 wordsWhen the first Australian built Canberra jet bomber reached Laverton yesterday after flying 8320 miles in less than 24 hours, Wing Commander D.R. Cuming said much better performances could be expected in the ...
Article : 590 wordsWELL RUGGED AGAINST THE COLD, these Queensland members of a school basketball team were in the role of temporary spectators yesterday as they waited their turn to take the field against a South Australian team of schoolgirls at Royal Park. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 47 wordsIncreased unemployment is shown in the summary of Australian statistics for the ...
Article : 104 wordsCANBERRA, Monday,--Labor at New South Wales and Queensland ports handling steel and sugar, with the exception of Bowen, Queensland, will be brought up to quota strength this week. ...
Article : 332 wordsPlans for a ten-story, building, on the Victoria Market site, with car parks underground and on the ...
Article : 98 wordsBitterly cold weather during the last three days may have swollen sheep losses in New South Wales during the past fortnight to 100,000. ...
Article : 265 wordsTwo new wings and an assembly, hall will be added to Matthew Flinders Girls' School, Geelong, at a cost of ...
Article : 70 wordsA 13-year-old school girl overbalanced and plunged 25 feet from the Church Street bridge into the Yarra ...
Article : 65 wordsMelbourne City Council's new £3 million 30.000 kilowatt power station in Spencer Street was connected with the State Electricity system at noon ...
Article : 215 wordsBALLARAT, Monday.--Mr. J. L. Plummer, who has been secretary manager of the Ballarat Base Hospital ...
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Advertising : 136 wordsThe Australian Barley Board announced yesterday the second advance on barley of the No. 14 pool ...
Article : 118 wordsA total of £16,589, or £53 an acre, was paid yesterday for 312 acres of land at Mernda. ...
Article : 59 wordsBALLARAT,. Monday. -- This year's South Street Society entries of 3529 are 200 more than last year. ...
Article : 159 wordsThe Goulburn River at Shepparton and the Ovens River at Wangaratta were both flowing dangerously near flood level last night. ...
Article : 199 wordsWELLINGTON, Monday. -- Niue Island, in the Cook group, is being combed for three killers--escapees from a prison farm. ...
Article : 277 wordsSWAN HILL, Monday. -- At the first election held for 20 years for positions on the Swan Hill District ...
Article : 67 wordsDAME LESLIE WHATELEY, director of the World Bureau of Girl Guides (on right), with the Lord Mayor (Cr. Brens) and the Victorian State Commissioner for Girl Guides (Mrs. D. Curtis-Otter, at a civic reception yesterday ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 33 wordsHenry Robert Hooper, of Geelong, grocer, who died in December, 1951, left an estate of £92,999. His will, ...
Article : 113 wordsGEELONG, Monday. -- Despite a "no vote" of almost 4 to 1, South Barwon shire ratepayers in a special ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Tue 18 Aug 1953, Page 3
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