Word: australian
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This week Bas Wie achieves at last the permanence he has long sought. Making a rare exception in its immigration policy against admitting Asians, the Australian government at last decided to give the Kupang Kid his naturalization papers. "We're proud," said one official, "to have him as an Australian...
...with efficient, low-cost operation. To win passengers, Qantas specialized in light, bright ads, once kicked off a plane-naming contest with "Be the first one in your block to win a kangaroo." To keep its customers, it laid on goodies (including exotic fruits, Sydney rock oysters, giant Australian prawns). And to make them pay off, it kept costs firmly tied to the runway. One big advantage is relatively low pay scales ($7,000 for a Connie captain v. $21,000 in the U.S.). Another is crack maintenance that cuts costly engine failures to about half the world airline average...
Down Under Heaven. In Sydney, Australia, a newspaper columnist noted that Walk into Paradise, an Australian film about New Guinea, will be called Walk into Hell when it is distributed...
Captain Dale Junta will probably play, unless his back injury bothers him too much, but his opponent will be Jim Farrin, who beat him in three sets last year. Farrin has improved greatly since then, with a win over Australian Davis Cupper Neale Fraser...
Staying Alive. All last week jet bombers from the British, Australian and New Zealand air forces worked over a 1,600-mile tract of jungle in Perak. On the ground, patrols crept toward the shattered target areas, cutting their way through underbrush as high as a man's head. British artillery plastered one sector near Sungei Siput with 25-pounders. An Australian battery poured mortar fire into another area, while only 400 yds. away a platoon of weary New Zealanders sweated out their 15th day of waiting for the enemy to show himself. For 33,000 Malayan and other...