1968

No. 139 February 1968

1445	First of the many
1446	Dr Priestley for GARP
1447	Commissioning of WF44
1448	Returned to marry
1449	BOLE launch at Mildura
1450	Bureau film wins awards
1451	Football - Darwin style
1452	Heat popped thermometer
1453	Reader's Digest atlas
1454	Collection for Walter Dwyer
1455	If at first you don't succeed
1456	Visit to Barrow Island
1457	Noteworthy activities - December
1458	News in brief - Obit - Telford, Williams, Putney; DIR's daughter married; Visits to CO - Ian Watts, RDNT, B.C. Hill

No. 140 March 1968

1459	Met crossword
1460	Stamps for W.M. Day
1461	Another WMO seminar
1462	Reception of fax charts
1463	Ph.D. award
1464	Presentation to skippers
1465	Tribute from WMO
1466	Ties that bind?
1467	Dinner dance a success
1468	AWS stores data
1469	Thanks from Mt. Stromlo
1470	ADR sees EOLE launches
1471	Frank was surprised
1472	DIP'S rushed trip
1473	Overseas visitors
1474	Good response to drive
1475	Frank Hannan departs
1476	New weather station for Bendigo
1477	Ball committee formed
1478	Cadet met exam results
1479	Drafting exam results
1480	News in brief - They're married; A record; Thanks from yachtsmen; Visits to C.O. - Bill Dwyer, C. McCue (ADI); Talented musician; Graduations; Scholarships awarded; Move by Research

No. 141 April 1968

1481	Computer-drawn synoptic chart
1482	Harry Luke resigns
1483	Cold front over Tibet
1484	APT at sea
1485	Tech. Note: Chemical nature of Wo
1486	Presented paper at CAeM
1487	The rain gauge
1488	Busy time for Walter
1489	Long service claim challenged
1490	Ghost towns of the west
1491	Local history
1492	Noteworthy activities - February
1493	Answers to met. crossword
1494	News in brief - (N)ice report; Married; Visits to CO - Thomson, US Navy mets, Mason; ADR moves; New forms officer; Computer tests; Recovering

No. 142 May 1968

1495	On show at the show
1496	Bureau service commended
1497	DCA - Bureau golf day
1498	Sidelights of cyclone
1499	Thanks for stamps
1500	Met. stamp from Canada
1501	Pyranometers installed
1502	Bert Foenander retires
1503	Excellence Awards presented
1504	AWS undergoing test
1505	Response to article
1506	Getting to know you
1507	Lake regulated naturally
1508	Swimming down south
1509	Noteworthy activities - March
1510	Mini symposium
1511	News in brief - Doug is progressing; Blood donors; Judy leaves; Boating service popular; Study award; At ECAFE; Computer tests; RO moves

No. 143 June 1968

1512	Big game hunting in Alaska
1513	Rocket program under way
1514	Challenge from West
1515	Get together highly successful
1516	Warnings on hypothermia
1517	Army award to Neil Body
1518	Nimbus blown up
1519	Radar record
1520	Cloud seeding stops in ACT
1521	Laser pinpoints the clouds
1522	Nimbus determines washday
1523	Man-made hail
1524	We lead in airport forecasting
1525	How well do you follow instructions?
1526	Noteworthy activities - April
1527	Staff movements
1528	News in brief - Talks on JACMAS; Visit from ICAO rep.; Services for outback operator; Off to Geneva; Double surprise; Songsters; Awarded scholarship; Visits to CO - Prof. Lapluye; RDNT; John Smith, NASA rep., OIC Mascot (Pat Ryan) Jack Nelms, (Obs. at Cairns); Authors; Condolences - J.V. Maher; Calling all fishermen

No. 144 July 1968

1529	Windfinding Radar Type WF-3
1530	Director honoured
1531	No prize awarded
1532	ADR at overseas seminars
1533	WMO Executive Committee
1534	Visit to Cooma
1535	Courses completed
1536	WF-44 at Eagle Farm
1537	Soldiering on
1538	Materials handling aids at CO store
1539	Low pressures
1540	Correct addresses essential
1541	Ph.D. for Gunter Weller
1542	Smoke Signals
1543	Bowls win for Commonwealth Services
1544	Letters of thanks
1545	Tornado had 528 mph winds
1546	Noteworthy activities - May
1547	Film night in Brisbane
1548	Careers night - Mt. Gambler
1549	News in brief - Obituary; Runner-up; News from Townsville; Smog warning; Wives as forecasters

No. 145 August 1968

1550	Computer - Important forward step
1551	New era for meteorology
1552	How we got computer
1553	The computer
1554	Statistical summary -1967/68
1555	Cost of met services
1556	Staff employed
1557	Development of forecasting and info services
1558	New services for aviation
1559	Flight, area and aerodrome forecasts
1560	Ship reports
1561	Projects published
1562	Noteworthy activities - June

No. 146 September 1968

Cover	Bureau ball
1563	Regional Directors meet
1564	DIR visits Giles
1565	Computer visitors
1566	Bureau makes and aids the news
1567	Visit to unusual ship
1568	Bureau publication
1569	New flood warning system
1570	Radar tracking sets
1571	Port Met Agents meet
1572	New weather watch
1573	Automatic weather station
1574	Our chart in Holland
1575	Strange request
1576	Mail gets there
1577	Computer-aided yachtsman's success
1578	Bureau at Royal Show
1579	Violent winds recorded
1580	School balloons
1581	Sonde overhead
1582	Overseas visits
1583	NT trip
1584	Basketball dance
1585	Noteworthy activities - July
1586	News in brief - Met promotion; London news; Ted Saunders seconded; Degree; Sympathy
1587	Believe it or not

No. 147 October 1968

Cover	Commissioning Eagle Farm WF44
1588	Eighth unit to be opened
1589	Minister's address
1590	DIR recalls government help
1591	New Guinea weather visit
1592	Weather officer course No. 4
1593	Asian visitors
1594	Successful Brisbane show exhibit
1595	TV forecasts in fishing boats
1596	Ergonomics training course
1597	Unusual Tasmanian discovery
1598	Bureau assists in rescue
1599	Letter of thanks from Premier
1600	Bureau publications popular
1601	Messages got through
1602	WWW stamp
1603	New weather system
1604	Antarctic weather station
1605	Geneva visits
1606	Noteworthy activities - August
1607	News in brief - From NZ; Rugby News; Frost warning
1608	Basketball players sought
1609	Information from Japan
1610	Death of Dan Hodge

No. 148 November 1968

Cover	Examination of scouts and guides
1611	International seminar - met satellite data
1612	Commissioning of WF44 Darwin
1613	Bushfire inspection trip
1614	High flying balloons
1615	An ill wind
1616	Hurricane tracking chart
1617	Army says thanks
1618	Collections for charities
1619	Kites v balloons
1620	Feeling pleased
1621	Mystery balloon
1622	The friendly WF44
1623	Obit - Egbert Harry
1624	Duncan Cameron
1625	Moya leaves us
1626	It got the bird
1627	Territory observers on the job
1628	'Quake centre is two years old
1629	Study of internal waves
1630	Automated mets
1631	Visit by Dr White
1632	Cruise by USS Eltanin
1633	Antarctic parties for 68/69
1634	Honour for DIR
1635	Long-range forecast
1636	Pin up
1637	Useful definitions
1638	News in brief - Off south; Centre court star; High honour; Thanks; CQ CQ CQ DE AXM; Year aloft; Pacific visitors; Engagement; Newcomer to IAMRC; Serial sounding; Study tour to US; Cloud seeding study

No. 149 December 1968

Cover	WF44 commissioning - Darwin
1639	Darwin radar commissioned
1640	WHO conference, New Delhi
1641	DIR's Xmas message
1642	GHOST balloon flights
1643	The degree day
1644	Cat fight
1645	Unwelcome visitor
1646	Off to Germany
1647	For cloud watchers
1648	WMO satellite seminar
1649	A new twist
1650	Noteworthy activities - October
1651	Aviation lecture
1652	Attended flood seminar
1653	Hobart show exhibit
1654	Visit to Asian met. centres
1655	News in brief - Strike (A) light!; They're engaged; Dinner dance

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