Five-year Housing Plan Aims 4500 Homes Plus Defence Transfer
The Minister for the Interior Mr. Fairhall outlined a five year programme to build 4500 houses with private building encouragement. It doubles current output and prioritizes Defence personnel transfers while integrating with normal housing needs. The plan also covers housing for 1100 personnel and families, schools and Subdivision amenities, and potential Canberra housing administration reforms.
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Interior
Mr. Fairhall
Mjor
Defence
Fairhall
Canberra
Interior and Works
Canberra to host defence offices move in 1959
Prime Minister Menzies announced a two stage transfer moving about 1100 officers to Canberra from Melbourne based defence groups and service departments. The plan aims to unite Cabinet, Treasury and external affairs with defence for faster policy action, with 600 in early 1959 and 600 later, housing and offices planned in the capital.
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Canberra
Departments of Defence
Army
Navy
Air
Department of Defence
Acgament Yesterda
Tes
Menzies
Defence Department
Defence Group
Melbourne
Treasury
Defence
Interior
Defence Committee
Chiefs of Staff Committee
Service Departments
Service Boards
Personal Savings Rise in Britain in 1956
Britain saw a postwar peak in personal savings with a near 500 million pound rise in 1956, reaching 1,481 million. The government white paper notes that about 125 to 150 million of the increase offset by declines in personal debt including hire purchase obligations.
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London
Thurs
Britain
Man who nursed dog crushed by car dies
Karl Mikalsen Henderson 38 of Arthur Street North Sydney died eight hours after being badly injured while helping a kelpie hit by a car. He tended the dog at work after witnessing the incident on March 11 and was dismissed for returning late. Workmates started a collection for a hero's funeral.
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Sydney
Karl Mikalsen
Henderson
Arthur Street
North Sydney
Mikalsen
Uncertainty over Australia and European Free Trade Area
Australian Trade Minister McEwen warned in parliament that he cannot guarantee no harm to Australian interests from the proposed European free trade area. He noted no specific proposal yet to impair trade opportunities and a department representative will attend a GATT meeting for a full explanation. The FTA involves Germany France Italy Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg with Britain invited to join.
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McEwen
Australia
House of Representatives
Downer
Lib
Angus
G.A.T.T
Germany
France
Italy
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Great Britain
Soviet espionage claims tie Jakarta to Far East operations
Anticommunist witness Dr. Vladimir Peremsky told the Senate subcommittee that Jakarta hosts a Soviet espionage hub with about 500 spies at the Soviet Embassy. He said Mexico City is the main Western Hemisphere base, while his organization NTNRS runs thousands of agents behind the Iron Curtain. He charged the U.S. is used as a base for operations targeting the Philippines with a costly espionage campaign.
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Vladimir Peremsky
Djakarta
Hemisphere
Mexico City
National Alliance of Russian Solidarists
N.T.S
Germany
U.S
Philippines
Suez Issue May Be Placed Before Council
Reports say Australia and France discuss moving Suez Canal issue to the United Nations Security Council. Egypt’s response to US plan remains uncertain and Britain and the US show caution though some delegates see benefit in a council debate to clarify positions and possibly boycott until Egypt accepts six UN principles.
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Egypt
United States
State Department
New York
Australia
France
Suez Canal
United Nation Security Council
New York Times
Council
Britain
America
Security Council
Canadian Ambassador Herbert Norman Dies in Fall
Canadian Ambassador to Cairo Herbert Norman, 48, died after falling from a Swedish Embassy attic window in Cairo. Official notice says he was distressed by recent unpleasant publicity and accusations and appeared to take his own life. Norman had been ambassador since August of last year.
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Cairo
P.reuter
Herbert Norman
Norman
Mrn Norman
Labadiyel
All Merino Firm At Sydney Sale
Sydney wool sale closes firm across merino fleece Comeback and crossbred lots. Brokers report wide competition with principal buyers from the Continent Japan the U K and Eastern Europe. Prices quoted include Anembo Queanbeyan and Yass region lots with notable figures.
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Sydney Wool Bell
Continent
Japan
U.K
Europe
Fiat
Yasston
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