Costs rise in three states as wages adjust
The report notes rising living costs across New South Wales Queensland and Tasmania with automatic wage adjustments planned in NSW and a boosted basic wage in Brisbane after industrial court review. Prices for bread meat and potatoes also show regional shifts while Evatt criticizes government pricing policies.
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N.S.W
N.8.w
Queensland
Commonwealth Statetician
K. Archer
South Australia
Western Australia
Archer
Jbread
Melbourne
Perth
Brisbane
Evatt
Associated Chamber of Manufactures of Australia
A. B M. Simpson
Canberra
Tasmania
Most Keep Their Licences After Drink Charges
Sydney report shows three quarters of NSW drivers convicted of driving under the influence last year kept their licences. Of 3 790 proven cases, 2 142 were convicted and disqualified, while 1 048 were allowed to keep their licences under Section 556A First Offenders provision.
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Sydney
Nsw
Delaney
Dutchman Smokes Record Pipe 111 Minutes in Maastrict
Leon Baek blers of Maastricht broke the European pipe smoking record by burning a pipe for 111 minutes beating the former European champion W Sino of The Hague by 14 minutes.
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Maastricht
Holland
P.reuter
Leon Baekblers
W. Sino
The
Hague
Dates set for Test series with England in 1958-59
The England cricket tour to Australia will begin with a first Test in Brisbane from December 5 to 11. The schedule shows 20 Sheffield matches and five Shield games before the Test series proper starts in December, with tests in Brisbane Hobart Melbourne Sydney and Adelaide.
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London
England
Australia
Brisbane
Marylebone Cricket Club
Australian Board of Control
Fremantle
Perth
W.A
Combined XI
Adelaide
Vic
Melbourne
Nsw
Sydney
van Australian XI
Queensland
Tasmania
Hobart
Combined XT
Launceston
Victoria
Victorian
Wangaratta
Southern
Canberra
Shefeld
Bina
Nasution Claims Rebels Beaten in Indonesia Push
Indonesian Army Chief of Staff Nasution said government forces were closing in on rebels in Sumatra and West Java as Padang fell to government troops. Bukit Tinggi remained a rebel stronghold with Sjafruddin’s cabinet, while Solok and Bungai Dareth were reported captured. Bukit Tinggi issued a terse note regarding news copy.
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Nasution
New York
Sumatra
West Java
Tempital
Padang
Soekarno
Associated Press
Bukit Tinggi
Sjafruddin Prawlanegra
AAP
Bukit Toggi
Sjafruddin
Solok
Bungai Dareth
Bukit Tinget
Japan to dissolve parliament ahead of May 22 election
The Japanese Parliament is expected to be dissolved probably next Friday or Saturday, triggering Japan’s seventh post war election on May 22. The move follows government plans and was reported by the Associated Press via Reuters.
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New York
A.ap
Reuter
American Associated Press
Japan
Australia opens first nuclear reactor at Lucas Heights
Prime Minister Menzies announced Australia would soon exchange nuclear data with Canada joining Britain and the United States. At Lucas Heights the $1,000,000 reactor, the seventh in the world, will produce isotopes for industry and research, with local isotope production saving millions.
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Sydney
Canada
Menzies
Australia
Great Briain
United States
Lucas Heights
Sabsi
Britain
British Atomic Energy Commission
Harwell
England
Soviet Union
France
India
Menzica
Sponer
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Hal Lashwood
Jan Smith
Roy Smith
Punch
Kyneton
Brendan O'Kane
Katamatite
Hifar
Australa
Chemical Engineerng
Electrical Engineering
Wotopes Division
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