Advisory committee criticism of Canberra Technical College stance
Canberra Times argues NSW practice favors community advisory committees for technical colleges. It condemns the Interior Department for excluding Canberra a wide advisory body, praises the Trades Advisory Committee but urges a fuller, public advisory structure to guide Canberra Technical College and its students toward a permanent site and stronger role in national skilled workforce needs.
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New South Wales
Canberra
Department of the Interior
Parents and Citizens’ Association
Education Department
Trades Advisory Committee
Alhetal
Gefusal
Canherra Technigal College
March of Education
Australia
Interior
Hewitt Sees Improvement Ahead for Australian Waterfront
In New York, J M Hewitt, chairman of the Australian Stevedoring Industry Authority, voiced optimism after European and American port observations. He cited progress yet noted New York dock crowding and pledged firm handling of employers and workers to boost overall efficiency and relations. He spoke with The New York Times upon return from Hamburg where he attended an ILO Inland Transport Committee meeting.
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New York
Cap Dim
Europe
Mr. Hewitt
New York Times
Boy Loses Eye After Home Made Bomb Explosion
A Melbourne child, age unspecified, was seriously injured when a self made explosive device exploded at home. Doctors at Alfred Hospital removed the boy’s left eye after facial wounds leg injuries and severe shock. Police reported fragments struck the eye and other injuries.
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Melbourne
Alfred
Letters To The Editor on Red Hill Road Quality
A Canberra resident describes the embarrassment of guiding a US visitor up Red Hill and criticizes the road as narrow and poorly surfaced. They urge the City Fathers to treat local sillyities with a lighter view while noting the prominence of Red Hill in Canberra.
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Canberra
Macedam
Khrushchev says Soviet industry tops in second place
Khrushchev told collective farmers at RushinVillage near Moscow that the Soviet Union has moved into second place globally in industrial production but lags in per capita production of manufactured goods. He vowed the task is to overtake capitalist economies. He spoke during Lenin memorial unveiling and noted a new small power plant at RushinVillage.
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Mosuuov
P. Reuter
Soviet Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
Khrishchev
Moscow
Lenin
Fire escape limited height for new Canberra buildings
An announcer from the Wane Verra Fire Brigade said the Dew fire engine wheeled escape could only reach about five stores. It would not reach the top of the six storey Mutual Life and Citizens Assurance building in Civic Centre nor the last three storeys of the eight storey Braddon project. The new engine, costing £9,000, arrived in Canberra about ten days ago.
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Waneverra Fire Brigade
Dew
Canberra
Mutual Life and Citizens ‘Assurance Company
Civic Centre
Braddon
Butchers Seek Five and a Half Day Week in ACT
The Canberra branch of the Meat and Allied Trades Federation seeks a five and a half day week for all ACT butcher shops. The application follows a Meat Industry Employees' Union operation on April 15 demanding a six day week year round. Conciliation Commissioner G A Findlay will hear the case on May 1. Current butcher shops in the ACT operate five days in winter and six days in summer.
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Canberra
Meat and AiBed Trades Federation
A.C.T
Meat Industry Employees’ Union
ACT
G. A. Findlay
London Letter on the Budget and Conservative Gains
Derek Moon surveys the 1950s budget, noting tax cuts favored by Conservatives, improvements in outlook as spring arrives, and public debate about who benefits most. He highlights larger child allowances, abolition of entertainment tax, petrol tax relief, and calls for a balanced approach amid claims the rich gain more than the young and elderly.
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Macmillan
Thorneycroft
Mooney
Alt ‘Hough
Sociafiate
Britain
Incentive and the Opportunity State in Tax Policy
The Chancellor lifted the tax burden on earners above £2,000, arguing these individuals drive economic expansion and that penalising them harms the nation. Thorneycroft noted Britain has little incentive to raise effort beyond the £2,000 threshold, framing it as part of the Opportunity State with a goal of allowing room at the top.
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Thorneycroft
Britain
Unions Drive Increases Membership
Several hundred waterfront workers have joined trade unions as the drive for one hundred percent unionism opened on April 8. The chairman of the ALP Unions Committee said the drive would be continued until all workers are organized.
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Bydney
Monds
ALP
Reds Reject Rebel Journalist in Britain
Britain's Communist Party rejected an appeal by former Daily Worker reporter Peter Fryer to be readmitted. The annual congress, by a large majority, approved the appeals committee findings, upholding his exclusion after his resignation from the Daily Worker during the Hungarian intervention.
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London
A.P
Britain
Communist Party
Daily Worker
Peter Fryer
Hungary
Canterbury Diocese Announces Three New Appointments
The Bishop of Canberra and Soba announced three new appointments during Sunday services at St Saviours. The rector of St Pat a Church, Cas I Ros i Border, is named rural canon and Border will assume duties as rector of St Pat y Church. The bishop will ordain a deacon at St Saviours Cathedral on April 23.
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St. Saviour's
Cain Dal
Canberra
Soba
EH. Burgman
St. Pata
Casi Rosi
St. Ravieste Cat
Canon Border
St. Paty Church
Will Clay
Ee Saviour
Cathearal
Record crowd at Australian War Memorial during Easter holidays
More than 17,000 people visited the Australian War Memorial over three days of the Easter holidays, with 7,000 on Saturday, 8,000 on Sunday and over 2,000 on Monday. About 4,000 toured Parliament House. Over 450 cars arrived at the Black Mountain tourist camp with similar numbers on Saturday, police reported handling more than 300 inquiries daily.
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War Memorial
Australian War Memorial
Morehan 2000
Parliament Hour
Black Mountain
Wey
Canberra
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Hewitt
Red Hill
United States
Derek Moon
Thor
Mr. Thorneycroft
Reds
Diocese
Uss
Becung
Bishop Clements
Dia
Gaton
Latt
Peterad
Aawbert Si 'H
Anganyika
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