Lan Fint Tie No. 2 Ad Nmi
Lan and Fint clash in a tied game noted as No 2 match with key actions and unresolved outcomes. Officials report a close contest featuring standout plays and uncertain finish.
02 Aug 1957
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 02, 1957
Page
1
Lan and Fint clash in a tied game noted as No 2 match with key actions and unresolved outcomes. Officials report a close contest featuring standout plays and uncertain finish.
In a tense high school basketball rundown the York team edged Blacks Eastlake on a snowy night. The pivotal win by York, aided by Colts and Cubs players, set up a final showdown and capped a season of close contests.
A third postponement delays the Disarmament sub committee as Western leaders pursue new tactics. Talks between Mr. Dulles and Mr. Zorin in London aim to shape Russian reactions, with discussions on inventories of nuclear stocks and extending testing moratorium from 10 to 18 months amid shifting proposals.
Railway repair gangs worked fourteen hours to clear the Sydney Melbourne line after a derailment early this morning. Four carriages left the rails tearing up thirty miles of track and blocking lines. No injuries reported. Both Melbourne Sydney express divisions were delayed about seven hours.
The quake last Sunday collapsed buildings across Mexico, killing 35 in Guerrero State and 52 in Mexico City, with 11 others injured. The disaster left 85 dead and 11 injured as rescue operate continues.
SYDNEY Thursday rescue squad searched the cliff and foreshore of The Gap for a missing university lecturer after his car was found near the cliff top. Hans Brock 44 of Matthews Avenue Lane Cove an Austrian lecturer at the University of Technology disappeared leaving the university late yesterday. Police tried to scale the cliff but were beaten back by the rough face. Another attempt will be made tomorrow.
Commissioner Donovan announced in the Conciliation and Arbitration Commission that woolclassers will get piecework and weekly raises from £1 to £2. New rates place piecework at £7/4/5 a thousand while weekly scales for seven to over 15 stands rise to £24/1/8 to £29/1/0.
Bray reports that Clarey MP said there is freedom of worship for any church in Communist China after a five week tour with a Labour Party delegation. He cited Bishop Mao of the Roman Catholic Church stating the state does not restrict spiritual work.
Defence Minister Peng Teh-huai told a Peking rally marking the People's Liberation Army anniversary that Communist China would reduce troop numbers if major powers reach disarmament accord. He said China would never wage war and its army is for self defense, not aggression.
Churchill argues the United Nations must reform its structure and decisions to resolve disputes peacefully. He warns against enmity, opportunism, and jealousy driving decisions and calls for a revision of the charter to improve the charter’s imperfect present constitution.
London reports that at a press conference Mr. Eugene Gorman urged Britons to volunteer for Australia’s developing outback. He said migrants must endure hardship for 18 months or more and be willing to work in primary industries such as Queensland's bauxite regions, noting Australians may resist relocation and welfare expectations.
American law student George Abrams, a delegate to a national Youth Festival, reads an uncensored British United Press report in Moscow. Western observers rethink participation as Moscow hosts unprecedented free speech with speakers corners and open censorship questions.
A Savannah judge freed Mrs. Haleen Benson, 31, mother of four, who testified she struck her husband to death after a crash. She said she held his hand over a candle flame to show him how a filer felt during the incident.
Mrs May Curtin aged 47 died at Orange Base Hospital from severe burns suffered when a fire gutted the Lucknow post office store. Police say she alleged in a dying deposition that three intruders attacked her and left her to die in the blaze. Her husband James Curtin and neighbours freed him with a tomahawk. Detectives issued a description of three men and a car linked to related break ins at Parma.
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