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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 09, 1956
Page
9
The Advisory Council and public bodies push for realistic education needs, praising Minister Fairhall for breaking opposition. The plan aims to clear arrears and prioritizes schools, but concerns remain about translating paper promises into timely completion and lifting the housing programme from its current bog.
A 340 age stamp commemorating the centenary of responsible government in New South Wales Victoria and Tasmania will be issued at all post offices on Wednesday September 26 and stay on sale for about a month The stamp will be printed in carmine on unwatermarked paper in sheets of 80 The design features the badges of the three states the head of Queen Victoria and the head of Queen Elizabeth II
The State Department announced it would bar American reporters from traveling to Communist China until U S citizens held there are freed. A spokesman warned reporters traveling without passports face five years in prison or a fine, and cited alleged hostage practices by Chinese authorities.
Australian retailers and commerce representatives pressed the government to set up a review committee to hear appeals against import restrictions on essential goods. They urged that decisions and reasons be non confidential and called for independent chair and scrutiny of licensing under the B category policy.
Worried citizen reports a group of youths aged 14 and 15 creating havoc at the Infants' School near Nerro Bundan shopping centre on Sunday afternoon. They were on the roof, leaping between sections, then trampling small trees on the lawn, prompting calls for action to stop rising vandalism.
Conciliation Commissioner Paring to day reserved a decision on a proposal for a 40 hour work week with penalty rates for any Saturday work affecting 10,000 bank employees in Victoria, the ACT, and the Northern Territory.
Dr A B Kinzel of Union Carbide says America must expand the female scientific workforce to stay a world leader. He notes only 23 of 630 basic researchers are women and says 6,000 to 10,000 women a year are needed. pay ranges from £1800 to £5400 annually with PhD holders earning about £2700 monthly equivalent.
A UNESCO program launched in 1949 uses color reproduction catalogues to distribute small sets of prints from modern Occidental painters. The traveling exhibitions reach remote towns, schools, and shops, with 147 active shows in transit and expanding to include Persian miniatures and Chinese painting.
Reports from Casablanca describe a raid by Moroccan forces in the city. Casualties include more than twenty wounded and shots fired near a French barre. A Senegalese sentry was reportedly killed during the week long unrest accompanying the event.
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