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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 12, 1958
Page
6
Prime Minister Macmillan’s Ankara discussions concluded with Britain outlining a Cyprus plan offering representative government and shared communal autonomy for Turkish and Greek populations. Turkish leadership questioned majority rule while insisting on continued Anglo-Greek Turkish administration, warning against partition.
A group of 50 young American newsboys aged 12 to 27 toured Canberra on a joint Australian American tour sponsored by Qantas and the Reuters Press of America. They met Governor General Sir Willoer Sim and Immigration Minister Downer at Government House and Parliament House, visited the War Memorial, and toured The Cotter River property. Organizer names include Mr and Mrs Miluama and Mr Ky L Wyatt.
A legation typist employed by toleration in Cambodia had not been paid for two years due to salary rate disputes between the Treasury and External Affairs. The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee was paid yesterday. D Hay, assistant secretary, explained the typist was the wife of a department officer sent to open the Australian Legation in Cambodia and employed as an emergency theatre.
The Queen Mother and government figures will greet Princess Margaret on arrival in Lindon Airport tomorrow after her British Columbia Canadian tour. The Britannia airliner is due at midday.
The Canberra advisory council discussed land disposal reforms to boost supply for auctions and curb high prices. Proposals include more frequent land auctions, smaller lots,ballots for tie bids, and maintaining engineering services to ensure land and houses remain affordable for buyers.
Thousands of ex servicemen face lost land chances as fund limits threaten the war service settlement scheme. Conference delegates urged continued state support and called on the Loan Council for a special war service loan while advocating reallocating repayments to soldier academy needs. The minister opened the conference noting the debate on future land settlement.
An American anthropologist reports a decline in Papuan women's status since missionaries arrived. Misa Anne Crowning spent a year examining native social organization and the impact on women, noting shifts in roles and authority among the community.
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