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Newspaper

Canberra Times

Location

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Date

Aug 13, 1956

Page

6

Recast Of School Id Plan Sought Lay

Sydney fallout from Canberra dispute over church school funding and Australian policy. Bishop of Newcastle opposes federal proposal raising income deductions and cost to churches, urging state and commonwealth roles in education funding.

Newcastle Sydney Echool Ciile Olga Church of and Church In Canberra Tvs Commonwealth Enemo Commonwealth Church of England

Egypt Declines to Send Team to 1856 Melbourne Games

Egypt will not participate in the Melbourne Olympic Games opening next November. A Supreme Ministerial Council decision chaired by Education Minister Kamal El Din Hussein offered no reason. About 100 Egyptian athletes were to travel for field track gymnastic football fencing weight lifting wrestling hockey swimming and more. The government had allocated £100,000 for the team. Egypt had won golds in 1896 1948 and 1952 and was among the top 12 in unofficial rankings.

Catro Reuter Egypt Melbourne Supreme Ministerial Council For the Protection of Kamal el Din Hussein

Queen Mother Honoured at Wick Burgess

The Queen Mother was made a Freeman and Burgess of Wick yesterday, sole royal to receive the honour. She is spending a holiday at Mey Scottish home.

Bunday

Trial Cars On Way To Perth In Reliablity Rally

The Mobilgas reliability trial moves 31 cars from Meekatharra toward Geraldton en route to Perth. A crash injures Lex Davison and co-driver W Ward after a kangaroo strike. car 23, a Humber Snipe, hit a stationary wagon near Roy Hill. Vic grazier brothers Lance and Eddie Perkins lead in a Volkswagen with Jack Maeling in a Holden and Foreman in a Volkswagen in close pursuit.

Meekatharra Mobilgas Geraldton Perth Roy Hill Lex Davison Peugeot W. Ward Meekatharra Hospital M. Kirwan Victoria Davison Lance Eddie Perkins Volkswagen Jack Maaeling Holden Foreman Merkatharra Perkins Vic Maseling N.S.W R.foreman A. Firn

Communist Party Refused New Hearing by Subversive Board

The Subversive Activities Control Board today denied the Communist Party of the United States a full reopening of the hearings. The board had previously required registration with the Justice Department, listing members, and annual financial accounting in its 1953 order.

Washington Sunasy A.ap

Cold weather hits New South Wales towns amid gales

Sydney reports heavy winds up to 50 miles an hour across the South Coast while a blizzard on the Snow Mountains eases. Temperatures statewide stay cool with many towns under 60 degrees. Spencer's Creek records 28 degrees and Cabramurra and Wagga 31. Snow blocks roads beyond Kiandra and Island Bend.

Sydney Milton Spencer's Creek Cabramurra Wagga Kiandra Island Bend

Escaped Youth Surrenders After 11 Hours

A 20 year old prisoner Alfred Joseph Sherwood who escaped from Emu Plain prison farm this morning surrendered to police at North Sydney after about 11 hours of freedom. He had been serving nine months for stalling and said he fled after starting work on a field before hitching to a road and reaching Kurraba Point. He returned to North Sydney Police Station with a friend.

Sydney Emu Plaine North Sydney Alfred Joseph Sherwood Sherwood Kurraba Point Staon

Seaman Burned In Explosion Aboard German Freighter

Aboard the German freighter Holdberg near Lewes Delaware Bay two sailors were badly burned in an explosion that tore the ship’s bridge and left the crew quarters wrecked below decks. Authorities report the vessel of 1505 tons was damaged and the incident occurred at the mouth of the Delaware Bay. The injured sailors were treated after the blast.

New York Delaware Fay Lewes

Cahill Denies New South Wales Near Bankruptcy

Sydney reports Mr Cahill rejects Liberal claim the state is near bankruptcy. He cites transport deficits and rising costs but maintains a surplus previously, arguing the state remains financially sound despite a recent deficit.

Cahill Sydney Lund N.S.W Lyle Moore Liberal Party Newcastle Monte Carlo Ety Grace Kelly Monte Certo Hunter Valley Transport Department

Japanese Cabinet Rejects Soviet Boundary Terms

Tokyo reports an emergency cabinet meeting rejected Soviet proposals on territorial and boundary clauses in the Russo Japanese peace treaty. Shigemitsu was told by Shepilov to accept terms by August 15 or negotiations suspend. cabinet to meet again with Hatoyama presence.

Tokyo A.A.P Reuter Mamoru Shigemitsu Shepilov London Suez Hatoyama Moscow Bun Shigemitsu Etorofu Kunashiri Soviet Union Habonai Shikotan Japan

American buyer acquires Killarney estate in Ireland

Stuart Robertson of Boca Raton Florida won the bid, around £100,000, for the 46 20 acre Killarney estate with lakes trout streams and deer forests. Trustees of the late seventh Earl of Kenmare announced the sale after heirs faced heavy death duties.

Dublin Reuter Killarney Stuart Robertson Boca Raton Palm Beach Florida Seventh Earl of Kenmare

Nursery Airlift Announces Evacuation from Suez Area

British wives and children of Suez Canal contractors will begin leaving tomorrow in Operation Nursery. A flying boat shuttle will carry 52 passengers per trip from RAF base Fanara on the Great Bitter Lake to England until all families are evacuated.

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