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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 16, 1958
Page
3
A lively extract about John Leverage’s Oxford experience in Cordoba and Spain. It highlights a school, Moorish arches, Mezquita, vivid Spanish customs, the Catholic Church’s reach, and contrasts of joy and poverty in a vivid travelogue style.
An ongoing exhibition of Sir Winston Churchill paintings at Parliament House attracts near round‑the‑clock visitors since Tuesday. The spokesman said many visitors return for multiple views as the show runs daily before being airlifted to Sydney and then displayed in Australian capitals ahead of returning to England.
Born in Scotland in 1757, Thomas Telford helped transform England’s transport network through roads and canals. His era saw canals struggle with railways while he foresaw steam road travel, influencing civil engineering practices and Exchequer policy long before modern highways.
The Children’s Book Council praises Cookery by M Lashie as a clear self teaching guide for girls 12 and up with tips on house keeping. Elizabeth Craig’s Instructions To Young Cooks for older teens is noted for party ideas. Tales From The Ballet by Pigeon Crowle is praised for ballet stories and backstage context but criticized for dull photographs. Tambal Island and The Tambal Treasure by R B Porteous receive positive notes on sea setting and suspense for boys 13-15, with minor criticisms of coarse language and pacing.
A grey maroon van from the United Kingdom arrives in Enugu to serve villages in Eastern Nigeria. The UNESCO gift, operated by the Eastern Region Library Board with Nigeria's pilot public library project, aims to reach semi rural readers. Prime Minister Azikiwe attends the ceremony and loans two books on women’s rights and cookery.
A compact list of crossword clue numbers and indicators including Dupe, BLeft mud, Prise, System, Copying, Remitter, Rim, Big, Billard shot, Bracken, Of them, Tital, Allure deliberately, Felines, Metal, Interfere, Astonish, Fabulous animal, Bargains keenly, Moby, Make smart, gory, A officer, Forties, Befriend, Girl's pen, Writing table, Otherwise with page reference Bar Relation see Page 12
A regional centre will open in Karachi this month to assist the production and distribution of low-cost literature in Bengali Burmese Sinhalese Tamil Hindi and Urdu for Burma India Pakistan and possibly Triang. It will improve techniques rather than publish books and links to Unesco programs since 1955. Dr Akhtar Husain will direct the centre and contribute as a writer and critic in Hindi and Urdu.
Students visiting the Netherlands during their holidays will find a travel guide produced for them by the Netherlands Office for Foreign Student Relations. It offers practical information on accommodations, restaurants, communications, and brief descriptions of major cities, museums, art treasures, and monuments. Obtainable from the Netherlands Office for Foreign Student Relations, 6 Rapenburg, Leiden.
New publication list includes The Australian Wool Market 1840 1900 and Brighter Than a Thousand Suns. Also mentions Kull and Brass by John Foley and Aspects of Modern Art Selective Eye No 3. The first book sale by Charities in Canberra will start Friday August 22 with highlights to be announced in The Canberra Times next Friday morning.
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