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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 18, 1956
Page
9
In a fractious Canberra conference, Australian Premiers fail to agree on suspending quarterly wage adjustments and on Commonwealth controls. Victoria's tactics edge toward blackmail as leaders warn of a looming budget battle, inflation, and possible constitutional play to empower Canberra.
A readable 1920s style review notes Human Behavior as central, praising Charles Morrison as Walher Brown and Dennis as Peter Brown for evolving performances. Nita Park and Lindsay Gardiner as Miss Theresa and Miss Helen Browne give natural child like and pious portrayals respectively, with strong support from James Nevin as Soranken. The one setting living room decor by Bob White and production by Terry Juliff anchor the show running through September 15.
Lieut General Sir Otto Lund, Commissioner in Chief of the J. John shrabatenee ana in? dies in London. Reports from AAP Reuters note a high ranking British commander, with details pending about his service and dates amid wartime leadership in London.
Letter from C. Daley responding to A Pearse about a Canberra talk on cultural history. He notes the talk covered about ten years from 1928 and did not aim to be a full sketch of Canberra's cultural development. He recalls W Farmer Whyte and Dr R J Tillyard’s roles and the early foundation work.
The Canberra Station saw freight tonnage rise by almost 1,000 tons in July compared with July 1955. Parcel and passenger traffic also increased, though train numbers remained steady. Station Master W F Bennetts urged full addresses with ACT or Canberra, plus telephone numbers, to improve parcel delivery.
The Administrator of the Commonwealth His Excellency General Sir John Northcott traveled from Melbourne to Canberra yesterday to attend the Premiers Conference with the Prime Minister the Premier and other state government representatives. He then departed Canberra for Sydney.
A tour of Britain's Royal Mint describes coin design, dies, and presses used to strike coins for the United Kingdom and Commonwealth. It notes 300 dies weekly, hand adjustment by skilled workers, and the Trial of the Pyx testing tradition dating to the 12th century, with overseas orders from Jamaica, Hong Kong, and Burma among others.
The final rejection hinges on visual exam by one or more pairs of examiners who each view a single coin side as coins pass along a moving belt. They spot the slightest blemish and withdraw the offending coin. Metals vary by country with copper nickel and sometimes silver used in many coins.
The Minister for Immigration Mr Holt said Australia would cut immigration this year. He noted last year’s intake was 182,000 and Cabinet discussions influenced the budget. Acting Prime Minister Sir Arthur Fordden will provide more details in the Budget speech in a fortnight.
The Rockefeller Foundation awarded 60000 dollars to the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Melbourne for eight years to support basic virus research. Bir Mac Farlane Burnett heads the project, noted as a leading virus genetics investigator, with work on influenza, German measles, mumps, herpes, Murray Valley encephalitis, and a probable Malayan variant of Japanese B encephalitis.
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A fragmented obituary note recalls a fisherman who enjoyed the Farmers’ Union shows and farm life before the war. It mentions Everard Dott of Derra, a daughter Vera Comey, and a service at a Catholic Church with a funeral procession to the Romany portion of the Halary, beginning at 3 o’clock.
A desolate central west desert site houses an 8000 ft airstrip laboratories meteorological station and a village for about 700 people to support atomic device testing. Australian armed forces oversee the camp where living conditions are stated as excellent with integrated sewer water power and a distant contact point at Wass riding.
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