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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 05, 1957
Page
1
Australian Prime Minister Menzies and Foreign Minister Evatt host Japanese Prime Minister Kishi amid mutual praise for postwar reconciliation. They stress continued cooperation, Japan's UN admission, and expanding Oz Japanese ties through travel and exchange.
The group from Smithsonian reports a small solid fuel rocket carrying a mouse reached 221.5 mph before tumbling off course and ending its flight over a farm area. The vessel weighed 10.27 pounds loaded and 5.46 empty. experiments continue with smaller rockets and public interest remains high.
The Lacorne opposition in the Senate failed yesterday to carry an amendment removing the 6d a gallon aviation kerosene tax. Leader of the Opposition Senator McKenna argued the exemption would discriminate against T.A.A. and Butler in favor of Annett. Two Independent Labour senators voted with the Opposition but the amendment lost 28 to 27.
Senator McManus claimed maritime unions paid out thousands of pounds to shipowners and unions during and after the ACTU inquiry. He cited payments including £2000 for the Bonatho and £4000 for the Iron Warrior, and noted funds in an emergency and Peace and Progress Fund. He warned such actions amount to industrial blackmail and urged government review.
An ex serviceman and his wife staged a demonstration at the Australian War Memorial as Nobusuke Kishi arrived. He placed a seven page document on the Stone of Remembrance and claimed it contained war crimes evidence. Police recovered the document and identified the man as a former external affairs official with political ties.
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