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Canberra Times

Location

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Date

Dec 14, 1956

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Fragmentary sports notes show unclear results and names

Scattered lines mention Bowls city and several players like Moore, Bratiary, Cleary champion 4 Brogan roo Pa and Wal. The text is fragmented, with multiple garbled names and phrases, offering no clear event, date, or outcome.

Baturiay Marker Shall Rker Huriv Cleary Brogan Wal Bare ‘Phere Bellings pPherson Ainsworth Naphama

Polish steel workers urge UN action amid Polish Soviet unrest

Dispatches report Polish workers at Cegielski and other plants pressing for international intervention after riots in Poznan and Stettin. Government factions warn of mass action and potential strikes if authorities crackdown, as protests spread to Nowy Ciechocinek Zoppot and Lignitz with clashes against Soviet troops and police.

Cegielski Poznan Poland Hungary Hitler Nana Tey West Berlin B.Z Olecko Nowy Ciechocinek Nieszawa Communist Party Zoppot

Roumanians Stay in Olympic Village Amid Moving Uproar

Unclear OCR notes indicate 82 original party members from Roumania aboard the Olymp ie in Melbourne. Some athletes remain at the Olympic Village while others move with Hungarians amid reprisals and tensions, reporting on living arrangements and shifts.

Roumanians Roumania Austra Ea Olympic Village Witte Melbourne Ayput” Ei

Donated Funds Rebuild St Raphael's Church Queanbeyan

An appeal raised 11220 pounds for the new St Raphael's Roman Catholic Church at Queanbeyan. St Gregory's Church will be replaced by the new parish but will continue to host regular services.

Benauiice St. Raphael's Queanbeyan St. Raphael St. Gregory's Church

Man O War May Have Killed Man

In Brisbane a Portuguese man o war is believed to have caused the death of Thomas William Shiels a 38 year old Townsville waterside worker while he fished with four companions. They rushed to his aid when he collapsed into the water and tried rubbing his legs with sand and ammonia. He grew ill and died on arrival at hospital.

Brisbane Townsville Thomas William Shiels Calla Shiels

Publicity seeking crowds threaten cenotaph ceremony dignity

Mr Yeo warns against partisan acts at the cenotaph and proposes a City Council policy to curb wreath laying ceremonies. A committee of ex servicemen will decide suggested measures and meet early in the New Year to set a position and implement plan. He says the cenotaph should not be a publicity tool for town tours or hire cars.

Yeo

U S Expected To End H Tests

U S government plans suspend major hydrogen bomb tests through 1957 and limit activity to Las Vegas area. The move aims to ease international tension and avoid dispersal of dangerous strontium without large scale H-bomb tests.

New York P.reuter United States Washington The New York Post Nome Pont Atomic Emergy Commission Las Vegas Nevada Post

Japan Admitted to UN by Security Council

The United Nations Security Council unanimously recommended admitting Japan as the UNs 63rd member after over four years of wait. Japan’s bid, first filed in July 1952, had been vetoed by Russia on four prior occasions before Arkady Sobolev supported admission and urged Outer Mongolia’s bid as well, which failed 4-2 with five abstentions.

New York A.A.P. Reuter Japan Security Council United Nations Council Russia Arkady Sobolev

Doorman Collapses Then Dies on Canberra Ride

Charles Alfred Birtles aged 69 of Giles Street Kingston collapsed while cycling to work in King George Terrace near Parliament House. Canberra Ambulance conveyed him to Canberra Community Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. He had served as doorman at the UK High Commission since 1958.

Charles Alfred Birtles Giles Street Kingston Canberra Ambulance Canberra Community Hospital Birtles King George Terrace Parliament House United Kingdom

Djilas Sentenced to Three Years in Yugoslavia

Milovan Djilas former Yugoslav vice president was sentenced to three years in prison after a trial on charges of hostile propaganda against the State. He received two years with hard labour plus the January 1955 suspended sentence for criticising the government, combined into a total of three years. he plans to appeal.

Snow Closes Search for 62 aboard Canadian Airliner

A heavy snowfall in the search area threatens to seal the doom of all 62 aboard the missing Trans-Canadan Airlines plane. Officials fear none will survive the bitter winter in the coastal range as rescue efforts falter.

Ottawa P-Reuter Trans-Canadan

Ashbourne Hillside Secondary School Renamed Over Initials Concern

Ashbourne Hillside Secondary School replaces the former name after managers objected to keeping the old title. They argued that the initials on school badge would read A Three Five if the old name persisted.

Bourne Secondary School Ashbourne Hillside Secondary School

Mail Delivery Costs From 1901 to Today in Australia

A 1901 Commonwealth Gazette records a mail contract to George Rottenburgh for a three times weekly two horse coach from Yass to Murrumbateman Jeir Hall Ginninderra Canberra and Queanbeyan at £75 yearly. The current Yass to Canberra service held by John Williams costs £1444 annually.

Postmaster-General's Department Commonwealth Gazette George Rottenburgh Canberra Yass Murrumbateman Jeir Hall Ginninderra Queanbeyan John Williams

New Taxi Rates to Take Effect on Monday

Canberra taxi fares rise as revived scale charges go into effect. Mileage increases from 1/6 mile to 1/0, waiting time up 3d an hour to 1s 5d. Flag-fall remains 1s 6d and the booking fee is abolished. Conversion tables will be supplied to drivers for the new rates.

Canberra Fairhall Department of the Interior

Fire Fighters To Carry First Aid Kits

A discussion at the Australian Cross Association meeting urged that first aid kits be compiled for all bush fire vehicles. Mr Doug Hyles of Orarra raised the issue, leading to a later meeting and the formation of a new branch to adopt the proposal.

A.C.T

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