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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 16, 1952
Page
3
London reports the biggest strike in Britain's coal industry as Yorkshire coalfields halt production. Over 100000 workers are out since Saturday across 479 coal winders at 83 pits. The National Coal Board appeals for volunteers to keep pits running while strikers seek a day wage increase.
Miss Maureen Connolly leads the United States women’s rankings as she tours Australia with junior champion Miss Sampson. Sampson sits tenth, while the rankings for men and women are set for the association meeting on January 17 for confirmation. The list also includes the new top ten entry Alma Gibson, the first Black player to reach that level.
In a wartime incident the Eighth Army reports a sergeant fired three times at deserters, killing relatives of Red Desertors. The account notes casualties among those connected to the deserters as part of a broader security operation.
The board announced programs to expand accommodation at the larger hospital to cope with growing ACT population. A new permanent block of 480 beds was proposed, raising total beds to 380 in permanent buildings, with staged openings. Current space shortages were highlighted as nurses and trainees suffer months of crowded housing.
In Perth Supreme Court Chambers Greek migrant Younis Angelides, 22, was granted an interim injunction delaying his deportation from Australia. The order lasts five days and may be extended, as Angelides continues treatment at Wooroloo Sanatorium under medical care while his case proceeds. Public charity groups supported the migrant, arguing legal protections and social welfare considerations in the contested case.
In Brisbane a man faces charges for alleged abducting a girl and taking her to a location guided by her father. The court proceedings referenced a married couple and a maintenance dispute adjourned to Monday. A separate report notes Mrs Barbara McCune received summonses regarding housing commission matters and a widow died after a fall from a window at Edgecliff.
In Hobart Senator McKenna accused Minister for Health Ste Berle Page of attempting to routinize hospital benefits by discussing life insurance. The Opposition leader condemned the idea while noting a March 6 bill to change registration conditions for life insurance, later passed on second reading with only Government Senators seeking adjournment.
The United States Department of Agriculture estimated a global wheat harvest near 7.236 billion bushels, surpassing the prior record. Canada and Argentina boosted outlooks while Australia faced export quota decisions under the International Wheat Agreement, with the conference in Washington on January 20, 1963.
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