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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 16, 1957
Page
6
Readable fragments describe a local roundabout or thoroughfare issue near Round Aberration and Veeway Resent Ranch. Mentions EvRnces and Air Aoe P Pre Eundle events. No clear dates or outcomes emerge from the garbled text.
The Repertory Council approved a new contract for the manager producer Mrs Anne Godfrey Smith running to December 31 1958 with an option renewal. She indicated willingness to accept a 12000 year contract with renewal option to ensure gradual planning for future productions. Sub committees were formed to handle policy education box office arts and social matters and two external appointees joined the production committee with Mrs Godfrey Smith as an official member.
In Rangoon, A P Rentery notes Asatratian Wacase won a weight event narrowly. O Taylor defeated F Nepines in the fly. Ke Son also noted in the competition, reflecting a day of mixed outcomes.
Four workers died and parts of a shed were destroyed when a fire broke out at an Elkton Maryland plant producing missile and nickel propellants for the United States. The building housing the line was heavily damaged and the cause was under investigation.
External Affairs Minister Casey discusses the Colombo Plan 1956/57 annual report noting strain in balance of payments and rising money supply. He cites donor contributions of £450 million in 1966/57, total aid £1.576 billion since inception, and UN loans aiding training and expertise in Asia.
The Queen attended the wedding of her second cousin Miss Ann Abel Smith aged 25 to Mr. David Liddell Granger 27 in Saint George's Chapel Windsor. The bride is the elder daughter of Colonel Sir Henry Abel Smith Governor designate of Queensland.
An invention, demonstrated yesterday, could end oil tankers with a sausage shaped plastic bag filled with oil and towed by ships. The 100 ft model precedes a full size 600 ft container capable of holding 20 000 tons of oil. Inventor Herr Ernat Doerpinghaus says it is easier to handle, storm stable, and costs only a fraction of a tanker.
London reports Sir Anthony Eden suffers a fever attack while recovering from earlier illness tied to his resignation as Prime Minister. He rests at Morval House Cornwall as doctors monitor his condition amid archival visits by a local physician.
Majura Bush Fire Brigade will extinguish hundreds of smouldering stumps to prevent a fresh outbreak on Mount Ainslie. The Mount Stromlo fire was contained Friday and Saturday after burning about 600 acres since Friday morning. Firefighters fear winds could rekindle embers. 40 men fought the blaze while M C A workers, aided by bulldozer tracks, supplied tea and biscuits. A cubby house of eucalypt poles near Ainslie Hostel is believed to be the fire source.
Forty five children were injured when a four foot high wall protecting a crowd surged forward at a football match in Glasgow. One boy died en route to hospital as about thirty yards of the barrier collapsed onto the youngsters.
The Queen Mother will travel aboard a British Overseas Airways DC 7C airliner on a world trip next month to Auckland New Zealand. A BOAC spokesman said the long-range Britannia could not be used because full servicing along the 12 000 mile Canada Pacific route was not yet practicable.
Landlords sue in the Supreme Court seeking eviction of the Soviet Embassy in Buenos Aires after a lease expired on October 21 and Moscow refused to leave. They also seek removal from other offices as Russia maintains a larger force than needed for diplomatic relations.
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