Police Find Little Pilfering At Abattoirs
Investigation by detectives failed to disclose widespread pilfering at the Canberra abattoirs. The inquiry found thefts of lambs fries on a very limited scale may have occurred, and that lambs fries are not being hawked in Queanbeyan.
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Canberra
Mir
P. D. Day
Quean
A.c.tibeyan Advisory Council
Queanbeyan
Fairhall
Pelice
Canparee
Department of Health
Jenholt
Health Department
Day
Tthis Council
Scrap Export Quota Fixed for 1958 by Trade Minister
The Minister for Trade Mr McEwen announced a fixed export quota of 80 000 tons for scrap iron and steel in 1958 following a similar allowance this year The policy aims to keep adequate scrap supplies for mills and foundries amid fluctuating overseas prices and prior large exports. The report also covers cattle and meat import questions and notes on abattoir supervision.
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McEwen
Eden Making Good Recovery After Brief Illness
Sir Anthony Eden has made a good recovery from a brief illness at his country home near Flow of Nile May Be Regulated. Cairo talks between Egypt and the Sudan consider sharing Nile water from new dams for the Aswan Dam project. Six countries in air show at Manila with jets from Australia New Zealand U S U K Nationalist China South Korea and the Philippines before 50000 spectators. World Birthrate Speeding Up warns experts of explosive population growth threatening underdeveloped nations with a rise of 1.7 percent per year. The 83 year old Bear ship to hunt seals off Newfoundland within two years. Danger Of U S Business Decline warns of possible drop without restraint on government credit and consumer confidence.
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Eden
London
A.p.reuter
Sir Anthony Ps
Sir Anthony
Love
Cairo
A.A.P
Reuter
Egypt
Sudan
Aswan Dam
Manila
P.-Reuter
Australia
New Zealand
U.S
U.K
China
South Korea
Philippines
Manila International
Washington
Lithuanians greet U S visitors in Canberra welcome
Lithuanian born Mr. Jose Bachunas and his wife arrived at Canberra airport where they were greeted by A Cercys, head of the Canberra Lithuanian community, in national dress. Mrs Bachunas received a Rutos shrub and a bouquet of flowers from the hosts.
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Jose Bachunas
Canberra
A. Cercys
M. Labanauskas
B. Jarasius
A. Gerys
Bachunas
New Australian Resists Trade Union Demands
In Sydney on a Monday a New Australian glassworker allegedly punched two union officials and kicked one in the face after they asked for his dues. Conrad Svajicer, 27, of Paddington, employed at Australian Glassworks Waterloo, faced June 28 charges of assaulting William Avery and John Hayes. Avery, a union shop steward, said Svajicer refused to pay 55 shillings and was warned he could not work, then attacked. Svajicer was found guilty with a mercy recommendation and bound at £50 for three years after a six month wartime imprisonment trial.
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Sydney
J. R. Nolan
Conrad Svajicer
Goskell Street
Paddington
Dowling Street
Waterloo
Svajicer
William Avery
John Hayes
Australia
Bachunas
Mach‘nist
United States
Reds
Chicago
Michigan
Tennessee
Florida
Tabor Farm
Lithuania
Antanas Smetona
Exodus of East Berlin Grows
West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt said increasing numbers of East Germans fled their communist homeland in recent weeks amid pressure on churches. He cited frequent interrogations arrests and control measures targeting church workers and youth programs and noted threats against those resisting state youth groups.
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Berlin
P.-Reuter
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
Wealthy Lithuanian American visits Canberra on goodwill tour
Joseph Bachunas of Michigan and his wife travel six months through Fiji Samoa and Hawaii before returning to San Francisco. He praises Lithuanian settlers in Australia as good citizens, promotes cultural gatherings, and recalls his family’s emigration and business ventures in the United States.
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Canberra
Australia
United States
Joseph Bachunas
Michigan
Fiji
Samoa
Hawaii
San Francisco
Bachunas
Lithuania
America
Wage talks halted as unions and employers pause conference
The A C T U led by A E Monk and W Evans with M Souter, K Boykett presented claims including full restoration of the basic wage and quarterly increases, regional reviews, and a £6 6s margin basis. Employers’ sides led by J Gill J Self and E Coles noted disagreements and the conference adjourned to await national employer input.
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K. Boykett
Associated Chamber of Manufactures
J. Gill
Metal Trades Employers’ Association
J. Self
Employers' Federation
E. Coles
A.C.T.U
Australian Trade Union Movement
Barbers Seek Safety Razor Duty in Athens
Athens barbers petition the government to impose high duties on safety razors and electric razors, warning that rising use of these appliances threatens their trade. A.A. P. Reuter reports.
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Athens
Reuter
Athens Barbers’ Union
Vampire Jet Crash Escape Near Ohakea
Wellington report says two pilots escaped a Vampire Jet plunging to earth at 4000 ft per minute near Ohakea Mana watu. The instructor Squadron Leader D Jamieson 27 and pupil Pilot Officer JP Bevan 22 parachuted to safety after the plane went into an uncontrollable spin. The pupil suffered a broken collarbone.
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Wellington
A.A.P. Reuter
Ohakea
Manawatu
D. Jamieson
JP. Bevan
Whipping Ordered for Man Found in Radio Shop
In Adelaide on Monday 23 year old Trevor Lyall Nesbitt of Cheltenham was gaoled six months and ordered whipped after being convicted by a Supreme Court jury on two counts. He was found in Hindmarsh on November 2 with intent to steal in a radio shop and with arrest. Nesbitt had just been discharged from gaol on August 30.
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Adelaide
Supreme Court
Trevor Lyall Nesbitt
Cheltenham
Hindmarsh
Nesbitt
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Seal Hunt
Dartmouth
Admiral 'd
Newfound
Scotland
A.a.p.-Reuter
National Planning Association
G. Colm
East Berlin
A. E. Monk
W. Evans
M. Souter
Vampire Jet
Manufacturers’ Mutual Insurance Limited
City Chambers
Alinga Street
A.C.1
E. W. Haines
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