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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 25, 1963
Page
2
Arrangements with a foreign firm to install a palm kernel processing plant in Eastern Nigeria at about £1,625,000 are nearing completion. Dr A N Obona the regional minister of commerce says the plant will crush half of Nigeria's annual palm kernel output for export and will supply kernel oil and cake for more than 20 years.
A survey of Christmas customs around the world notes Spain’s 375 million pesetas lottery prize, Italy’s regional dances and widowed matchmaking, Finland’s grave candles, Hawaii’s banyan tree décor, Japan’s festive mood without Christ birth focus, South Africa’s booming economy under apartheid, Tunisia’s mixed celebration, Mexico’s fiesta and posadas, the Soviet Union’s delayed Christmas, Yugoslav straw on floors and meatless feast, Trinidad’s parang, and Brittany cattle speech tradition.
In Bogota residents debate why tempers flare amid 8,600 foot altitude and chaotic traffic. Drivers blame traffic and hunger while experts cite anxiety and cultural mood. An American businessman recalls becoming a walking powder keg before adapting.
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