Out ing results and scores from a tense table tennis set
A fragment reports outcomes including 64 76, an SIA noted Hadi 10.0 with three points. Other items list tens court times and dates like 3 6, 011 4 5, and a 2-1 count for two players.
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 03, 1957
Page
1
A fragment reports outcomes including 64 76, an SIA noted Hadi 10.0 with three points. Other items list tens court times and dates like 3 6, 011 4 5, and a 2-1 count for two players.
Congress leaders from both parties support President Eisenhower's Middle East proposal to counter Soviet threats with a mix of policy and potential military aid. The plan faces cautious reception abroad with Indian opinion divided though some welcome economic assistance over intervention.
Australian born Dr Gilbert Murray famed Greek scholar and world peace advocate left Oxford today in quiet birthday observance. Health described as better than a while ago. His wife Lady Mary Murray died last September at age 71.
Secretary Kalyov announced the extension of the fire lighting ban framed by the Binh Fire Committee. Officials warn against lighting any outdoor fires as rain relief is awaited for up to three weeks while police prepare prosecutions for rule breakers. The Manly Mayor Ald Paine criticizes prosecutions of New Year fireworks as farcical amid ongoing fire hazards.
Archbishop Mowll reports from a seven week tour of Communist China that religion is not underground and that Anglican Church members were well treated. He and Australian Anglican Churchmen were invited by the church in China and observed perceived progress and happiness under the regime.
A new memorial in Keranyi war cemetery near Kranji will be unveiled March 2 by Sir Robert Black, Governor and Commander-in-Chief. It honors 1,645 Australians and 61 New Zealanders who died in campaigns in Malaya Sumatra and Java and commemorates 24 000 land and air personnel with no known graves. Many individuals are buried in individual graves.
West New Guinea Cyprus Korea and Algeria armament were tied for discussion as the United Nations General Assembly convened after the Christmas recess.
A high treason trial for 30 prominent Syrians opens in Damascus before a military court. The defendants include former cabinet ministers and leaders of the People's Party, with 17 others including ex-President Shishakli charged but abroad. They face accusations of a pro Iraqi plot with Israel Britain and France.
HMAS Endeavour carrying New Zealand's Antarctic expedition cleared the pack ice and is expected to reach McMurdo Sound tomorrow. The voyage progresses as specialists monitor conditions near McMurdo.
In a New Year reception in the Kremlin, Nikita Khrushchev praised Joseph Stalin as a great leader while admitting present Soviet rulers share responsibility for past mistakes. The event was boycotted by Western diplomats, and Moscow announced the death of Avram Zavenyagin, chief of atomic development, without citing a cause.
NSW road deaths fell to 797 last year, the lowest in the state in years. Secretary J Reid of the Road Safety Council said the death rate per 10 000 vehicles dropped by 23 from 1955 despite a 68 increase in vehicle numbers.
Overseas officers in Singapore's Civil Service receive six months' dismissal notice under the Malayanisation plan. Local replacements will be chosen by a Public Service commission, with key posts affected including the Director of Personnel and the Deputy Chief Secretary. Senior officers will stay six months to train successors.
A Beirut dispatch says Aramco will cut 10 million dollars from 1957 spending and tighten plans after Egypt seized Suez Canal control. Other oil groups may reduce investments, fearing export bottlenecks and rising Arab hostility while Egypt benefits. Saudi and Iraqi interests face financial strain.
Colonel Cyril Banks said the Egyptian authorities had not handed Lieut Anthony Moorehouse’s body to the United Nations Emergency Force. Banks planned to fly from Beirut to Cairo to seek release and hoped to meet President Nasser. Details would wait until Moorehouse’s parents were notified.
The Royal Navy announced the Duke of Edinburgh has sailed into Antarctic waters aboard the royal yacht Britannia. A message from the ship says she is inside the north polar circle and moving toward the John Biscoe to visit four of eleven permanent British bases in the Falkland Islands.
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