A M P Manager Boosts Australian Economy Optimism
Sydney reports the Australian economy in sound condition with A M P Society general manager M C Buettfield stating stability and prosperity in postwar expansion. He notes life insurance growth, overseas capital inflow, and a record A M P £183.3 million of new business with 153 982 policies.
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Sydney
A.M.P. Society
M.C. Bue
Bers
N.8.w
Australia
Buttfield
A.M.P
End Of Ship Holdup Seen Near End Of Crewing
Near Sydney two ships the Macedon and the Koonya, held up due to crew shortages, expect full crews within two days. Macedon has seven seamen and needs five more to reach 31, after a British crew were paid off on December 11. The owners allege an unofficial union ban aimed at overseas crews for coastal trade. The Commonwealth Industrial Court ordered the Seamen's Union of Australia to end the ban and ensure full manning.
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Sydney
Australia
Macedon
Commonwealth Industrial Court
Seamen's Union of Australia
Court upholds hanging for woman terrorist Wong Lan
The Malayan Court of Appeal ruled 28 year old Wong Lan must hang for possessing a shotgun and eight cartridges after an ambush near Kuala Selangor. Her lawyer argued she was coerced under threat, but the court said duress is no defense under emergency rules.
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Kuala Lumpur
Thompson
Malaya
Wong Lan
Kuala Selangor
Selangor
British National Union of Mine Workers
Chinese Chamber of Commerce
Tunkil Abdul Rahman
U S Apology to U K Engineers Over Rifle Point March
The commander of the Soulthor bombing base will apologize to two British Post Office engineers who say they were marched at rifle point while repairing a line. The Third U S Air Force in Britain issued the statement noting the incident occurred in mid December during a special alert exercise.
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U.S
U.K
Soulthorpe
Norfolk
A.a.p.reuter
Soulthor
Post Office
Rifle Point
U.S. Air Force
Britain
Rise in Australian greasy wool exports in five months
The Commonwealth Statistician Mr. Carver reports Australia boosted greasy wool exports by 13.47 million pounds in the five months to November 1957, rising from 431.92 million to 445.38 million pounds. Income rose to 148.07 million pounds, with UK purchases down while France and Japan increased intake.
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Australia
Commonwealth
Carver
United Kingdom
U.K
France
Japan
Newspapers in Venezuela face distribution ban and arrests
El Universal was banned from distribution for nine hours as Caracas journalists went missing and Catholic clerics were jailed. The government charged the paper for giving rebel exile coverage while La Religión editor Hernandez Chapelin and publisher Miguel Capriles remain in custody for not denouncing the revolt.
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Bsdlheame Svaghe
el Universal
Caracas
Barranquilla
Colombia
la Religion
Hernandez Chapelin
Miguel Capriles
Trouble on Groote Eylandt flares again
Darwin reports renewed unrest on Groote Eylandt in the Gulf of Carpentaria as police and natives work to quell a revolt. Superintendent John Stokes announces renewed investigations after earlier knife threats and alleged kidnappings of girls from dormitories. Welfare officer Evans plans to fly to the island to assist.
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Darwin
Groote Eylandt
Groote
Gulf of Carpentaria
John Stokes
Evans
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