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Newspaper

Canberra Times

Location

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Date

Jan 15, 1957

Page

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Cabinet reshuffle signals policy on Suez crisis aftermath

The new cabinet signs endorse Suez policy as postwar Anglo Egyptian talks resume. Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd remains, with Duncan Sandys, Percy Milla, and Mary Brooks in key posts. Analysts note mixed reactions in The Times and Daily Express as Labour figures contemplate future candidacy amid planning for Lebanon talks and New York meetings.

The Neycroft Selwyn Lloyd Defence Duncan Sandys Percy Milla Mary Brooks Vincount Hailsham Weyl Petary Woll Toomarrow de Charles Malikha Wali Loniten Lingd Malik Mee New York Lloyds Macmllan Mewyn Times

Council Refused Details Of Parking Plans

Canberra council blocks parking plan details citing secrecy from the Interior Department and calls for a departmental officer to explain draft legislation. Day warns of chaos at Civic Centre while urging background briefing for informed council decisions.

P. Day Civic Centre Day National Capital Planning and Development Committee Canberra Pld. Day

Pilot Escapes From Glider Down In Sea

A glider towed from Port Macquarie toward Newcastle crashed into the sea ten miles north of Forster. Pilot Hector Hoyce swam ashore uninjured after belly landing the glider on the water and paddling it to shore as waves broke it apart. Towline snapped during rescue attempt by W Hine, the Tiger Moth pilot.

Frank Port Macquarie Miles Nouth Forster Hector Hoyce Ue Xgister Swan Borster W. Hine Hoyce

Clergyman In Long Bay On Principle

Melbourne Anglican Rev Neil Glover refused to pay 2 court costs for breaching metropolitan traffic rules and spent 48 hours in Long Bay Gaol as a matter of principle. He wore a sandwich board in Market Street protesting atomic tests, the board urging to plead with the government to stop tests. The magistrate found the offences proved but did not record a conviction.

Sydney Melbourne Long Bay Neil Glover St. Mathias Richmond Glover Market Street W. N. Duncan Clarence Street Fegan

Two Dead When Car Overturns in Sydney Bridge Crash

In Sydney, a mother and her two children died after a car overturned on Cammeray Bridge. Six others were injured, including the driver Mrs Mavis Sinclair 38 of Lanett Street Chatswood. Keith 16 and Tan 5 Sinclair survived with injuries.

Sydney Camumieniy Auspension Bridge North Sydney Elet Mra Margaret Wells Piette Highway Greenwich Keith Mavis Sinclair Lanett Street Chatswood Tan Sinclair

Commonwealth Ships For Overseas Trade Amid Freight Rise

Melbourne reports the Australian Commonwealth Shipping Line will resume overseas cargo transport and tourist class, with a 25 percent fare rise in return tickets. Three lines announce return fares to cut the rise, while wheat freight costs threaten farmers as world prices drop. Freight increases span first class 20 percent and other classes around 17.5 percent.

Ning Line Willliams London U.K -Australia Melbourne Australian Commonwealth Shipping Line Ind Ping Stellan Aneliina Wheatgrowers Federation Feley U.K Cass Cisg Pind O, Company Orient Line Blue Funnel Line

Soviet alleges Russian detained in Britain over asylum protest

Moscow Radio reported Britain granted asylum to Biryukov after a protest from Russia over his alleged forcible detention. The Soviet ambassador in London visited the Foreign Office and British police reportedly restrained Biryukov after he barricaded himself in a hotel room, later claiming asylum.

London P.reuter Russia Britain Biryukov Moscow Slvish Jacob Mulik British Foreign Office

Cantor Recovering After Onstage Collapse

Hollywood reports Ed Cantor recovering after collapsing at the end of a television show celebrating his 35th birthday. Dr Eliot Corday said Cantor was exhausted but no cause for alarm is found and his condition is stable.

Hollywood Edge Cantor Eliot Corday Intertainer

Yemen Affair Sparks Tribal Skirmishes Claim

London based Times Aden correspondent reports British officials in Aden surprised by statements on the Yemen invasion. He says Yemeni tribal clashes on the frontier are used as propaganda to embarrass Britain in the Middle East and at the United Nations, likely inspired by Cairo.

London A.ap Aden Yemen Times Aden

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