Britain relaxes import quotas easing restraints across sectors
The government announced a series of relaxations in import quotas to aid trade, expanding textile quotas by up to 60 percent and allowing longer four month periods. Officials said the changes would reduce licensing burdens, boost imports of plant and machinery, and ease shortages across manufacturing, textiles, and related industries.
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Duke to Call at World’s Loneliest Island
London reports the Duke of Edinburgh will aid Inter to-day on Tristan da Cunha the loneliest outpost in the Atlantic. The visit marks a historic first for British royalty to meet the settlement led by Mr Forsyth ton and Willie Repetto. The Duke’s call ties to fishing and cannery work shaping Tristan da Cunha’s civic life and future.
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1000 New Homes For Dapto
Sydnwa reports Taylor Woodrow Ltd plans a 300 acre project near Dapto to build 1000 homes for private sale at £3500 to £4000. The scheme includes shops offices playing fields and units with a £3 million budget and a five year timeline. The Sydney branch of the British firm operates worldwide in construction.
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Taylor Woodrow Ltd
Sydney
Afro-Asian Demands on Israel Withdraw Mideast Row
Afro-Asian bloc drafts a resolution urging UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold to pursue Israel's withdrawal and report back to the General Assembly within five days. The draft tones down harsher terms and seeks support from Western powers for a settlement amid Nasser warnings of further trouble if Israeli forces stay. President Nasser criticizes Eisenhower doctrine and weighs Egyptian relations with Britain and France, while noting the Canal defense, Palestinian issues, and current treaty terms.
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Macmillan Announces More Government Appointments
The new government reshuffle includes Mee uvorgh ward as Minister for Air, John Hare retaining the War portfolio, Aubrey Jones head of the Ministry of Supply, Richard Maudling replaced, Denia Vosper becomes Health Minister, Hugh Molgam takes Works, Maudling to Postmaster General, Percy Mills to 1Puel and Power, and Lord Strathclyde, Allan Noble, David Ormsby Gore, Derek Walker Smith, Earl of Perth among others appointed, Heath remains Chief Whip and Birch as Economic Secretary.
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Ministry of Supply
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John Boyd-Carpenter
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R. H. Turton
Hugh Molgam
P. Buchan-Hepburn
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Power
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Regin
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Ald
Manningham - Buller
William Milligan
Harry Hylton Foster
William Grant
Scotland
Edward Heath
John Powell
Treasury
Nigel Birch
Marquis of Reading
Use Of Plane Aids Control Of Bush Fire
A councillor and a policeman used a private aircraft operated by W Murrell to guide firefighters near Hillston Australia. Constable F Logan flew to Yathong and Irymple Stations dropping messages to about 100 men combating a blaze. Ground crews cut fire breaks as the aerial team reported the fire front narrowing from twenty miles to ten, removing immediate danger to station buildings.
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Logan
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Clashes Kill 30 in Dobnidja Rumani Mines Tense
Reports from Vienna's Neuer Kurier say 30 people died in Bulgarian Romanian clashes in Dobnidja near the Danube delta. Curfew spread to Rasove and Marnia with over 200 arrests as Bulgars of the minority sought to free Hungarians from a camp near Cernavoda.
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Neuer Kurier
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Rumania
Cernavoda
Rasove
Man Ralia
Fraser Backs Jervis Bay Transfer Debate
MP J R Fraser accompanies Navy Minister Davidson on a Jervis Bay inspection related to moving the Royal Australian Naval College from Flinders Victoria. Fraser, after touring Flinders, says the transfer to Jervis Bay is not justified and will urge the Navy Minister to reconsider before returning to Canberra.
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Jervis Bay
J. R. Fraser
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Tasmania
Melbourne
Royal Australian Naval College
Flinders
Victoria
Lhe College
Canberra
Conciliator Acts in ACT Industrial Dispute
The first use of the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act in Canberra saw Mr J Welbourn of Sydney set a conference date after adjourning the dispute brought by the Painters Union against W van Durwen and Son over wage rates. The conference with union and employers is slated for next Wednesday.
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Painters Union
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Health Warning To Sir Anthony Eden Emerges
London dispatch reports that Sir Anthony Eden received a doctor’s warning about the imperative need for attention to his health, the Evening Standard said late last night.
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