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Canberra Times

Location

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Date

Jan 25, 1961

Page

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Labour Council backs commission order at B H P Newcastle

The New South Wales Labour Council Disputes Committee urged all striking BHP Newcastle workers to return to work as ordered by the Industrial Commission Full Bench. The court ordered BHP to provide work from the start of the day shift on Thursday. Craft unions pledge timely reporting. Lima crane work to be performed by crane crew led by driver and rigger.

Sydney N.S. W. Labour Council Disputes Committee B.H.P Newcastle Lima

Mass Meeting Sets In for Action on AEU Dismissals

The Commission orders reinstatement of 11 Amalgamated Engineering Union delegates pending an immediate inquiry into their dismissals. A mass meeting of Newcastle steel workers is planned for tomorrow at 10 a.m. to discuss the recommendations and interim orders under the Industrial Arbitration Act.

BHP Amalgamated Engineering Union Jones Newcastle Federated Ironworkers’ Executive FLA Short Justice Richards Justice Beattie Justice Kelleher A.E.U

Citizenship Award Presented at Australian Convention

Governor General Viscount Damrossil hands the Gertrude Kumm Award for Citizenship to Dr Cornelius Wouters at the Australian Citizenship Convention opening. A former Dutch migrant who arrived in 1948, Dr Wouters is a Good Neighbour Council executive and CSLRO translator in Sydney. He holds doctorates and speaks seven European languages. The Gertrude Kumm Award honors postwar migrant citizenship acts.

Gue Viscount Damrossil Gertrude Kumny Cornelius Wouters Australia Wouters Good Neighbour Council C.s.l.ro Sydney Gertrude Kumm FL. G. Kumm Melbourne

Hemingway Leaves Mayo Clinic After Treatment

Novelist Ernest Hemingway was discharged from Mayo Clinic in Rochester yesterday after two months of treatment for high blood pressure. He said last week he was in Rochester for care.

New York Ernest Hemmingway Mayo Clinic Rochester

Royals Fail To Bag Tiger In Indian Hunt

North-Wes Duke of Edinburgh and the Royal couple waited at a high shoot as vigil lasted four hours without a sighting. Tiger hunting on Tuesday produced no shot while Amrit Lal Jindal, 35, fasted in protest. A third attempt was planned before returning to New Delhi for overnight travel.

Jaipur Wes Duke of Edinburgh It India A.A.P Amrit Lal Jindal New Delhi

Katanga Recruit Drive Expands with Foreign Legion Arrivals

About 300 European recruits including French Italian and German nationals arrived at Elisabethville to join a Katanga foreign legion. The move targets Tshombe against Lumumba forces and Baduba tribes, drawing Brussels disapproval and a judicial inquiry.

Elisabethville Katanga Antoine Gizenga Gizenga Leopoldville Stanleyville United Press United Nations Lumumba

Brothers drown after ice breaks south of Copenhagen

Two brothers aged seven and nine die after ice fractures beneath them while skating about 500 yards from shore on a frozen sea south of Copenhagen. The incident occurred yesterday as they were near a group of skaters on the icy water.

Copenhagen A.a.p.router Jule sSea

Warships Stalking Pirates Liner Takeover in Caribbean

Rebels seized a liner with 600 passengers as two American destroyers and three Naval aircraft moved to scene. One officer was shot, another wounded by grenade. Captain Henrique Galvao, 65, led the action and has a prior three year sentence in Portugal. Takeover near Santa Lucia, about 400 miles north of Port of Spain, occurred at 9 am local time.

New York H.M.S. Rothesay Santa Maria Caribbean Defence Department Washington London Henrique Galvao Antonio Salazar Portugal Lisbon Santa Lucia British West Indies Port of Spain

Yard Murder Rate Goes Up In Britain Report

The Daily Express says Scotland Yard has run out of Murder Squad detectives amid a surge of crime in Britain. Seventeen people were murdered in the first 23 days of the year, double the figure from last year, with fears of new child killings by sex maniacs and calls from Conservative MPs to make murder with rape punishable by hanging.

London Britain Scotland Yard The Daily Express the Express M’s

United States Eyes New Uranium Contract With South Africa

The United States would sign a new contract with the South African Atomic Energy Board to buy 18 900 tons of uranium. The Atomic Energy Commission will make direct purchases at about 5 pounds per pound weight.

Washington United States South African Atomic Energy Board Atomic Energy Commission

Threats to Cut Labour for South Africa Gold Mines

African leaders in London announced possible stoppage of African labour for South Africa's gold mines as part of an intensified anti apartheid campaign. The United Front urged excluding South Africa from the Commonwealth and pressed global support, investment boycott, and delegations to Asia to isolate Pretoria.

London South Africa South Africa United Front Peter Molotsi United Front Commonwealth India Pakistan Ceylon Malaya Asia Ghana Nigeria

U S counsel to Nazis trial arrives in Jerusalem

A U S assistant to the military prosecutor at Nuremberg arrives in Jerusalem to aid in the Eichmann case. Colonel Adolf Eichmann, once head of the Gestapo Jewish section, faces charges of mass murder of Jews in World War II.

U.S Jerusalem Reuter Nuremburg Robert Kempner 3.5 Adolf Eichmann Eichmann Gestapo

Ethiopia Bans South African Goods in Apartheid Protest

In Addis Ababa a boycott is imposed on South African goods as a protest against Apartheid. The move signals regional support for sanctions and calls for international pressure on Pretoria.

Addis Ababa Ethiopia

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