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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 27, 1956
Page
4
Arnold Skiveris of Guinn Street Yarrahimis sues Mrs Jean Bridges Adams of Telopea Park Scingston for negligence after a Watson Street motorcycle crash. Skiveris claims compound fractures caused permanent disability and restricted movement.
A Cambridge University dean, Rev. Ivor Eveline St. Clair Ramsay, 63, died from injuries after a fall from eight white the Val. The coroner recorded a verdict of death by own action, noting the mind was disturbed.
Wreckage of wooden construction was brought to Suva by the steamer At Sokule and may be the skylight from the Joyita. Found drifting off Vanua Levu in the Fiji group last November, experts weigh the possibility amid cautious reports.
Leaders of the World Council of Churches visit Canberra from February 14 to 17 for a reception with Prime Minister Menzies and a service at St Andrew's Church. Delegates include Bishop Bromley Oxnam and Dr Kathleen Bliss, with discussions on church nations and religious freedom.
President Eisenhower said he would push for a long term foreign aid program if Congress shows a real chance of approval. He spoke after careful study and argued it serves U S interests, despite strong congressional opposition to his State of the Union call for limited authority to make long term commitments.
In Paris an Australian engineer Geoffrey Ransford, 31, formerly of Melbourne, revealed a new drilling method from a firm specializing in turbine equipment that could bore rock faster than conventional drills. In London the Financial Times reported waterfront strike fears threaten Midlands industrial shipments to Australia amid expected expansion.
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