Monk Urges Measuring Rod To Spur Productivity
Mr. Monk urged a products section in the Commonwealth Bureau of Statistics to measure output and productivity gains. He called for government, employers, and unions to share gains and improve labor relations while embracing automation as unions welcomed tech progress. Frank Crean echoed that machines and manpower build productivity and a bigger “cake” must be shared more widely.
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Burns Dinner In New Hall For First Time
The first Burns Memorial Hall function, a Burns Dinner, was held on Friday with about 140 Canberra Burns Club members and visitors attending. G G Eddie spoke on Immortal Memory, touching the poet’s life. A Tyler proposed Scotland toast. W A McLaren proposed Kin Ted Clubs and Visitors. R Hicks gave The Land of Our Adoption toast. J McMahon led the Haggis address. performers Miss Douglas and Miss Nagter with George Shaw, Gorse Waterson, Roger Piper. J Opie acted as Piper. The hall complex is near completion and Labour Party figures urged science and tech sharing for social welfare.
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Scotland
A. Tylor
W. A. McLaren
Robert Hicks
J. McMahon
Miss Douglas
Betty Nagter
George Shaw
Gorse Waterson
Tug effort fails to move grounded oil tanker Patricia
Four tugs failed to free the Patricia after it ran aground two miles off Wilmnington with 11,135 tons of oil aboard. The tanker, bound for Port Phillip Bay, is reportedly the largest of its kind in the area.
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Wilmutown
Port Phillip Bay
U K unions push productivity via science and training
The U K Union of Post Office Workers general secretary Charles Geddes told a Canberra reception that unions aim to raise output not by harder work but by working more effectively with science, modern plant, better organisation, and safer health standards. He warned against slow automation and stressed investment in capital equipment as key to future progress. He noted unions favor evolutionary change and cooperative relations with management to boost production while preparing for industrial advancement. The discussion touched on training programs by the T U C and planned expansion of education facilities and technical courses.
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General Council
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Duke of Edinburgh
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New Memorial Bull
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Champion Olympic swimmer John Marshall remained unconscious at Royal Melbourne Hospital after a car crash on Friday night. Doctors noted slight improvement but the condition remained serious from a base skull fracture and severe head injuries when his car overturned on the Ballarat Maryborough Road near Clunes, with Marshall moved from Ballarat Base Hospital on medical advice.
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Royal Melbourne Hospital
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Maryborough
Clunes
Royal Melbourne
Reading Melbourne
School Term Set to Start Tomorrow Morning
The school term will begin tomorrow morning for all other pupils.
Opportunity For Young Men To Assist Asians
Mr. Dexter of the Department of External Affairs spoke at the third biennial Australasian Y's Men's conference urging Y's Men's Clubs across Australia to strengthen links with Asia and support the Colombo Plan through friendship and cultural understanding. Delegates from Y.M.C.A. clubs discussed community service while Canberran delegates reported on the Canberra Y.M.C.A. Community Recreation Centre project and journal updates.
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