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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 01, 1958
Page
7
The Spastic Centre in Mosman, the ACT branch operated as a voluntary group, begins its annual appeal today with charity buttons sold in government offices Thursday and Friday and in streets and shops Friday and Saturday. Seven ACT children receive full or part time treatment, funded by donations. running costs reach about £2000 weekly.
The ex factory price of butter is likely to rise by 24d per lb and cheese by 1d per lb, with retailers in other states possibly reflecting the changes. The Commonwealth will maintain dairy subsidies at £19,500 for 1958-59, while producers face higher costs and farmers expect a national income rise of about £2 million in 1958-69 if home consumption remains steady. The Australian Dairy Farmers Federation warns local returns may still fall by over £3 million, urging higher subsidies to cover production costs amid overseas market losses.
Two U S Air Force tanker planes Alpha and Bravo flew nonstop from London to New York in a record time of about 5 hours 51 minutes. The flights followed memorial services for 15 men killed in a recent disaster at Westover Air Force Base Massachusetts. Alpha's time was 5 51 24.8, with Bravo about two minutes behind. The prior record was 7 hours 25 minutes set by a Royal Air Force Canberra bomber in 1955.
Maurice Tondu a 35-year-old French accountant trains in the Seine ahead of a planned August start for an Atlantic crossing. He expects a 70 day voyage with eight hours of swimming daily, resting in a rubber dinghy carrying provisions and no radio, describing the effort as plainly scientific.
Rainfall across the ACT brought byes, with Canberra and Fairbairn recording two points between 9 am and p.m. yesterday and a weekly total of 183 points. Heavy falls occurred elsewhere, spanning two to three inches, replenishing dams and supplies. Agriculture head T P Taylor called it the best rain in the Territory for almost a year, noting steady soaking rain benefits for pastures and crops and upcoming growth.
Noumea faces a tense standoff as armed guards circle government buildings. Roadblocks and searches replace daily life while a French government mission probes protests that toppled the local governing council. Troops moved to Bouvaill after clashes between Lenormand supporters and Republican Socialists.
Melbourne instruments recorded shock waves from the American H-bomb test at Eniwetok in the Pacific. Principal research officer E L Desson said the readings were the largest ever recorded in Melbourne and continued for hours after the initial blast. The explosion exceeded the size of the five prior H-bombs at Eniwetol.
Rain delays a decision on supplying Jersey milk to Canberra from Bega producers. A meeting of the Bega Co-operative Society suppliers and shareholders is reconvened to discuss establishing a Canberra milk processing depot amid new capital plans and a shifting market after the Dairy Farmers' Co-operative Milk Co. sale offer and Canberra trade liberalization.
Trans Australia Airlines will take over Guinea Airways operations from tomorrow under an agreement with Guinea Airways Ltd. Victorian manager G Gibson announced the shift, transferring maintenance, service, overhauls and bookings. Five Guinea Airways DC-3s will move to T A A linking 14 new towns, with Utigura and Broken Hill the outside South Australia centers included.
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