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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 05, 1955
Page
5
Canberra reports a strong six months with 442 telephones installed and 103 new applications received. Outstanding applications total 200, and officials hope most objections will be resolved before year end as Operation Administration gains momentum.
The Welfare Bureau, opened in MBS on the ACT Advisory Council's recommendation, has been closed by the Minister for the Interior after strong protests from the department. A recent survey found most staff focused on welfare matters, and the minister said the bureau would be reinstated only if circumstances allow. General inquiries will be handled by the department's main inquiry office.
Senator Joan Sparkman of Alabama urged Senate passage of a resolution asking President Eisenhower to back a four power international commission to study the full effects of atomic fallout on world populations. The move came ahead of the Washington summit with weeks to go before the big gathering.
Sydney government discussions center on prohibiting land dealings by aldermen and staff. The case involves Mr A M Bailey of Sutherland Shire, who profited around £127 000 from land assets after rezoning. Critics call the transaction morally unjustified and warn of erosion of public trust and integrity in local administration.
A bridge collapse on the Cherokee River in North Carolina caused 60 people to fall into the water with one woman dead and 40 injured. In Columbus, a mother and her two children perished in a thunderstorm. Across the nation, 214 fatalities are blamed on Independence Day travel and mishaps, including 138 motor deaths and 36 drownings.
A meeting of 350 shop assistants decided to boycott Saturday morning trading from next Saturday. Department moves indicated last week they would open for Saturday morning trading from the first time in nearly nine years.
The Secretary of the Interior Br We McLaren will welcome six debutantes at St Pauls Ball in Albert Hall Friday night. Anna Jé Marie Bugden Heather Gebrieg and two others attend with matron of honour the rector’s wife. Women’s World Day of Prayer committee met and planned a luncheon on August 2 inviting Mrs D A Garnacy. Canberra photographs receive praise at Melbourne exhibition with C L Leake’s work featured. Terry Jultt makes debut as producer in You Cant Take It With You at the Haywire comedy show with a cast including Toeclyn Key, Grace Campbell and others in Canberra’s theatre scene.
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