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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 08, 1959
Page
10
Referee Ruby Goldstein steps in at Yankee Stadium New York to halt the world heavyweight title bout after Floyd Patterson is knocked down for the seventh time in the third round on June 26. Ingemar Johansson watches anxiously as the decision is made.
Former South African cabinet minister Thomas Boydell claims his Australian lecture tour was banned for political reasons not educational ones. He says headmasters praised his talks and that NSW officials initially supported him until opposition leader Morton intervened.
A decree nisi was tied to Harry Leslie Rickman in the Supreme Court with six months returnable. Rickman of Narrabundah seeks dissolution from Shirley Margaret Rickman of Narra vundah on adultery with co respondent Brian Annette of Duntroon. Rickman gains custody of the eldest child. other children housed with Mrs Rickman on mutual affection terms. co respondent to pay petition costs.
A major blaze yesterday destroyed most waterfront and part of the shipyard at Pictou Nova Scotia causing an estimated four million dollars in damage. Mayor James Baillie labeled it a disaster for the town and its shipbuilding industry.
The New Guinea Supreme Court dismissed an injunction against the income tax bill, allowing the Legislative Council to proceed. The council plans to resume on Monday with final committee stages anticipated by Monday or Tuesday. An appeal by Councillor J Buning could delay the process.
President Nasser of the United Arab Republic plans to visit Ceylon toward the end of August, according to a report in the Ceylon Observer.
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