Menzies Returns From World Tour Amid Warm Canberra Welcome
Prime Minister Menzies arrives at Patrbairn Airport after a world tour. He notes reduced international tension and says discussions abroad will aid Australia. He mentions no successor for Governor General Sir Melliam Shim until after the Queen's North American tour. A Canberra welcome includes diplomats, a Qantas Constellation flight, and a brief press interview planned in the afternoon.
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M. Menzies
Perth
Singapore
Melliam Shim
North America
Atives
Canberra
Mr. Menzies
Patrbairn
Qantas
Constellation
Dame Pattie
Melbourne
Mr Toll
Ivan Skripov
Menzies
Australia
Tug On Way To Damaged Yacht Sea Fox Sails Toward Elcho Island
Micropon the Navy minister and Senator Gorton announced efforts to salvage the Sea Fox. The Emu and aircraft were to drop a pump and supplies to assist, with further drops planned despite potential rescue-fee issues involving owner John Calvert. Calvert may refuse aboard assistance, risking delays.
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Micropon
Gorton
Wales
Walters
Darwin
Arafura Sea
Navy
Sea Fox
John Calvert
Elcho Island
Calvert
Elcho
UN report on New Guinea praised by officials
The U.N. mission chair Chi Ping Kiang says New Guinea is moving ahead despite difficulties caused by geography and backwardness. Australia’s Hood notes the mission commends many of Australia’s welfare initiatives for indigenous people. Jones adds patrols have focused on consolidating administration in newly opened areas.
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U.N
China
Chi-Ping Kiang
New Guinea
Australia
Hood
New Crimea
Trust Territory
J. H. Jones
Polish crowd battles police over chapel during protest
In Krasnik Pabryerny about 1 000 demonstrators attacked police after marching on the town hall to demand permission to build a temporary chapel. Police used tear gas to disperse the crowd, about 20 arrests reported. Catholics gathered in a public square for mass and set up a cross and Virgin statue as a church defense.
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Wother Barracks
Lublin
Krasnik Pabryerny
New Floods Reported in West Pakistan City Shahdura
Reuters reports new floods in West Pakistan as the River Ravi overflows and inundates Shahdura, an outlying Lahore suburb, yesterday.
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Pakistan
Karachi
P.-Reuter
West Pakistan
Ravi
Shahdura
Lahore
Mice Plague Despites Crops and Grain Loss in Q Land
Mice plague is devastating stored grain and sorghum on Darling Downs farms. Pittsworth district roads are said to be swarming with mice at night. A farmer at Yarrantea reported the loss of about 18 000 bags of French millet. In another farm, 400 mice were trapped in a four gallon drum of water in one night.
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Brisbane
Darling Downs
Pittsworthy
Yarrantea
Lord Lindsay Critical of ANU and Plans to Quit
Lord Lindsay of Birker attacked the Australian National University over four years of uncertainty and bureaucratic obstacles in international relations research. He announced he will resign to take a professorship and program chair at the American University in Washington, with a five year term starting in September. He expressed regret about leaving Australia but said the move would allow work more relevant to current global issues.
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Lord Lindsay
Birker
Australian National University
ANU
Department of International Relations
LYST
Brofessor
Oor
School of International Service
American University
Washington
ANA
Australia
Austria
China
Michael Lindsay
Butt
Baron Lindsay
Lniversity
Leslie Melville
Russian saying sparks trailer housing joke at fair
At the San Diego County Fair a Russian interpreter explained a quirky remark by a Soviet aircraft designer about house trailers. He noted Russians prefer permanent housing and not movable homes, clarifying the pun on now in Russian and Nyet.
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del Mar
California
Ayer
San Diego
Nyet
Servel Yerper
Russia
Interpre
Tey
Bellini Drawing Sells For 14800 Guineas At Auction
A Giovannia Bellini drawing measuring six by seven inches was sold for 14 800 guineas. The pen and brown ink study on pink tinted paper depicts three Apostles. The buyer was Baron TM Vany according to reports.
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London
Giovannia Bellini
Apostle
Baron
Vany
Mystery Tribe Found In Arnhem Land Australia
Darwin reports a previously unseen native tribe discovered deep in Arnhem Land jungle by an army survey team. Three camps were located near Parsons Range west of Blue Mud Bay with bark huts and about 30 inhabitants, arranged in lines like Malayan kampongs, inaccessible to whites.
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Darwin
Australia
Arnhem Land
Parsons Range
Stone Country
Blue Mud Bay
Gulf of Carpentaria
E. J. Laker
Strathfield
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Albert Hall
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A.N.U
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Alde
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N.T
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