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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 23, 1956
Page
1
Cabinet Wage Policy Meet Signals August Action
The cabinet plans a wage policy meeting in August to set quarterly adjustments. Officials expect a further basic wage rise next quarter possibly larger than June. The government aims to push action before the current period ends as states continue quarterly adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defence
Arthur
Menzies
Stourton
Commonwealth
Victoria
Queensland
Western
Australia
Tasmania
Half the Ampol field remains at Mt Isa control
In Sydney reports the Mt Isa event remains underway after 58 of 113 competitors were still active. Several entries faced disqualification and road conditions between Cloncurry and Bughendon were noted as challenging with two wheel tracks on black soil plains. Leaders include Murrell Taylor Peugeot and Witter Volkswagen with points tallies listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nly
Mt. Isa
Sydney
Mt. Tea Control
Pontiac
Simca
Wheaton
Alice
Geligaite
Jack Murray
Mt. Cloncurry
Mt. Tsu
W. A. Murfat
Taylor
H Peugeot
Mt. DeCloncurry
Morrow
Cloncurry
Bughendon
W. A. Murrell
Hillston
N.S.W
Peugeot
J. A. Witter
Granville
Volkswagen
M. C. Goldsmith
Walcha
A. A. Scott
A. A. Shelton
Mt. Gambier
S.A. Holden
E. Nelson
Mt.White
Vanguard
Syd Tosh
Ns.w
B. Newham
Lith- Roe
Three Drowned as Car Plunges Into Coal River
In a major Southern Tasmania road tragedy near Richmond two bodies were recovered from a car and a third found nearby. Three youths died and two other passengers escaped injury. Victims were Robert William Booth 15 from Tea Tree, his cousin and driver Stanley Booth 24 from Tea Tree, and Graham Edward Booth 18, brother of the driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tea
Men Missing In River Rhine After Pontoon Capsize
Eleven men believed drowned when three pontoon boats lashed together capsized in the River Rhine near Buchs Switzerland during a training voyage. Thirty-one crew were aboard. twenty were saved and one body recovered. A separate New York report says swimming instructor Morton Cahill drowned at Oakland while demonstrating how to escape clothing in water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchs
Switzerland
Reuter
Rhine
New York
Morton Cahill
Oakland
Twent
Fourteen Tarcutta Trucks Defy Ban In Wagga Passage
Fourteen Tarcutta trucks pushed through Wagga to rejoin the Home Highway despite a five ton limit. Police stopped two other defiers over the weekend. In Holbrook Tarcutta delays, 178 trucks remain held, while 25 are held at Holbrook, as Main Roads repair the highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Tarcutta
Wagga
Holbrook-Tarcutia
Hume Highway
Tia
Little Billsbong
Holbrook
Main Roads
Hume Highway Repairs Meet Government Pushback
Officials say the Hume Highway between Yass and the Victorian border needs major work costing about £1 million to restore heavy vehicle access. Road crews are small, with six workers and a bulldozer seen by inspectors, sparking calls for Army assistance and more equipment from road haulers federations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hume Highway
she _foame aione
H. M. Sherard
Yass
Victorian
Renshaw
Armyss
Gard
M. McColl
Reunification Hope Tied to World Peace Plea
Dr. Adenauer sent a letter to Soviet leader in Moscow urging endangerment of the Soviet threat through a German unification by free elections. He cited Bulganin's disarmament proposal and warned that reunification remains essential to peace and freedom, while expressing Germany’s disappointment at not achieving free elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Adenauer
Moscow
Marshal Bulganin
Btates
Germany
Adensuer
Soviet Struggle Exploited Says Bulganin
Soviet Prime Minister Bulganin claimed the struggle against personality cults was exploited by enemies seeking to undermine state protest over Poland’s Liberation Day. He urged the Communist Party to keep Marx Leninist principles and praised the Soviet Union as Poland’s true ally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waansaw
Reuter
Marshal Bulganin
Poland
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Eisenhower Feels Weak in Panama City Conference
President Eisenhower, visiting Panama City for the American Presidents conference, is said to be weak and trying to stay off his feet. Press secretary J Hagerty confirmed the report. Washington dispatches say a new disarmament letter to Bulganin is planned to push deeper Soviet cutbacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama City
Panama
Reuter
Eisenhower
J. Hagerty
Washington
Marshall Bulganin
Indonesian Dispute Signals Risk to Peace at UN
The report notes signs yesterday of irresponsibility within the United Nations and hints at potential alienation from the organization. The event is framed as a warning about threats to international peace and stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.N
Reactor Arrives Tank For Atomic Assembly In Australia
A 63 65 ton steel reactor tank built in England and shipped to Australia is to be unloaded at Garden Island by the harbour crane crew of the Tipon to move the heavy tank 100 yards from the Austral land ship to the wharf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Australia
Eingland
Australand
Eed Piter Treut
Towns Face New Flood Threat As Murray Rises
Floodwaters threaten Mil dura and Golgol crops with losses over 45000 pounds. Barham Wakool farms half under water. 6000 soldier settler plots affected. Wakool Council president says area worst in history. Levees reinforced as river set to reach record height. Sheep and crops at risk and families isolated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
Mildura
Golgol
Barham
Wakool
Wakool Shire
Eagle
Realdenta
Jawbone
Waston
Murray River
Racing Driver Fatally Injured At Mt Druitt Circuit
Sydney report says driver Jack Singleton, 40, of Dennis Street Rydalmere, was killed after his sedan car overturned at Mt Druitt during a handicap race. He died in Penrith District Hospital from head and internal injuries after being thrown from the car as it catapulted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Mt. Druitt
Jack Singleton
Dennis Street
Rydalmere
Penrith
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Krag
Lina
Rsa Sink
Elter CY
Fytnt
Val
Loch
Tully
Orator
Nist
Rolland
NicMan
H. R. Everett
Yarraville
Vic
Canberra
Thomas White
Morris
W.T. Warner
L. A. Edmonds
Kingston
L. H. Jenkins
J. Byrne
Avastin
LL Sly
Austin
Coal River
River Rhine
Faisal
Margaret
Iraq
London
Eiabeth
Bulganin
Mr. Eisenhower
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