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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 24, 1957
Page
9
L. J. Dwyer advertises every type of color film and processing service with duplicate slides viewers and projectors. It also features German photo magazines and Grosschild products along with a full range of photo albums and corners.
Official figures released yesterday by the Acting Commonwealth Statistician Mr Carver show Australia’s population at 9,591,437 at end March. There were 4,859,809 males and 4,731,628 females, with a net increase of 214,184 from the previous March. Migration accounted for 85,175 of the rise.
About 1 000 delegates from 34 countries gathered at Church House Westminster to begin five days of talks at the seventh world congress of the International Society for the Welfare of Cripples. Poland attended, marking a first in years for a Communist state. Dr Howard A Rusk of New York noted a 12 percent disability rate and 4 percent home-bound populations, urging medicine to add life to years as strokes in the United States affect over 1.5 million people.
Brisbane police court heard Adelaide man Owen Ronald Tack Douglas Copley 31 a clerk faces charge of public mischief over a July 6 faked drowning near Victor Harbor South Australia He reportedly disappeared after telling his wife and three children he had fallen at Waitpinga Rocks bail was refused and the case set for Thursday Inspector Donovan said the supposed drowning caused great concern across South Australia.
Snow ploughs worked to keep mountain routes open after heavy falls in the Southern Alps. Spencer's Creek logged four and a half inches while Kosciusko lower slopes saw rain wash snow away below 4,000 feet. Island Bend reported 140 points as Cabramurra stayed frozen with eight inches of snow the night before and Kiandra road kept open.
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