Unclear fragmentary sports note amid tour coverage
Fragmentary OCR text mentions players Lindwall Mauldock Hirst and touring match actions with unclear details and no coherent event, team, score, or date to anchor a full summary.
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 25, 1956
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text mentions players Lindwall Mauldock Hirst and touring match actions with unclear details and no coherent event, team, score, or date to anchor a full summary.
The Liberal Party debates wage policy amid cost of living concerns and hints at using an excess profits tax to stabilise the economy. States rebuff and oppose Commonwealth economic controls while Senator Spooner argues sacrifice may be needed in crisis to fix finances.
Officially only 34 cars remain in the Cairns liability trial after earlier totals showed 41. many are under appeal while others have been seized or written off as total wrecks. Drivers and crews rest as an 86 hour holdover stretches to the Sydney end, with fewer than 20 cars expected to finish the trial.
A 27 year old man hanging on a cross for 38 hours in Reynosa Mexico re enactment drew crowds and fainting. He claims immunity to pain after a cactus puncture at age nine and planned to endure until 17 hours without food or water. Church authorities condemned the demonstration urging restraint.
Chain store Coles and Co. Ltd again topped the £1,000,000 mark for the year to June but fell £136,000 short of the prior record. Final dividend stays at 10 cents and is payable September 8. Sales rose to £36,926,000, up nearly £5 million from last year.
Twenty six trucks travelled between Holbrook and Tarcutta today after being stranded on the Hume Highway for a fortnight. In the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Minister for Highways Renshaw urged long distance road hauliers to take holidays after heavy periods. He defended truck operators noting cooperation and warned trucks posed a menace to roads during strain.
English Ford dismisses about 2000 workers amid a rebound in BMC supply lines. Ford Motor Co subsidiary says the number could rise as talks and strike actions affect parts from the British Motor Corporation. Officials warn further job cuts may follow if industrial tensions persist.
Greece warns that Anglo Turkish positions on Cyprus threaten regional peace. The government says the stand could endanger international commitments and rejects what it calls a Turkish diktat.
A departmental official said new bus fares announced yesterday aim to raise about £10,000. Similar hikes have happened in other states recently as authorities seek funds to cover a Canberra deficit.
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