Fragmentary text noting pride and personal reflection
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 25, 1957
Page
14
A stray fragment reflects on pride and self perception. The speaker hints at personal feelings and an imagined scene or moment, but the text is incomplete and lacks clear events or names.
Australia will try to sell Avon Sabre jet fighters and Canberra bombers to New Zealand as part of a mission headed by Minister for Supply and Defence Production Beale. The delegation includes J M Knott and Air Chief Marshal Scherger and aims to secure orders to keep Australian factories operating.
The Minister for Civil Aviation Senator Paltridge praised the Australian air safety record and noted domestic airlines carried over 2,000,000 passengers for the second straight year. He cited a 1 percent rise to 212,106 in 1935 passenger miles and a 74,602 increase in passengers on international flights, with strong growth in overseas routes.
The U S Public Health Service begins an extensive disease and accident rate survey the first of its kind since 1936. It will include overweight smoking smog and exposure and will involve about 3 500 men and women per month.
The Minister of Labour and National Service Mr Holt left New York for Washington to discuss labour matters with U S officials before departing for Australia. The French National Assembly approved a new electronic voting system to speed up deputies’ votes to seven to ten seconds. Cardinal Spellman is mentioned as a potential papal successor in Rome. Italian Communist Antonio Giolitti resigns from the party over democratic disputes. African women and police clash at Kabah near Port Elizabeth with arrests and injuries. The Stratheden in Adelaide passes quarantine signals as it docks.
The Daily Telegraph reports unions demand about £1 a week pay rise while six unions oppose arbitration and threaten opening of the tribunal. Strikes affect privately run London buses with reports of intimidation and damage to buses and banners.
Deland officials said after questioning ex convict Donald Wwedier that his confession had nothing to do with the Marilyn Sheppard murder near Cleveland three years ago. A Warroo, Iowa seaman identified him as the man who gave a ride that night and claimed he fought with a woman and a man.
Sydney report: Trans port Workers' Union bans handling for Woolworths to stop Victorian eggs sold at 7d a dozen below NSW Egg Board price. Union cites risk to small poultry farmers and potential job losses for NSW Egg Board workers. Woolworths argues lowest price policy and seeks Board supplies at fixed price.
Mr. Frawer, executive director of the Building Industry Congress, rejects NSW claims of US tax concessions for housing finance. He notes previous American state schemes existed but are inactive, says Australia should not seek foreign tax breaks and warns of political maneuvering over housing.
The Show Committee in Canberra and Queanbeyan discusses whether to accommodate sideshow acts at the 1958 talent show. President P H Hardy says professional sideshows will not be declared barred but space for them is not yet decided. A new local entertainment plan is explored with 16 organisations and a three person sub committee to draft recommendations for the PTA and HA.
Israel lodged a protest with the United Nations over Egypt’s arrest of an Israeli sailor aboard a Danish vessel bound for Haifa. An Israeli Embassy official delivered a statement to the U S State Department and filed similar notes with Britain and France. The note warned of rising Syrian aggression and called for urgent Security Council action regarding Egypt’s conduct in relation to Suez Canal passage.
NSW minister for agriculture Mr Graham condemned Sir John Teasdale's push for higher prices, arguing Australia's needs come first. He noted the Australian Wheat Board's general manager discussed halting all four wheat exports from 1.3 to meet state requirements for the coming year.
World Health Organization statistics show a steady decline in tuberculosis deaths in most European countries from 1950 to 1955 with several nations reporting lower mortality rates and improved control measures.
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