Disarmament Talks Show Doubts From Big Powers
The London talks deal with how to limit nuclear arms while guarding conventional forces. Harold Stassen remains optimistic as Dulles heads to London to push progress. Britain rejects total outlawing of nuclear weapons and warns zero risk from destroying stockpiles may not occur.
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United States
London
Russia
United Kingdom
Fur
Macmillan
House of Commons
Britain
U.S
Bulganin
Defence
Sandys
Ussia
Letters To The Editor on Late Postal Deliveries
A reader urges the Post Office to issue a lamp to the postman for afternoon deliveries in the 4 convoy area. They note the 6 45 p m delivery time and that morning post arrives as late as 1 1 pm. The writer envies suburban carriers delivering as late as 2 a m.
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Omee
Ade
Pia, Ney
Singapore Faces Political Isolation in Southeast Asia
The article notes Singapore’s rise as a key trading hub and military base, facing potential severance as Malaya moves toward independence. It cites fears among Malays over sovereignty, the economic links centered on Singapore, and Britain's plan to grant self-government while retaining defense and external security.
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Stamford Hurtlis
Singapore
Malaya
Asia
Med Ching
Britain
South-East Asia
South- East Asia Treaty Organization
Sngapore
U.S
Forrestal
Surz
Playford Eyes Rail Standardisation Expansion Plans
Adelaide Premier Sir Thomas Playford pitches standard gauge rail links from Melbourne to Kalgoorlie via Brisbane Melbourne and Adelaide with Commonwealth aid. He spoke at Port Augusta with Acting Prime Minister Arthur Fadden and officials noting Victoria and NSW earlier withdrew support as part of a broader standardisation effort.
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Adelaide
Routh Dure Ee Bir Thomas
Commonwealth
Meibourne
Albury
Serviceton
Hakagi Nsw
S.A
Victoria
Brisbane
Kalgoorlie
Byilney
Melbourne
Thomas Playford
Port Augusta
Arthur Fadden
Senator Partridge
Commonwealth Railways
P. J. Hannaberry
Victorian Railways Commissioners
Brown
Jer
Maree
Leigh
Bridge lanes without legal status in Commonwealth traffic plan
Mr Jim Fraser MP stated necessity of bridge lane markings for safety noting no law prohibits overtaking on the road embankment between bridges. North and south bound patterns channel traffic into inner lanes while Lennox Crossing and Albert Hall approaches direct vehicles to kerbside lanes risking collisions and potential legal breaches.
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Jim Fraser
M.P
Australia
Lennox Crossing
Albert Hall
Britain Builds 137 Thousand New Homes in Two Months
London reports 137 154 permanent homes completed in January and February, up from 116 640 in the same period last year. The peacetime program total reaches 2 668 020 dwellings.
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Britain
London
Beale Silent On New Zealand Arms Purchase Report
Australian Minister for Supply and Defence Production 0 H Beale refused to confirm Canberra reports that New Zealand would buy arms from Australia to bolster the South Pacific arsenal. He headed a delegation bound for talks with New Zealand on arms and defense equipment and said standardisation could follow.
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Auckland
A. A.p.reuter
H. Beale
Canberra
New Zealand
Australia
South Pacific
Beale
Crown Payments To Agents Debate Auction Fees
A letter from MONOPOLIST Narrabundah criticizes high agent fees for Territory lease sales. He argues the auctioneering by leading firms is not superior and calls for wider circulation of business among all real estate firms, seeking Minister Ingram’s explanation.
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W. I. Byrne
A.C
Resale of Government Homes Raises Abuse of Tenancy Rules
Recent correspondence notes lack of appreciation for amenities and contract breaches by residents of government owned residences. Homes bought from the department at low prices are resold for many times the amount soon after purchase. The practice allegedly ignores a five year non resale clause and shows public servants living in houses locally then transferring interstate.
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Canberra
World Bank Encourages Aid to Jordan Development
The World Bank proposed a 42.25 million dollar one year program to boost Jordan's production and living standards and reduce reliance on foreign aid. A bank spokesman said Jordan faces urgent challenges as most of its 37 500 square miles are not irrigated and industry has not advanced much.
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Paris
A.A P Reuter
World Bank
Jordan
Bank
Jemert
40000 Scouts to Salute Queen at Sutton Coldfields Jamboree
The world’s largest gathering of scouts will attend a combined Jamboree Moot and Indaba at Sutton Coldfields in August. Queen Elizabeth II will visit the event and take part in the salute as scouts from 85 countries converge. About 40 000 attendees are expected including 31 000 Boy Scouts and 9 000 Scoutmasters from the Moot and Indaba.
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Landon
Sutton Coldfields
Warwickshire
Excellency Lady Slim Visits Goroka Institutions
On Saturday Her Excellency departed Lae for Goroka and visited a police training depot, a native intermediate school, and a native convent school among others in the district. She attended a garden party at the Residency grounds and was present at a reception there Saturday evening.
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Slim
Lae
Goroka
East German plan for Confederation spurs reunification talk
East German Prime Minister Otto Grotewohl proposed a Confederation as a step toward German reunification. He called for a treaty basis and for both states to ban atomic weapons and war propaganda before any confederation. Bonn observers see this as an early move to shape a future East West basic agreement.
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Berlin
Aay
Germany
West Germany
Bonn
Heinrich von Brentano
Egg Board To Decide Retail Prices Today
Sydney reports a showdown meeting of the Egg Board to set tomorrow whether to lower the egg retail price from 5/6 a dozen. Woolworths' request to drop to 4/11 a dozen faces industry pressure led by poultrymen and shopkeepers with the Transport Workers Union opposing price cuts.
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Egg Board
Sydney
Ptt
Transport Workers Union
Woolworths Ltd
Roducer
T.W.U
A. G. Platt
w+ion
Iin
Woolworths
Platt
Carter Brothers
Victoria
New South Wales
Bee Board
W. H. Bruce
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