A.L.P Chooses Delegation for Asian Trip
The 12 member Labour parliamentary delegation will visit Indonesia Laos South Vietnam Thailand Malaya and the Philippines to inspect conditions on site. Members named include Haylen Parkes Benson Gray Monaghan O Byrne and Drury with government representatives to be announced later.
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Labour
Messrs
Haylen
Ward
East Sydney
Robert Menzies
Australia
Indonesia
Laos
South Vietnam
Thailand
Malaya
Philippines
R S L Recruits A Three War Soldier
A visiting veteran from Cape Town Mr R T Burch aged 79 has been made a member of the Returned Servicemen's League Barton sub branch. He served in the Boer War the First World War in the Welch Fusiliers and endured captivity in Hong Kong and Japan. He now lives in retirement at Cape Town and remarks on the futility of war.
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R. T. Burch
Cape Town
South Africa
Capt
L. R. Burch
Deakin
Mr. Burch Snr
R.S.L
Barton
Returned Servicemen’s League
Australia
Burch
South
5Th
Royal Irish Lancers
Mr. Burch
Welch Fusiliers
France
England
Hong Kong
Y M C A Leader From Japan Visits Canberra
Fumio Uekuri a leading figure in the Japanese Y M C A arrives for a brief Canberra visit He will be hosted by the Y s Men's Club tonight and then the Canberra Y M C A board at a University House luncheon He studied at Waseda University and Tokyo Y M C A English School joining the church in 1923 and becoming a Y M C A secretary after graduation in 1925.
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Y.M.C.A
Fumio Uekuri
Canberra
Waseda University
Union Men Seek Rise From Builders on Commonwealth Bridge
Members of the Building Workers Industrial Union held a two hour stop work meeting on the Commonwealth Avenue Bridge to protest absorbent margins. The Capital Territory Contractors Group ordered members to absorb a 10 percent rise in over award payments. Hornibrook Kaiser was asked to pay an additional one pound weekly to tradesmen. A further meeting will decide the firm’s reply.
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Building Workers Industrial Union
Commonwealth Avenue Bridge
Capital Territory Contractors Group
Hornibrook-Kaiser
New Head of CSIRO Department Dr J E Falk Appointed
Dr J E Falk becomes officer in charge of the CSIRO C S L R O Division of Plant Industry announced by Minister Senator Gor ton. The division, based in Canberra with labs across Western Australia Tasmania NSW and Queensland, employs about 509 staff and has a £1 million annual budget. Falk, 45, studied at Sydney University and London, with fellowships from Nuffield Royal Society and Australian Academy of Science. He succeeds Dr C H Frankel who moved to the CSLRO executive last year.
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Cs.lr.o
Gorton
C.s.lr.q
Canberra
Western Australia
Tasmania
New South Wales
Queensland
Falk
University of Sydney
Nuffield
University College Hospital Medical School
London
University of London
Foulerton
Royal Society
GS. Lr.o
Australian Academy of Sciene
Dr. Falk
C.H. Frankel
Cslr.o
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MacDonalds
O'Connor
Calunin
A.L.P
Sunbeam
Commission
Shanghai
Japan
CSIRO
J. E. Falk
C.s.lr.o
Kurt
Foster Clark
Eas
W. Wings
Betty
Sydney
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