British bomb tests curtailed after safety concerns at Christmas Island
Dispatches report that two of four planned tests were halted due to fears of radioactive fallout and equipment use. Talks in Washington between Britain and the United States address atomic energy data exchanges, with tensions over Calder Hall reactor information and how such data should be shared with industry.
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Christmas Island
William Penney
Penney
Atha
Christmas
News-Chronicle
Australia
Daily Herald
British Lavour
Ald
Roniele
Malden Taland
Washington
Britain
America
Edwin Prowden
Lewis Straus
Calder Hall
Farm Leaders Warn Against Unfair Trading
About 200 farm leaders from 25 countries warned that nations face a choice between trade warfare or stronger international cooperation. They urged strengthening the Washington surge sub-committee of the FAO to handle farm surplus issues and to use excess food for development.
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New York
Milemalion
Washington
the Food and Agriculture
Herald Office Robbed By Armed Men
Sydney police report an armed robbery at the Herald office. A man entered during money counting and declared this is a tick up, while another guarded the door. No injuries reported.
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Herald Office
Laurie
Flu kills 14 in India amid alert in Delhi crowds
influenza has killed 14 in India with about 6000 cases. Delhi authorities warn people away from cinemas and crowded venues and set up mobile emergency centers to handle patient inflow. In two days 150 French cases were reported and Pakistan reports no cases yet.
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New Delhi
Pakistan
Japan
Mr. Sebald Sees Bright Future For Australia
Sydney reports Mr. W. J. Sebald U.S. Ambassador to Australia predicts a bright future for Australia as he arrives aboard the Mariposa. He notes his career in the Far East and prior service as Deputy Assistant for Far Eastern Affairs.
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Mr. Sebald
Australia
Sydnet
W. J. Bebald
U.S
Bebald
Statos
Sebald
Far East
Far Eastorn
Builders To Ban Marginal Rates In Canberra Strike
Canberran builders unite to refuse above base wage and ban Saturday work. Schreiner Pty Ltd resigns amid opposition while 45 carpenters press for higher pay. Welch Brothers dispute deepens as Findlay seeks conciliation with limited powers.
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Braddon
A.C.T
J. Karl Schreiner
Karl Schreiner
Canberra
Welch Brothers
Aiden
Ciliation
G. A. Findlay
Welch Bros
Mr. Findlay
Sydney
Prof Oliphant Cannot Sign Nuclear Test Ban Appeal
Prof Marcus Oliphant of the Australian National University declined to sign a 2,000 American scientists appeal for a global ban on nuclear tests. He noted disagreement among experts, saying caution is wise, and cited mixed views on fallout from testing versus natural radiation.
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Oliphant
Names Of Men Killed In Plane Released
The two men who died in a Markham Valley plane crash near Goroka were John Arthur Gray and James Smith, both employees of Territory Airlines. Gray was a senior pilot and Smith a mechanic.
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Port Moresby
Markham Valley
John Arthur Gray
James Smith
Goroka
Territory Airlines
Gray
Smith
Survivors Sought After Seed Pearl Fire Near Wallis Island
AAP report says seven crew members from the motor vessel Seed Pearl reached the village of But between Wewak and Aitape after the ship caught fire off Wallis Island. Another eight men drifted toward the north New Guinea coast aboard a lifeboat in the same incident.
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Port Moresby
Reuter
Tay i
But
Wewak
Aitape
North New Gainea
Wallis Island
Canberra union defends penal clause in ACT award
Amos McVeigh, Canberra Secretary of the Liquor Trades Union, defended a penal clause in an ACT award setting a £11 fine on employers who breach the award. He noted the clause mirrored magistrate powers under the Arbitration Act and argued workers have the right to sell or withhold labor to raise wages.
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Canberra
Liquor Trades Union
Amos McVeigh
Cntering
Iatanicare
Amon McVeigh
Industrial Commission
Mr. McVeigh
NSW Refuses Canberra Queanbeyan Rail Link Takeover
NSW declines to take over the Queanbeyan line prompting a £20 000 Commonwealth loan this year for running costs. Talks between Commonwealth Railways and NSW authorities touched on staff rights transfers to Canberra and possible bus replacements if the line were terminated at Queanbeyan.
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N.S.W
Queanbeyan
Que
Commonwealth
Commonwealth Railways
Mr. Hannaberry
Canberra
Cansa Wes
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Civil and Civic Contractors Pty. Ltd
Reqviveu
Paden
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Commonwealth Railway
Maliveya Ponapet
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Trenefer
Port Augusta
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