07 Jun 1957
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 07, 1957
Page
1
Readable fragments describe a cricket or football context with teams, players, and scores scattered. Mentions include England, New Zealand, Fenwicke, Levine Grey, and a test match setting with timings and inversions. Content is incomplete and unclear.
The government announced a 500 pounds per year salary increase for top public servants effective July 1, with a total Commonwealth cost around 15,000 pounds. The move follows prior arbitration and aligns with recommendations to restore relativity after past adjustments. Further raises were noted for Treasury officials and other senior posts, with retrospective legislation expected in the upcoming budget session.
Soviet delegate Zorin told a United Nations arms sub committee that Russia will pledge in the first stage not to use atomic weapons. He said the pledge would require goodwill from all governments possessing atomic and hydrogen weapons and could shift the world toward disarmament. He rejected demands for broader measures.
The body of a Cypriot, about 50, a railway worker, was found in a dark alley near the Melbourne Club in Little Collins Street. He had throat slashes and deep sink wounds. Police had few clues as a second brutal murder in three days. Miltiades was said to be a heavy gambler who had won big recently.
Officials report the Sea Pearl crew are all safe at Wewak after abandoning the ship following a blaze that began in the engine room during a voyage from New Zealand to Manila. The 870-ton Panama-registered vessel burns off Dagua reef, with details of the exchange of information on atomic power cooperation not announced.
Kennedy says the Master Builders Association acted to protect members and return Welch Bros workers to the 410/8 minimum wage while awaiting a new industrial agreement. The dispute started May 21 when unions repudiated the prior accord and Canberra union branches backed a stop work meeting at Trad e Hall.
The Mayflower replica of the Pilgrim Fathers was about 80 miles south of Bermuda at noon yesterday and then turned northward traveling at five knots.
President Eisenhower said diplomatic action would flow from any injustice in the Girard case in Japan. He noted Japanese courts protect individual rights and that most U S servicemen accused under Japanese law have been handed to U S authorities for trial.
Senator Roman Hruska told Secretary Dulles that 46000 Hungarian youths including teeter aged girls were placed in six Soviet concentration camps. He said 1600 survivors of the siege of Csepel Island were moved to Red China, based on testimony from a Hungarian underground evalseary who entered the United States recently.
In Sydney Harbour two Royal Australian Navy frogmen towed up an old hulk named Centurion. Shipping was warned to stay clear during the operation which officials said served as a practical training exercise for the young divers and removed a danger to traffic.
A coded signal BEKW was received from an unidentified vessel about 500 miles off Darwin. Rescue efforts are underway as Taiping closes the distance and is expected to reach the distressed ship within hours tonight.
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