13 Jun 1956
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 13, 1956
Page
1
Labour Party faced a likely open factional split as NSW branch mulls resisting the Federal Executive decision. A court challenge looms over the assets, including a radio station, with fears of a breakaway Labour Party and potential formation of a new anti-Communist group.
A Cypriot Greek Orthodox leader in London, Kallinikos Macheriotis, aged 50, was deported by the British Home Office and put on a plan to Athens. A Home Office spokesman confirmed the deportation after Macheriotis’s detention.
The House approved using labour other than Waterside Workers' Federation to handle bulk loading machinery and loose cargoes in the waterfront by 60 votes to 42. The minister noted waterside workers would still perform over 90 percent of waterfront work, with cases including Bell Bay aluminium, Queensland sugar ports, and grain cargoes. Opposition warned of a potential industrial fight while Holt said the government would not grant a water side monopoly on new equipment.
An Australian labor dispute report discusses a potential government intervention in the shearers strike in Queensland. MPs reference the High Court Boilermakers ruling and note the Commonwealth lacks power to act. the Queensland Court may handle matters including award preference clauses.
The report details annual sinking fund requirements of at least £10 million and rising capital debt to £237 million, with total charges and payroll taxes cutting railways’ revenue. It notes a quarterly decline in passenger numbers and overall earnings, and cites a no confidence motion in the government over transport management.
A new blood test to detect hidden heart attacks was praised as the most important advance since the electrocardiograph. The report notes the test's potential to improve early diagnosis and patient outcomes.
New York reports a stock market rise after President Eisenhower’s heart attack. The Dow Jones average gained about two dollars, with many gains of one to three dollars per share. news of his hospital stay and staff proximity influenced trading as officials noted continued reassuring progress. The AP summary also mentions a U.S. invitation for a Moscow trip by a White House chief of staff and General Nathan Twining, with conditions for timing.
French troops landed by helicopter in the Northern Sahara and contacted 50 to 62 Moslem Levies captured by insurgents. The Algerian Levies were taken prisoner after insurgents surrounded Ain Rich, about 446 miles south of Bou Saada, and massacred a French Algerian affairs officer and his wife.
Detectives charged a year old painter and docker with the murder of John William Joey Manners a Newcastle born stand over man after a day long interrogation at the C I B He will appear in Central Court tomorrow
In a heated House session Labour members faced ejections as Mr Adermann warned repeated interruptions by Mr Haylen during remarks on government policy. Tensions rose as references to Mr Curtin and other figures sparked clashes over rulings and perceived insults amid accusations involving Labour and Communist Party members.
London reports Prince Bertil of Sweden sparked romance speculation as he waited to meet Princess Margaret at Stockholm airport. The Daily Express cited his remark to onlookers, saying he would be her escort in Sweden for the Olympic week alongside the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.
A single engine porta plane crashed into a garden near Innsbruck Tyrol last night killing the Swiss pilot and three Austrian passengers. The accident occurred near the Innsbruck airfield as authorities began investigations into the fatal crash.
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