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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 14, 1958
Page
12
MELBOURNE Friday. An appeal to make the Queen's Birthday holiday on Monday a day free from serious road accidents was made by Australian Road Safety Council chairman Mr. T. Paterson. Last year's holiday saw ten deaths and 219 injuries across Australia.
In Melbourne the Federal Labor member for Bendigo P. J. Clarey warned at the ALP conference that unemployment will rise with 68 000 jobless and only 17 000 openings. He contrasted with Holt’s view and urged action as population grows faster than the workforce.
Only two main Canberra post offices the Canberra Post Office and Civic Centre will open on Monday for Queen's Birthday from 9 am to 10 am. An official from the Postmaster General's Department said all other Canberra area post offices would be closed all day.
Dag Hammarskjold said the United Nations would have something to contribute in technical talks aimed at ending nuclear tests. He noted the UN had information that could help participating nations in the East-West discussions and said he had raised the matter with the two governments most directly involved.
Officials linked the death of Anne Linderman a 26 year old woman found shrieking on the floor after a sudden collapse to the so called dream or voodoo deaths seen among Mexican and Filipino workers. Deputy Coroner George Hannah of Santa Clara County noted symptoms resembled those reported in prior cases.
Canberra letter to the editor complains a department cannot pay overtime due to funds. The writer notes lost interest if money were banked and compares to a consumer loan. A senior officer says a department can ask the Treasury for funds or wait until the new financial year.
A group of about 100 Australian boys aged 15 to 19 will tour the United States and Canada from January 19 to June 5. Organised by American Travel Headquarters in Sydney, parents will cover costs. Leader is Edward Marie, with hopes for a White House greeting and a reciprocal Australian visit by American and Canadian youths.
The Goodwin Centre night announced donations received and acknowledged amounts from Canberra groups. Contributors include Canberra Chamber of Commerce Rotary Club of Canberra Royal Canberra Golf Club Soroptimist Club and Congregational Mercy funds with bank interest noted.
The Governor General His Excellency Field Marshal Sir William Slim entertained Brigadier E. A. W. Bolton at a luncheon yesterday.
Whitney, a 53 year old American philanthropist with a vast fortune, serves in London as ambassador under Eisenhower Macmillan cooperation. He has earned respect from Elizabeth II and Philip and operates from Winfield House with wife Betsy Roosevelt hosting. He works long hours, travels Britain widely, loans funds to the Herald Tribune, and aims to broaden influence while pursuing personal ambitions and public service.
Soviet Prime Minister Nikita Khrushchev rebutted circulating reports about Georgi Malenkov Mikhail Suslov and Marshal Nikolai Bulganin. He stated Malenkov is alive Suslov is bathing in the Black Sea and Bulganin has recovered after a successful operation and is in hospital.
The News Chronicle reports Russia invited Australia's Dr Peter Thone and the Zeta team to visit Moscow to view the Russian Zeta project and learn six years of Rus sian H power research. Sir John Cobcroft would lead a five member team to Russia later this year subject to American permission to discuss latest Zeta work. Britain and the United States restrict sharing unpublished information under their H power agreement.
In Sydney a Rural Conference of the ASP blocked a push by Mrs. Presa Condobolin to suspend standing orders and bring the ton mila tax to discussion. Chairman Mr. J Ormonde ruled the matter inappropriate for Rural Conference and said it would be discussed at State Conference. The vote upheld the chairman’s ruling as rural delegates argued the country is on fire over the law.
West Germany's Bundestag urged the government to investigate if rising radioactivity since 1950 has led to more deformed births in Germany. The motion called for a formal inquiry into possible health consequences of contamination.
Mr Heffron told a Pural conference of the ALP that rural areas show a remarkable rise in population and a larger gains in secondary industries than Sydney. He cited regional factory growth in Upper Murray Southern Tablelands Murrumbidgee Richmond Tweed New England Macquarie Lachlan and others with substantial wage and job increases since before the war. He argued country areas have gained more people proportionately than cities.
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