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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 17, 1958
Page
5
An Australian editorial calls for shared responsibility to prevent youth accidents amid tragedies from a burning sawdust pit and an unexploded bomb. It urges coordinated, community driven vacation programs and parental involvement to provide safe, constructive youth activities during school breaks.
May figures from Labour Minister Mr Holt show a small overall unemployment drop. Queensland offset increases elsewhere with seasonal gains in meat and sugar. unemployment benefits declined from 27,745 to 27,282. Commonwealth Employment Service registrations fell to 65,964, while private factories saw a dip of 566. The Australian workforce totals about 4 million with 1.7 percent registered and 0.7 percent on benefits.
One of the last British survivors of the Matabele war and the Jamieson Raid died yesterday in London. The deceased served in colonial campaigns and was among the final witnesses to these historic British conflicts. News notes his long service and quiet passing in retirement.
Melbourne reports that a motion to revert Victoria’s state elections to first past the post failed at the ALP State Conference. Monbulk branch Move proposed optional preferential voting but drew 168 for and 70 against, needing 183 to pass. Delegates argued preferential voting hurt ALP gains in recent elections.
Fort Moresby witnessed an impressive trooping of the colour by the Pacific Islands Regiment as Europeans and natives observed the Queen's Birthday. Administrator Brigadier D M Cleland urged natives to aid their progress and to remember they are part of the Commonwealth.
The Arnold Engineering Development Centre at the former Camp Forrest in Tennessee hosts a vast test complex for missiles and aircraft. Wind tunnels such as Hotshot II replicate extreme speeds and temperatures, enabling safe, ground-based testing of missiles like Titan Atlas Redstone and aircraft components. The facility uses 100,000 gallons of water per minute to cool jet exhaust, with a man-made lake spanning 75 miles of shoreline to supply cooling water.
A letter response defends unions against boycott claims and argues discounts aid unity between unions and retailers. A Canberra theatre review interprets Waiting for Godot as a critique of Communism showing Lenin and Stalin as allegorical figures amid a capitalist dilemma.
A letter to the editor discusses reader difficulty in understanding the play Waiting For Godot and raises questions about its meaning and accessibility. The author notes surprise at confusion and invites clarification.
Executive-backed candidates swept four positions for the next ALP Federal conference at the annual State ALP meeting. Winners include V. Mulvihill assistant secretary, J. P. Ormonde and C. Oliver vice presidents, and G. Platt secretary of the Transport Workers' Union. Mass State secretary Dr Lloyd Ross failed. E. J. Robb and T. Robson were eliminated. Federal conference set for Perth next March.
About 70 delegates attended the Southern Tale lands Christian Endeavour Union annual convention at Reid Methodist Church. The Rev. W. Wills was guest speaker with services at 11 am 130 pm and 6 15 pm. The societies represented include Goulburn Baptist Youth Reid Methodist Young People Kingston Baptist Junior and others. The afternoon session elected Rev A A Logan as president with Rev L A Thompson as vice president R J Howe was re elected secretary treasurer. The 1959 convention will be held at Crookwell Methodist Church.
At the Canberra Rotary Club monthly meeting president A G Phillips awarded Raymond Coppin the Safe and Courteous Driving in the A C T prize. Coppin has served 183 years with the Transport Section of the Department of the Interior, guiding ministerial cars and chauffeur duties including visits by the Duke of Edinburgh and the Queen Mother, averaging about 95 000 miles yearly.
Flags flew at Administration Building and other government sites in Canberra to mark the Queen's birthday, while Parliament House displayed bare poles. The HMAS Harman naval station dressed ship, with flag lines running from the main mast to other ships.
British Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell urged Western nations to reconsider their rejection of the Rapacki Plan. The plan named for Polish Foreign Minister Adam Rapacki seeks an atom free zone in Central Europe spanning East and West Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia.
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