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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 19, 1956
Page
6
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Sydney reports heavy snow across Kosciusko and Southern Alps with foot to ten foot depths in places. Roads blocked from Kosciusko hotel site to Smiggin Holes and Danera Gap. telegraph lines damaged. trains and public transport disrupted. Weather bureau warns of ongoing frost and decreasing showers on the Tablelands.
Australian Olympic horseman Bert Jacobs says the Queen talked about horses during a royal yacht Britannia visit. He described the Queen as knowing Koreen and reported a wonderful time despite Dum bell retiring after an early spill in the rand Prix.
Cairo Reuters report says Prime Minister Nas ser and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Shepilov held a four hour talks amid festivities ending British rule in the Suez Canal Zone. Sources say the discussions focused on economic questions rather than political matters.
Vienna reports Prime Minister Menzies is under tight protection during his stay. Plainclothes police and State Guard soldiers guard the former palace residence, limiting journalistic access since his arrival last week.
Algerian National Liberation Front and National Liberation Army said to set up a mission in Jakarta to provide information on Algeria's struggle for independence. The spokesman stressed the mission's purpose is to inform on the situation. The brief notes an international context of decolonization.
Canberra Hospital Board faced a public clash as chairman Mr. J Brophy rejected a committee role while Mrs A Dalgarno urged full board discussion on resident medical officer allowances. Fraser and Cox recalled a vote without the absent Dalgarno, and minutes questioned.
A light plane searched 350 miles in wide circles for Mrs. Jessie O'Brien 40 a Caiwarra Station cook and two children near Cloncurry. Pilot Alex Wall, a Ju lia Creek mail carrier, joined searchers after the group went missing late Thursday during a bush walk. Wall landed several times today to check tracks and confer with local search parties.
In Adelaide on Monday the master of the British freighter Levernbank, H T Bennett of the Commonwealth Crown Law Office, was fined £70 for faulty and unseaworthy lifeboats. One lifeboat showed severe deterioration with ten top ribs detached and extensive dry rot.
Mrs. Dalgarno stated the hospital met metropolitan standards for 40 ulcer patients but had only one dietitian for the entire Canberra Hospital. Members urged investigation if the dietitian could not work properly and urged precise duties and revised by laws to define roles.
London Airport was nearly empty as the Queen's plane from Sweden landed at 1.30 am. About 50 observers watched the Royal party descend, greet airline crews, and depart in a car with the Queen waving. The Duke of Edinburgh followed with his own plane arriving at 2.23 am and he drove away, piloting much of the flight.
Wah Kiu Yat Po reported uranium deposits on Hainan Island, claimed richer than those in Sinkiang. It said iron and tungsten were also found, and noted civil and military developments with four motorised corps of workers arriving from the mainland, using Russian lorries.
Ruta Tomanis, 14, Adelaide girl flown to Germany seven weeks ago for brain disease treatment, left Bonn for Australia by air yesterday. She was treated by a German brain specialist and Bonn University surgeons. Her condition is believed improved.
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