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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 23, 1959
Page
4
Melbourne wool sales opened with keen, animated bidding as 14 355 bales were offered. Prices favored sellers compared with last week, with strong competition from the East, the Continent, the United States and Japan. Significant demand from Merino types noted.
Thomas Taylor 21 of Narrabundah was fined £20 and had his licence suspended for six months after negligent driving in Giles Street and Jardine Street Canberra. Police evidence showed Taylor overtook a vehicle on the wrong side of a traffic dome and avoided a collision as another car turned. Taylor had prior motor traffic offences.
Danish Foreign Minister Jens Krag and Measmat Carl otte left Copenhagen for talks in London on a proposed seven nation free trade area. Denmark seeks safeguards for agricultural exports and a compensation package via increased exports to Britain if it joins the new bloc. The talks also cover Britain’s food tariffs and subsidies to British producers.
Mr J D Button S M granted A J Benjamins of Broken Hill leave to register a judgment in the Australian Registry Judgments with costs against E Richter formerly of Broken Hill now in Canberra. The judgment entered at Broken Hill on April 15 1955 for £820 3s 2d debt and costs. W Everson appeared for Benjamins. Richter did not appear.
NSW government plans eight foot ceilings for houses and flats from September 1, replacing nine foot minimums. The rule, backed by the Building Regulations Committee, aims to save about £50 in a typical single home and £150 in a top storey of multi storey buildings, with two inches of insulation required over ceilings.
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