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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 25, 1956
Page
5
The Australian party advocates private enterprise led road construction with a federal inquiry into funding and a plan to reduce public debt. They argue this shift would ease economic imbalance and stimulate regional development, while calling for clearer federal receipts and local authority support.
The Ottawa Agreement is said to lift home prices and affect trade by shielding tariffs for Australia while raising import costs. Widespread consequences include higher retail prices, altered terms of trade, and potential conflicts with GATT rules, as experts weigh permanence of preferences and possible UK expansion.
Premier Morton urged restrained government spending as world prices fell and states faced higher taxation under the Life Budget. He warned that continuing lavish expenditure would trigger disaster, calling for productivity gains without longer hours or wage cuts to fund essential works like schools and roads.
Solomon Bandaranaike said on his way to London that he would tell the British Government firmly to evacuate their bases by a mutually agreed date. He spoke as Sri Lankan tensions rose over strategic bases.
A United Nations report released in Canberra outlines that Nauru, an Australian administered trust territory, may become uninhabitable as phosphate reserves deplete in about six decades. The report notes growing local interest in resettlement in Australia rather than on nearby islands, with Australian ministers expressing doubt about the wisdom of such a move.
L F E Goldie senior law lecturer at Canberra University College has been advised by the University of Sydney that he will be admitted to the Master of Laws degree. He earned first class honours for a thesis on the continental shelf doctrine and Australia’s sedentary fisheries claims. He holds LLB degrees from the University of Western Australia and the University of Sydney. He will study in America next month on leave to compare the federal commerce power in the United States with the Australian Constitution under Harvard’s Professor Paul Freund. He has a Harvard Law School scholarship and a Fulbright travel grant.
The New China News Agency reports that Communist China signed a document freeing 350 Japanese detainees in a first batch of 1,062 held in China. The release was announced by Japanese and Chinese Red Cross representatives and described as a formal handover.
Portable nuclear plants are described as fully portable power units capable of supplying a city of 10,000 for 18 months without refueling. The Glenn L. Martin Co engineers a modular seven unit pack including reactor and generators, designed for rapid relocation and replacement of parts. Chief nuclear division head Tidore Nagey, 34, notes the reactor core uses about 1,600 small metallic tubes and the unit could cost well under 450000 pounds if delivered and installed.
Describes delivering a complete nuclear plant in eight packages including a reactor unit buried underground. Sets up pilot in four days with lightweight modular components, no building foundations, and uses shielding materials. Notes regional deployment to deserts jungles tundra and seas with rapid mobilization and minimal on-site construction.
London unidentified A A P Reuters report notes postman Arthur Relph of Levis ton near Ipswich was the sole casualty after a Thunderbolt fighter bomber crew member baled out and landed safely.
Australian Minister for External Affairs Mr Casey welcomed the opening of a new SEATO headquarters in Bangkok. He assured support for upcoming talks with Thailand’s Prime Minister Field-Marshal Pibul Songgram and said Australia will provide staff for the research centre. A permanent working group by eight member countries begins ongoing SEATO work.
A general view shows the Knights of the Garter procession at Windsor Castle as Queen Elizabeth invests Sir Anthony Eden the Earl of Iveagh and Earl Attlee as Knights Companion. The Order’s membership is limited to 25 in Britain’s highest order.
Nearly 200000 cricket fans in the first three days of the second Test have phoned the cricket telephone service WEBSS811 to get the latest score.
Professor Fitzgerald, Far East History chair at Australian National University, after visiting Red China, says the nation will become the world’s leading industrial power within two decades. He notes China’s rapid progress and population as key drivers, and calls Australia to recognize the shift in global economic balance.
A fragmentary report notes an event referred to as a dungeon related incident involving individuals named Were and Jour, with sparse readable details and no clear outcome or location available from the.Text lacks verifiable specifics to expand.
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