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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 25, 1956
Page
6
Patchy weather and slick roads caused several accidents during the week end. Police report Van Uden, 24, killed when his car swerved and plunged 15 feet into a creek along the Thorp Road near Moe.
A series of traffic and rail incidents disrupted services and claimed lives. A Sydney bound mail broke down near Dungog, delaying the North Coast and Brisbane Express for hours as crews moved passengers aboard. Van Uden crashed into a creek while returning from fishing. In Morwell a 60-year-old man was killed by a car. A 21-year-old, John Phillips of Brighton, died in a Glenferrie Road tram collision in Hawthorn. Norman Newman, 61, died after colliding with a stationary car in Ballarat. An RAAF cook, LAC Wil lant J Crawford, was killed in a hit and run at Darnum. Trooper Brian Thomas Heppel of Puckapunyal died after his motor cycle collided near Seymour. his pillion Warren Chadwicke suffered a broken leg. The other four deaths occurred Friday night.
A British vessel, Tweed Breeze, was stopped for about 15 minutes by Nationalist gunfire while en route from Tanghat to Banghat, then allowed to proceed along the North coast as Nationalists held pelat and group nearby.
Foreign students from India, Indonesia, Poland, and other nations will enter 23 Chinese institutions of higher learning this autumn to study literature, philosophy, history, economy, medicine, and Chinese language, per New China News Agency. The report lists 22 nations and outlines the subjects and exchange possibilities.
Halina Michalak and Irena Kusarka of the Katerina Druzins School of Ballet performed a gay Russian dance at a Canberra Legacy Women's Auxiliary musicale held at the Hotel Civic. The event featured varied vocal and musical artists along with other students from the school.
A group of 26 Japanese fishermen seized by a Soviet patrol for violating territorial waters were brought back to a northern Japanese port. They said they were captured on June 2 and taken to Petropavlovsk, then boarded a Russian freighter. The crew reported a Russian court fined them 14 000 roubles for territorial violation and fishing without Soviet licences.
A French Socialist Party delegate, M. Marcel Pivert, denied claims that Lavrenti Beria was shot by Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan at a Politburo meeting. He noted the delegation was told Beria was arrested after the meeting and that no mention of a shooting was made.
The ACTU faces internal friction after a narrow 6 vote at the All Australian Special Congress to order national stop-work meetings. Moderates fear communist influence and anticipate unions like the Waterside Workers' Federation may resist with a 24-hour stoppage. The Interstate Executive seeks arbitration review of basic wage and cost‑of‑living adjustments.
Public harangue centers on higher transport fares described as a financial necessity. J White of the Payers Association urges public auction of trains trams and buses while MP voices call for delays until Ebasco Services inquiry concludes. Enticknap cites rail and tram debt and rising interest costs worsening the system.
Melbourne endured its coldest June day since 1950 with a 126.9 degree minimum at 4.20 am and a 45.7 maximum at 4.20 pm, 11.1 degrees below normal. Dense fog disrupted suburbs and traffic causing numerous accidents. Melbourne Airport was periodically closed and an airliner from Sydney diverted. No flood warning issued though heavy northeast rain may cause local flooding tonight.
Walter Humber Gregory aged 50 of Causeway died in Canberra Community Hospital after a horse near his home kicked him in the head. He was found in a paddock as the horse lashed out when Gregory came too close. Canberra Ambulance transported him to hospital where he died four and a half years later. The ACT Coroner Mr F C P Keane has been informed of the death.
Major Hugh Wilson former regimental sergeant major at Royal Military College Duntroon died at Canberra Community Hospital after a sudden illness at 64. Born in Glasgow he joined the Royal Engineers in 1912, served at Gallipoli, re enlisted in Australia, held posts at Duntroon and Randwick, and retired in 1952 as a staff officer. Survived by wife Amy Beers of Epping, daughter Margaret of Canberra, and other relatives.
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