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27 Jun 1957
Page 1
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 27, 1957
Page
1
A partial OCR snippet references a location at Fourteenth Avenue with numbers and letters, but content is garbled. No clear event, people, or organizations are identifiable from readable text.
Acting Prime Minister Sir Arthur Fadden said a cabinet discussion would set out TV policy and a full decision soon. Regional service extensions to Brisbane Adelaide and state capitals were discussed with ministers anxious to provide early television access, possibly serving centres near capitals such as Newcastle Wollongong and Geelong.
A two year old child was rescued from a house fire in East Preston late tonight. The child suffered severe burns and was rushed to the Children's Hospital. Fire officials say a quick action by adults helped save the youngster from the blaze and prevent further injuries.
The fillbench of the Indus trial Commission will hear appeals by Transport Workers’ Association and the Public Service Board against the conciliation committee’s transport workers award during the law vacation which begins next morning. The award is the Cartes’ and Wagon Drivers’ Award made in May this year. The Transport Workers Union lodged an appeal against an owner by Mr Avatee De Baur last month, alleging certain provisions of the award. The bench believes hearings should be completed before any members take a vacation due to the matter’s importance.
Rupert Leslie Burrows, 68, of Oxford Street Tagieburn, was sentenced to six months in gaol in Sydney after being found guilty of attempting to defraud the Commonwealth over free drugs. He had aided police arrest several criminals during the investigation.
Disclosure of a private telephone conversation allegedly handed by police to a disciplinary body sparked protests. Home Secretary Butler and party leaders were invited to confer with government and opposition leaders to decide how such issues should be handled. The House of Commons debated whether a committee should be formed to probe the incident and advise future action.
The Korean Armistice Commission communists call for an international conference to discuss withdrawing all foreign troops from Korea. The proposal emerged during a Panmunjom meeting as the UN denounced the armistice clause banning new weapons, saying it has been violated by the Communists.
London eyes recent remarks by General Norstad and Russian Foreign Minister Gromyko as threats to the international trust essential for London disarmament talks. The Times notes the statements, made earlier to a U.S. Senate committee, create a discouraging backdrop for negotiations and provoke immediate denials from Moscow.
In Naples a bar altercation ended with police noting an old man and a woman involved. The man Vicente Nappo admitted jealousy as the motive after a birth date on his identity card read August 14, 1853. They were returned to their cave outside the city.
About 30 representatives of U N member nations met in New York to decide how to handle the special inquiry committee report on Russia. The meeting, sponsored by the General Assembly, aims to review the 150000 word document as Australia takes a lead role and Britain New Zealand back the Commonwealth partner while the United States hedges.
Ross Potter 23 of Wandoo Street Broken Hill suffered leg fractures when piping dislodged in a mine cage door at the New Broken Hill mine. While traveling up in the cage the piping smashed through the door striking him and pinning his legs against girders. Italian miners assisted and he was taken to Broken Hill Hospital in satisfactory condition.
In London at No 10 Downing Street the week long private talks began among premiers on relations with Russia disarmament and the Middle East. Crowds gathered as leaders from Ghana India Pakistan Canada Australia and Rhodesia and Nyasaland arrived. Ghanaian Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah drew applause while Australia’s Menzies and Canada’s Diefenbaker arrived. Officials forecast discussions on finance and economics, Volta River realisation and India Pakistan disputes with possible focus on Kashmir waters and atomic policy.
An army spokesman confirmed a soldier was wounded with details withheld for security. Two Australians were killed and two wounded in recent days as the Royal Australian Regiment expands operations led by Lieut. Colonel J. G. Ochiltree. Private Jack Hewitt of Brisbane said a tin of tobacco saved his life after a jungle skirmish near the Thai Malaya border, where he was wounded but survives, and plans to keep the tin as a memento.
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