08 Mar 1948
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Mar 08, 1948
Page
1
The Bene lux draft pact contains no detailed military provisions official sources say. Foreign Office notes stress the treaty will cover political cultural economic and military aspects with a general security clause under discussion. No detailed military terms are included in the draft.
Six Power talks reached a plan for Western Germany involving close economic ties with Western Europe, shared representation for fish and American trade, and continued Marshall aid coordination. They urged coordinating economic policies across zones while not merging French and American zones, and left for next session a debate on eastern Germany’s future within a federal system.
London endures its worst March fog in years delaying buses and traffic, shrouding large areas and grounding ships and air services. An unidentified young woman died after falling before an electric train at Wynerd platform in Sydney.
Winston Churchill declared in a letter to Conservative nominee Fred Harris of North Croydon that the nation faces a terrible future both at home and abroad. He warned bankruptcy and privation loom alongside the threat of world war driven by imperialist aggression and Communist intrigue.
The Herter Committee subcommittee reported that a Western Union defence pact is essential to back economic aid under the European recovery program. It argued political unity is needed for Western Europe and praised Britain's shift toward supporting a Western union policy.
In a Cambridge speech former Chancellor of the Exchequer Dr Hugh Dalton urged planning with Australia and New Zealand for a more even distribution of population in that area. He warned the measure is not a quick solution to economic ills.
An unofficial service publication denounces General MacArthur for dragging the U S Army into politics and calls for his resignation if he does not withdraw his name from two state primaries. In Milwaukee, Lansing Hoyt of the MacArthur for President Clubs predicts MacArthur will announce by April 6 his willingness to seek the Republican nomination.
Cardinal Eugene Tieserant confirmed the Pope would not grant a dispensation for the marriage of former King Michael of Romania to Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma. Michael pledged to raise any children in the Roman Catholic faith.
Canberra announces the King Queen and Princess Margaret will visit New Zealand first then Australia, spending about a month in New Zealand and three months in Australia. The journey will be mainly by air with a sea voyage from New Zealand to Sydney then Canberra, dates and itinerary to be announced.
In Shanghai on Sunday the price of rice rose sharply by 300 009 dollars over the prior quotation. Officials claim the rise was artificial, amid a backdrop of prior rice price surges. The Shanghai City Council meanwhile set residential rents at 7 000 times the 1937 figure and imposed fines as the Leger Lea decision, with a six month review to follow.
President Roxas in Manila declares the Hukbalahap and the National Peasant Union illegal and orders mass arrests of leaders. He cites “preparation for the Russians” and links to Chinese Communists, presenting captured Red papers as evidence.
In Buenos Aires Vice President J Hortansio Quijano sent a letter to Guatemala's Senate president condemning British warships in Belize British Honduras. The Argentine Republic says it does not aid or recognise colonial possessions in America and may link its Falklands and Antarctic disputes to Guatemala's demand that Britain relinquish Belize.
The cruiser Nigeria and sloop Snipe anchored in Admiralty Bay King George Island. Landing parties aided in building construction while a protest against Argentine occupation was delivered to the base. The British base housed one officer and two men in a hut with no instruments. Sir Miles Clifford visited and found morale high.
After a stormy session the Australian Olympic Federation named 34 athletes for London. Delegates protested, charging unfair ranking and funding limits. Among complaints were four swimmers chosen from many nominations and criticism of a bias toward certain sports.
The Australian Olympic Federation plans to request the Commonwealth Government to send Professor F. B. Cotton of Sydney University as observer with the Australian team to London. Cotton is a former New South Wales swimming champion and has coached the official swimmers training to meet Olympic standards.
The pact sets a maximum price and requires importers to buy the quantity guaranteed. Thirty three countries commit to at least 500 million bushels annually from the three exporters, with Canada United States and Australia named. Russia and Argentina abstain. price moves depend on market conditions.
Australian delegate Edwin McCarthy outlined a five year wheat deal that guarantees exports to overseas markets and domestic consumption, stabilizing prices for farmers with a harvest of about 150 million bushels. The agreement sets price bands and will begin August 1, subject to Commonwealth approval, with Britain and India already linked to terms.
The article reports a steep fall in wheat prices from 20/6 to 12/6 per bushel, alarming growers across Australia. K Nock and the Wheat Board weigh the impact on farm incomes and the potential shift of advantage toward the USA and Canada as negotiations unfold.
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