Government May Act Against Monopolies
The Governor-General Viscount Dunrossil opened the second session of the 93rd Federal Parliament and signalled possible legislation to curb monopolies and restrictive trade practices. He urged action on wool prices and warned rising costs risked hardship, outlining policy to balance demand and supply and curb monetary excess. The government aims to remove import barriers and press for price stability for primary products amid European trade developments.
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Viscount Dunrossil
Garfield Barwick
Australia
Australian Agricultural Council
N.S.W
Justice Cook
Arbitration Commission
Europe
Parliament's Second Session Foreshadows Major Bills
Legislation hinted includes a research scheme with the beef industry, a £20 million loan to Queensland for railway rehabilitation to Mount Isa and Townsville, a national marriage act, and a statute establishing the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory. Amendments cover public works, copyright review, recruitment flexibility, double taxation with Papua and New Guinea, general insurance, oil pollution safeguards, and broader Commonwealth cooperation in education. Viscount Dunrossil reported progress at the May 16 summit with cautious optimism on disarmament and international talks.
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Queensland
Mount Isa
Townsville
Collins Ville
Supreme Court of the
Northern Territory
Public Works Committee
Viscount Dunrossil
Soviet Union
Indians Must Give Up Part Of Land For Niagara Power
The U S Supreme Court ruled the Tuscarora Indians of New York must cede 1383 acres of their land for a territory to support the Niagara power project. The decision marks a major land concession in the federal initiative to harness hydroelectric power.
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Washington
U.S. Supreme Court
New York State
Schoolboys in the money hoard found near Sydney docks
Detectives traced a £23000 hoard of banknotes and silver found on vacant allotments at Five Dock, Sydney. Police believe boys aged 1 to 13 spent thousands buying a bicycle, transistor radios, and other goods while a 13 year old paid peers to carry his books.
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Sydney
Five ‘Dock
Western disarmament talks face Paris Geneva split
UK Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd voiced optimism in Parliament that a Western plan would reach Geneva. Sources say a wide gap remains between French demands and the Anglo American draft from Washington, with key rifts over nuclear weapon production and conventional disarmament amid the Alpine conflict.
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United Kingdom
Selwyn Lloyd
Geneva
Washington
U.S
Paris
U S Denounces Cuban Premier Charges Amid Ship Explosion Row
U S Secretary of State John Foster Dulles harshly rejected claims by Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro that the United States was involved in the munitions ship explosion. The State Department prepared a blunt note to Cuba while Cuban diplomat Enrique Patterson faced a combative briefing. Donald Chapman, the American photographer, was detained and released in Havana as investigators reported a possible electrical detonating device in debris.
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Herter
Enrique Patterson
State Department
Castro
Patterson
Herters
Dr. Castro
U.S
Associated Press
Cuba
White House
Eisenhower
Donald Chapman
Miami
Chapman
Havana International
Havana
New York Times
Australia to Add Second Nuclear Reactor at Lucas Heights
The Australian Atomic Energy Commission to install a second reactor at Lucas Heights costing 65 000. Senator Spooner said the small fast unit will complement Hifar, producing 10 kilowatts for tests where Hifar’s intense output isn’t needed. Advanced Technology Laboratories of the United States won the bid, with completion expected later this year.
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Australian Atomic Energy Commission
Lucas Heights
National Development
Senator Spooner
Hifar
Spooner
United States
Advanced Technology Laboratories
E. J. Wilson
American Standard Corporation
U.S
United Kingdom
Wilson
Island May Rise From Sea Off Agadir
French naval officials report the sea hissed and bubbled two miles off Agadir after a fresh light tremor this week. Waterspouts formed as the sea boiled, signaling possible intense underwater volcanic activity linked to the Agadir earthquake last week. Seismological observers near Casa Blanca logged two tremors, the fifth and sixth since the quake, fueling Rabat scientists to speculate an underwater volcano born from the disaster.
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Agadir
Berrichid
Casa
Iblanca
Rabat
Associated Presa
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Lord Dunrossil
Senate
Alistair McMullin
Boyer Committee
Papua and
New Guinea
Pereat
Britain
M. Jules Mach
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