Queen's Colours Presented To R M C Company
The Royal Military College Duntroon held a ceremonial parade for the first 1959 entrants to the fourth class as the Queen Elizabeth II Banner was handed to the Gallipoli Company now Sovereign's Company. Queen Elizabeth and the banner’s coat of arms were featured in a formal exchange.
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England
Royal Military College
Duntroon
Giallipoli Company
Champion Company
George V
Royal Bailitery Academy
Sandrst
Gallipoli
Corps of Staff
Pakistan Day Celebration at Feairbairn Station
The Prime Minister Mr Menzies chats with Group Captain Brill O C of the R A F Station at Feair bairn and Mrs Brill at a reception for Pakistan's national day. The day is observed in Pakistan on March 23 but the celebration was advanced to align with parliamentary sitting.
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Brill
O.C
R.A. AF
Feairbairn
Pakistan
Lightning Strikes Farmer on Denman Property and Disrupts NSW Coast
A farmer, 30 year old Ian William Omton, was killed when lightning struck a barn he was in near Denman NSW. Severe storms also damaged power lines and railway tracks from Hawkesbury River to Newcastle, causing blackouts and traffic disruption including delayed north coast trains.
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N.S.W
Central Coast
Denman
Ian William Omton
Wingham
North Coast
Hawkesbury River
Newcastle
Gosford
Substantial Russian Aid Programme For Iraq
The Soviet Union announced a loan of 550 million roubles to Iraq with equal benefit cooperation. Russia will provide technical aid to start light industries and factories producing chemicals, under a framework of mutual benefit and non interference. Khrushchev urged Nasser and Iraq to settle differences and avoid imperialist exploitation of their dispute. A Kremlin reception featured a Iraqi trade delegation amid regional tensions.
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Cairo
Iraq
Moscow
Russia
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Eisenhower Says Summit With Soviets Possible This Summer
President Eisenhower announced on national radio that the United States would be ready to join a summit with the Soviet Union this summer on Berlin and Germany if developments justify it. He warned against yielding to fear or risking war and stressed willingness to negotiate while defending U.S. security and Berlin’s freedom.
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A.a.p.reuter
Eisenhower
U.S
Soviet Union
Berlin
Germany
Hiefarc
Central
Europe
Joint Committee On A C T Named
The new joint Parliamentary Committee on the Australian Capital Territory was announced yesterday. The committee will last for the life of the present Parliament. Senators McCallum Vincent Wood Armstrong Tenney Fraser and others named.
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Autralian Capital Territory
McCallum
N.S.W
Vincent
A. Wood
Queensland
Armstrong
Tenney
R. Fraser
A.C.T
Bank Bills Read Second Reading Amid Debate
Parliament debated the Reserve Bank Bill with the Opposition forcing a division on a gag motion, 33 to 39, as the second reading passed 53 to 40. Ten remaining bills were approved by voice vote. A Government member accused private banks of unscrupulous overdraft refusals and urged banking reform amid party pressures.
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Senate
McColm
Lib
Bowman
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Tokio
Alan Watt
Peter Heydon
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John McMillan
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Ukraine
Nasser
U.A.R
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Crates
Ae Manet
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