Government eases some import controls amid dollar trade push
The Government plans to lift controls on select basic raw materials while expanding licensing for dollar-discriminated goods. Trade Minister Morwen said the move balances export prospects with the payment position and aims to broaden non-discriminatory access, pending further licensing guidance from customs within days.
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Morwen
Kr. McEwen
Department of Trade
T.V
Mekinen
Ansett Won’t Buy Viscount Planes Without Licenses
Reg Ansett of Ansett ANA said he would not purchase Viscount aircraft unless the government granted import licenses for four Lockheed Electras. He warned of possible competition and hinted at broader steps if licenses were withheld. Civil aviation officials called the threat political posturing amid tainted finances.
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Melbourne
Ansett A.N.A
Reg
Ansett
Me “Mendles
CW Aviation
Sanater
Air Nest
T.A.A
Ansett Am.a
Ansett Ana
Paltridge
Ansett- Ana
Hind
DCSB
D L P Plans Union Groups Across Labor Sectors
Melbourne report says the Democratic Labour Party will form groups to aid unions controlled by Communist Party allies. The annual conference at Northbourne Town Hall passed a motion and called for a Royal Commission to probe indemnity payments to maritime unions, citing rising communist influence.
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Melbourne
Democratic Labour Party
Communist Party
Age
Iileet
LLP
Northbourne
F. J. Riley
Ltreets
A.P
Communist Intitention
Two Women Shot In Bondi Flat In Early Morning Attack
Police hunt four men after a home invasion in Ramsgate Avenue North Bondi. Victims are Misa Dunn 20 who suffered a head wound and her mother Rita Dunn 40 with a stomach injury. Both hospitalized at St Vincent's. Suspect fled toward Dulwich Hill. guards placed at related residences in Kings Cross.
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Sydney
Ramsgate Avenue
Bondi
Misa Dunn
Rita Dunn
Prisoner Charged After Fourth Break In
Joseph Reynolds aged 30 a labourer was sent for trial on four counts of breaking and entering Holloway prison staff quarters and stealing 54 pounds worth of cash and property. Police disclosed the charges after Reynolds was arrested following his fifth attempt to burgle the prison complex in London.
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London
A.A. P.reuter
Joseph Reynolds
Holloway
Three Boys Injured By Naval Flare Explosion
In Sydney, three youths were injured when naval flares exploded as they allegedly tried to light unlit distress signals from a wharf. John Motion, 15, is in critical condition after emergency surgery at Prince Alfred Hospital. John Granny, 12, and Kenneth Bartholomew, 13, are seriously hurt. Police search Wentworth Park and nearby streets for remaining flares as naval experts prepare to remove scattered devices.
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Sydney
Glebe
John Motion
Royal “Prince Alfred Hospital
John Granny
Tywathurat Street
Giehe
Kenneth Bartholomew
Derwin Street
Clebr
Wentworth Park
Morton
Wentworth Park Road
Four Killed On N S W Roads
Sydney reports multiple road disasters in New South Wales with at least four dead and eleven injured. A South Grafton couple and a baby died in a wreck on Gwydir Highway as Leonard Walden and others were injured or killed elsewhere. A railworker saved eight victims from a collision near Gosford after a car plunged off an embankment.
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Sydney
N.S.W
Gwydir
South Grafton
Leonard Allan Walden
Oneeth
Seelands
Noel | Smith
Grafton
Leonard Walden
Gosford
Gary Sonter
Royal North Shore Hospital
Hin B Ycar
Raymond
France Opens Desert Rocket Complex to Journalists
France lifts secrecy at Colomb Bechar in Algeria, giving reporters rare access to a desert rocket base likened to Woomera and Cape Canaveral. The facility around workshops, labs, and dormitories has expanded under hot, arid conditions as France showcases new missiles.
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Colomb Bechar
Algeria
Bunday
AAP
Reuter
France
Colomb
Bechar
Woomera
Cape Canaveral
Tila
Belt
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D.L.P
Canberra
Bondi Flat
Njured
Gleby
Hospi
Palomban
Cily
Medan
Soekarng
Padang
Zaltex Oield
Payan Baru
Simbolan
Djakarta
Voice
Central Sumatra
Padang Radio
Taat
East Sumatra
Padang-Palembang
Sumatra
Tauk
Ois
Hiver
Sumuet Sonter
Ashton Avenue
R Mere
Veronica
Darrell
Stgymiond
Gary
Raymond Charles Phillips
Royal Australian Artillery
Phillipe
Phillips
Newcastle Road
Lambton
Francis Stephen Dunford
Chinche Street
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