Ministers Trip Costs Exceed Budget Estimates
Eight ministerial trips abroad in the past year surpassed the expected budget by 20 936 pounds. Costs include the Foreign Affairs and External Affairs ministers’ delegations, Speaker Me y and staff, and the equipment mission to ULB.A, with totals contributing to an 11 206 000 pound increase in 1957 58 estimates.
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Uchiahou
Japan
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Mey
Arthur Fadden
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McEwen
Ulb.a
Melbourne
TB Diggers to Seek Pension Rise From Government
A deputation from the TB Returned Service Men's Association yesterday urged the Government to raise pensions in the next Budget. They cited rising living costs in the past year and a wage increase expected later this year, noting some may qualify for a special rate pension.
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TB. Returned Servicemen's Association
Stolen Jewels Found Under Wheat Cargo
International cable reports jewels stolen from bulk wheat cargo on the freighter Kurstal. The jewels to be returned to South Australia on the ship’s voyage home in about a week. Two Kurutai seamen, David Kenneth Ray and Ronald Rogerson, jailed in Adelaide for the £216 Ceduna robbery.
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Anenaly, Suey
U.ap
Auckland
CLB
Adelaide
South Australia
Australia
Kurutai
David Kenneth Ray
Ronald Rogerson
Tourists Refund Racket Under Investigation
A government inquiry is examining a alleged scheme involving refunds for tourists to Australia. The age voucher was once treated as sufficient proof of good faith, but that position has changed and the investigation is ongoing.
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Australia
Downer
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