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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
May 13, 1959
Page
1
Sir William Slim yesterday afternoon accepted from Mr. F R Gullick, Senior Australian Trade Commissioner in India, a silver statue of a Gorkha soldier. The gift comes from the 1st Gorkha Rifles, of which he had served as Colonel-in-Chief.
NSW delegates backed a compromise on the Richardson Committee salary increases criticism. The Tasmanian and Victorian voices pressed for censure, while NSW leaders argued the issue was settled. The conference rejected sweeping opposition and avoided new action, leaving the resolutions to express regret and call for consultations on future raises.
London dispatch reports a division between Britain and the United States over Britain's decision to export bombers tanks and other weapons to Iraq. Prime Minister Harold Macmillan’s government says export licences will be issued to the British Electrical Company for a limited number of aircraft, with talks on broader arms may follow. The clash centers on whether backing the Kassem regime makes Britain a secure ally of the West in the Middle East.
Hooligans last night broke into the Hobart radio station's transmitter building. Police are searching for the culprits who cut the main programme line and disrupted the broadcast. The incident occurred near Mt Belton, with investigations continuing.
Mr Downer reported 82 959 permanent arrivals with 40 352 assisted migrants and 42 607 full fare arrivals. Assisted arrivals rose by 3 000 from the nine months to March 1958 and full fare arrivals by 2 000. April preliminary figures show intake remains higher than last year with 11 700 arrivals versus 11 743 in April last year. Nine months to March British san i med migrants totalled 20 290, up from 18 768, while Non British assisted migrants arrived in March totalled 18 90, up from 18 015 the prior year.
Rioting convicts at Fort Pillow prison farm forced guard Hubert Newman to stand at a window and shout orders while about 150 inmates on a stairwell yelled threats and demanded the guards release funds and desist. Escalating chaos prompted protective actions as officers faced intimidation from the inmate riot.
The Soviet Union insisted Poles and Czechs join the Geneva conference as full members, prompting Western opposition and new seating battles. Gromyka announced the move at a press conference hours before talks began, signaling potential procedural clashes over East and West Germany. The Big Four opened a separate table negotiation while East and West German delegations sat apart, with Brentano staying away to avoid direct contact.
An explosion aboard the 200 ton vessel Busama at Wewak Harhourne killed three Europeans and a native crew member and left 10 natives missing or injured. The ship owned by New Guinea Industries had carried petroleum products between Lag and other territory ports. Authorities reported a harbour blaze burning thousands of gallons of spirit and described the town struck by a massive fire and dense fumes.
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