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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
May 15, 1958
Page
1
Paris faces a crisis as a government move in Algiers prompts paratroopers to control key sites amid a looming civil conflict. General de Gaulle and rival factions vie for power while protests and arrests ripple through Paris and Algiers.
Vice President Richard Nixon and his wife faced jeering and thrown objects in Caracas as crowds attacked the party. U S paratroops and Marines were deployed to Cuban and Puerto Rican bases as a precaution while Nixon canceled part of his schedule but remained in the country to continue the tour.
The government plans to raise the annual grant to the Australian National Travel Association to as much as £100,000 a year, with £50,000 more than current support. The AC will match non Commonwealth contributions pound for pound, aiming to expand tourism promotion and appoint two representatives to the ANTA honorary board.
Tasmanian Senator Marriott urged the Civil Aviation Minister Patridge to add a third hostess on short Hobart to Melbourne Canberra to Sydney runs aboard fully loaded Viscount aircraft. He cited overstretched service and cited past efforts by two hostesses as insufficient for full service. Partridge said he was unaware of such a need and had received no complaints in 18 months.
The white paper tabled in the House of Representatives by Treasurer Sir Arthur Fadden urges gradual sustained expansion of Australia’s economy. It warns against excessive growth while calling for more consumption and investment, notes insufficient local savings and overseas capital, and stresses immigration to support demand and growth amid mixed global conditions.
The Commissioner of Taxation, Mr. P C McGovern, lists hundreds of cases from farmers graziers and estoralite admitted questionable returns over 16 years. The 1986 87 report tabled by Treasurer Sir Arthur Pattenden highlights understatements totaling millions with penalties applied. Notable case Joseph A Whelan (deceased) NSW with undisclosed income from 1944 45 to 1951 52 and penalties.
Canberra Department of Works reports recent tenders for Parliament House conversion and related projects. Contracts include high roof erection at Parliament House for £35,492 and concrete work by Concrete Constructions (Canberra) Pty. Ltd. at $35,492.
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