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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
May 28, 1955
Page
4
Plans for a Perth area titled for banks and insurance face strict siting rules, with 60 percent street frontage requirement and a continuous façade condition. Applications open on July 13, referencing historic Brisbane and Mereandle buildings and a 1997 zoning context.
The British Ministry of Food and Australian Meat Board officials met to approve an extra 2 involved release of beef and allocate 6 000 tons of old stock to the Continent. McEwen said the 18 year agreement remains intact with guaranteed market rights and deficiency payments if prices dip below minimum.
Industrial Union yesteryear called off the blacklist on two unions at Levinsohn Pty Ltd after a meeting in Canberra with the firm’s representative Mr Burrowe. The union said requirements on piece work would be met and the company would refrain from subcontracting. The prior ban had been tied to restrictions on piece work and subcontracting.
Stamp collectors rush to buy four dozen Trans Polar Airmail covers as Canadian Pacific Airlines plans June 6 service from Smyrna via Amsterdam to New York, across Greenland and Hudson’s Bay, aiming toward the poles. Mokillip and Co. act as agents, with GPO Sydney ordering renewal by 8 am June.
Premier Cahill charged Minister Casey with false statements in Parliament about public works priorities. He argued the Commonwealth cannot dictate state programs and rejected claims the state refused a 1905 undertaking to consider submissions on priorities.
Australia produced 1,082 million gallons of milk in the first nine months of this financial year, the highest post-war total, up 11.1 percent from the previous year and 84 percent from 1902 83. Acting Commonwealth Sincingelan Mr Carver announced the figures yesterday. Butter output reached a post-war record of 138,743 tons, up 39.9 percent from the previous year and 18.3 percent higher than 1909 39.
Canberra schools celebrated Empire Day with ceremonies stressing loyalty to the Commonwealth and Queen Victoria’s memory. Speakers praised unity, duty, and citizen responsibilities while pupils reenacted the empire’s history and its global connections at multiple Canberra sites.
Parents watched two student nurses Biune Harding and Dorothy Franklin demonstrate bed making and bandaging at Canberra Community Hospital as they complete preliminary training. Professor C F Crisp announced the hospital raised £50 for the Florence Nightingale fund to support post graduate work abroad.
A Scottish Church report welcomes spiritual healing and credits some cures to prayer with or without laying on of hands. The commission, appointed to examine theological implications, questions whether ministry alone can replace medical care. Dr Neville Davidson warned against religious leaders practicing without medical knowledge partnering with doctors.
In London, Dr Bruno Pantecorvo is said to face removal from a British list over alleged connections to Russia. Officials report a decision imminent as scrutiny intensifies and Brion Cratsnalty details circulate, with Hatlanehorn naturalieed atimic potentiat cited in the discourse.
Fragmented report from Atchison Court Lovday describes ex secretary May appealing a five pound fine. Details allege political tension and police conduct as Anderson claims police rehearsed misconduct and a stomach pinch at Central Court. Mr Gibson granted two days to pay the badge.
The coroner commended Constables W. A. Graham and Chapman for their conduct in a Cooma gun battle Saturday night during the inquiry into the death of Harry Edgar Rymer a 19 year old Canadian migrant. Rymer died of chest wounds likely caused during police action. The coroner urged official recognition of the officers devotion to duty.
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