Japanese May Reduce Wool Imports
Tokyo trade officials indicate Japan may cut wool imports in May due to foreign exchange constraints. A government study suggests reduced purchases could ease the postwar balance of payments strain and affect major suppliers, including the Kaiari Trading Company, amid a broader decline in wool imports and sales.
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Japan
Torte
Ecahuan
Tapan
Kaiari~ats Trading Company
Faw
Opi Im Thy
Service Dates Kept Secret in National Service Ballot
In Melbourne today a secret ballot selected birth dates for national service, drawn by PJ Clarey witnessed by Major-General L Harham. Of 366 dates, 149 were chosen. two dates were withheld to prevent false future registrations. Undrawn youths face indefinite deferment though may volunteer. The government plans to trim the call-up figure from 34 000 to 28 000.
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Mundy
Australia
National Service
Atelbourne
PJ. Clarey
Gondigo
L. Harham
Army
Department of National Service
Yaitha
F. Timson
BSP
Holt
Red China Lifts Steel Output
Hongkong dateline report says China has boosted steel production from 1.36 million tons in 1952 to nearly 5 million tons in a year. The first five year plan aimed for 15 percent annual industrial growth, now estimated at 17 percent with agriculture rising about 5 percent versus the 4.3 percent target.
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Hongkong
China
Britain
Peking Radio
Chan Sin Fu
State Planning Commission
Six Workmen Suffocated in Delhi Sewage Plant
A search party blasted through a thick concrete wall to recover the bodies of seven Indian workers who suffocated in a Delhi sewage plant. One man died after fumes overtook him on Saturday, and six others perished as they investigated the incident.
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New Delht
Trade rise for Hungary Czech pact to lift volumes
Prague reports a 10 percent increase in trade with Hungary over the next year under the new agreement to be reviewed after twelve months. Western Australia harvests rain soaks drought areas with four inches in Onslow district aiding farmers. Adelaide students vote on Moscow Peace Festival observer presence at University. Mao visits Soviet Union under renewed communist ties while Britain tracks migrants and U.S. surplus sales loom in Washington.
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A.ap
Reuter
Astana
W.A
Western Australia
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Adelaide
Adelaide University
Adents’ Representative Council
Gust
Wnt
Chiang Kai-shek Expresses Regret Over Riots
United Press reports Chiang Kai-shek sent deep regret to Ambassador Rankin for riots at week end. Roosevelt era tensions noted as officials dismissed for failing to stop demonstrations. Manila and Formosa positions discussed with cautious embassy warnings and planned demonstrations in sympathy with Chinese on Formosa.
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Chiang
Taipeh
Mo Way
A.p.-Reuter
United Press
Chiang Kai-shek
Ameerican
Rankin
Manila
Horace Smith
Formosa
Japanese Say Britain Has Clean Bomb
Japanese scientists acknowledge Britain may have developed a nuclear weapon with minimal fallout. Meteorologists at Japan’s 13 recording stations report recent rainfall shows radioactivity not exceeding 2,110 counts per minute nationwide, with a possible later rise still seen as unlikely.
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Tokyo
Britain
Japan
Startling Gains In School Using Electronics
New York dispatch reports startling academic gains by 100 students at an electronic school in Covington Louisiana run by Benedictine Nuns. The school uses an organlike console and tape systems to conduct four simultaneous lessons, enabling individualized attention and making teachers effectively multiple instructors.
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Louisi
New York Times
Ford Foundation
Fund For the Advancement of Education
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Inn
Apa
New Partners To Develop Hydro Power
Consolidated Zine Pty Ltd will study Papua New Guinea hydro resources after taking over the government’s half share in New Guinea Last Night. The British Aluminium Company partners with Consolidated Zine aim to invest millions to develop hydro electricity and establish aluminium smelters in Papua New Guinea. Bauxite would come from deposits in the Wesee Islands in the Herape Queensland area to feed the smelters. The plan favors smelter sites in Papua over undersea power links. Tasmanian Premier Cosgrove seeks talks with the Commonwealth Minister for Supply as Beale notes a multi hundred million expenditure on hydro power and an aluminium refinery in Papua.
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Monany
Consolidated Zine Pty. Ltd
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Consolidated Zine / taka
New Guinea
Beale
British Aluminium Company
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Herape
Beaver
Queensland
Ameitera
New Guinesia
Tasmania
Cosgrove
Beal
Jones
Bell Bay
Papua
Commonwealth
Nora
Worl
ACT Declares Drought Area Under ACT drought declaration
Minister for the Ditector Mr Allen Fairhall announced the Australian Capital Territory is a drought area from May 1 1957 aligning farmer concessions with New South Wales regions. Landholders may claim rail freight concessions of 50 percent for fodder and starving stock, upon certification by ACT Controller of Stock TP Taylor. The move follows NSW declarations of drought stricken pasture protection areas and ongoing dry conditions.
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Australian Capital Territory
Act
New South Wales
Goulburn
Yass
Braidwood
Cooma
Bombala
Bega Pasture Protection Board
A.C.T
T P. Taylor
New South Wales Railways
Minster
Graziers Plan Co operative Beef Market
The United Graziers Association sponsors formation of a public company to create a cooperative beef market in Queensland. Cattle research officer J Harris says articles of association are drafted and to be filed with the Registrar of Companies soon. The plan includes Central Queensland meat works and potential beef billing centres at Mackay and Townsville. The Queensland Meat Producers Cooperative Association Ltd began operations at Brisbane abattoirs last December with 100 cattle weekly, now raised to 850.
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United Graziers' Association
Queensland
UGA
J. Harris
Registrar of Companies
Central Queensland
U.G.A
Mackay
Townsville
Harris
Queensland Meat Producers Cooperative Association Ltd
Brisbane
Namatjira Gains Full Citizenship Rights in Darwin
Aboriginal painter Albert Namatjira is granted full citizenship rights in the Northern Territory. He can visit relatives at Hermannsburg and Haas without permit, vote, drink liquor, and build a house. Earnings from paintings are estimated at £2000 to £3000 annually. He resides at a native reserve near Darwin.
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Albert Namatjira
Albert
Hermannsburg and
Haas
Northern Territory Register
Tunawal
Home Orchards May Be Freed Of Registration
The Advisory Council approved an amendment to abolish the requirement for home orchards to be registered in Canberra. It notes the original Plant Diseases Ordinance aimed to monitor pest and disease controls, but the practice is now seen as obsolete. Mr J N Rogers said nearly every Canberra householder is effectively an orchardist and the registration was unnecessary.
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Advisory Council
Canberra
J. N. Rogers
Transfer of child health records to schools for those who started classes
In cases of children who received injections at Baby Health Centres in the AGT tuta who have since commenced school, the relative carts are being transferred by Lie Departienit to the schouls concerned.
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Tuta
Lie Departienit
Schouls
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