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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
May 29, 1957
Page
9
Acting Health Minister Townley announced Qantas charter planes would ship 1,000 Cynomolgus monkeys from Manila to Melbourne for the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories project. The monkeys are to depart Manila next month aboard a flight slated for June.
In Canberra Court of Petty Sessions Leonard Handley testified seeing a man sawing copper piping in a yard on May 7. Michael Nash 44, of Narrabundah, was committed for trial in the Supreme Court on a theft charge involving pipes valued at £46 18 8. Evidence showed Nash was seen near the yard. police noted no lighting as claimed. Nash’s alibi was denied. prosecutors argued the pipes could have been removed by Nash, but the case awaits trial date to be fixed.
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