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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
May 30, 1958
Page
12
Canberra Times reports on Road Safety Week faulting a 144 car road trial event where 49% were wrecked or damaged and two lives lost. Critics urge state government to restrict risky demonstrations on public roads, question public cost, and call for safer, closed circuits for tests.
The Southern Highlands Show Society Union in Goulburn set 1959 show dates. Listings include February 20 in My. Fe, February 21 Queanbeyan with M. Johnson and B. Bruly, February 27–28 Gunning, March 6–7 Bootowaat Braidwood, March 9–10 Taralge, March 12–14 Goulburn, March 30 derrawa, April 5 and 4 ACT, April 2–8, April 20 and 44 Yass. The Pony Club of NSW urged phasing out prize money for juveniles to protect amateur status for potential Olympic eligibility. The conference left trophy awards to individual societies and elected officers: President R. J. Hassell of Braidwood, Vice-presidents J. Hodgkinson of Yass, P. H. Hardy of Queanbeyan, and councillors from Group 8 to the Agricultural.
Adelaide speaker at an engineering students symposium condemns Australian universities as archaic. Hody Brown, controller of the Weapons Research Establishment, says universities train for the past not the future and urges adoption of MIT's lead to improve science teaching. He suggests reducing engineering practice in undergrad study to allow more focus on fundamentals.
The Governor General hosted a farewell dinner and reception to honor many foreign ambassadors and dignitaries including the Japanese, French, Dutch, Greek, and British representatives. Notable attendees included Sir Philip McBride and Lady McBride, R. G. Casey and Mrs. Casey, and Reverend D. Garnkey Bild, among others.
Mr. S H Begley deputy summowwealth statistician in Victoria retired yesterday. An old Wesley College boy he moved to Canberra in 1928 when the Bureau of Census and Statistics moved. Before returning to Melbourne three years ago he edited bureau publications in Canberra. He played a prominent role in church and sporting activities during his Canberra years.
A colourful Masonic Ball in Canberra and Queanbeyan will be held at Albert Hall. Debutantes will be presented by Worshipful Brother Noel D McIntosh, D D Past Junior Grand Warden. Tad Firth chairs the ball committee with his wife presenting the debutantes. The event features regalia in blue and silver and a sword drill as a highlight. Attendance is limited to 450 with invitations issued by secretaries of the lodges and restricted foyer access from 9 to 9 45 pm.
Topolski works on a 95 ft mural of the Queen's coronation in New York. The piece, described as the largest royal-commissioned painting in years, is intended for the Royst family private apartments at Buckingham Palace. Topolski and the Duke have been friends since the Duke's 1927 wedding.
Brisbane born actress Diane Cilento, reportedly ill in New York with a leg illness or infection. Her sister Dr Ruth Smout said the exact condition was undetermined as father Sir Raphael Cilento traveled from Brisbane to New York.
Toronto Telegram reports Quintuplets Ceclie and Annette Dionne may have single births later this year. Doctors told Ceclie their baby due in late summer and Annette in September, with no reason to expect multiple births.
The report explains Britain's rejection of the Rapacki plan for a nuclear weapon free zone in Central Europe. It notes NATO ministers' consensus that the proposal undermines Western defense by removing front line conventional and nuclear means. It also discusses how such a plan would shift power to the Soviet conventional forces and argues any disarmament idea must fit a broader security package.
The Japanese Embassy in Connery has loaned The Phantom Horse to the Pan Pacific and South East Asia Women's Association for a screening at Albert Hall next Wednesday night to raise funds for delegates to an international conference in Japan this August. The film, produced by Daick Motion Picture Company Ltd Tokyo, is based on a true story of a racehorse Tolino Miners and was shot in snowy Northern Japan.
A group of 14 to 1 year old girls from the Orana Gels Club at Corrobores Perle Youth Centre will stage a fashion show Monday night. Experts have given talks on makeup, clothes, department and hair styling in recent weeks. Models wear clothes owned by the girls, including casual, sportswear, afternoon and evening wear.
Emlyn Williams arrives in Canberra to present readings Monday and Tuesday nights at the Albert Hall. He will read Charles Dickens works and perform pieces from Dylan Thomas stories and his own adaptations. Williams, once famed as a playwright and actor, uses a replica of Dickens’s Reading Desk in his act.
A new registrar has been appointed in My, NH Sredaun of the Grown Solicitor's Division. He will sit as a stipendiary magistrate and coroner, serve as registrar of titles companies and business names, and oversee the work of the Courts and Titles Office. Salary listed as £2.20 a year.
Angelina Merlin, 85, has lost her seat near the Italian Senate. The veteran reformer fought to abolish legalized prostitution in Italy and was renowned for her decades of political and social activism.
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