12 Nov 1958
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Nov 12, 1958
Page
1
High Commissioner breenan Jones officially opens Queanbeyan Floral Festival Week during a Remembrance Day concert in the RSL Club ballroom last night. Pictured left is Mauger president of the Queanbeyan RSL sub-branch and right is Mayor Ald A Lambert.
The W.W.F. told Hobart branches to work under current awards while the Hursey dispute proceeds. Frank and Dennis Hursey faced hostility on the waterfront with workers throwing missiles and shouting. Police ordered Virgil Morgan off the Hobart wharf as tensions escalated amid legal appeals and union debates.
Dr. Evatt cut short his Launceston speech amid coughing after 11 days of illness from bronchial pneumonia. About 300 people attended as he spoke briefly, then rested before returning to Melbourne for medical review and further campaign plans with Menzies and Labour policy criticisms.
Agronomist Mr. F. Biumura visited several regions in Quebec to compare soil and weather conditions with those in NBW. The tour focused on crop timings and conditions, highlighting differences in climate and growing prospects between the regions.
Melbourne reports Deputy Leader Calwell plans to contest Clerks Union elections as ALP gains widen. Victorian ALP secretary Tripovich says Calwell offered for state council to break DLP control. Calwell said he contributed to DLP funds as a union member. Clerks Union secretary Laker notes members may contract dues if aiding a political party contrary to their wishes.
Crowds in Amman hailed King Hussein with rifle salutes and processions after his return from Damascus amid reports of Syrian jets and airspace incursions. Jordanian officials ordered security measures and summoned the cabinet as Parliament convened, while U.N. and foreign diplomats assessed the incident’s regional impact.
Queanbeyan hosts a multi event Floral Festival week beginning with a Festival of Remembrance concert in the RSL ballroom and a naturalisation ceremony for 39 new Australians at the Methodist Memorial Hall. Mayor Lane presided with brief addresses.
Glasgow dispatch says a national alarm over a missing inch long radio active capsule eased after the British Atomic Energy Authority declared it no more dangerous than a luminous wristwatch. Police had warned the capsule was missing from an energy facility amid widespread media and public concern.
Taipei asserts a planned reorganization of Nationalist Chinese ground forces into an atomic age army. A spokesman said tests with an experimental division modeled on the US Atomic War were successful. Reporters cite a commander on Quemoy saying the island garrison will soon be armed with 8 inch howitzers to counter Chinese Communist artillery.
The search for the air vessel piloted by Captain Jim Broadbent enters a third day as hopes fade for the 36 passengers and crew aboard. A Portuguese patrol ship moved toward the reported wreckage while a US Navy pilot sighted potential raft lights and faint distress letters before signals faded.
A spokesman for M. By Crouch and Company owners of the ketch Ian Crouch said today the company had received no word on the vessel's whereabouts.
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