Evatt Criticizes Defence Policy And Aircraft Industry
Dr Evatt denounces government defence handling and the CAC report. He argues funding produced mothballed air power and a weakened aircraft industry, with manpower loss and limited factory output. He cites Chifley era schemes and calls for renewed strategic roads rail standardisation and shipbuilding. He plans Brisbane rally then Sydney TV debate.
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Chifley
Menzies
Snowy Mountains Authority
Aluminium Corporation
Woomera Rocket Range
Regular Army
Fleet Air Arm
Labour
Evatt
Sydney
A.L.P
Calwell
Holt
McMahon
Brisbane
Government defends RAF reequipment as Sabres and Sidewinders rise
The Australian Government outlined a major push to re-equip the RAAF over two years, defending decisions amid claims of neglect. It cited ongoing orders for Vampire aircraft, 21 Avon Sabres, engines and servicing, with £7,000,000 extra Sabres approved last year. Delivery runs 1959 to 1961, while Sidewinder missiles will be added next year for use in Malaya. Twelve Hercules transports will arrive soon, strengthening logistics. The minister stressed defence must balance cost, operations, and evolving warfare technologies.
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Evatt
C.A.C
RAAF
Defence
Philip McBride
Baid
Common Wealth Aircraft Corporation
United States
Malaya
America
Australia
R.A.A.F
Philip
Cuban Rebels Free 31 Airline Passengers and Crew
Cuban rebels released 31 people from two airliners that were seized in flight. The group included 25 passengers and six crew members. They were handed to Red Cross representatives in eastern Cuba and were reported safe in Santiago de Cuba.
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Havana
Pilo
Sharp Decline In Lease Premiums
Auction of 104 residential leases in the O'Connor area yielded premiums totaling 5710 pounds with an average of 55 pounds. Demand shifted from Monday's Lyneham sales to a newer area with fewer public servants and lower prices, though some blocks, notably along Wattle Street, reached premiums up to 290 pounds. A Melbourne building firm bought 23 leases for client-specific low-cost homes, and the Department of the Interior plans 100 more Ottawa? issues in January for O Connor Lyneham Narrabundah and surrounding suburbs.
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O’connor
Lyneham
O'Connor
Melbourne
Defence
Or and Sons
K. G. Putt
Canberra
Department of the Interior
Narrabundah
Dickson
Yarralumla
Dryandra Street
Clyanthus Street
Wattle Street
Blackbutt Street
Clianthus and
Boobialla Street
Australian Army Officer Mentioned in Despatches
The Minister for the Army announced that Captain James David Stewart of the 28th Commonwealth Brigade was mentioned in despatches in Malaya. Stewart, 38, married, born in New South Wales, is a Military Cross recipient and brigade intelligence officer.
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Cramer
Malaya
James David Stewart
Stewart
New South Walea
Hobart Wharf Workers Ordered to Work With Hurseys
Waterside workers at Hobart's Elizabeth Street pier followed a Waterside Workers' Federation directive to work with the Hurseys on the freighter Loreniana after a brief stoppage. A mass meeting backed the order amid tense scenes, while local authorities pledged no disciplinary action for Monday and Tuesday disputes.
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Elizabeth Street
Hobart
Waterside Workers’ Federation
Hurseys
Federation
J. Healy
Try Authority
W. KR. Weaver
Allies 10 Consult On Berlin Amid Tense Talks
Khrushchev backed by Polish Prime Minister Gomulka calls for shifting Berlin control to East and West German governments as Potsdam ties hover. British Embassy in Bonn warns such a handover would breach Allied commitments while West Berlin residents seek reassurance from Britain France and the United States.
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Khrushchev
Vladyslav Gomulka
West Germany
Moscow
U.S
Western Europe
West Germman
Krushchev
Gomulka
Russia
Berlin
Bonn
Germany
West Berlin
Willi Brandt
Britain
France
America
Judgment Held On Appeals Against Road Act
The Full High Court today preserved judgment on two appeals challenging the validity of the New South Wales Road Maintenance Contribution Act. Mr Fegan fined the haulers £5 each for failing to return complete records of journeys made by their vehicles in May.
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Sydney
High Court
N.S.W
Fegan
Daily Shelling Not Resumed On Quemoys
Report says Communists did not renew bombardment of the Quemoy islands today despite yesterday’s warning of a resumed daily shelling. Officials from the Nationalist Defence Ministry and U.S. Formosan Defence Command say mainland broadcasts claimed a stop-go war would restart, but Nationalist contingents remain at Quemoy.
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ASPTE
A.A.P
Reuter
Comme Munists
Quemoy Islands
Defence Ministry
U.S. Formosan Defence Command
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Lin
Morshead
A. Eastway
Woodgers and Calthorpe Ltd
Kerekes
Sueceil U2
Blackbutt
Bursaria Streets
Frank and
Denis Hursey
Aence
W.W.F
Allies
Quemoys
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