14 Nov 1958
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Nov 14, 1958
Page
1
Evatt vows to break up wool rings and form a marketing plan with growers to prevent exploitative pricing. He cites evidence before Justice Cook on a Sydney wool buying firm and argues the coalition bears responsibility for price suppression.
A bomb hurled from a terrorist mine sent a truck over a cliff killing a Brit and six others in southern Cyprus. The incident followed a court martial leniency for a British corporal over a leafleting case. Police reported a 28 percent rise in passport applications as Cypriots seek emigration amid tensions.
A garbled report suggests Mrs. Mo Sloan of Campbell Street Ainslie accused her husband of failing to post a letter, with confusion over an entry and a £10000 sum. The money newspaper and police inquiry are mentioned as part of the unsettled case and postal matter.
Behan's best selling book Borstal Boys is banned from entry into Australia by the Australian Literary Censorship Board. Hutchinsons plans an appeal with L Voss Smith arguing the work is of real value to the public and that the ban is unjustified. Canon John Collins of St Paul’s Cathedral praised the book as vital and moving.
Members of the Standing Committee on Soil Conservation gather on day three of discussions. The group includes A Costin, G T Thompson, J A Beare, W Granger, G R Vincent, C A Holland, W D Hardy, G Hirst, T P Taylor, E S Clayton, and J Hewston from several Australian departments and colonies.
A bystander threw an egg at Mr. Menzies after an election speech at Waverley Hall in Sydney. The egg missed the Prime Minister and shattered on his car windscreen. Police searched the crowd but found no suspect.
The Colombo Plan aid talks included an estimate that the Development Loan Fund will be expanded by Congress to support broader growth in public and private sectors of developing countries. Australia plans to boost Colombo Plan trainees and increase its technical assistance budget to support Asian partners and training programs.
A 1-year-old youth, Phillip Mackin, was found guilty of murdering Mrs Frances Kemp 38, in Greenacre on July 26. He received a life sentence after a short jury verdict and stated he had wanted to shoot someone. He claimed the neighbour’s body showed blood and he found the rifle missing when his mother was shot.
In Tokyo the Conservative and Socialist parties moved toward resolving the political crisis. Party secretaries will meet to arrange a summit between Prime Minister Kishi and Socialist chairman Suzuki, the first break since last week when Socialists walked out over a police powers bill seen as restoring prewar police control.
The Commonwealth Government will register Unk Stathorn Trawling Company Limited in Adelaide today. The Minister for Primary Industry Mr McManon announced yesterday the venture would take up commercial trawling in the Great Australian Bight.
Pemuda radical nationalist daily in Jakarta denounces Australia's White Australia policy as racist and linked to Dutch rule in West New Guinea. The paper criticizes Sydney editorial claims of forceful action and argues Australia would impose a new form of slavery on coloured peoples.
Jerusalem District Court states Agron Cohen a once prominent Mapua figure will stand trial for spying for a foreign power. Conviction could bring up to 13 years in prison. The case stirs a major political storm within Israel.
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