Bank Lending Restrained and Motor Tax Raised
Government announces strong steps to control the economy including higher bank loan rates from 6 to 7 percent and a motor vehicle tax rise from 30 to 40 percent. Export-friendly rates for mining and oil sectors are noted with executive directions to banks to curb lending for imports and speculation.
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Toll
House of Representatives
Halt
Joans
Toal
Life Assurance
Commonwealth
Holt
Holden Prices Under New Sales Tax In Australia
The article shows Holden car prices after a new sales tax across Australia. Local dealers quote prices for Standard sedan and other models with varying tax implications, noting figures like £1 188 for the standard sedan and £1 253 88 for the old tax variant, with several station wagons listed.
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Holden
Australa
Prime Minister Menzies chats with cricket figures at Canberra luncheon
The Prime Minister Mr Menzies joins Vic Richardson former international cricketer and Liberal Party member and Mr Mcleay Speaker of the House at a Liberal Party luncheon held yesterday at Hotel Canberra.
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Menzies
Vic Richardson
South Australia Liberal Party
Mcleay
House of Representatives
Liberal Party
Canberra
Belgium Threat to Leave the U N Over Congo Crisis
Lumumba proposes UN supervised national referendum to end Congo terror and decries US funded subversion. Belgian Foreign Minister blasts a Dayal report as an indictment while Mobutu clings to Kinshasa, forging a pact with Kamitatu to maintain order after Kamitatu’s arrest.
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Patrice Lumumba
U.N
Assembly
Frederick Boland
Lumumba
United States
Rajeshwar Dayal
India
Wigny
United Nations
Leopoldville
Joseph Mobutu
Mr. Lumumba
Col. Mobutu
Cleop
Kamitatu
American Associated Press
Col. Iobutu
Algeria Reinforces Police Amid De Gaulle Algeria Policy Moves
In Algiers riot police arrived by sea after convoys of mobile gendarmes pressed in from Southern Algeria. About 12 riot companies and 40 gendarme squadrons joined existing anti riot forces near the city as General De Gaulle seeks cabinet loyalty on his Algeria policy.
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Algeria
Algiers
Paris
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Campa
Algeri
Amuda Cinema Collapse Kills 150 in Syria Tragedy
A Syria disaster report says 150 people including many children died when a cinema in Amuda collapsed last night during a children’s screening. About 200 children were trapped as fire broke out from electrical friction and rescue teams worked overnight with medical aides and army units.
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Amuda
Syria
Red Crescent
Red Cross
Melbourne hotel workers strike for longer annual leave
Melbourne workers from about 1,000 hotels and wine saloons staged a two hour stoppage between nine and eleven this morning to press for longer annual leave for all hotel employees in Victoria. Management and non union staff handled guest luggage and served liquor during the action.
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Victoria
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