Uniform Australian divorce code heads to Senate
The House passed clause 27M creating five years as a ground for divorce as part of a new uniform code to take effect next July. The debate featured sharp exchanges led by Mr Daly against Sir Garfield Barwick, with cross‑party praise for Speaker Bowden and apologies from Barwick amid a late‑night session. Critics questioned press reporting limits on divorce cases while Evatt urged caution over suppression rules. Barwick defended the measure and urged unity.
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Australia
House of Representatives
Daly
Lab. Grayndler
Garfield Barwick
Bowden
Evatt
Sir Garfield
Sir Garfield Barwick
Mr. Wentworth
Garfield
Morton
United Kingdom
Wilfrid Kent Hughes
Wentworth
Wilfrid
Went
Commonwealth
Rubens Portrait Sells for 35000 at Sothebys London
A Rubens Portrait titled Head of a Beard- Man fetched 35000 pounds at Sothebys in London. The sitter matches a figure in The Adoration of the Magi which recently debuted for world record 275000 pounds and is on display at the National Gallery in London.
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London
A.a.p.reuter
Sothebys
National Gallery
Sydney Shops Plan Defiance On Night Trading
A Queanbeyan Chamber of Commerce telegram reports plans for about 1000 shopkeepers to contest night trading rules. The push seeks a NSW shopkeepers mass meeting in Sydney Town Hall to broaden participation and test Friday night hours.
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Sydney
Queanbeyan Chamber of Commerce
D. R. Campbell
Manly Chamber of Commerce
Metropolitan
Sydney Chamber of Commerce
N.S.W
Sydney Town Hall
Mr. Campbell
N.S.W. Department of Labour and Industry
Queanbeyan
Campbell
Landa
Labour and Industry
J. J. Maloney
M.L.C
Legislative Assembly
Askin
Pavestia
Churchill and Adenauer Confer in London As Health Improves
Sir Winston Churchill, recovering from a brief indisposition, met West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer in London. The octogenarian leaders spoke for about 35 minutes in Churchill’s home on a wide range of topics while Adenauer smiled on departure.
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London
Winston Churchill
Adenaver
Sir Winston
Dr. Adenaver
Dr. Adenauer
Britain
Winston
Home Secretary
R. A. Butler
Butler
Christopher Soames
War
One UK family in four owns a car report says
A briefing to executives states about 45 percent of middle class households own a car while only 1 percent of working class families do. The figures reflect car ownership gaps among UK households.
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U.K
London
P.reuter
Basic
Investigation urges audit of Public Service Financial Organisation
A House of Representatives report by Chairman Bland Lib. urges joint Treasury Public Service Board inquiry into the Public Service finances. It cites over and under spending of Parliament appropriations, lack of trained officers, and weak controls in the Attorney General's Department Audit Office and Shipping and Transport. The 1958 59 Woomera project underspend is highlighted and staffing reforms proposed.
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Joint Public Accounts Committee
Commonwealth Departments
The
Treasury
Public Service Board
House of Representatives
Bland Lib
Warringah
Bland
Attorney General's Department
Audit Office
Department of Shipping and Transport
Department of Supply
Australia-U.k
Woonera
Treasury and Public Service Board
Attorney-General’s Department
Cooney
Woomera
Princess Anne Plays Drums at Buckingham Palace Ball
Princess Anne tried the drums before Princess Alexandra's Buckingham Palace party. The Daily Mail diarist says she spoke with orchestra leader Godfrey Phillips and his trio, asking about the instruments as she had been playing with them that afternoon.
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London
Anne
Alexandra
Buckingham Palace
Daily Mail
Godfrey Phillips
Lini
Princess Anne
Debate on Hungary Blocked in United Nations Assembly
Soviet Russia blocked a United Nations General Assembly committee discussion on adding a Hungarian question to the agenda. The move followed a meeting between Soviet delegate Arkady Sobolev and assembly president Victor Belaunde. Sir Leslie Munro’s inscription request was disputed as illegitimate under the UN Charter. The steering committee meeting was postponed and the United States signaled support for Munro’s bid.
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New York
Russia
United Nations General Assembly
Assembly
Arkady Sobolev
Victor Belaunde
Peru
Sobolev
Belaunde
New Zealand
Sir Leslie Munro
U.N
Reuter
Sir Leslie
Cabot Lodge
U.S
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Chisholm
Mr. Wheeler
Mitchell
M. R. Sivan
Mdme. Sivan
Kurdiukov
Menzies
Dr. Evatt
Public Service Financial Organisation
Princess
Hungary
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