Japanese Prime Minister Ikeda Sees Tripling of Australian Exports
In Sydney at a State dinner, Ikeda expressed hope for closer ties with Australia and forecast that Australia’s exports to Japan would rise threefold by 1970. He pledged to build a bridge of friendship and goodwill between the two nations in response to Premier Heffron’s welcome.
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Sydney
Ikeda
Australia
Japan
Heffron
Ōkeda
Britain
Macmillan
London
United Kingdom
Meare
Ikeda Urges More Australian Trade Missions to Japan
Mr Ikeda urged Australian industrialists to send more trade missions to Japan to boost two way commerce. He spoke at a Melbourne luncheon and said by 1970 Australia’s exports to Japan could triple, with missions examining heavy machinery and advising on local adjustments. Heffron reiterated a friendship appeal between Australia and Japan. Space limits prevent further details.
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Japan
Ōkeda
Sydney
Fanterra
Melbourne
Kingsfordith
Australia-Japanusiness Co-operation Comittee
Government House
Ikeda
New South Wales
Heffron
Kishi
Australia
Peace Offer To Malaysia
Tokyo reports the Philippines and Indonesia ready to salvage the Watts issue peacefully. Japan says it will give frank support to settlement as instructed by Prime Minister Ikeda after talks with President Macapagal in Manila and President Sukarno in Jakarta.
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Tokyo
A.A. Reuter
Japan
Kuala Lumpur
W. Ohkuma
Toell
Malaysia
Philips
Indonesia
Ohkuma
R. Ikeda
Ikeda
Philippines
T. Macapagal
Manila
Soekarno Diakarta
Kenya Warns Violence May Be Only Answer Against Apartheid
Kenya Justice Minister Tom Mboya told the Africa Bureau in London that without international support for the anti minority rule campaign in South Africa and Portuguese territories, violence could be inevitable. He criticized apartheid brutality and said Pretoria and Lisbon ignore UN resolutions.
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London
A. A.P. Reuter
Kenya
South Africa
United States
Britain
Tom Mboya
Mboya
The
Africa Bureau
Mr Byrne Declines London Visit Invitation
W S Byrne chairman of the A C T Advisory Council told the Lord Mayor of London he could not accept the invitation to view Tondon. The Lord Mayor had invited Byrne and the mayors of six Australian and four New Zealand cities to visit next week. The Advisory Council proposed government fares for Byrne and his wife, but the Interior Minister Freeth rejected the proposal citing lack of funds.
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A.C.T. Advisory Council
W. SL. Byrne
London
Tondon
Ralph Perring
Byrne
New Zealand
Interior
Freeth
Lord Home Urges Select Arms Talks at UN Assembly
Lord Home told the General Assembly that a Geneva committee should first set objectives for study including non-dissemination of nuclear weapons and observers on both sides of the Iron Curtain. He backed NATO and Warsaw Pact observer stations as a key measure and urged progress toward a general disarmament accord. He warned China about nuclear weapons and defended Britain over Indonesian actions in Malaysia. The talks followed limited nuclear ban treaty mood and discussions with Rusk and Gromyko in New York.
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U.N. General Assembly
Lord Home
Iron Curtain
NATO
Russia
United States
U.S
Dean Rusk
Chomoko
New York
China
Malaysia
Britain
Indonesia
Asia
Africa
Melbourne Rail and Tram Strike Paralyzes City
In Melbourne 24,000 transport workers stopped for three hours marching to Parliament House. The stoppage halted 400 trams 100 tramway buses and seven trains amid wider industrial action including Ford Geelong and Commonwealth Aircraft Corp at Fishermen's Bend with thousands more on strike across rubber plants and maintenance shops.
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Parliament House
Trades Hall Council Aepetes Committee
Melbourne
Victoria
Ford Motor Company
Geelong
Ford
Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation
Fishermen's Bend
Dunlop
Olympic
Sheep theft provokes bounty in Bungendore area
Bungendore grazier M r B S Falkiner announces a fresh reward of 500 pounds for information leading to convictions after a new spate of sheep thefts. He cites 124 sheep valued at 496 pounds stolen in July August and 103 sheep worth 334 pounds stolen earlier in January.
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B. S. Falkiner
Fenlow
Falkiner
Graziers Association N.S.W
Myer Records Record Profit for Year Ends July 31
The Myer Emporium Ltd reports a record profit of £4,748,845 for the year ended July 31, with sales of £114,353,433, up from £4,489,642 profit and £103,746,595 sales last year. Described as Australia’s biggest department store group, the firm notes the results are the highest yet for any Australian retailer.
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Melbourne
Myer Emporium Ltd
Australia
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