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Fragmentary text mentions a commencement at a venue named Canberra with weekend timing and several garbled names. The exact event, date, and participants remain unreadable in this clipped source.
05 Oct 1957
Page 1
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Oct 05, 1957
Page
1
Fragmentary text mentions a commencement at a venue named Canberra with weekend timing and several garbled names. The exact event, date, and participants remain unreadable in this clipped source.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Fawzi pledges that Cairo will not tolerate any harm to Syria in a General Assembly address. He urges a cooling off period in the Middle East, while Iraq accuses unseen powers of using the threat of communist infiltration to pursue agenda. President Eisenhower says the Syrian situation warrants cautious monitoring.
In Sydney reports, wool brokers warn drought conditions are not yet disastrous but warn prices and stock values may drop. Areas from Nyngan to Cobar report severe dry, with some regions receiving rain and others too cold for growth. Despite scattered good lambing, stock routes are hard to trace due to water shortages.
Indonesia yesterday called for a final peaceful settlement of the West Irian Dutch New Guinea issue to avoid another course provoking Cold War tensions in Southeast Asia. Foreign Minister Subandrio rejected self determination as a basis for settlement, arguing the principle at this late date would perpetuate colonial rule.
In Grafton a truck rolled downhill crashing into a tree on a hill in Wedding Bell Forest west of Olgooiga. Driver Leslie Railey 24 and his father Albert 60 suffered severe burns and were taken to Coffs Harbour Hospital after the tank exploded burning two acres before firefighters contained the blaze. The truck was destroyed.
An explosion at the Altona refinery injures eight workers. Seven were taken to Williamstown Hospital, one in serious condition to Royal Melbourne Hospital. Names of injured include Ian Coult and others. the blast damaged a gun off take line and flames swept the area. The refinery is owned by Standard Vacuum Oil Company.
About 75 white students walked out at Central High School as Arkansas National Guardsmen confronted a crowd outside. A crude Negro dummy was hanged in effigy, and slogans and taunts followed as authorities sought to quell the demonstration amid heightened tensions over federal troop involvement.
Debate over stopping sale of leases in Canberra commercial areas draws fire from P D Day and J H Pead. Day argues the Chamber backs protectionism, while Pead supports free competition and warns against hindering retailers.
A Tiger Moth crop- yielding aircraft crashed in a paddock 12 miles south of Narrandera. Pilot Edward Dillon of Narrandera was treated at Narrandera Hospital for minor injuries. Smoke and flames were visible several miles away.
Firefighters fled as wind drove flames across two firebreaks southeast of Tambo Queensland. Forty men battled an 80 mile front threatening the Downs sheep country while cattle country sustained light losses. The blaze burned about 1106 square miles of Stocke station and two thirds of Caldervale station.
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