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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Oct 08, 1956
Page
5
The Canberra Times notes Parliament sittings near and public debate over immigration and a sprawling Australia public works program. It argues cutting works would worsen inflation and that finance, not curtailment, is the key to reducing inflation, urging expansion of the works program and sustained national development.
The 27 nation Council of the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration approved plans to resettle 122000 Europeans overseas in 1957 at a cost of about 44 million dollars. The United States offered to cooperate and a working group was named to review plans amid changing circumstances. Argentina Australia Canada Colombia Denmark West Germany Netherlands and the U.S. were nominated to the 1957 committee as the group faces refugee program terminations and Australia migration target cuts.
The Administrator of the Commonwealth His Excellency General Sir John Northcott with A D C Captain M A B Mitchell visited Bowral on Saturday and officially opened Venables Park bowling greens and the club house.
In a letter to the editor Wyn Gilmour and J Brophy outline visiting policies at Canberra Community Hospital. Mothers may visit daily for about one hour during routine hours to aid the child’s care while nurses retain primary duties. Visiting by other adults is allowed in specified hours to limit infection risk.
A postal brochure titled The Land of the Southern Cross promotes Olympic events for overseas visitors. It highlights Queanbeyan as a pastoral center with fishing but omits Canberra. The guide was produced by the Melbourne Olympic Civic Committees after a delayed reply to inquiries.
A reflective piece argues road safety depends on human judgment and care. It notes that even with wide roads and good facilities accidents stem from fatigue distraction and risk taking, urging consistent prudent behavior despite existing hazards.
Twenty five French explorers and scientists depart Le Havre aboard the Nor neut for Adobe Land the French sector of Antarctica. The ship carries 350 tons of gear huts food and supplies for a year long study including a winter camp at 6500 feet.
A 1932 British Transport Ministry committee report details oil pollution effects on marine life and shorelines. It notes tanks discharging ballast oil, drifting slicks, and damage to eel grass habitats, with calls for tighter legislation and international action to curb discharges in harbours and territorial waters.
Four children aged 16, 12, and 8 fled from Bolandey Place, Il jumia, on Saturday morning. Residents alarmed as they did not return by afternoon. Police alerted via radio, then located the youths later with a friend’s help.
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