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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Oct 10, 1957
Page
2
The court affirmed that Maxwell Smediey Nunn was acting as car owner, not as a schoolteacher, when he died crushed under a jack. The ruling states no employment relationship existed between the husband’s job and the fatal incident.
Canberra may gain additional air service despite the Ansett takeover of Australian National Airways Pty Ltd. A proposed timetable has been prepared but not yet approved and is expected to be issued next week.
Mr Thorneycroft spoke to Bankers and merchants in London declaring the policy aims to raise the cost of money. He warned profits and wages will be harder to earn and paid in honest pounds. Britain’s pound parity with dollar and Mont Tremblant talks were cited as basis for world trade.
Princess Grace of Monaco won the American Golden Hat award for the racy with the smartest hat, presented by the U.S. Milliners' Union yesterday.
Senator Henty released the American novel Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger after consulting the Literary Censorship Board. The Customs Department banned it on September 24 for indecent or obscene content involving a 16 year old youth in New York and his self told story.
Eighteen American students seeking travel to Communist China refuse to surrender passports to U S embassy officials. Sixteen were contacted at Moscow airport. two in Rangoon Burma also refused. State Department says passports stamped valid only for return to the United States, with enforceable steps if needed to ensure return home.
Dr Cheng Kang Chi former charge d affaires at the Chinese Embassy in Australia died in Shanghai. He served July 1947 to May 1948 and was general manager of Shell Company of China Ltd at the time of his death. He leaves a widow and a daughter Meiping. His family lived in Canberra where he and his wife were active in public life. His daughter attended Telopen Park Infants School.
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