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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Oct 15, 1957
Page
6
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The Prime Minister announced a state funeral for Sir Thomas White at 10 am tomorrow at St. Pauls Cathedral Melbourne, followed by interment at Point Lonsdale Cemetery. White, 69, former Minister for Air and Civil Aviation and High Commissioner in London, died at home Sunday and is survived by Lady White and four married daughters.
Esanda Ltd the hire purchase arm of the E S and A Bank reduced its interest on new cars and station wagons from six to six percent. The move affects customers purchasing vehicles under hire purchase terms.
Portuguese fagi plants a new volcano created island in the Azores. Two Lisbon reporters and a Portuguese television operator rowed to the smoking lava from nearby Fala Inland to inspect.
A C T U officers and 15 unions met to assess the Japanese trade treaty. A six member sub committee will gather evidence for Mr McEwen and an interview with the Trade Minister. The conference warned industries such as glass, plastics, grocers, felt hats, and rubber footwear face unemployment and urged a nationwide campaign to publicize union concerns.
Two men appeared in Canberra Court of Fetty Beasions for possessing three hub caps likely stolen from a car found abandoned near Lake George. Ronald Blandford was fined £15 and John Lette £420 after police said both aided hub cap removal. Detected statements placed responsibility on the two men, with ownership of the wrecked vehicle still unsettled.
Miss Monaro judging for 1997 Miss Australia Quest at the Spastic Centre set for today. Contestants are to assemble at 1.30 p.m. at the Ainslie Rex, with judging by H. J. Griffin, B. Campbell and Mrs A. L. McLeod, and the winner to be announced by J. R. Fraser M after a buffet dinner. The winner will then be presented to Dame Pattie Menzies. A cheque will be given to Mrs A. L. McLeod at the reception.
Reports from Bucharest reaching Vienna describe Romanian communists using Puccini’s Madame Butterfly for class war agitation. A Bucharest production portrays Lieutenant Pinkerton as a unlikable composite Anglo American figure, smoking a pipe in white flannels.
Mr Campbell, guest speaker at the weekly club dinner, spoke as a UK Atomic Energy Authority official touring Australia with the atomic energy exhibition. He noted rapid advances since Calder Hall and that by 1970 atomic plants could cost 20 to 30 percent less to build than coal plants. He described a near-complete fast reactor, plans for transport reactors, and the potential for fusion power using deuterium, stressing continued hard work.
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