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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Oct 22, 1957
Page
5
A 1957 report notes the outcome of a state-wide police blitz in Victoria over the weekend. It argues that constant policing upholds safety and freedom, warns against allowing reckless drivers to endanger others, and questions whether public roads should be monitored more or less.
Canberra council members debated the 44 year old Commencement monument design and criticized its outmoded form. They urged inviting the National Memorials Committee to express an opinion on the monument’s design and potential alternatives for Capital Hill.
The Queanbeyan Hospital Appeal reports raised 1300 pounds with board members noting funds will be used to recover the hospital hallway. A cost of about 200 pounds is expected for the related work.
Saarrd Hospital Board approves a plan to replace temporary quarters with permanent residences for hospital lay staff. Building committee members from W D Barrie A Harrie J H representatives of Health and Works discuss funding and land allocation to support two homes and a possible resident engineer. The board will ask the Department of Health to prepare land and secure funds for construction and replacement housing.
A U S technical mission headed by Major General Paul Rueston visits Sydney to assess military industry capacity and potential cooperation. The visit aims to strengthen ties and inspect local facilities for possible collaboration with the United States Air Force.
A Moscow New Times feature claims Mongolia’s nomads number up to 900,000 with yurts favored over shanties in cities. Soviet media tout Ulaanbaatar as a garden city, note a four story high rise, and report a new railway link to the Soviet Union and China.
The Commonwealth librarian H. L. White will travel to Tokyo to attend conferences on the International Exchange of Publications in the Indo-Pacific region and to visit libraries and universities in Japan and other Asian nations. The trip, supported by UNESCO, aims to improve collaboration and understanding of Western and East Asian cultural values.
Communist leaders meet on Wednesday to review the country�s cultural life. The two day conference invites artists and intellectuals to participate, signaling a potential sharp shift or judgment on cultural policy.
The headmaster Darcy Elphick argues D A Taylor who led the Teachers Federation cannot be renominated as he no longer teaches and reached retirement age. The case, sensitive to the federation's 17000 members, was adjourned to the following day for further consideration.
Professor B J Bok told Canberra Rotary Club that the Soviet launch of the first artificial satellite was a great achievement and exposed Western overconfidence. He warned the sky will soon be filled with satellites and noted the West erred in underestimating Soviet prestige and scientific gains.
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