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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Oct 30, 1957
Page
6
M Felix Gaillard received the mission to form a new government as the French National Assembly rejected premier Mollet’s bid by 289 to 227. Mollet urged austerity while others warned of discipline to save the franc, but most speakers signaled opposition to the new government.
In Sydney on Tuesday Justice Taylor ruled the nomination of Me, DL A for presidency of the Teachers' Federation valid. Darcey Elphick, headmaster of Oatley, challenged Taylor saying he no longer teaches, but the judge said he remains eligible as an active life member since 1947. The president's election is set for next month.
A three year old girl died after a snake bit her at Leeton on the River Murray while playing near an irrigation ditch. Her mother, with others, carried her home then to hospital where medical staff fought to save her but she died after hours of treatment.
JERUSALEM reports Yitzhak Ben Zvi, 73, wins unopposed as president. Dr Chaim Weizmann, 85, serves as interim president. In Berlin, East German official seeks asylum. in Warsaw, Polish Communist Party plans purge structures. Port Moresby to Canberra discuss water control. Sydney high court challenge to NSW road tax. Madrid crash kills six including Americans and Europeans.
Western diplomats report a rift at the top of the Soviet Communist Party as Marshal Zhukov faces possible expulsion while Khrushchev gains support. The Central Committee and Presidium clashes hint at a Kremlin reshuffle amid tightened censorship preventing Moscow correspondents from filing.
About 20 civilians and five British soldiers were involved as clashes erupted in several Cyprus towns. Police used batons and tear gas to quell protests marking the anniversary of Greece's rejection of the Axis surrender ultimatum in 1940. No fatalities were reported. some arrests were made as authorities claimed the protests followed orders from a terror leader.
Floodlights or memorials on wartime monuments will be lit nightly until Army Day. The plan, urged by the Memorials Advisory Council, calls for the memorials to be illuminated as a nationwide tribute. The project aims to honor veterans and is to run through January 980, with a formal decision expected after consultations with authorities.
The United States Army unveiled the Hawk air defence missiles system capable of destroying hostile aircraft at tree top level. It uses an advanced radar technique that ignores stationary ground objects and is highly maneuverable. The launcher carries three Hawks and can be airlifted to frontline locations by plane or helicopter. Details on speed and range were not disclosed.
President Iskander Mirza of Pakistan toured the United Kingdom by a special plane yesterday before a one day private visit. The schedule includes a later trip to Spain and Denmark.
The administration reports there was no negligence in the Northwest New Guinea accident last week that killed three native prisoners at Yangoru while they worked on a road as part of the wartime big road project. The men were serving minor offences.
Mr. A R Cutler VC former Australian Minister to Egypt told a MC meeting Egypt and the Middle East faced a crisis shaped by Israel Arab nationalism and Western financial influence. He warned Nasers regime created a machine of power and warned Western authorities for 18 months of canal seizure. He called Egypt facing economic hardship under Nasser and condemned the war conduct including British bombings as mismanaged.
A Sydney cancer specialist, Dr. Leicester Atkinson of St. Vincent's Hospital, arrived in Port Moresby after five weeks of preliminary survey work for a cancer study among Papuan and New Guinea natives. He expects the field effort to rest and be carried out by Territory Health Department staff.
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