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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Sep 07, 1957
Page
9
The writer notes Australia struggles to grasp US racial tensions while acknowledging a principle at stake. National Guards gating school enrollment and presidential pressure highlight moral fault lines, with self-critique of Australia for neglecting its own Indigenous issue and a call to act rather than ignore.
Candish of Queanbeyan rebuts Mr Blair on alighting remarks about printers at the Government Printing Office He asserts he never worked there and defends wages and union credentials while noting job access via references and indentures. He mentions offers from Country Press groups and emphasizes readiness to present union card and references.
C Palfreeman of Iarrariumala laments Canberra’s building pattern as monotonous blocks and equal plots. He argues that, amid practical constraints, at least one hill could host gracious living with spacious houses and landscape gardens rather than uniform, dreary suburbs.
AP and Reuters describe observations of solar activity on Wednesday with reports of small eruptions on the sun’s surface, indicating no major explosion occurred. The brief note cites an observatory report and notes the event was detected during solar monitoring.
The annual report notes amendments to Block A of the Administrative Building with revisions from rise and fall provisions. It covers variations in trust and certain design items, indicating an updated project cost of 44 million.
A blackout during the Tartuffe performance drew roaring audience laughter including the Prime Minister and Dame Pattie Menzies. Actors pressed on with the scene as stagehands improvised with candies to cover a faulty lighting cue and a later switch flickered brighter revealing Tartuffe’s menace.
Professor Fleming of University College will visit the United States as a visiting professor at the University of California Berkeley Law School from September 1857 to June 1858. Senior lecturer in Law will act as Head of the Department during Fleming’s absence. Mr Goldie returns from study leave to Australia in October.
The Primate Arcapisnop Mow will visit Yass today for the opening of St. Clement's Parish Hall. The project, supervised by Rector Rev. H Reynolds, marks a major step for the Anglican Church in Yass. Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn Rt. Rev. E H Burgmann will attend to welcome the Primate.
The Liberal ticket lists Mrs Stevenson as No 1, detailing a decade of public service in Canberra. She has served on the ACT Advisory Council since 1951, held roles with the Red Cross and Girl Guides, and led the Handicapped Children's Association and Soroptimist Club Canberra. She was awarded the MBE in 1964 for community work.
Red Cross operates a 24 hour mobile blood transfusion service covering nearly 220000 miles in New South Wales each year. Blood banks in Sydney handle daily calls for over 200 bottles, with Canberra to host a mobile unit named Santa Genevieve at the Albert Hall next week. Dr B Clementa will oversee the service in Canberra while volunteers’ blood is tested and bottled under orderly procedures.
The Rev Hayden McCall leaves St. John s Church after a farewell service. Reverend C A Warren, recently returned from England, will become the new staff member at St. John s. Mr and Mrs Warren are due to arrive in Canberra on Monday.
Yesterday morning His Excellency Field Marshal Sir William Slim received Major General R Q Poly G C C Eastern Command and the Salvation Army Commissioner at Admiralty House Sydney in a formal audience.
The 1957 Dyason Lecturer Mr Gunnar Myrdal Swedish economist and former cabinet minister will lecture in Canberra University College Hall on September 16. He will visit Australia September 14 to gn and speak on The Economic Nationalism of the Underdeveloped Countries. Public invited. Myrdal left Geneva after heading the UN Economic Commission for Europe since 1947 to direct for the United States Twentieth Century Fund a three year study on South East Asia resources.
President Ngoem of the Republic of Viet Nam heads to beheme mountains for a weekend inspection. Nation Minister discusses upcoming travel and official duties amid snowy conditions.
A headmaster from Africa, Mr. John, will visit Canberra for a weekend mission tied to the Anglican church. He is to meet the headmaster of a Church Missionary Society school at Dodoma and preach across Canberra churches, highlighting responsibilities within the Australian diocese and its five secondary and 325 primary schools.
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