Fragmentary note on local event at Woot
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10 Sep 1957
Page 1
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Sep 10, 1957
Page
1
A fragmentary OCR snippet mentions a person and a location Woot with unclear context. No clear date or outcome is readable. Further readable details are needed to determine the event and participants.
Ayman Nasser denounces American aims in the region while Jordan receives military aid. A vast Airlift of 106 mm recoilless rifles and equipment arrives, with Britain’s leaders debating the Syrian stance and Western hopes to cool rather than inflame the Arab Arab nations amid arms deliveries.
A sequence of Canberra road incidents is recounted from late yesterday. Sears Stry chats of Hannilton Row Yarralumla and others were involved in a late night crash at Liversidge Street, with a vehicle leaving the road and sustained damage. Robin We Orwey of Herliser Cres Ainslie parked near a weighbridge at Suggs Quarry. a slope and embankment caused damage to both cars. John Hugh Gault of Ebden Street Amalie and Dr Thomas Hugh Trong of Duffy Street Atlase collided on Old Uriarra Road. both cars suffered major damage and Dr Trong received bruises before being treated. An ambulance crew member Peter John Kemp was involved in a separate collision near Warren with Karl Kristensen on Patroon Road, causing damage to the ambulance and vehicle. In Cumberland Street Causeway a collision between Rom Trepp and 6-year-old Peter Southwell occurred. the child was treated for shock at Canberra Community Hospital and discharged.
A dispute between the Plasterers' Union and Gyprock Canberra Co. over Gyprock wallboard was settled in a conference with Conciliator J Welbourne. The union argued plasterers only should fix it, and the firm agreed after assurance supply of plasterers within three weeks.
City plan blocks any continuation of a street across Haig Park between Northbourne and Limestone Avenues except Torrens Street and no plan variation is under consideration. Mr. J N C Rogers of the Interior Department told the AGT Advisory Council yesterday in reply to a question about Torrens Street's growing use as access to the northeast. He said any traffic increase could be met by widening the carriageway as needed.
London reports Colonel Abdel Kader Hatem, Egypt's information chief and an ally of President Nasser, will attend the Inter Parliamentary Union talks in London as an invited guest though his presence was previously unconfirmed amid past Suez crisis tensions.
In Canberra a council meeting heard allegations that slaughtermen sold offal. Mr P D Day criticized meat import restrictions, questioned constitutional implications, and urged Minister for the Interior to refer the matter to Police for investigation. Dr L J Wienholt defended meat practices and noted variability in abattoir output. Continued on page 2.
Canberra residents rally to support the Church of England boys home at Bungarimbal near Tumbarumba for eight Locke children. By evening, £1100 was in sight with £260 cash received at All Saints Church and 50 boxes of clothing plus promises from Canberra stores. Volunteers organized concerts and fundraisers, station 2CA logged £873 in pledges and cash, while 100 locals attended a meeting at All Saints Hall to formalize the appeal.
At a Canberra meeting Mr F D Quinane criticized film import and distribution controls saying they stifle competition in the industry. P D Day added that aside from preliminary sketches nothing had been done about licences for new theatres at Braddon and Griffith. He warned a £200,000 investment could be useless if films cannot be supplied to new theatres.
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