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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Sep 18, 1956
Page
1
About 2,800 GPO Sydney and nationwide postal workers return to normal duties after union advised resumption. Tarawera executive decisions and wage talks prompt cautious return. authorities praise law and order while 4 million items remain backlog at Sydney GPO.
Victoria will mirror any Arbitration Court decision to vary awards. Premier Bolte said the government had not frozen wages nor planned to do so, and aimed to curb inflation by abolishing cost of living adjustments. He urged the Australian Railways Union to avoid joining a strike tied to wage issues.
AAP Reuters dateline from Djarkarta reports a Soviet aid agreement that will loan Indonesia 100 million dollars to be spent on machinery and capital equipment from the Soviet Union and other Communist countries. A technical mission will arrive to plan projects using Indonesia's coal metals and hydro power.
The Canberra City post office will be enlarged and modernised with extra facilities for the public. Acting Post Director Jegrapha in the ACT, Mr R C M Dale, announced at an Advisory Council meeting that plans are drawn and work should begin soon. Telephones and improved counter services will be provided.
At an Advisory Council meeting P D Day called the Fairbairn commercial air terminal an old tin shed and urged rebuilding soon. Chairman Quinane noted long term development and Barrenger said preliminary plans exist but cost and rising air traffic delay major work. Barrenger warned funds and feasibility depend on Canberra air traffic growth.
The Premier Geir said parents must hand seven Kuraby Farm children to Kurmby State School within two to three miles. Government will act if parents do not comply. Education Act requires attendance. long-standing inquiry found families allowing homeschool or correspondence schooling.
Egypt resists international control moves as Colonel Nasser faces Western pressure over the Suez Canal crisis. Shipping delays grow with northbound convoys taking 11 to 12 hours per ship. Egyptian officials warn rulers against war to defend Nasser’s prestige while Western states seek a conference on canal control with Dulles Lloyd Pineau among attendees. Australia will be represented by Sir Percy Spender.
Mr Travers Christmas Hum ete reya terlor counsel to Crown at Old Bailey has been appointed judge in London. He serves as president of the Buddhist Society and will take on duties within the Guild system, marking a notable official appointment in the capital.
Sydney on Monday Justice Ashburner ordered the Arbitration Commission to grant waterside workers sick leave and holiday pay. The judgment bases holiday pay on a 30 hour week, allowing six hours per week to be paid as holidays or sick leave, advancing decasualisation in the stevedoring industry.
Mr W S Byrne told the Advisory Council that up to fifty per cent of bricks supplied by Canberra brick works were faulty. He showed six bricks bent and out of shape not meeting reasonable specifications. The Director of Works noted engineers were fixing a grinding fault and commissioning new machinery to increase brick production to meet demand.
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