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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Sep 23, 1958
Page
9
Canberra police report a Sunday night spree by youths triggering multiple fire alarms across suburbs. The incident is described as the worst in the capital, with no arrests yet and calls for parents to know and guide their children to prevent a repeat.
Delegates from all states except Western Australia and Tasmania attend the Canberra convention marking the association’s 30th anniversary. Governor General Sir William Slim will speak at the official luncheon and Postmaster General Mr. Davidson at the dinner. Speakers cover marketing, radio, journalism, public relations and colour reproduction with sessions at Hotel Canberra.
The House of Representatives will meet at 2.30 p.m. today and discuss the Excise Bill after Questions. The Senate will convene at 3 p.m. and, after Questions, debate the Appropriation Bills.
The Governor-General His Excellency Field-Marshal Sir William Slim gave two luncheon in honour of the Fight Honourable The Earl of Selkirk yesterday. Present were Lord Carrington Vice-Admiral Sir Roy Dowling Hear-Admiral R. S. Wellby Captain G. C. Farnfield and Mr P. B. C. Moore.
The Senior Lecturer in the University of Melbourne School of Classical Studies, Mr. G R Gillie, will speak to the Canberra Classical Society at University House meeting room tomorrow night on The Recognition Plays of Euripides. He will address members and their friends.
President Eisenhower’s chief assistant Sherman Adams reportedly visited the President to offer his resignation amid criticism over accepting gifts from Boston industrialist Bernard Goldfine. The Newport Rhode Island report notes the event occurred on Monday morning.
Soviet Prime Minister Khrushchev criticized parents who pull strings to pressure teachers for their children’s admission to higher education. He denounced such interference and urged officials to uphold merit and fairness in student advancement.
Entries have been received from O’Connor and Queanbeyan for the annual children’s art competition to be held next Saturday at St Peter Chanel’s School Yarrawumbia. More than 100 entries are expected. The judge is Rev Father Charles Warzecha, chaplain to Polish migrants in Canberra and Queanbeyan.
London observers note Prime Minister Macmillan leverages informal tours to project personality, while Labour's Gaitskell trails in popular appeal. The move hints at a potential general election strategy with Bevan seen as a bold but contested alternative. Tourism to West Midlands and Lancashire locations underlines the campaign mood.
A group of 37 Canberra Technical College students toured Port Kembla Steelworks led by Principal H Corker. The visit, arranged with Port Kembla Rotary, covered the blast furnace, Wintering Plant, open hearth furnaces, ho strip mill, slab mill, and tinplate plant to show ore to finished tinplate.
Letters urge abolition of nuclear warfare and stronger dog control amid Narrabundah and Braddon complaints. Citizens cite health risks, nuisance from wandering dogs, and inadequate enforcement, calling for tougher penalties and better public services.
A Canberra dog issue discussed in the Senate cites 142 stray dogs collected by inspectors in recent months, with specifics like 16 dogs picked up in Narra- mundah’s Sea House area. The letter argues the figures show weak enforcement and that loose dogs remain a nuisance despite claimed controls.
An Australian Floral Festival will be held in Wesley Hall next Saturday at 2.36 p.m. The Director of Parks and Gardens in the A.C.T. Dr. L. D. Pryor will open the event. Displays arrive by air from all States. local horticulturists and businesses contribute. Sweet and cake stalls run by Methodist auxiliaries.
Miss Gunn Chit What daughter of the Malayan High Commissioner in Australia married Lau Foo Sun yesterday. She was given away by her father Gunn Lay Teik. The reception was attended by 2 000 guests including Premier Tengku Abdul Rahman. Lau Foo Sun is an engineer who met the bride in Britain.
The Prime Minister and Dame Pattie Menzies attended a premiere in the John Curtin Medical School theatre showing a NSW rice growing industry film. Filmed by the NSW Rice Marketing Board it showcases rice cultivation in the Murrumbidgee and Murray Irrigation Areas.
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