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Canberra Times

Location

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Date

Sep 24, 1956

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Britain seeks UN debate on Suez Canal crisis

The article reports British officials including Lennox-Boyd and Macmillan advocating UN involvement to resolve the Suez Canal crisis. It notes U.S. Secretary Dulles proposing an 18 nation association to stabilize oil supplies and aid a peaceful solution with Egypt, while ministers eye Western unity and potential water agreements tied to the Nile.

Anthony Eden Lennox-Boyd Uganda Egypt Saudi Arabia Saud Nasr_ser Shukri el Kouatli Syria Nehru Anthony Exien Selwyn Lloyd Paria Dulles London M2any U.S Western Europe Middle East United Nations United Press U.N. Security Council Users’ Association U.N Security Council Eisenhower Indianapolis U.K Harold MacMillan Nasser Asia Africa Mr. MacMillan

Big Orders for New Coastal Ships

The Australian Shipbuilding Board plans £75 million in orders by 1960 to build coastal ships at Australian yards. Projects include 707,000 ton bulk carriers, motor cars, and two 12,500 ton bulk carriers. Additional orders and future builds for Whyalla yards are expected, with private coastal lines reportedly placing multiple overseas orders.

Sydney Australian Shipbuilding Board Baas Strait Ae Atra Atwo Carrera Stratt R Men B.H.P. Co. Waas Whyalla B.hlp

Wartime Leaders Meet Before Suez Debate

Sir Winston Churchill and Field Marshal Montgomery stand at Churchill’s Hyde Park Gate residence in London as they prepare to depart for the resumed Suez debate in the Houses of Parliament.

Winston Churchill Britain Shaker Marshall Montgomery Church London Hyde Park Gate Suez

Crackmen steal £3000 from Melbourne bank in bold heist

Police linked the Melbourne bank robbery with earlier break‑ins at McKenzie Motors and two Fitzroy theatres. Cracksmen used gelignite to blow safes, left oxy‑acetylene gear, and fled. one man arrested with explosives after a Palace Theatre blast scattered notes. A busy weekend for Melbourne police followed.

McKenzie Motors Nicholson Street Healesville Fitzroy Adelphi Jsate Palace Theatre Melbourne

Eleven Deaths In N S W Week-end Accidents

Police report heavy weekend traffic on major roads with numerous minor crashes. A car plunged from a dirt track into Wyong River killing four passengers, body identifications pending. Two men died when their car rolled over on the xoonamble Quambone road. A youth died near Rooty Hill when a car overturned. One man died at Spencer when a crash sent five people over an embankment into a tree.

Wyong Sydney Wyong Bridge Gosford Hospital Newcastle Railways Dallas Sullivan Sullivan xoonamble-Quambone Coonamble William J. Kemp King Street Frederick Cecil Kenny Castlereagh Street Rooty Hill Arthur Thomas Fuller Oxford Street Lidcombe Fuller Thomas Martin Auburn Penrith Hospital Spencer Gosford

Eisenhower Sends U S Doctors To Nicaragua

President Eisenhower dispatched three U S Army medical specialists to Managua to aid General Anastasio Somoza after he was shot four times. Somoza, aged 60, was flown to hospital by helicopter and his condition was described as grave.

Washington

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