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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Sep 25, 1956
Page
6
The text presents a garbled panel of names and topics including Dr Wheay, Mr Cutane, and the Trades Hh, hinting at labor policy debate and possible vetoes. It references a 1953 ALP and political maneuvering within a trader or labor hall context.
Australia’s opposition leader Dr Evatt calls for a measured response to the Suez crisis while Prime Minister Menzies prepares a comprehensive statement. Cabinet approves the plan to brief the House of Representatives with a five man committee’s negotiations to Egypt’s President Nasser.
In Queanbeyan Court Judge Fitzpatrick overturns a harsh liquor offence penalty on Brian Dalton of Rawal after an appeal. The judge cites previous conduct and length of offense, granting a bond of good behaviour for 12 months and suspending the more stringent penalties.
In a 1900 population Dakota town the ground is reportedly sinking due to ancient sand and gravel deposits. Residents held services despite widening cracks in the church and nearby structures as geologists warn of continued subsidence risk.
Mr. Dunk returned from a four month tour of the United States Canada and the United Kingdom where he found Australian public administration compares well with overseas equivalents. He noted similarities in modernising administrative structures and emphasised decentralisation and specialised training as key challenges. He cited UN and US aid programs aiding less developed nations and mentioned testing an electronic computer to streamline payroll and repetitive tasks.
The general secretary of the Y.M.C.A. in Canberra, Mr Harry Black, will receive a public farewell next Thursday at 5 PM in Room Y.C.A. He has been appointed officer in charge of the Macquarie Island meteorological station and will sail in November aboard the Kista Dan for the Antarctic. He will be away about 12 months. He was farewelled at the Canberra Rotary Club dinner last night where President Dr M Jacobs congratulated him.
A state of emergency was declared in Southern Rhodesia by Governor Vice Admiral Sir Peverill William Powlett after a planned midnight strike by African railway workers loomed.
Whal is believed to be the first open day at the Royal Military College in over 20 years will feature a Welfare clang fair in the college buildings. A physical training display by the corps and entertainment from the RM C Band are planned under Mrs I BR Campbell wife of the Commandant as stalls fill the grounds.
The School of Oriental Studies at Canberra University College outlined its Chinese Japanese and Indonesian teaching and future Oriental history lectures to the Sino logical Conference in Paris attended by about 150 scholars from over 25 countries. Professor Eieenstein, a congress founder, spoke as historians discussed periodisation and dynastic rises and falls.
A remote farm in Palikao area, about miles from Oran, was attacked by insurgents. Eight people, including a farmer's family and their Muslim helpers, were killed in the raid. Local authorities report the incident as part of ongoing unrest in the region.
The Queen approved a new banner to be carried by The Sovereign's Company of the cadet corps at RMC Duntroon. Announcement by Army Minister Cramer says the banner honors the champion company each year and will be used on ceremonial occasions. The design features the Queen’s cipher and the date 1964 on one side and the Royal Coat of Arms on the reverse.
Thieves broke into the Moon in Civic Centre and tried to enter several others. Welch Bros. site at 4 was robbed of money. An attempt on Dolkos Fruit Shop in Alinga Street and Nish and Roberts at Garema Place. Canberra Steam Laundry on Lonadale Street had cash taken from staff belongings.
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