Canada Opposed to Naval Blockade of Red China
External Affairs Minister Lester Pearson warned against a naval blockade and total trade embargo on Communist China calling it a final diplomatic step that could push China toward the Soviet bloc. He urged continuing embargoes on munitions and strategic goods while cautions against cutting all trade in nonwar products and warned total warfare could devastate the world.
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Canada
China
Lester Pearson
Soviet Union
Pearson
Peking
Coal price rise to lift electricity and gas costs
Brisbane notes higher coal prices in West Moreton from 4 to 4 62 a ton will push up electricity and gas charges in south east Queensland. Ipswich Bundamba coal up costs city bodies £260,000 for City Electricity Light Co and over £50,000 for Brisbane City Council. Queensland Coal Evans cites cumulative rises in colliery stores explosives and timber as the cause.
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Frisbane
West Moreton
Queens‘Ipswich
Bundamba
Ve Icterses
City Hectric ‘Light Co
Brisbane
Brisbane Gas Company
South Brisbane Gas Co
Queensland Coal
Duck Shooting Season May Be Extended
The Agriculture Minister Mr HH Collins said the department would consider extending the duck shooting season beyond the current three months if needed. He noted a larger duck population this year due to a good breeding season and crop damage reports in wheat fields, with farmers allowed to shoot ducks damaging crops before the season’s official start.
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Brussans
Pittsworth
OATS and WHEAT Seeds Offered with Varieties Listed
An advertisement lists remachined oats for easy drilling and better results along with imported alger lans Belah Fulghum Mulga Fichland Parley Cape and Skinless. It also promotes wheat varieties clovers long red yellow globe mangolds rape Dwarf Essex and other seeds including Hunter River Lucerne Swede Turnip Seed Toowoomba, with phone contacts 60 and 87.
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Mulga
Parley
Cape
Essex
Hunter River
Unemployment Down. Air Crash Kills Two in Dayton
Washington reports unemployment fell to 1,699,909 in May, the smallest postwar total. In Dayton Ohio, an F51 Mustang collision left two airmen dead and another narrowly escaped. London notes Britain may deploy about four and a third divisions to Germany by year end, not a fixed limit. France Russia air power: Royal Air Force Review says Russia has 19,009 operational aircraft now, potentially 10,900 more in a year, jet-capable. Norway’s King Haakon arrives in London for a state visit amid pomp. New York: UN Trusteeship Council rejection blocks seating of a Peking delegate. Britain still recognizes the Nationalist government. Brisbane pots price caps for Colac potatoes at 4d per lb. Wellington sugar purchase approved. Queensland's southwest will be studied for supply controls.
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London
John Strachey
House of Commons
Britain
Germany
Royal Air Force Review
Russia
New York
China
United Nations ‘Trusteeship Council
Peking
Alan Burns
United Nations
Oil Co Party to Discuss Nationalisation in Teheran
London Reuters reports Anglo-Iranian Oil Company will send deputy chairman B R Jackson and directors Sir Thomas Gardiner N A Goss and B H Elkington to Teheran to discuss oil nationalisation with the Persian Government. The party is to arrive early next week.
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London
Reuter
B. R. Jackson
Thomas’ Gardiner
N. A. Goss
B. H. Elkington
Teheran
Diplomatic Break between Yugoslavia and Hungary
Yugoslavia and Hungary expelled each other’s diplomats yesterday with orders for the envoy to leave Budapest and Belgrade. Hungary demanded the Yugoslav chargé d affaires depart, while Yugoslavia signaled it would grant a visa to a new Hungarian representative. Both sides pressed for reciprocal visas for incoming envoys.
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Wunurun
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Dapest
Bungaraffaires
Gary
Vivia
Yegeenvis
Ugoslav
Belgrade
Budapest
Power Without Glory Trial Next Week in Melbourne
Trial of author Francis Joseph Hardy on charges of criminally injuring Mrs Ken Wren, wife of Melbourne financier John Wren, set to begin Tuesday in No 4 Sydney. Expected to last about four days, with court proceedings in the City Court. Seamen aboard the Aorangi reportedly available for New Zealand service as Trans Tasman liner fleet faces crew refusals.
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Sailbourne
Francis Joseph Hardy
Ken Wren
Melbourne
John, Wren
Sydney
Aorangi
New Zealand
Vancouver
Australis
Lnk
Wida
Monowal
Complete Tie-up Threatens London Docks
London docks face a complete standstill as Tilbury tally clerks halt work in sympathy with Royal group clerks who walked out earlier over the hire of nonunion workers. About 50 large ships loaded with raw materials and foodstuffs await cargo checks.
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London
Tilbury
Royal Group of Docks
Caucus revolt forces NSW liquor reforms in parliament
SYDNEY reports a caucus revolt pushed the New South Wales Labor Government to reverse its stance on liquor reforms. The Premier Mr McGirr announced amendments to the Liquor Act would be introduced in the next parliamentary sitting, though a cabinet spokesman denied far-reaching reforms.
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Sydney
Labour
McGirr
Planned Ether Robbery Guilty in Newcastle Session
Two men accused of planning to use ether to overpower a Newcastle car firm official were found guilty on charges of assault and robbery while armed. They received 18 months for two entering and stealing charges, with £50 bond on each. Police alleged the plot to chloroform Mr Johnson failed, while another man held Mrs Johnson at knife point for her keys.
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Sydney
Newcastle
Apprentice Awarded £1000 Damages in NSW Comp Court
A 21 year old apprentice from West Street Hurstville lost four fingers in November 1950 while printing metal plates at the Bankstown factory. In the Workers' Compensation Court he was awarded £1000 damages and the company agreed to assist his entry to technical college.
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Sydney
Alfred William George Taylor
West Street
Hurstville
Bankstown
Workers’ Compensation
Taylor
Educaton
Estates Group Profit and Dividend Proposed
London reports Australian Estates Co Ltd showing year end profits of 372,283 pounds against 257,338 pounds last year including a wartime wool stock disposal. Directors propose a 9 percent dividend and a 3 percent special bonus, both subject to income tax. Annual general meeting scheduled in due course.
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London
Australian Estates Co. Ltd
Myxomatosis Offensive Planned for Spring
Melbourne reports a CSIRO evaluation stating the deadly rabbit virus myxomatosis receded after heavy use in summer and autumn but will be spread again in coming spring and summer. The plan calls for wide distribution to landholders, with confidence in safety and limited recovery observed in some rabbits.
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Melbourne
CSIRO
C.b.lr.o
Queensland
Darling
Balonne
Macintyre
Macquarie
le Hal
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Mojtaba
Nawab Safavi
Seyed Kashani
Safavi
Azamara
Fazulla Zahedi
Hassan Kasravi
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Fadayian Islam
Toowoomba
Washington
Census Bureau
Dayton
Ohio
Air Force
Haakon of
Norway
Norge
England
Margaret
Duchess of Kent
Pullagar
Fullagar
Wellington
Jack Watts
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Yugoslavia-Hungary
London Docks
Ns.w. Liquor Reforms
J. Healey
The
Waterside Workers’ Federation
Philips
Segger
Dyne
Cire
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Philips Radio
Phillipe Fon
GOLE
Warwick
Stanth
Inglewood
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Warwick & Allora
Glazebrooks Paints Australia Limited
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Glazebrooks
Aes
Hardie’s
Allora
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