Canberra population hits 148 350 end of 1971
Canberra population reached 148 350 in December last year excluding about 1 500 diplomatic staff and families, a rise of 13 250 or 9 1 1 0 per cent in 12 months. Northern and southern suburbs dipped slightly while Weston Creek Belconnen and the Woden Valley showed notable gains.
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Canberra
Statistics Bureau
Weston Creck
Belsonnen
Weston Creek
Belconnen
Woven Valley
Australia Establishes Full Ties With Hungary and Bulgaria
Australia will open diplomatic relations with Hungary and Bulgaria. Budapest and Bulgaria will use Vienna and Belgrade for ceasing channels while Canberra expects embassies soon. Foreign Minister Bowen announced full ties as Australia expands with Europe including Poland earlier in the year and Czech possible later.
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Nueralion
Budapest
Vienna
Bulgaria
Belgrade
Hungary
Canberra
Bowen
Australia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Soviet launches two satellites in Franco Soviet cooperation
Moscow reports the Soviet Union launched two satellites, one French, aboard a single launcher. The French satellite, to study solar battery characteristics, joined a Soviet Mothyal communications satellite in Earth orbit. The mission is part of ongoing Franco Soviet space cooperation, following a French laser reflector on the Lunokhod moon rover.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Australian painting stolen from Darnell Art Gallery
Brisbane police report a $350 valued painting by Australian artist Donald Friend stolen from Queensland University Darnell Art Gallery on Wednesday. The work is described as a work by Friend, prompting a search by authorities and gallery officials.
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Brisbane
Donald Friend
Queensland University
Darnell Art Gallery
Late News Haor: Covnlles Certta Alsice Hiring
Fragmentary notice reports a scheduled event tonight involving Covnlles Certta Alsice and a ministry in Takarta. Readable names include Le covnelles and fdtculet A mea bot Sees wit deed. Details are unclear due to damaged text.
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le Covnelles Certta Alsice
I Pgart
Serra Scald
Takarta
Thieu warns of critical military situation in Vietnam
South Vietnam President Thieu says the military situation is critical and orders army command to hold Quang Tri and Thua Thien at all costs. He says he is in daily contact with Nixon via a hotline and that massive American air support will back government forces. The U S reports 217 strikes in 24 hours as fighting persists near Quang Tri city and Gio Linh Cam Lo. The communist offensive has overrun much of northern Quang Tri with 15 000 troops forming a semi circle around Quang Tri and Dong Ha left only nine miles north.
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Thieu
South Vietnam
Quang Tri
Thua Thien
Nison
Thien
AAP
Hue
Gio Linh
Cam Lo
Mot
Hanoi
Dong Ha
Dong Ha Pas
Miho
Seige
Quang Tr
United Prev International
North Vietnam
Highlands
Kontum Province
Aloe
Cambodia
Aid for unionists fighting move for merger
The Commonwealth Government proposed amendments to the Civilian and Arbitration regulations to provide financial aid to two unionists opposing a proposed metal trades union merger. The measure would apply retroactively and target cases where court orders raise hardship, with the interim changes to be superseded by broader industrial legislation planned this session.
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Commonwealth
Lynch
Greenwood
vSince
DLP
Metal Trades Industry Association
Gorton Liberal shift urged new approaches
Former Prime Minister John Gorton told Rotary Club members in Canberra that the Liberal Party needs new initiatives to win the next election. He proposed a universal national super scheme with compulsory contributions invested outside the Treasury and urged rethinking state and Commonwealth power, and tighter control on overseas investment.
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Canberra
Liberal Party
Goren
Commonwealth Treasury
Australia
Gorton
Fresh battles reported near Dong Ha and Quang Tri
The Saigon High Command says at least several thousand North Vietnamese troops were killed in two battles near Dong Ha and Quang Tri with government casualties listed as killed and wounded. US air strikes hit targets around Quang Tri, Kontum, and surrounding areas as weather improves and fighting potentially signals a larger regional effort.
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Saigon High Command
Dong Ha
Ouang Tri
Limit on use of straits wanted Jakarta
Indonesia and Malaysia must be alerted before foreign warships pass the Straits of Malacca Admiral Sudomo said in Jakarta. President Suharto adviser Ali Murtope added supervision protects national strategy. The Soviet Union objects to territorial claims, calling the straits an international waterway.
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Straits of Malacca
Indonesia
Malaysia
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Suharto
Ali Murtope
Sumatra
Penin
Iaula
Sudoma
M Alaysia
Soviet Union
Indian Ocean
Sudomo
Lombok Strait
Bali
Maccatsar
Borneo
Celebes
Communications Ministry
Medical trip to China to study acupuncture for deaf and blind
Sydney reports Australia will send an ear nose and throat specialist to Peking within two months to explore acupuncture applications for the deaf and blind. Sir William Walkley of the Royal South Western Institutes for the Deaf and Blind indicated an Australian doctor and possibly an English analyst would join him to study acupuncture as Dr Lok Yeenae spoke at a luncheon.
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Sydney
Australia
Peking
William Walkley
Royal SW Institutes For the Deaf and Blind
William
Lok Yeenae
Plan to raise 500 pedigree dogs for coat factory shocks SA
An South African self styled inventor, Mr Van de Sandt De Villiers Smit, 27, plans a dog coat factory using 500 pedigree bitches. He expects to earn about 200000 rand yearly, arguing dogs can serve multiple uses. opponents condemn the idea as sickening and call for action.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
van de Sandt de Villiers Smit
Smit
Dirkie Lys
Legislat
Durban
George Nikitaidia
Unions Move to Unfreeze Funds in High Court
In Melbourne on Wednesday the Boilermakers and Blacksmiths Society began High Court action to unfreeze its funds. A chambers order by Mr Justice Dunphy halted funds from two unions seeking to merge with the Amalgamated Engineering Union, in a move watched by industry groups.
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Melbourne
Boilermakers and Blacksmiths Society
High Court
Justice Dunphy
Commonwealth Industrial Court
Sheet Metal Workers Union
Amalgamated Engineering Union
Watson High School vandalism over Easter weekend
Vandals threw stones at Watson High School breaking four windows and causing 25 dollars in damage, a police spokesman said yesterday.
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Watson High School
Air NZ fares spark economy war on London route
State-owned Air New Zealand introduces a low fare with a stopover option as it battles for market share on the London route. Government to provide 56 million dollars in 1972-73 to speed rural reconstruction. Foreign Affairs, Customs, and Excise look into the Rhodesia Paper. Britain's unemployed youth under scrutiny.
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London
Commonwealth
States
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