Asia bank president visits Australia to seek fund support
The Axiant Development Bank president Takeshi Watanabe arrived in Sydney to urge Australia to join a special fund. He spoke with reporters about bank members including the United States and Norway and planned meetings with Australian ministers and officials in Canberra during the 24th session of the Dynamic Commission for Asia.
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Sydney
Thurnday
Axiant Development Bank
Takeshi Watanabe
Australia
Bank 1 Sargames Inc
United States
Norway
Faran
Australie
Sbanihd
Race beliefs and policy debates on Aborigines at ANU forum
An Australian writer discusses race policy and colonial guilt in a troubled speech at an ANU lunch hour forum. He cites genocidal acts against Aborigines, punitive expeditions in the Northern Territory, and calls for policy reform. He argues education and humane treatment are needed for future generations.
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Australia
Northern Territory
Frank Hardy
Taumania
Yeal
ANU
Cini
Dimany
Ain
Asia
Stormy petrel wins a seal
Aborigine rights and education dominate a Port Moresby report as discussions hinge on Aboriginal welfare in Australia and Torres Strait Islander affairs. The piece notes racial discrimination, lower wages, and forced assimilation pressures amid Territory politics and a memorial lecture plan.
Largest ECAFE conference to open in Canberra next week
Canberra to host the 24th United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East session with about 380 participants from 29 member nations and observers from over 30 countries. Delegates from 40 UN agencies and international organizations will attend as reports on export expansion and economic development are discussed. The opening ceremony will be held at the Cher Theatre with the Governor General presiding.
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Australia
Canberra
United Nations Economic Commission For
Park Royal
Ag Esternal Affairy
Sydney
Torrie
Esnverta
Trdonesian
Dr Malt Wil
Ite
New Zealand
POAPT
Portam
Awan de Behm
Australian team to study PNG unions and employers
A five man Australian labour mission will tour Papua New Guinea starting Tuesday to inspect trade unions and employer associations and assess industrial relations machinery. Led by Labour Department official D P Cook, the group includes Albert Monk and other union and industry leaders. Concerns focus on the growth of native unions compared with employer bodies and potential implications for industrial relations policy.
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Labour and National Service
de Po HL Cook
Australian Council of Trade Unions
Albert Monk
Nsw
Trades and Labour Council
RB. Marsh
China
Chambers of Asia
Ause
Manuacures
Moxon Simpson
United Nations Australian Council of Em
G- Ion
Ford 10
Europe
Canada
United States
Australia
Department ‘of Labour
Coj. Partish
Publish Service Association
J. G. Seth
Sid Her
Australia funds sewerage project for Hien Hoa hospital
The Australian Government set a 20000 dollar contract to build a new sewerage and rehabilitation system for Hien Hoa hospital in Vietnam. Minister for External Affairs Hasluck said materials totaling 14000 dollars had been sent to Vietnam.
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Hien Hoa
Vietnm
Hasluck
Esterday
Vietnam
Austalia
Student charged with murder of New Plymouth headmaster
A 15 year old student was charged with the murder of Alexander Stuart Nick, headmaster of Inglewood High School in New Plymouth. The arrest followed a late afternoon shooting near the headmaster’s office. Bennett was remanded in custody to a May 26 court appearance. The case includes a dramatic police scene at an Ingle farmhouse and nearby classroom disruption. An unrelated note mentions a $90 000 grant to study China awarded by the Ford Foundation.
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New Plymouth
Roger John Bennett
Alexander Stuart Nck
Inglewood High School
A.W. Yord
Bennett
Iil
Ingle
wWe
New York
Thurday
Reuter
Blick
Institute of International Affairs
America
Ford Foundation
China
Asia
Heart doctor Christiaan Barnard to speak in Sydney on implants
London reports that South African heart surgeon Professor Christiaan Barnard would address a joint Australian Medical Association and British Medical Association meeting in Sydney on August 13 on the topic of implantation.
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London
AAP
Christiaan Barnard
Sydney
Australian Medical Association
British Medical Association
Royal Sydney Showground Paper Sale Details
The Times announces the paper will be on sale at the Sydney Showground office during the Royal Sydney Show. Visitors to Canberra and Queanbeyan may access the sale through Kegan visitors at the event.
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Canberra
Quean
Kegan
Royal Sydney Show Showground
Sydney Morning. Herald
Wahine disaster memory from a passenger aboard the ferry
An Auckland observer recalls the Wahine sinking in Wellington Harbour, describing six hours of boredom before a life and death scramble. Passengers frantically protected children and belongings as lifebelts and life jackets became improvised cushions and ramps formed for a desperate shipboard evacuation.
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Auckland
Wellington
Trawler Encounters Polaris Sub Off Irish Coast
A US Polaris submarine Robert E Lee was snagged by a trawler off Ireland on a Tuesday. Officials said the incident caused no injuries or damage beyond possible dented prestige as the submarine surfaced and freed itself.
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London
Reuter
Thenner
Lorraine Breage
Robert Fe Lee
Trange
Robert F. Lee
Orient
Atlantic
Poland to appoint Marian Spychalski as head of state
Poland’s Defence Minister Marian Spychalski is set to become Chairman of the Council of State, replacing Edward Ochab whose health has declined. The move follows backing from three pro-regime parties amid ongoing student unrest and a political purge affecting hundreds of Poles.
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Warsaw
AAP
Poland
Marian Spychalski
Edward Ochah
Council of State
PAP
Communist Party
The
Peasant Party
Democratic Party
Defene Miniseter
W Whadyslaw Gounuha
Spychalski
Ochab
Barriers lifted on Czechoslovak border near Bavaria
Prague reports border guards removed steel spiked anti tank barriers along a two mile stretch near Tirschenreuth as Czechoslovakia dismantles fences last week. Premier Oldrich Cer í plans to convert democratization program into legislation when Parliament meets possibly this week.
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Prague
AAP - Reuter
Tirschenreuth
Bavaria
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovkia
Oldrich Ceri
Communist Party
Bahamas votes end white rule as PLP wins big
In Nassau the Progressive Liberal Party led by Mr Tynden Pindling swept 40 of 38 seats amid official miscounts, defeating the United Bahamian Party. The result ends centuries of white rule in the colony while UBPs gained five seats and the PLP captured a landslide in a campaign noted as the costliest in Bahamian history.
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Nassau
AAP
Negro Province
Tynden
Pindling
Progressive Liberal Party
PLP
Bahamas
British
Crow Colony
ALP
House of Assembly
United Bahamian Party
UBP
Islands
Wahine disaster aboard lifeboats and survivor tales
Eyewitness account aboard the Wahine describes lifeboats packed with elderly, women, and children splashing away as the ship lists. Passengers cling to debris and rafts while crewmen shout warnings and a rescue by a small motorboat and tug is attempted amid collapsing decks and rising seas.
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Dynamic Commission For Asia
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Srike
Raroa
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PNG
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Bailey Arcade
Petrie Street
the Times Out
Renard
Ian MacDonald
New Zealand Herald
Ab Wahine
Welling
Ireland
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Znak
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