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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Apr 24, 1963
Page
4
London report notes Australia’s economy turning in favor of the Menzies government with momentum of recovery. early election unclear as Sir Robert Menzies weighs retirement only after a victory and not in defeat.
The French Army still wields influence across Africa with about 37 000 troops outside Europe and Algeria. Units stretch from Mauritania to Madagascar and Somali land, training local forces and guarding borders while mobile brigades could rush to emergencies.
A Cheltenham housewife bought health food containing glass bits and spider legs, as reported by the Daily Sketch. The makers were fined £50.
Winter indoors wear for little girls features a Shirt-that-Grew in velveteen in multiple colors with sizes 24 to 42 priced at 33/6. Mulloton gowns with Peter Pan collars and button details come in two lengths with rose and saxe tones at 25/-. Dunlop slippers for kids in red and blue sizes 3 to 1 priced from 12/6.
Sixty two policemen from the Police Training Centre volunteered at the Red Cross Blood Bank in Sydney giving a pint each. The drive, attended by nurse Carmel Oxenham, aimed to replenish stocks reduced over the Easter break with donors from across the state.
Work begins at Likuni near Lilongwe on a £48,000 farm institute funded by Bristol as part of the Freedom from Hunger Campaign. The first £10,000 UK committee instalment supports basic agricultural training for over a million people in Nyasaland's Central Province, with courses for farm families and women in home economics nutrition and hygiene.
Horace Cadogan, Auckland head of the New Zealand Disabled Citizens Society, finished a 2,500 mile motorised wheelchair tour across New Zealand to prove the craft possible despite naysayers. He plans to donate the wheelchair to the society for member use.
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