English week headline yields mixed reactions abroad
A murky note outlines a dist world week with emphasis on truck policy and officer actions. The fragment mentions lame men and te, but lacks clear names or dates to confirm specifics.
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Apr 30, 1964
Page
1
A murky note outlines a dist world week with emphasis on truck policy and officer actions. The fragment mentions lame men and te, but lacks clear names or dates to confirm specifics.
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The Ligertwood Committee found that tax avoidance loopholes cost over £14 million annually. Government aims to curb avoidance with reforms focused on private company taxation, lessee concessions, and land improvements. Legislation seeks careful balance to avoid burdening nonavoiders while preserving social aims and family arrangements.
The A C T will keep a 30 mile per hour speed limit in built up areas making it the only eastern Australian region with such a limit. New South Wales Queensland Victoria and South Australia use 35 mph. Officials aim to raise the limit to 35 but amendments to the traffic ordinance are pending. The department wants changes for diamond turns and on the spot parking fines but drafting is incomplete and a start date is not yet set.
The citys first parking meter maid began duty yesterday and issued 42 tickets including four to policemen and one to an assistant district attorney.
Tunku Abdul Rahman asserts a firm policy toward Indonesia and denies softening after the Alliance Party landslide. He cites grounds to doubt the elections and accuses irregularities in several constituencies. Police in Singapore find three bombs at a government housing project as scrutiny grows.
The ACTU council in Canberra decided to stage an overall demonstration outside Parliament to protest penal clauses in the Commonwealth Arbitration Act and government plans to train adults in metal building and electrical trades. Delegates from affiliated unions will send representatives to the protest meeting.
The Swiss Aluminium Company eyes an alumina project in the Northern Territory costing 30 to 40 million pounds. The Commonwealth Government weighs establishing the plant on Gove Peninsula after talks with company officials. Australian rep D Griffin discussed negotiations in Canberra with government officials.
Mr. Renshaw was chosen unopposed as Premier and party leader by the State Parliamentary Labour Party. He succeeds Mr. Heffron who resigns from the Cabinet and Legislative Assembly amid calls for renewal ahead of the state election.
The new minister Mr Murphy said he did not know his exact portfolio yet and lawyers say he may become assistant to the Treasurer due to his financial expertise. Mr Renshaw has represented Castlereagh since 19.
The forecast calls for cloudy and cool conditions in Canberra with light rain possible today. A maximum temperature around 7 degrees is expected, with light frosts noted for the night and a minimum near 32.4 degrees. Yesterday’s high was 62.2 degrees, about 5.8 degrees above the April average.
Australia debated sending police to Cyprus after a UN appeal. The government signaled in principle to meet the request, with the bulk likely drawn from the 600 strong Commonwealth Police Force and around 25 officers available if needed. States would supply the rest due to manpower limits.
A National Capital Development Commission spokesman says Lake Burley Griffin reached its full height yesterday at 2 pm, clarifying water level status for the area.
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