Senate vote keeps merino export ban in place
Senators from DLP and Labor joined to oppose lifting the merino ram export ban. The motion passed 28 to 25, with Independent Senator Turnbull siding with the government. The defeat delays the government plan, letting wool growers decide their stance later, amid doubts from Victoria and Western Australia.
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Labor Party
Senate
R. Turnbull
Tas
Victoria
Western Auustralian
House of Representatives
ACT petrol price up fice of petrol was at Canera yesterday
The price of standard petrol rose from 42.1¢ to 42.4¢ per gallon and super petrol from 45.1¢ to 45.8¢ yesterday in Canera.
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ACT
Canera
Bus Overturn Injures Oakleigh Elderly Citizens Club Members
A tourist bus carrying ten Oakleigh Elderly Citizens Club members left a mountain highway in the Bogong High Plains. The vehicle rolled about 20 feet into dense trees but the passengers escaped serious injury.
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Melbourne
Oakleigh Elderly Citizens Club
Bogong High Plains
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Quiet Welcome for Governor General Designate in Canberra
Sir Paul Hasluck arrived at Fairbairn base to a small turnout as Opposition leaders were tied up in Parliament. Government figures and diplomats lined the official welcome with a 19 gun salute and guards of honour, while Sir Paul and Lady Hasluck attended swearing in next morning in Canberra. Lord Casey marked the end of his tenure in Melbourne with a departing desk note reading Casey can’t quit.
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Paul Hasluck
Mr Gorton
Raaf Base
Fairbairn
Sir Paul Hashick
Canberra
Gorton
McEwen
Armed Services
Diplomatic Corps
Mariano Ezpeleta
Philippinea
Air Force
Paul
Cady Hasluck
Sir Paul
Australia
Melbourne
Governor-Cieneral
Casey
Lord Casey
Commonwealth Building
Treasury Place
Pompidou Narrowly Aims at France Presidency
Paris report says former Prime Minister Pompidou, seen as de Gaulle's heir, announced candidacy at 57. Local committees form nationwide, overtones of centrist Poher as interim head and Mitterrand leftist hopes. Singa pore PM Lee Kuan Yews Paris visit canceled amid unsettled politics.
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Pompidou
General de Gaulle
Singapore
Lee Kuan Yew
Fourth candidate to contest Bendigo by election
Melbourne Tuesday. A fourth candidate, Chris Candler, a physics lecturer at Bendigo Institute of Technology, announced he will stand as an independent in the Bendigo federal by election on June 7. He will face Dr Warren Cambridge Lib, Mr David Kennedy ALP, and a DLP candidate to be named tomorrow. Candler cites the means test for the elderly, conscription and alternative service, and Bendigo's education industry as key issues. The seat was vacated by the retirement of Noel Beaton ALP.
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Senate
Poher
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Guy Mollet
Mr Pompidou
Melbourne
Bendigo
Chris Candler
Bendigo Institute of Technology
Warren
Cambridge
Lib
David Kennedy
ALP
DLP
Candler
Noel Beaton
Reformist Likely to Follow O Neill in Belfast Power Shift
In Belfast a reformist, Brian Faulkner, a Protestant who favors Catholic reforms, emerges as likely next Prime Minister after the resignation of Terence O Neill. O Neill quit as leader of the Protestant Unionist Party and as Prime Minister amid civil rights tensions, with the party to choose a successor Thursday, while Catholics and Presbyterians threaten bloodshed and direct British rule looms. Faulkner previously served as Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister and resigned last January over the crisis, advocating reforms but differing with O Neill on methods.
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Northern Ireland
Brian Faulkner
Ope
O'Neill
Britain
Ireland
Faulkner
Weather forecast and flight delays for Canberra
Foggy conditions disrupted passenger flights to and from Canberra between 6 30am and Siam yesterday. Some flights cleared in brief clear spells. Politicians arriving for Parliament were delayed. Today's forecast calls for fog clearing to a cloudy mild day with light north west winds and a maximum of 71 degrees. Yesterday’s high was 68 and the low 39.
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Canberra
Siam
Cyclist Injured After Downer Collision
Dennis Della Marta about 12 from Swindon Street Downer remained in serious condition at Canberra Hospital after his bicycle collided with a car driven by John Francis O D E a Hackett in Antill Street Downer yesterday afternoon.
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Swindon Street
Downer
Canberra
John — Francis O'Dea
Richard Street
Hackett
Antill Street
Dame Zara to Launch US Destroyer Harold E. Holt
Dame Zara Bate will launch the United States newest destroyer the USS Harold E. Holt at the weekend. She and Mr Jeff Bate plan to leave Australia for the American west coast late tomorrow.
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Sydney
Zara Bate
United States
Harold E. Holt
Jeff Bate
Australia
West Coast
Woomera Secrecy Stand Defended In Parliament Debate
The government defended the Woomera base as defensive and not aggressive, saying it would support collective self defence. Prime Minister Gorton and Defence Minister Fairhall backed the claim amid an urgency motion by Labour's Whitlam challenging secrecy on joint Australia United States defence facilities. St. John, an Independent Liberal, accused the government of deception and secrecy in decisions with Australia’s future impact.
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Woomera
Gorton
Defence
Fairhall
House of Representatives
Whitlam
Australia
Edward St. John
Labor Party
St. John
War declared in Parliament over Woomera base debate
In a rare break from custom the Prime Minister Mr Gorton and Opposition Leader Mr Whitlam announced they would vote in every division until the federal election, following a five hour debate on the governments plan to establish a joint Australian US communications base at Woomera. The move came amid accusations the government was hiding aims of the base and discussed the ANZUS treaty implications as ministers defended secrecy.
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Gorton
Whitlam
House of Representatives
United States
Woomera
Gorten
Dudley Erwin
Erwin
Duthie
Whitham
Speaker
Australia
Fairhall
National Bus and Tram Workers Face Possible Strike
NSW sheriff office steps to recover fines from the Tetorian branch loom over a possible Thursday stoppage. Police report a Gosford case where a woman admitted killing her six babies and displaying the bodies.
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National Bus and Tram
Sheriff Office
Nsw
Tram and Bus Employees Association
Tetorian
Gosford
Voters' Voice Helps Woman Challenge Overcharge At Pharmacy
A woman worried about being overcharged for a prescription sought help from Voters' Voice. An official and a pharmacists' spokesman offered explanations. The item appears in a periodical page listing and touches on finance officials’ views about France avoiding financial turmoil after de Gaulle's resignation.
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Voice
Voters Voice Woon Page
France
General de Gaulle
Woman killed on Princes Highway accident
Mrs. Jean O Keeffe 56 of Fast Mills Sydney died when the car she was driving overturned on the Princes Highway north of Milton yesterday. Police reported the fatal crash and ongoing inquiry into the incident.
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Jean O'Keeffe
Fast Mills
Sydney
Princes Highway
Milton
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