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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 02, 1971
Page
2
The column sketches pastoral subjects and community thoughts in a reflective Weekly Digest, citing Frank 640 and the Chamberlain persona. It hints at religious matters, local concerns, and gentle opinion pieces shaping the night edition.
Indoor pot plants in government departments are the latest target of an economy drive. Parks and Gardens officials report cost up to 50 000 this year and say the foliage will be severely thinned out across departments within weeks. The Interior Department was the first hit, nearly stripped of indoor plants.
The Minister for the Interior Mr Hunt will open the new Capital Circle ring road on Capital Hill at 103m tomorrow. The speed limit on part of the ring road is 4 mph. Much of the original landscape has been preserved and eucalypts have been planted around Capital Hill.
About 500 people attended the opening of the extension to St Joseph's Primary School O Connor yesterday. The extension was opened by Archbishop T. W. Cahill of Canberra and Goulburn, who also presided at a Mass to mark the occasion.
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