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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 03, 1963
Page
2
London reports an official inquiry will examine Britain's rising drunkenness rate. Home Secretary Henry Brooke cited 83,992 cases, a 12.5 percent rise since 1961, marking an eleven year trend while prosecutions of those under 18 fell by 8 percent.
In the House of Commons Mr. Sandys announced Britain will grant Malta independence no later than May 1964 after Maltese leaders failed to agree on a constitution. The plan drops a referendum due to likely boycott and resolves disputes over church status monarchy versus republic, Commonwealth ties, and electoral system.
Glasgow reports that South Africa refused Albert Lutuli permission to attend his installation as Rector of Glasgow University in October. Lutuli, Nobel Peace Prize recipient 1960, leads the banned African National Congress and is under political restriction near Durban.
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