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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 04, 1966
Page
3
Australia will give 67000 armed servicemen a fixed 2 dollars per week pay rise starting from the first period after July 11. Defence Minister Mr Pairhall announced the measure, stating it will cost the Government an additional 9 million this financial year.
Victorian notes report the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission extending defence pay rises to all ranks up to major general. The obituary mentions Mr Richardson of Geelong Grammar, AMP Society director, Lincoln Mills Australia director, and ties to Melbourne figures. He was born in Northern Ireland and lived at South Yarra with his wife and two children.
In Melbourne on Tuesday night Mr Calwell said Vietcong avoided direct clashes with Australian troops though they had chances to mutilate the 1st Battalion. He clashed with Mr Fairhall over American action and mercenary charges, while urging Parliament to consider Vietnam as an election issue amid cross-party tensions and plans for an Indonesia trip by Mr Hasluck.
The Leader of the Federal Opposition Mr Calwell spoke to a large gathering of students at the University of NSW. He outlined Labor Party policy on Vietnam and State aid, noting adjustments to teachers' salaries and scholarships would depend on available finance. During a half hour of questions, he explained the party's stance on State aid and signaled a full policy release ahead of the federal election.
The will of Sophie Goldstein widow of CG Bay Road Randwick was probated today in the Supreme Court. She died February 2 and left 17200 to relatives while most of her 124153 estate goes to the State Cancer Council for research purposes.
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