Doctors Seek Temporary Convalescent Home in Canberra
Dozens of Canberra doctors favour a temporary convalescent home to ease hospital crowding at Canberra Hospital for the next three to four years. They caution overcrowding risks include staffing problems and bed squeezing, urging possible repurposing of existing buildings for convalescent care and extended support for ex servicemen. A hospital space shortage remains acute, with plans tied to upcoming NSW branch RSL congress and the new Calvary Hospital opening in Sydney.
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Canberra
Canberra Hospital
Kinin East
Ion
Nsw
Eleen
Sydney
NSW Govern
Roden Cutler
Trocadero
NSW conference motions on conscription and scholarships
A NSW conference considers a national service motion to draft all men turning 20 next birthday and end the selective ballot, placing conscientious objectors in a Peace Corps type group. A second motion urges vigorous pursuit of withdrawing scholarships from students guilty of subversion against the Crown. Opening session will announce the ballot results for 1969-70 positions.
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Commonwealth
Review of service benefits urged by Returned Services League
A recommendation backing the Returned Services League’s push to ask the Federal Government to form a special committee to assess rehabilitation and re establishment of ex servicemen will be presented to the league’s national executive next week.
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Returned Services League
League
Murder verdict in Australian case links teen victim near Wodonga
A Melbourne jury found Helmt Masin of Dee Why Sydney guilty of murdering Ella Rascoll aged 14 near Wodonga on Boxing Day. Masin, who pleaded not guilty, received a death sentence. The victim, Misa Roscoll of Mount Waverley, was reportedly shot three times near Ebden ten miles from Wadenegs. The 12 jurors deliberated for five hours.
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Melbourne
Helmt Masin
Dee Why
Sydney
Ella Rascoll
Wodonga
Masin
Gestapo
Justice Mectnerney
Misa Roscoll
Lemanda Crescent
Mount Waverley
Boxing Bay
Ebden
Wadenegs
CIB Joins Hunt for Missing Boys from Stockton Hospital
New castle police summoned CIB detectives to investigate the disappearance of two boys from Stockton Mental Hospital in the past fortnight. About 60 people, including nurses and staff, searched Stockton to Anna Bay with skindivers in the river. Police believe the boys may not have wandered off, as both left hospital grounds shortly before dawn.
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Newcastle
CIB
Stockton Mental Hospital
Allan
North-Eastern
Brady
L. T. Holmes
Elsworthy
Stockton
Ferm Bay
Anna Bay
Night Safe Blown in Melbourne Bank Heist
Overnight at the Commonwealth Bank branch in Kew a night safe was blown open by thieves under police noses. The blast shattered windows and forced the deposit hatch from the router wall. Police estimate the loot at several thousand dollars as the robbers escaped.
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Melbourne
Commonwealth Bank
Kew
Budget call for new contributory social welfare scheme
Mr G. M. Hastie of the Associated Chambers of Commerce urged launching a contributory social welfare plan to end periodic reviews during elections. He spoke as demand in the private sector rose with higher taxes. He noted the White Paper acknowledges price increases under 3 percent in the last year as not excessive.
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Associated Chambers of Commerce
G. M. Hastie
Hastie
Belo
Treasury
Melbourne
Staan
Labor
Nsw
Asydney
United Australia Party Nations
Albury
Wesley College
Liberal
Mair
Remier
Heastie
Hastic
Australian author Christina Stead arrives for ANU fellowship
Australian writer Christina Stead arrived in Canberra to take up a creative writing fellowship at Australian National University. She says she has no clear plan yet and views writing as spontaneous, aiming to write essays and a novel during her stay. Stead, born in Melbourne and long abroad, says she still feels Australian and plans to stay for a period after arriving days ago.
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Christina Stead
Canberra
Australian National University
Australia
Wil
Miss Stead
Ling
Yahong Sumpy LL
Payroll tax rebates reach 28.9 million in 1968-69 year
Australian Treasurer McMahon announced payroll tax rebates totalled 28.9 million for 1968-69, up from 25.2 million in the prior period, part of a plan started in 1961 to encourage exports. The figures show a rising trend in government incentives for business.
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McMahon
Canberra
Australia
Sydney
Conservation
Lesley Deveson
Watson
ACT
Cathy McIntosh
Toowoomba
Queensland
David Paris
Spain
New York
Ar Lamont
Warmdale
Switzerland
South Australia
Piano four hands in Canberra concert review of winter
The Arts Council presented a piano four hands afternoon at the National Library Theatre with a varied but engaging program. The critics praised the four-hand performances, noting Mozart and Debussy to Schubert, Hindemith, and Indications of craftsmanship. The article highlights the intimate charm of piano duet playing and calls for future concerts as capable pianists explore this repertoire.
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Arts Council
National Library Theatre
Greece
Berra
Debussy
Schubert
Thhey
Hmindemith
Canberra
Larry Sitskyl
Alan Jenkins
Larry Sitsky
Alan
Thera
Jenkins
Toyota Dyna Mark IV Promises Style and Durability
The Dyna Mark IV is pitched as a strong economical truck with a lower center of gravity for stability when loaded. It features a graster stablist-speci ally braking system for fail safe stopping and emphasizes 70s era durability and dependable towing cost hauling. Engine accessibility is highlighted to ease servicing.
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