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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 09, 1966
Page
1
Sydney Monday reports E first Act placing a firm order for three tankers to be built at Whyalla for about 22 million with a likely Commonwealth subsidy. The deal, believed the biggest in Australian shipbuilding history, involves BHP shipyard and Whyalla.
Reported clashes between Communist rebels and security forces near the Thai border indicate casualties on both sides. Details are garbled with unclear locations, but casualties and a helicopter involvement are noted amid ongoing tensions in Malaya.
Two thousand civil rights marchers ducked stones and bottles and ignored insults from jeering whites here yesterday.
The Minister for Health Dr Forbes rejects the Canberra Community Hospital Board proposal to reserve 20 percent of beds for privately treated patients at eight dollars a day. He urges a public ward system using the hospital's own doctors and expanded out patient services, noting potential for public service and alignment with major hospitals.
The National Capital Planning Committee backs a Canberra Community Hospital beautification scheme with an estimated price up to 200000. Officials clash over required funding while departments debate scope includes main ward blocks and nurses’ home.
Portsmouth reports chaotic public meeting as the Sydney to Australia solo race begins with veteran yachts Lively Lady skippered by Alec Rose and a crowd chanting for order amid rioting, while crews prepare to sail Cape of Good Hope toward Sydney, aiming for a 1900s era transoceanic record.
Disjointed report highlights a failed scheme involving race rhetoric at protests and a hospital related facade appeal in Melbourne. Cabinet plans draft legislation to curb fraudulent building practices while cost estimates range from 100 to 200 thousand pounds, with officials urging careful allocation of funds.
Page notes mention an army base changing its training direction as a new Communist path is named for Indore. Other items include Cornell representatives surveying ANU teaching standards and Civil Aviation Minister Swarts detailing a government review.
The Western Mining Corporation has been granted permission to explore for copper and other minerals in the Central Australian Aboriginal reserve around the Warburton Ranges. Negotiations will be held with individual Aboriginal people who hold promising copper claims near the Warburton mission.
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