Officers Cannot Quit Until Retirement Under Court Ruling
The High Court ruled that Army and Navy officers cannot resign in peacetime until compulsory retirement, limiting civilian service choice. The decision highlights a broader government policy debate over recruitment, officer quality, and liberty of service across services.
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Army
Navy
Mervyn A. Marks
Australian Army Survey Corps
High Court
Marks
Oday
Commonwealth
Royal Military College
Duntroon
Air Force
Birth of Australian statesman William Morris Hughes
The article traces Hughes birth date to 25 September 1862 at Pimlico and details his Welsh roots via his North Welsh father William Hughes, a carpenter and Joiner, and his English Welsh mixed upbringing in southwest London, noting age adjustments for migration and the biographical complexities surrounding his early life.
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Hughes
Hirth
Australia
Wales
London
Liverpool
Somerset House
William Morris Hughes
Moreton Place
Pimlico
William
Jane Hughes
North Wales
Vale of Clwydd
William Hughes
House of Lords
Disraeli
Jane
Peter
Jane Morris
Winllan
Lilo
Aniffraid
Montgomeryshire
Peter Moria
Llansanffraid
Shropshire
Morrises
William Morris
William Morris Hughes A Portrait From London to Australia
The article traces Hughes upbringing in a Chelsea Westminster area of London born to a Welsh father, his schooling at St Stephen's and early teaching as a pupil teacher. It notes influence of Matthew Arnold, health toll from teaching, and hints at emigration prompting a voyage to Australia on 8 October 1884.
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David Lloyd George
William Morris Hughes
Australia
Hughes
St Stephen's School
Westminster
Department of Science and Art
Lord Harrowby
Morris
St. Stephen's
Llandudno
Ing Wesleyan
Horseferry Road
Evertheless
W. H. Baker
Stepher
Matthew Arnold
Arnold
Poe
Berlin
San Ispese
Sch
Vauxhall Bridge Road
London
Mitchew Arnold
Curtis’ Bank
Lambeth
London Bridge
Payne
East India Docks
Inez
Theioinda
Western Australia faces worst flood disaster yet in southwest towns
Relief teams assess damage across Collie Bunbury Nannup and Alexandra Bridge with Collie alone estimating losses over £800000 and total debits possibly surpassing £1 million. Lord Mayor Charles Veryard launches a flood appeal boosting targets from £100000 to £200000 as public response lags behind the fire of Dwellingup in 1961.
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West Australia
Collie
Bunbury
Nannup
Alexandra Bridge
Perth
Charles Veryard
Veryard
Dwellingup
W.A
Jess Pendrick
W.A. Red Cross
Callie
Venice
Harvey
Western Australia
Trades and Labour Council
Air Force Dinner Marks 50th An niversary in Sydney
The Administrator attended the Air Force Association dinner in Coogee Sydney to commemorate fifty years of Australian Military Flying, held yesterday evening.
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Air Force Association
Coogee
Sydney
Milk vendors dispute figures at Canberra advisory meeting
Letter from T H Harrison of Yarralumla defends his figures on milk sales and earnings presented to the Advisory Council on 6/8/64. He asserts average vendor sales of 90 gallons daily at about £7 10s, with ~35 hours weekly work and about £50 gross weekly, and invites Oakes to challenge or write with views. He argues for consumer freedom of choice pending a milk authority.
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Oakes
Advisory Council
Arndt
Canberra
Dukes
T. H. Harrison
Canberra Times misreads on ethics syllabus in schools
Eugene Kamenka defends a statement about ethics education, accusing The Canberra Times of misquoting and omitting his main point. He argues education must proceed in stages and that primary students cannot assess or critique proposed syllabuses, contrasting indoctrination with genuine study.
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Canberra Times
N.S.W
A.C.T
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Great Britain
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Angus and Robertson
King’s Hall
Parliament House
W. M. Hughes
Llandudno Grammar School
West Australian Trotting Association
Harvey Civil Defence Organisation
Collies
State Civil Emergency Service
W. S. Lonnie
C. S. Daley
Civil Emergency Service
Civil Defence
Mr. Weryard
Milk Vendors
Yarralumla
Eugene Kamenka
Campbell
Kamenka
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