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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 15, 1968
Page
5
An Australian private was accidentally shot in Phuoc province on a Tuesday. Kenneth Bryan Ander, 21, of Toorabbie NSW, serves with the Ath Anzac Battalion. He is in a safe field hospital at Vung Tau. no details of the incident have been issued.
Protesters challenge a Lands Titles Commissioner ruling granting 42 acres near Port Moresby to a Papuan clan. The land was deemed never sold by original owners the Tuburmagada and is highly developed with an estimated capital value of $1 million. An appeal was lodged in the Territory Supreme Court against MT Halihor's election.
Air Commodore H H Smith of Watson retires after 31 years in the Royal Australian Air Force. As Director of Aircraft Engineering from 1963 he oversaw spare parts and maintenance for major aircraft including the F-111 Macchi Mirfire Mystere BAC One-Eleven HS-748 HerTiles CISCE and Orion and the Jequin helicopter. His journey began in 1937 with a Gypsy Moth and progressed to a Westland Wapiti. He helped modernise engineering procedures and served at seven bases and in two command posts before moving to Canberra and a technical consultant role.
Leader of the British Opposition Mr Heath urged a five power lease of military facilities in Singapore to sustain a real British presence in Asia. He spoke at a Canberra National Press Club luncheon on a plan with Britain Australia New Zealand Malaysia and Singapore as practical Commonwealth defence cooperation. The proposal aims to reverse Labour’s Vietnam-era withdrawal policy while avoiding nostalgic imperial nostalgia and would be contingent on future Conservative government policy and regional stability.
A Victor Harbour fisherman, 71 year old Kevin William Wi Hon, disappeared after a heavy seas incident near Encounter Bay while aboard the crayfish boat Snipe. After a two hour search the Snipe returned to Victor Harbour with the man missing.
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