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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 28, 1972
Page
9
Doron Ur of the Australian Campaign for the Rescue of Soviet Jewry claims a new exit levy known as a ransom tax began August 14 in the LSSR. He says payments range from 3600 roubles for a university graduate to 19400 roubles for a doctor of science, with about 65 families lacking funds and blocked from leaving.
The board of the School of General Studies at the Australian National University set up a committee to study how the semester system is working and authorized a review of examination results, ANI Reporter states.
Wellington report says Premier Hamer stated on television his Cabinet would not consider appointing an ombudsman. The article also notes a lamb death on a Wai Pukorau farm near Wellington, born from a ewe killed for meat. newborn weights are given to contrast with typical lamb weight.
The National Capital Development Commission invites tenders for the arterial road embankment to form the earthen dam for Lake Ginninderra at Helconnen.
Police said thieves stole fifty cartons of cipar eres three cartons of soft drinks two fog lights and driving lights worth 300 pounds from the Weetangera service station over the weekend. Roof holes were cut. The Farrer Food Fair and the Farrer Pharmacy ale were entered through the roof with 150 and 30 pounds taken. A separate report notes a rape case near Brisbane where a 29 year old man abducted a 30 year old woman from her bedroom and raped her near Mt Nebo Road, found by a motorist around 7 am.
In port Auckland Sunday the Canadian protest ship Keenpeace U arrived after a June voyage to Mururoa Atoll. NSW plumbers union attack on ALP official spurs call for prosecution, while a child dies in a forklift incident in Barrier Street. Melbourne cleric Barry Hupgen named liaison for African Catholic Archdiocese. Canberra kiosk lease tender issued. Nowra detectives probe a fire damaging the Nowra High School home science block.
The Age will rise from six cents to seven cents tomorrow. This price change affects all editions and applies to newsprint purchases nationwide.
Canberra reports say Treasurer Snedden had favourable talks with overseas finance ministers and bankers on revaluing the Australian dollar. Grassby said Snedden never opposed Treasury views on revaluation and that decisions have been formed during months of currency negotiations kept from Parliament and the public. He cited discussions with leaders including the Bank of Japan governor and finance ministers at a Vienna meeting.
The National Times outlines how a cash value rise, called revaluation, affects your wallet and everyday finances. The issue discusses practical impacts, budgeting, and potential changes to prices and purchasing power.
Sydney police constables Terry George Swift and Peter Gary Abel were remanded without bail after being charged with murder in connection with an assault on Jose Bilbao while in custody at Central Police Station. Bilbao later died in hospital from injuries. The court heard the charge was unfounded by the defence, and bail was refused to ensure appearance at Central Court.
Bishop Thomas Muldoon urged that love, marriage, and family degrade in a sex mad world as Australia marked the centenary of the Marist Brothers arrival. Mass at St Marys Cathedral was concelebrated by 35 bishops with Cardinal Gilroy and Archbishops Paro and Freeman among chief concelebrants.
Bishop Muldoon of Sydney denounces a revolt against all authority as the national Catholic episcopal conference opens in Sydney. He warns of wholesale de-Christianising and the rise of a permissive or degenerate society that rejects moral absolutes defined by God.
Eleven new fellows join the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. From ANU: Leonard Broom, AL Burns, J Caldwell, J D Pritchford, J Stone. Also Enid Campbell, S H Loviband, C G F Simkin, A T Welford, Hugh Stretton, J W Nevile. The total membership rises to IIT.
Auctions begin September 25 offering 478 detached residential leases in Canberra including private enterprise flats in Melrose Drive Lyons and residential units in Waramga. Fifteen leases in Warralumla and Holder and Page blocks, with reserve prices ranging from 2,680 to 4,480 dollars. Metrics on plans provided.
About 30 applicants forming the Swinger Hill Action Group seek written guidance from Interior Minister Hunt on release dates and terms for medium density houses. They demand clarity on price, repairs, inclusion in annual sales, and responsibility for alterations amid delays and conflicting agency roles.
Senator Murphy, opposition leader, said he does not endorse the beliefs of the Church of the New Faith Scientology while supporting freedom of religion. The church seeks recognition under the Federal Marriage Act and is banned in several countries, with prohibitions in Victoria and Western Australia. He argued governments should not judge religious beliefs if laws are observed.
No knowledge of a plot by Asman for the Fi Attorney General's Department night that Commonwealth Police had not been informed of a plan to recruit waterside workers to spy for the Soviet Union. A report noted Hong Kong evidence linking Australia and the USSR after a spy ring was broken there last week. Hong Kong protests were filed last Friday. it is unclear if ASIO has received or is pursuing information on the matter.
Britain's only woman Cabinet Minister Mrs Margaret Thatcher arrives in Sydney for a 10 day visit to study Australia's education system. The Education and Science Secretary, 46, will inspect the British Australian tie at Siding Springs NS and the Woomera rocket site, and call on CSTRO divisions during tours of Adelaide, Canberra, and Sydney.
Perth report notes Mrs Stella Honey, who moved to Western Australia from Victoria in 1896, will be 100 tomorrow. The widow of former Midland mayor F R Honey, she is hospitalized at Mosman Park Perth and has received greetings from the Queen and Governor General Sir Paul Hasluck and Lady Hasluck.
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