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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 08, 1961
Page
2
Lord Altrincham argues in The Guardian that the Royal Family should abdicate and stop drawing 15 000 pounds a year in public money. He cites Edward VIII's 1936 abdication as a sensible precedent and singles out Lord and Lady Snowdon as likely candidates today.
A teller stopped a suspected fraud at the A N Z Bank on Oxford Street Darlinghurst today. The depositor’s savings figure had been altered and the man fled as the teller tried to detain him. Police Fraud Squad seek the suspect believed to have gained £100 in Queensland and £30 in New South Wales by similar ruse.
A freak wind storm that struck the New York metropolitan area on Tuesday caused one death and injured 20 others, authorities announced today. The storm disrupted transportation and damaged buildings across the region.
Group Captain R N Calkin Commandant of the R A F Staff College and Base at Canberra chosen to attend the 1962 course at the Imperial Defence College. The Defence Minister Mr Townley said the college aims to train selected Armed Forces and civil service personnel from the United Kingdom and Commonwealth in broader defence planning.
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