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Canberra Times

Location

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Date

Dec 10, 1970

Page

7

Leaders To Meet Over Assisted Passages Debate

Australian Prime Minister Gorton and British Prime Minister Heath are expected to discuss Australia’s refusal of £10 assisted passages for Britons of non-European extraction at the Commonwealth Prime Ministers Conference in Singapore. The Guardian cites Charles Stokes on ongoing Race Relations Board concerns over alleged discrimination by Australia House against colored citizens of Britain.

London Gorton Heath Australia Guardian Sis Singapore Charles Stokes Race Relations Board Australia House Britain Foreign and Commonwealth Office Jon Augustine Allen Allen Jamaica Canberra Tralian Williams Nna Peter Robert Gawler Department of Immigration Area of Cobar Gerton Stokes

Medal for man who died in mine rescue

A 47 year old underground mine foreman died while rescuing a colleague at a Cobar mine and received the NSW Royal Humane Society silver medal posthumously. The event raised cross border tensions over assisted passages and alleged racial discrimination in immigration policy between Britain and Australia.

Sydney Cobar NSW Royal Humane Society Percy William Ryan Ryan Haly Brunswick New Wis Robin Hamil Cereton Cook Brunswick Heads Don Stephen Adward Valle Williams UN Trust Wat- Brunswick Heads Ison's Bay

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