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13 Dec 1963
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 13, 1963
Page
1
Restricted Sale of 83 Leases Auction Falls Prices
The average price of 83 residential leases sold at a restricted auction in the Albert Hall dropped about 40 percent to £546 from October’s £869 for 87 blocks. Several Hughes sites failed to sell, and opening bids were as low as £5 for Hughes blocks. About 400 people attended, with buyers noting a market collapse and calls for smaller future auctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Hall
Hughes
Watson
Narrabundah
Hackett
O'Connor
Ji Hughes
National Capital Development Commission
Yarralumla Valley
Canberra
Curtin
Marrabundah
J. O. Woodger
Hughes Block
R. H. Webster
N.S.W. Real Estate Institute
Southern Districts
L. J. Hooker Ltd
Safe Blast Burns Cash at Chatswood Store
Thieves blasted open a Grace Bros Ltd Chatswood safe with gelignite last night. About £20 stolen from tills plus 70 wrist watches and several radios and cameras. The explosion wrecked the two ton safe and charred banknotes are valued between £8,000 and £10,000. Police investigated but details remain scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Grace Bros. Ltd
Chatswood
N.S.W
H M A S Sydney Captain Cleared
The Naval Board overturned a Sydney court martial verdict finding Captain Dovers guilty of negligence. His record remains unblemished and he departs for Britain to attend the Imperial Defence College for 12 months. The whaler tragedy on the North Queensland coast left two officers drowned, three missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Board
Navy
Gorton
Dovers
Britain
Imperial Defence College
Sydney
Queensland
H.M.A.S. Sydney
Premiers and Loan Council to Meet in February
Premiers and Loan Council will convene in February with senior ministers, reps from primary and secondary industry, commerce, banking and unions to review the economy and 1964 prospects. Sir Robert Menzies announced plans after a Liberal Party meeting, with talks likely in Melbourne. cabinet reshuffle planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Menzies
Liberal Party
Robert
Country Party
McEwen
Melbourne
Hungary Declares Christmas Holidays After Communist Reform
Budapest Radio reports Hungary has made Christmas Eve a rest day and proclaimed Christmas Day and Boxing Day as official bank holidays under the People's Democracy. The move follows the abolition of Christmas in the new regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Reuter
Budapest Radio
Hungary
Broken Hill Trade Threat
A show of strength pits Barriers Industrial Council against the Chamber of Commerce in Broken Hill. About 200 union members are ready to walk out across Woolworths stores and other sites after a boycott and promised ad promises. The Chamber threatens citywide business closures in retaliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broken Hill
Barriers Industrial Council
Chamber of Commerce
Woolworths
Barrier Truth
Chamber
Indian Ocean Guard and Southeast Asia Frontiers
A front page report says the U S aims to fill a power vacuum from Indonesia to Saudi Arabia and deter China by extending the Seventh Fleet into the Indian Ocean. It notes Kennedy initiated the move, now carried out by Johnson, to safeguard the region from Chinese pressure. East Borneo reports Malay forces manning frontier posts along the Sebartik boundary with Indonesia replacing a British unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indonesia
Saudi Arabia
Asia
Kennedy
Johnson
Indian Ocean
East Borneo
Royal Malay Regiment
Malaysia
Sebartik
Celebes
Britons Killed In Downed Plane Over West Borneo
Radio Djakarta claims two Britons were killed and one injured when an unidentified enemy plane was shot down December 1 by West Java troops near Unggung in Sambas regency near Sarawak. British authorities in Singapore deny knowledge of the incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diakarta
P.reuter
Radio Djakarta
Indonesian West Borneo
West Java
Unggung
Sambas Regency
Sarawak
Singapore
Guerrilla activity and clashes near Celebes Islands
Reports say pro Malaysia guerrillas may be operating with anti Sukarno groups in Celebes. The latest fighting at Seabattik occurred over a month ago with two Indonesians killed, one possibly a marine lieutenant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celebes Islands
Seabattik
Indonesian Defence Minister Nasution warns on arms embargo
General Nasution told a Paris press conference that the Soviet Union would arm Indonesia if the West imposes an arms embargo. He said a Moscow agreement was signed and a permanent mission is working on a programme, returning to Indonesia with a sense of security for the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Nasution
Soviet Union
Indonesia
Moscow
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Wwe
Woodger
Weathr
Shopping Guide Pallas
New South Wales
A.C.T
Loan Council
Commonwealth Government
Hall
Commonwealth
McFwen
Posal
Liberal and
Borneo
Eris O'Brien
Rome
U.S
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