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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 15, 1965
Page
2
NSW Deputy Premier said cabinet agreed to prepare legislation to legalize select raffles and games of chance for charities. The bill would permit prize values above £50 with permits and set rules for administering proceeds and prize ranges.
Detectives search for a medium build man with a fair appearance in Melbourne amid a death investigation. They found an elderly woman dead with a possible gunshot wound and say the man may have lived with her in a backyard prior to her disappearance. An identikit portrait circulates as investigators pace country areas for clues.
Quads born to Mrs Antonio Marine in San Fernando town about 150 miles north of Manila. All are girls two of them Siamese twins and both mother and babies are reported to be doing well.
Famed television junkman Harry Corbett from Steptoe and Son visited 10 Downing Street last week. He met Prime Minister Harold Wilson and Mrs Wilson, noting he had no old scrap to offer, while revealing a new beard.
A Melbourne detective filed a Supreme Court writ to stop the Police Discipline Board from hearing a charge against him. Detective Sergeant John Witham Wright contests the board’s power to hear the charge and asks the court to delay the inquiry pending resolution. The writ names Chief Inspector Mooney and the board members as defendants.
A General Assembly draft resolution decries the continued violation of fundamental rights and freedoms of the Tibetan people. Co sponsored by El Salvador Ireland Malaysia Malta Nicaragua the Philippines Thailand it precedes debate in the week ahead.
Campbell High School headmaster Mr E S Atkinson cited several omissions and defects at the new campus during a speech night. He pointed to missing change rooms the gravel tennis courts and lack of acoustic tiling in classrooms and canteen areas. He noted annual fees of £6 with a projected year end credit balance of about £400 and no anticipated fee rises soon.
Whitlam urged urgent national responsibility to raise standards in both government and private schools. He argued teacher training must be supported, freed from bonding, and provided free to all students to ensure equal opportunity and allow trained teachers to accept postings anywhere.
The reading lists Campbell high students earning prizes in woodwork metalwork drawing science home science and crafts. Names include Barry Ander English Davison Graham Pete Uline Michell Murray Barrell Judith Boreham Helen Jane Ellis Beth Coggan Wendy Tarlo G Michell J Robson Geoff Watson Sue Jones Elizabeth Krier and others across English maths science commerce French German Latin.
A Warwick ALP state executive expelled George Piesley for a serious offence linked to a Vietnam pamphlet for North Vietnam. The decision, supported by 38 members, reduced from three years to one year with abstentions noted, citing his long service and first offence.
Australia’s biggest locally built ship the 49 000 ton Darling River was launched today at Whyalla in a perfect opening ceremony. The vessel is described as the nation’s largest home built bulk ore carrier marking a milestone for Whyalla shipyards.
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