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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 15, 1969
Page
9
In Adelaide last week the standing committee of Commonwealth and State Attorneys General debated simplifying Australian divorce procedures and reducing costs. The talks focused on streamlining processes and making the divorce system more accessible.
Graham Wegner and his wife Ada of Hamilton Street were marooned on Mewstone Rock four miles off Fremantle after their speedboat broke up on a reef. They survived by a fire and a gallon of petrol as authorities consider reforms to divorce jurisdiction and a national criminology institute.
A Qantas flight to Johannesburg returned 120 miles from Sydney after an anonymous call claimed a bomb on board. no device found and the trip resumed later to Johannesburg. In the Kimberleys, David Lindsay Coats, a 25 year old bricklayer missing 13 days, was found exhausted on a plateau near Donkey Creek 10 miles from Drysdale River Station. He survived by eating lizards and small fish. In Brisbane, three men were rescued after a swamped cruiser in Moreton Bay, two picked up by a speedboat. the third remained missing two hours longer. The union negotiating committee, led by F V Mitchell, said a significant meeting followed a prior claim dispute over a 27 shillings 40 pence weekly bonus. a December 10 offer was discussed and adopted with eight dissents.
Acting Chief Commissioner ordered an inquiry into allegations that two policemen bashed and robbed Collingwood cafe owner Spiros Papanikos and his partners of 685 dollars. The Greek trio claim intimidation and a fake police ID. Separate inquiries into bribe-taking and a conspiracy to frame a man exist, with all investigations ongoing at Russell Street Headquarters.
Former Opposition leader Arthur Calwell warned Australia has more to fear from Japan than Russia. He claimed a rearmed Japan could threaten Australia, seek to take over New Guinea, oppose further Asian migration, and worry about wages and workers’ economic position while the public favored migrants who could inter marry.
In Kambalda six unions agreed to adopt with minor variations a Western Mining Corporation wage offer raising weekly pay by up to 25 dollars per worker. The Boulder Town Hall meeting drew about 400 workers despite being closed to press, as they heard a report on nickel bonus negotiations.
A 19 year old Bungen dore labourer faces the Canberra Court of Petty Sessions today charged with murder over a Saturday night road crash that killed a Queanbeyan youth when a car struck a bridge on Sutton Road near Fairbairn Avenue. The labourer was charged yesterday afternoon.
Technical Teachers Association of Victoria plans stop work meetings this week to contest the teachers tribunal decision on pay. President George Lees cites growing unrest and argues four-year diploma holders deserve equal pay with other diplomas. He notes a pay anomaly that undercuts experienced teachers compared with new entrants.
An unidentified man, late teens, lies unconscious in critical condition at Bega Hospital after a car overturned near Bega on Friday. A hitch-hiker, 20 year old Christopher Dean of Randwick, Sydney, was treated and discharged. police have clues to the man's identity and hope to name him by tomorrow morning.
Mildura man Mr A Queripel urged heavy taxes on kangaroo meat and products to curb exports and halt what he called commercial greed. He said federal action is needed as profits from kangaroo trade allegedly fund American fortunes and threaten kangaroo survival in Australia.
Melbourne abortion reform advocate Dr Bertram Wainer travels to Sydney on Friday to present police with evidence of an abortion performed on a 17 year old girl by a Sydney doctor. The girl, after returning to Melbourne, alleges injuries and a collapsed uterus. Wainer claims the operation was illegal and without parental consent, and that a local doctor offered to pay some expenses.
An eight-year-old boy, Zack Christopous of Clifton Hill, was admitted to Fairfield Hospital on Friday with a mild form of diphtheria. He is a pupil at Bensley Street Primary School.
Seven people died on NSW roads this weekend raising the year’s total to 1114. A man and his son perished when a prime mover crashed into their small car on Maitland Road Cooranbong with two relatives badly hurt. Rescuers freed victims after more than 24 hours. In Victoria six deaths reported, including two pedestrians in Eltham, and another man killed in Carlton after being struck by two cars.
In a midnight collision near Clarence five miles east of Lithgow two people died and two were seriously injured when a truck struck a car. Victims include George Aitchison, 44, and his son Raymond, 10, of Normanhurst. Joan Aitchison, 319, and Brett, 5, of the same address. The airman John Wales of Greenacre was charged on two counts. Ambulances and tow crews worked as traffic stalled for miles. In Melbourne, two pedestrians died in separate incidents on Main Road Ellam and Nicholson Street Carlton.
A DC 3 landed at Essendon Airport marking the 1919 England to Australia air mail anniversary. The journey from Singapore via Djakarta Timor Darwin and Sydney to Melbourne retraced the original route with five crew one passenger and whisky supplies. Passengers included Australian Air Mail Society members led by Mr Nelson Eustis of Adelaide who conceived the commemorative flight. Minister for the Army Mr Peacock welcomed the craft and accepted mail bags on behalf of Prime Minister Mr Gorton, receiving a whisky cask as a symbolic token.
A 22 year old national serviceman Anthony George Burton stationed at Lavarack Barracks Townsville escaped from Julia Creek lock up today and was recaptured at a friend’s house in Julia Creek around 9 30 pm. He was arrested on an army warrant for desertion last July and forced his way out of the lock up during a shower recess. A 20 year old airman was flown to Sydney tonight to bring Burton back to Townsville. An army inquiry continues into the incident.
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