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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 26, 1961
Page
8
Reports from Brussels indicate the Common Market Council failed to reach agreement on a second stage transition to full market integration. West Germany and other ministers prepared to reconvene after adjournment, with skeptical officials citing unresolved policy and timing as key obstacles to advancing the timetable.
In Melbourne a 65 year old woman Miss Edith Hogg of Toorak Road died after a fire swept a flat Saturday morning. Firemen and a television compere, Corke, aided attempts to rescue her as flames trapped her in an upstairs flat. she died on arrival at hospital.
Richard Power of The Causeway Hostel was attacked at his room on Saturday night. Two men forced entry, demanded money, and threatened him with a knife before beating him. Police believe they entered other hostel rooms and also robbed a sacristy safe at a nearby Catholic church, taking altar wine.
The body of Reginald Hamilton a 19 year old from Francis Street Yarralumla was recovered by police on Saturday. He drowned while attempting to swim across the flooded Murrumbidgee River below the rapids near Pine Island Reserve last week.
A gas leak search in a basement triggered a blast and fire that killed four people including Mrs Rita Benoit and her daughter. Fire Chief Brock said a sheet of flame followed the explosion, as rescuers labored through snow and ice to reach victims. Police officer Leo Gauthier rescued multiple occupants, saving the Benoit husband Eugene and one child, while neighbors aided in holding up a collapsing wall. Debris spread over a quarter mile. gas crews located the leak five hours later near the street.
The Department of Technical Education released lists of candidates who passed 1961 examinations at the School of Commerce and the School of General Studies. Pass grades A and B are shown. Timetables are posted at local colleges. Examinations for Certificate Entrance, Qualifying, and Matriculation stages begin January 15, 1962.
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