Stowaway Identified as Sydney Youth Borges in Manila
Police await positive id for Luke Gerard Borges 17 of Mosman who stowed away in a Qantas wheel well on Christmas Eve, fell about 1200 metres during approach to Manila. His body found near Manila airport after the jet returned to Sydney, with security breach and passport clothing found in a bag. The Transport Department will probe the security breach and inquiry into the incident.
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Pilot scheme at Canberra College for secretarial studies
A pilot scheme by the School of Secretarial Studies at Canberra Technical College would start in 1976 to train equivalents in typing. The college and the organiser Jack Fleming announced this week.
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Canberra Technical College
Jack Fleming
Tragic Parramatta Killing Leads to Remand for Suspect
Elizabeth Anne Hoorky, nine, was found murdered in her Parramatta home with her throat cut, wrapped in blankets in a wardrobe. The accused, Juan Hoorsky, did not plead and was remanded to the same court for consideration next Monday.
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Parramatta
Juan Hoorsky
Birdland opens as major Bay area family attraction
The Batehaven Birdland sanctuary opens today as a $100,000 park showcasing 50 bird species over 24 hectares. Owner Lance Smith says the park offers a one to two hour wildlife walk with ponds, trucked lagoon, roaming kangaroos and other animals, picnics, barbecues, a mini store, and souvenirs. The park lies along the Batemans Bay to Batehaven road with train tracks crossing the grounds.
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Batemans Bay Area
Batehaven
Lance Smith
Labor hangs on to SA seats Hawker and Grey
The Labor Party retained Hawker and Grey in South Australia after the December 13 election. Jacobi won Hawker by 181 votes over Crig Spel, while Wallis defeated Dennis Burman in Grey by 566 votes. Final counts show Liberal, National Country, and Labor forming a coalition majority. two NSW and Victoria seats awaited recounts. Senate counts expected January 6 or 7.
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Victoria
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Morrison
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ACT Senate results and Canberra election returns detailed
The electoral office announced ACT Senate results with Knight and Crouch leading first preferences and subsequent counts altering declared winners. Canberra picks include Haslem and Enderby amid post election scrutiny while Labor and Liberal candidates report vote totals and public comments on economic timing and media coverage.
ANU Medals Attract 11 University Medal Winners 1975
Eleven first class honours economics graduates receive AMMIL University Medals for 1975 at ANU. Canberra winners include Simon Haines and Peter Menzies, with ties to Canberra Grammar School and national undergraduate scholarships. Other medallists hail from Launceston, Beresfield, Sydney, Perth, Kenmore, and Burnside. Tillyard Prize recipients are Allan Murray-Fones and Huw Price for outstanding work and campus contribution.
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Simon Haines
Peter Menzies
Graeme Chandler
Launceston
Philip Chappell
Beresfield
Nsw
Krisom Jitterntrum
Thailand
David Kelly
Sydney
Charles Leedman
Perth
Jill Ovington
Kenmore
Queensland
Matthew Simpson
Burnside
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Huw Price
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Indian Pacific derailed near Rewlinna injuring passengers
About 200 passengers aboard the Indian Pacific train escaped serious injury when 13 coaches derailed near Rewlinna 370 kilometres east of Kalgoorlie on the Mullabar line. One woman sprained her ankle and was treated at the scene as crews built a bypass. Passengers were moved to undamaged carriages and flown to Adelaide. Train services from Sydney were to run with alternative transport until the line reopened.
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Perth
Rewlinna
Kalgoorlie
Rachinna
Bond case study prompts review by Victorian officials
Melbourne officials will study the transcript of a court case in which a man who pleaded guilty to six armed robberies was released on a five year good-behaviour bond. The Attorney General Mr Wilcox said an appeal would be considered if facts justify it. Justice Jenkinson released the man on Monday and Wilcox criticized courts for overemphasizing the criminal over victims and public interest.
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Thursdey
Victorian Attorney-General’s Department
Wileen
Justice Jenkinson
Ten Street
Wilcox
Australian tenor William Herbert and postwar international fame
Australian tenor William Herbert, born in Melbourne in 1920, achieved international status in the early postwar years. He became Britain's leading oratorio tenor until 1963, often singing with Kathleen Ferrier under conductors such as Sir John Barbirolli and Sir Thomas Beecham. He later taught voice at Perth and Canberra, shaping many students with his urbane artistry and complete professionalism. His career spanned broadcasts, concert work, and noted performances in Europe and Australia, making him one of the nation's finest singers.
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Kathleen Ferrier
John Sarbirolli
Thomas Beecham
ABC
Perth
Canberm
School of Music
William Herbert
England
Australia
Man dies in Cambenastra fire after shopping trip
A South Coast man believed to be Kevin Prea died in a blaze that destroyed his weatherboard home at Bells Lane Cambenastra near Nowra. Police say the body cannot be positively identified. family members had been shopping for gifts for relatives before the fire.
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Kevin Prea
Bells Lane
Cambenastra
Nowra
Fine Harvey
Myr Prea
NSW road toll climbs with Christmas Eve deaths
NSW roads recorded multiple fatalities as Christmas Eve into tonight pushed the yearly toll higher. Reports cite nine dead on New South Wales highways since Sunday, with four killed in separate crashes at Orange and Wagee, and other incidents across Brisbane and Victoria.
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Tariffs blamed for high costs in ACT tourism sector
The ACT Advisory Board on Tourism chair, Mr Tim Service, warned tariffs in Australia were pushing up accommodation costs beyond the reach of the average person. He cited wages and weekend penalty rates as key drivers, noting reduced hotel patronage and fewer jobs in the tourism industry in Canberra. The board planned to press the Minister for the Capital Territory for support and convene a tourism meeting with union reps to address the decline. Canberra arrivals fell below the annual average, with hotel spokesmen predicting limited recovery in the near term.
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Christmas Quiet for Whitlam in Hospital
Whitlam spent Christmas Day at Mater Mis tercodias Hospital in Sydney recovering from a major operation last year. He was in London for a five week overeras mp as Prime Minister. Today he enjoyed a hospital Christmas dinner of chicken and chest dingade and is described as very comfortable and resting quietly by the nurse in charge.
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Man found dead in car near residence
Constable Pauwan Osolean of the ACT Fatina reported a man named Tivin Ensio Glad, aged 4 of Nyrang Street Narrabundah, was found dead in a motor vehicle on a driveway yesterday morning. The death is attributed to gunshot wounds with no suspicious circumstances.
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PJT Grants Petrol Price Increase Decision
The Prices Justification Tribunal approved about three quarters of the petrol price rise sought by H. C. Ne Li. It boosted wholesale super grade petrol in Melbourne to 13.4 cents per litre and standard grade to 12.78 cents per litre. The inquiry, two days long, ended December 10 and followed a Labor government setup later altered by political shifts. The tribunal noted donations to parties and charities influenced the push for higher prices but found the need to justify costs largely unmet.
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Bat
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Robbery at Richmond Bank Netted 566 413
Two men robbed the CBA Bank in Richmond yesterday. One carried a shotgun and forced staff and customers to lie by the door. they were tied in the vault. A third man drove the getaway car as the trio walked 300 metres to the vehicle.
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Fueling and public notices mingle in Queanbeyan report
A garbled update covers Solo fuel pricing in Queanbeyan and a draft condition review for the Old Canberra Inn at Lyneham. It notes a Himalayan Mountaineering Institute program in India, selection of applicants, and a mid-winter South Island snowstorm with high country powder.
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Chasenstown
Thundar Water Flows into Wyperfeld Park For First Time
Melbourne reports Thundar Water flows into Wyperfeld National Park in the Mallee for the first time since 1957 and the second time since 1919. Heavy rain in the Wimmera River catchment has raised floods in several towns as water recedes slowly. A police spokesman said evacuated families number about five as floods eased. In Warwick on the Darling Downs, floods recede with little damage and nine houses were threatened by the Condamine River before five were evacuated. Australia to tackle water weeds.
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Wyperfeld National Park
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Albacutum
Warwick
Darling Downs
Sydney notes progress on metric conversion completion
The article reports that the changeover to metric weights and measures in Avarta is about 67 percent complete per the Metric-Conversion Avants 1974-78 report. The board aims to complete the metric standardization by the end of the period.
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Thorsday
Papua New Guinea by election sees Kinguon Dybela win Open seat
Independent candidate Kinguon Dybela wins the Papua New Guinea parliamentary seat of Alotaa Open, a former Governor General Sir John Guise held. Separately in Sydney, wheat growers will receive an advance payment averaging 473 million dollars for 1975-74, up from 386 million last season.
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Thunday
AAP
Kinguon Dybela
Papua New Guinea
John Guise
Sydney
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