Fake notes racket shocks Melbourne crackdown spreads
Police in Melbourne and Sydney target a months old fake note operation after detectors traced more than seventy thousand dollars in bogus ten dollar notes. Approximately three Caulfield youths were later linked to the scheme, with raids yielding hundreds of forged notes and arrests across multiple locations. Authorities warn the notes have distinctive paper and security features and plan a nationwide hunt for the source.
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Wreilnesching J
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Notiburiban
Ahery
Deteines
Caulfield
Caulfield Park
Sydney
Melbourne
Ashfield
Hank
H. C. Coombs
Date set for Ryan appeal
Melbourne report states Ronald Joseph Ryan will seek a stay of execution to appeal to the Privy Council in London. The Victorian Full Court will convene Friday after Justice Menhinott ruled the Supreme Court cannot halt the hanging to permit the appeal. Ryan's lawyers lodged a petition in London.
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Melbourne
Ronald Joseph Ryan
Privy Council
London
Ithe Victorin
Priday Ryan
Ralph Freadman
Juste
Henry Winneke
Justice Menheonitt
Supreme Court
Tno
Ryan
Prisoners Stir at Gaol Amid Christmas Demonstrations
In Sydney the Kingston gaol faces mass protests as about 60 inmates rally at midday over a cut film and prior disturbances. Prison staff threaten harsher action and possible loss of privileges while a ringleader faces charges including robbery and assault.
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Privy Council
George E
Hodson
Annerley Reid
Privonen
Sydney
Bank of Prison
NSW
Ln Central Court
Alfred Hubert Hogan
Sylvania
Ting Dennis Edgar Ryde
Andin
Queensland
Chick
Onjlind
Record wheat crop forecast for Australia this year
Melbourne forecast a record wheat harvest with potential reach of about 390 million bushels. E L Nuske, a former president of the Victorian Wheat and Wool growers Association and Australian Wheat Board member, said the national crop could exceed the 1964 Australian record by roughly 44 million bushels.
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Melbourne
Australia
Australian Wheat Board
Victoran Wheat and Whoulgrowers Association
E .£. Nuske
Nuske
Samoan official wed in Pago Pago ceremony
Samoan territorial Secretary Owen Aspinall married his secretary Tuotafa Lutu at the Christian Congregational Church in Pago Pago. Aspinall, son of Democrat Wayne Aspinall, has served since January 1962 and acts as governor when Governor H Rex Lee is away. The wedding followed Polynesian pageantry and a champagne reception at the new Pago Pago Intercontinental Hotel attended by leading chiefs.
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Pago Pago
Amercan Samoa
American Samoa
Owen Aspinall
Tuotafa Lutu
Aspinall
Wayne Aspinall
Colorado
H Rex Lee
Lee
Christian Congregational Church
Pago Pago Intercontinental Hotel
Boy in boating accident at Toronto hospitalised
An unnamed 11 year old fisherman from Wallsend suffered multiple fractures to the right arm lacerations and shock after slipping from a boat and falling into the water at Toronto. He was dragged aboard and received treatment at Wallsend Hospital.
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Newcastle
Wallsend
Toronto
Stephen Hicks
Raglan Street
NSW road toll now 21
Sydney reports twenty one fatalities on New South Wales roads during the Christmas holidays. The toll contrasts with prior years, with remaining deaths noted across multiple regions including Victoria Queensland and South Australia during the holiday period.
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Nsw
Sydney
New South Wales
Christine Anne Jones
Queensland
Princes
Pambula
Santee Ie Joneset
Raymond Torr
Melbourne
Ham
Western Trict
Australia
Torr's
Holt Reaffirms Vietnam China Policy in US Interview
Australian Prime Minister Holt confirms backing for South Vietnam defense and calls for broader trade with Communist China. He argues peaceful coexistence, mutual gains, and cultural exchanges as keys to reducing divides, noting Australia mainly exports wheat to China. The interview emphasizes avoiding wars of liberation and maintaining regional security.
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Holt
South Vietnam
China
United States
Vietnam
News and World Report
Viet
Ching
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