Britain trims aid to Australia scheme in migrant passage
In London a Australian Immigration Department spokesman said Britain's £150 000 contribution reduction would not affect the assisted-passage scheme. Migrants will still pay £10 with the Australian Government covering the rest as agreed between governments. In Adelaide Gabriel Candelli swam four hours on Christmas Day to seek help for his father and another man clinging to an overturned boat near Spencer Gulf after a rescue boat collided with the submerged craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Australia
Australian Immigration Department
Cotabalete
Adelaide
Gabrel Candelli
Spencer Tlf
Three Sydney aldermen face Supreme Court challenge over election envelopes
The Labor Opposition on the Sydney City Council announced plans to challenge three reform aldermen in the Supreme Court in February over irregularities in Pearl time declaration envelopes. The targeted men include Works Committee chairman Alderman John Harris Alderman Owens and Alderman NA Barrachweh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Sydney Cry Council
Supreme Court
T. Devine
John Harris
Owens
NA. Barrachweh
Suharto to visit Wellington for three day NZ chess championships
Suharto will visit New Zealand for a three day stay starting from Pen rate Utera, with Prime Minister Suharte vt Indeesia assisting. Keith Vilvoake of Brichiy attends as part of ARR Spence MELLBOURSE releases. The Athbeannual Ajitralian chess championships will be held in Kew Town Hie with about thirty Australian players competing. event concludes Tan fie J4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Sondiav
AXP
Suharte Vt Indeesia
New Zealand
Utera
Keith Vilvoake
Soul
Om Brichiy
Spence
Kew Town
Mulligan's Daughter Born in Rome Tennis Star's Wife
The Associated Press reports Australian-born tennis player Martin Mulligan and his wife Ros nella Mulligan welcomed a daughter in Rome. Mulligan, who moved to Rome years ago to pursue tennis, married last year in Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Sunmlavy Gaap
Gil
Chisimas
Rosnella Mulligan
Martin Milligan
Associated Press
Mulligan
Free Christmas pop concert draws teens at Rosebud
In Melbourne on Sunday an estimated crowd of teenagers gathered at a two acre Rosebud site for a free Christmas rock concert headlined by Spectrum Li- TDe-Das and Daddy Cool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Rosebud
Spectrum
Daddy Cool
Police investigate attempted bombing of Prime Minister lodge
Investigations continue into an incident last Thursday when an incendiary device was placed in a doorway of the Prime Minister's lodge. A Commonwealth Policeman fired two shots at an intruder and a shot was fired from outside into the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RB MacDonald
Commonwealth
Rural Assistance Board to merge three agencies in Australia
Sydney reports that the Rural Assistance Board will amalgamate functions of the Rural Reconstruction Board and the Closer Settlement Advisory Board. The new entity held its inaugural meeting last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Rural Assistance Board
Rural Reconstruction Board
Closer Settlement Advisory Board
NZ road toll tops 655 as Christmas period begins
Wellington NZ six people have died on New Zealand roads since Christmas Eve raising the year’s highway death toll to a record 655. Traffic authorities urge careful driving over the holidays. In Melbourne Victoria four shop boards approve a shorter week and extra pay to assistants and male/female workers, allowing longer shop hours if penalties are paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
New Zealand
Melbourne
Victoria
Victora
Wellington police hunt suspect in Christmas Eve shooting
Wellington police search the district for a man who shot the keeper of the cue dog pound on Christmas Eve. The pinndkeeper, Mr Robert Watson, 43, is in hospital with a shoulder wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Sydney search fails as clues link to missing boy
In a baffling case a Sydney inquiry struggles to locate VEvcurold Mark Pirees of Leah Kemypsea amid tangled sea led clues. Officials say efforts continue despite fused data and misheard leads from the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Sunilus
Alr
Vevcurold
Mark Pirees
Leah Kemypsea
Kempsey Besteritay
NASA and Australia eye joint space projects for 1972
Canberra announces tentative NASA Australian collaboration on Earth Resources Technology Satellite and Skylab era programs to be launched in May 1972. Minister Swarts and colleagues note joint effort with Australia in space research and supply roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fle LS National Aeros Navies and
Space
Earth Resources Technology
Canberra
Itional Developmen
Str Swarts
Moreter
Thucahon and
Spence
Arbraser
Supply
Choe Land
Securities Sydney Sunmeney-Cornel to operate from January
The Attorney General Mr Motcaw said last week that Securities Sydney Sunmeney-Cornel in NSW will operate from January 1 to regulate short selling of securities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Sunmeney — Cornel
Nsw
Atttorney- General
MotCaw
Protests Rally Against Daylight Saving Measures
Sudathe Chief Secretary Mfr Willis faces a large protest from Jesters at daylight, with unfavourable opinions outnumbering favourable by about ten to one. The demonstration signals broad opposition to the daylight saving policy amid a strong public turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SY Pny. Suda
Mfr
Willis
World first symposium on blast furnace injection at Wollongong
The international symposium on blast furnace injection will be held at Wollongong University College in Wollongong SW from February 15 to 17. It will host about 10 delegates including 28 overseas experts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wollongong University College
Wollongong
Professor Kubek to Speak at Turner Meeting
A research professor and chairman of the division of social science at the University of Dallas Dr Anthony Kubek will address Canberra Citizens for Freedom Association at the Polish Ex-service Men's Club Turner on Tuesday night. He will speak on A Critical Look at US China Policy and holds a PhD in American Diplomatic History MA in Russian History and a BSFS in Foreign Service from Georgetown University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Division of Social Science
University of Dallas
USA
Anthony Kubek
Canberra Citizens For Freedom Association
Ex-servicemen's Club
Turner
Br Kubek
China
Dr Kubek
Georgetown University
Washington DC
University of California
George Washington University
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Pupil enrolment climbs across ACT states and territories
Pupil numbers rose in ACT schools by 2 363 and total government school enrolment reached 26 709, amid a four year gain of 10 194 pupils. Northern Territory jumped from 11 598 in 1967 to 18 089 this year, while NSW led with 993 285 followed by Victoria 785 252, Queensland 390 595, South Australia 269 316, Western Australia 221 002 and Tasmania 92 311.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics
Northern Territory
Nsw
Victoria
Queensland
South Australia
Western Australia
Tasmania
School programs bungled by NSW government delay plans
In NSW the Housing Commission and Education Department failed to align school building plans with population growth in satellite and rural areas. Projections for Mir Michwel, Dab, Barruha, Alburs, Mir Brith, and Warialdy show delays, with Whalen high school unlikely to finish before 1973 and asbestos discoveries affecting Bar rha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydsly
SSW
NSW Teachers’ Federali Sae Todas
Culler
Broken Hill
Brooken Hill
Albury
Cutler
Home search for draft resister Michael Matteson’s family home
Commonwealth Police surrounded the Pernell Street residence in Enmore at 10 40 am yesterday to search the home of draft resister Michael Matteson. His mother Pat ricia Matteson said about 10 officers, including an inspector, conducted the search while four female relatives were present. She reported constant surveillance by men with binoculars from multiple angles and noted prior searches and police calls. Her son had been missing since August or September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Commonwealth
Michael Matteson
Patricia Matteson
Pernell Street
Enmore
Matteson
Platypus hatchlings at Taronga Zoo face quiet start
Taronga Zoo officials have not yet seen two young platypuses believed hatched on Christmas Eve. First eyes at Taronga, second time ever in captivity eggs hatch. Male removed from tank soon after laying. Officials say mother’s changed behavior signals success. Young platypuses, 16 millimetres at hatching, face crucial early period and may not be seen publicly for months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Taronga Zoo
Taronga
Geelong volunteers aid hospital as workers strike ends
One hundred Geelong residents volunteered at Geelong Hospital during the Christmas weekend while hospital staff, represented by the Hospital Employees Federation, strike over pay and penalty rates for the holiday period. Hospital manager J E MetClelland said some staff defied the ban and reported for duty as rostered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Geelong
The
Hospital Employees Federation
J .E. MetClelland
Hospital patient numbers dip as strikes affect Victorian hospitals
HEF secretary Keith Mitchell said members struck in about 100 Victorian hospitals over the weekend and estimated about a dozen were affected. He noted patient numbers are down to about one third of normal as nursing staff cope through Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HEF
Keith Mitchell
Dairymen push plan for two price dairy export home use
The Federal Dairy Council urged the government to adopt by July 1 a two price plan for export and home consumption. They warned export markets may shrink and called for adjustments to meet changing work markets while maintaining dairy bounties for five more years. The council proposed expanding products including clarified butter powder and emulsified fats to bolster the home market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Dairy Council
Sinclair
Bread price hike hits Victorians in coming week
Bread prices in Melbourne rise starting next Saturday. Most loaves increase by 2c, one-pound wrapped loaves up 3c to 22c. The move impacts Victorians with higher grocery costs across the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
NSW Christmas road toll hits 15 dead in holiday crash
A Wagga pensioner died in a head on collision near Holbrook on Christmas night raising New South Wales toll to 15 for the holidays and 1,234 for the year. Also killed were Phillip Kerley of Auburn 25 and Pearl Heck 21 of Camersy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Wagga
Holbrook
Nsw
Ruby Hodge
Phillip James Kerley
Auburn
Pearl Irene Heck
Camersy
Thelma Dingwell
Currawarra Road
Sans Souci
Norman Griffins
Surfer dies near Nowra and other coast drownings
A 19 year old surfer, Stephen McCleer, died after falling from his board while surfing near Nowra. He was treated by friends and ambulance staff but died at Nowra Hospital. Separately a 10 year old boy, Greg Dolfin, suffered a suspected broken thigh when a tractor struck a ditch. Coastal resorts reported a quiet weekend despite many holidaymakers. In Newcastle two young girls, Linda Brown and Lyanne Griffiths, aged 10 and 9, drowned at a channel rip near Coon Island while a 14 year old sister attempted a rescue. In Sydney Wayne McKinney, 10, drowned after his canoe overturned on Lane Cove River. police divers found the body downstream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polwe
Newcastle
Coon Island
Swansea
Linda Anne Brown
Lvnane Marie Griffiths
Fdlgeworth
Jacqueline Brown
Linda
Sydney
Lane Cove
Wayne Mcklhinney
Rosehill
Seat belt rule to expand nationwide in five days
Australia moves to make seat belt wearing compulsory across all states territories including ACT and Northern Territory. Existing belts in New South Wales Victoria require use now. Safety engineers flag anchorages belt slackness and buckle position as issues ahead of New Year enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Australia
Nsw
Victoria
Act
Northern Territory
Automobile Club
Queensland
Milkmen plan wider role in battle with retailers
ACT Milk Distributors spokesman says milk vendors may expand beyond dairy, turning vehicles into mobile supermarkets. A survey will gauge consumer attitudes toward home delivery, prices, and additional goods, as vendors seek to broaden delivery of other items and bulk ordering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canberra
ACT
Hunt
Sull
ACT Milk Authority
Me Miler
Pyog Devaces
Sydney
Vendors’ Association
NZ wool price edges up on crossbred market gain
Christchurch Sunday report shows the average price of wool sold by suction this season to Christmas at 56.25c per kilogram. Hugh Peirse, general manager of the New Zealand Wool Commission, says the figure is about 5 percent higher than the same period last selling season, reflecting a stronger crossbred market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christchurch
New Zealand Wool Commission
Hugh Peirse
Environment aid urged to boost pollution controls
The NSW Minister for Environment Control Beale called for federal and state action to aid industry with fiscal concessions and tax rebates. Proposals include a 20 percent investment allowance for new anti pollution plant, accelerated depreciation for certified pollution control facilities, and subsidies for air monitoring equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Commonwealth
Nsw
Environment Control
Mr Beale
Interior
Drug squad tales from Australia’s narcotics bureau
The National Times begins a new series on Australia’s other policemen with detectives from the drug squad. It previews their James Bond level cases this week alongside Len Deighton’s new book Declara and announces the paper’s sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
National Times
Len Deighton
Declara
70 tourist cars in ACT every 15 minutes
The Tour ist Bureau reported an average of 70 cars entering Canberra into the ACT every quarter hour as a quiet day for TAA with many visitors passing through or booked in advance. Tourism inquiries were light, while buses and coaches operated with modest demand and camping activities dwindled due to rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Act
TAA
Tourist Bureau
Canberra
Northbourne Avenue
Bureau
Civic
Panther Tours
Pioneer Tourst
Sydney
Melbourne
Pioneer Tourist Coaches
Canberra Lakes
Carotel
Wil
The
Southside
Parliament House
Melbourne summer school aids disadvantaged students
More than 280 students from inner western and northern suburban high schools in Melbourne will attend a January program run by Melbourne VT University. University lecturers and students will act as teachers and organizers for this first initiative aimed at assisting educationally disadvantaged matriculation students with targeted lectures and exam techniques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Malbourne VT University
Dis
Illegal entry suspect sails to Bougainville and Rabaul
A man described as an illegal entrant traveled from Bougainville Island in New Guinea to Rabaul seeking work. He claimed life is better there and hoped for opportunities, outlining his reasons for leaving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ane
Bougainville Island
New Guinea
Rabaul
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ry Chance
Mewe Port Victor
Suharto
NZ Record
NASA
Father Christmas
Ashburner Street
Higgins
Greg Kingston
Steven Kingston
Julie Crecie
Simon Cvecie
Brad
Derek McLean
Housing Commission
Fulucalion Department
Onnt Gere
Schoorls
Wakaida
Mi Druitt
Ma Druitt
Whalen
Barrha
Cowra
Toakley
Catherine Sell
Newtown
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Cahill Expressway
Brisbane
Hobart
Perth
Darwin
Surfer
Nowra
Stephen McCleer
Westmead
Syuney
Eyre Highway
South Australian
Balladonia
Amber
Iucha
Department of Health
MRMA
By Bruce Brammall
Norman Macleod
Mark Tier
Raymond O'Dea
NZ Wool Price
Avis
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!