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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 29, 1964
Page
8
Canberra shop workers returned from Christmas break to a slow start with tight money and few customers. Managers hoped trade would pick up by midweek as stores reported quiet aisles and minimal cash flow, with New Year opening planned.
Canberra Amateur Swimming Club officials expect fresh enrolments as Learn to Swim classes resume with 3.00 already enrolled. Club president Mr J Brophy notes parents impressed by progress and says more sessions will start in a few weeks as enrollment continues.
Police report four prison farm escapees recaptured walking from the surf. Thomas Dempster 21 and Graham Adium 21 detained. two others Clea Jones Cyearftey Lawes wine Smith 28 and Moughs Wilson 24 remain at large. Dempster sentenced two years for breaking and entering and assault. Adamsam serving two years for tar theft.
A nine year old boy, John Charles Ritchie of Cabramatta Sydney, drowned in a lagoon near Sutherland after midday yesterday. In Victoria, Stanley Schelfhout, four, disappeared from a camping ground and was found in the Murray River early today.
Mr Fraser accused the shire of failing to complete the Captains Flat road project. He described 27 miles needing 12 months but three years on seven miles remain horror track and a disgrace. He questioned council speed and cited £50,000 Commonwealth and £250,000 NSW funds as insufficient. industries stalled by poor roads.
Dr Gorman and Mr Fraser describe a grass fire near Oaks Estate that burned acres and stalled a road project at Barrier Street Fyshwick for months. Canberra Fire Brigade and Queanbeyan Fire Brigade fought the blaze with tankers as costs rose from £26 000 to about £149 000 with final state funding delayed until late November. The council expects completion by March next year despite the setback.
Melbourne reports steady rain across southern Victoria dampening holiday crowds around the coast. Shifts in beach activity noted with sharks sighted near Cronulla and Manly while Canberra campers extend stays amid ongoing weather delays and officials plan aboriginal housing projects in Moree and Brewarrina.
Police questioned a child over vandalism at a Canberra home on Carting Street. Ink spilled on furniture, oil spread, pills stolen, and two five pound notes torn from a drawer. Spokesman urged lockup vigilance. vandals blamed on bored youths causing property damage.
The federation urges abolition of the examination and certificate system in favor of school statements detailing student performance, ability and potential. Spokesman Mr Broadfoot says employers would accept such statements, as the Wyndham Scheme moves to replace the five year course. The dialogue outlines concerns about pressures and the future of NSW education.
Teachers at a recent conference voiced support in principle for the Wyndham scheme but warned of delays and gaps. Officials cited unfinished syllabuses for forms five and six, a shortage of classrooms and trained graduate teachers, and a need for more clerical and laboratory staff to ease teacher workload.
A spokesman announced higher fees at Beaddin and Corneil Catholic schools for the next term. First-year pupils will pay £2 2s more, while overall salary rises and extra lay staff costs drive the adjustment. The increases reflect broader salary and employment costs at both schools.
A Mars Po LL neighborhood appeal has raised 120 pounds for a Mirrib unda pensioner couple whose home burned a week ago. Neighbour Mrs Taylor Rogers said funds, letters, and other items arrived, and Mr Lechner may move into a rent-free caravan.
A door was forced at the Sergeants' Mess in the Royal Military College Duntroon and twenty pounds in cash was stolen from the mesa bar between Sunday afternoon and yesterday before 1 pm. The incident involves a break in at the mess building and theft of cash.
The Victoria Senate recount is postponed to January 6 after a Full High Court sitting in Sydney will hear DJL P. McManus appeal. The deferral suspends work on the original count amid a contested proportional representation system and a political deadlock.
State union officials from Mt Isa Mines will travel from Brisbane for a compulsory State Industrial Commission conference in Mt Isa chaired by Commissioner Harvey on Tuesday. Representing 14 unions including the Austrian Workers' Union, the talks follow a week of industrial action and a recent award of a prosperity loading of £3 a week.
Inquiries continue into the death of Jean Corit Noble a 20 year old nurse from Goodna whose body was found face down in the sand at The Spit near Southport. Police found no violence marks but traces of blood and skin abrasions. stomach contents sent to analysts for results expected in a few days.
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