Australian New Year Honours list names knights and dame
Fourteen Australian knights and one dame were named in the New Year Honours list. Sir John Kerr, Sir Why Binina, and others were promoted to Knight Bachelor or elevated to KBE. several were named Privy Councillors. Victoria and Western Australia each had two honourees, with others across the Commonwealth.
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Visa
John Her
Jeffree
Nustralia
I Bronin
Why Binina
Kbe
Iyi
Chumby Priv
Smetair
John Kerr
New Year Honours List Includes Naval Heads and Medical Leaders
The list names Vice-Admiral Hush David Stevenson as Chief of the Naval Staff since 1974 and highlights other appointments. It includes Dame Mel Marjorie Parker, Harold Ahan, Geoffrey Fre Bowen, and Frank Dinah among several senior figures from banking, grazing, medicine, and public service. Notable mentions include Gustav Nossal, John Sewell, Evan Thomson, and Dr Sydney Ralph Reader, with Canberra residents Fraste and Dr Reader receiving honors for service to medicine and public life.
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Hush David Stevenson
Mel Marjorie Parker
Australan National Council of Women
Fimphis
Harold Ahan
Roman Carhatic
Perth
Kmights
Gustav Nossal
Walter In Elie
Sarman Fleicher
Peru
Brian Duncan Fraser
Sydney Ralph Reader
Canberra
Frasté
Eden-Monro
VT Legislative Sesembly
Dr Reader
Natiqusl Heart Foundacion
Queanbeyan Leagues Club eyeing Canberra ACT move
Queanbeyan Leagues Club plans and submits an application to establish a two level complex with shopping and facilities to attract events and exhibitions in the ACT. President Les McIntyre says talks with the Department of the Capital Territory have been ongoing with several meetings, noting possible casino link and impact on Queanbeyan gambling operations.
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Les McIntrye
Department of the Capital
Methirye
Department
Canberra
Melhirye
Queanbeyan
Anappe
Ron Edwards
MeIntrye
Queanbeyisn
Lou Engladow
Commission Defended by Attorney General on Rights Body
The Attorney-General and Mr Ellicott defended the proposed Human Rights Commission. He warned it would have teeth only if laws were not aligned with UN and civil rights standards. The bill, he said, would push for broader scrutiny of Commonwealth and State actions and protect privacy and information rights.
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Human Rights Commission
Alleshop
Nsw
Walker
Conmission
News Commission
United Nations
Jarcaim Oy civ
Hin
Tne Commission
Elliott
Hinangnis
Human Rights Gill
Murphy McBideau
Australia
Elie
Anthony to Miss Talks and Deputy Prime Minister Withdrawal
A garbled report indicates Anthony plans to withdraw from talks as the Deputy Prime Minister is said to oppose. An Anthony spokesperson claims the decision was personal rather than a result of medical advice. The language mentions recovery from heparin and a coastal holiday cottage near a property in Murwillumbah.
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Anthony
Communist leaders to be released from Madrid jail
Thursday report from AAP states that Suntiogy Carrillo, jailed leader of the burned Spanish Communist Party, will be freed at the same time as seven other party leaders who were arrested on December 22. The Suninhew skemey report confirms the plan.
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Suntiogy Carrillo
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Uihee Party
Suninhew Skemey
Leong Mun Kal jailed in Singapore for speeches
Lee opponent Leong Mun Kal, a Sindapore opposition figure, was sentenced in two successive courts to one month in jail on two counts linked to statements about the Prime Minister and a housing board. He pleaded guilty to charges accusing a law firm run by a lawyer’s wife of overcharging. The government said housing board advice was free. The appeal was rejected.
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MeTee
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Alka
Holiday Times Page Rundown for ACT Visitors and Events
The Canberra Times Holiday Times Page 4 surveys services for the long weekend, offers a complete ACT visitor guide, rounds up club activities on the South Coast and at Cooma, and gives hints on setting up a Tiel tank.
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Canberra Times Holiday Times
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Cooma
Review body to disband amid government move
The Nahum Bier Board of Review, noted for its aphoristic merit in literature for Federal and State censors, will be disbanded today. Attorney-General MF Ehudoti announced in Dunburrie that the six members would not be reappointed, following consultation with State Ministers. The ongoing members include Chairman Professor Edward, Urban Cad Hewitt, Lloyd O’Neal, Dr KK Tregonning, Mrs Nancy Keesing, and Miss Thew Astley.
Final Ants Contest Submissions Close At Four
Readers must submit entries by 4 pm for the ANT competition. Hundreds of drawings have already arrived, with many showcased on Page 4.
Troops battle armed unrest in Puoting China
Reports from Peking say troops are aiding efforts to quell fighting, looting, and sabotage in Puoting amid political turmoil. Sources cite factory bombings, bank robberies, hostages, murder and rape with accusations of radical manipulation and Maoist influence.
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Puoting
Pupples
Suis
Mao
Chiun Ching
Te Pekin
Atu Pik
Pinch for Pinch Melbourne Court Case
An ex-employee told the City Court he only pinched a Commonwealth policewoman on the bottom. Frank Jones, drinking at a bar near Melbourne, claimed intoxication and argued the act was accidental. The court fined him 100 dollars and ordered 80 cents in costs after he pleaded not guilty to indecent assault.
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Eem
Wssult
Commonwealth
Frank Jones
Chetwynd
Tullamarine
Amu Umawiuny
Foley
CJ Balun
We Commonwealth
Chewynd
T Bass
Perth
Beran
Ring-ins call for blood during police alert
ACT Police reported several motorists found to be ring-ins during a blood drive at Canberra and Woden Valley Hospitals. The blood bank said fresh blood was needed, with donors arriving after police broadcast calls. A ring of non-members provided matches for the blood type.
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ACT
Ella
Canberra
Wodere Valley
Dl! Bank
Whitlam's sister quits school post over politics
Miss Freda Whitlam, sister of Mr Gaweh Whitlam, resigns as principal of Presbyterian Ladies College Croydon amid political opposition to her father. She cites years of tension with the school council and recent strains with staff, parents, and students.
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Freda Wintlam
Gaweh Whitlam
Presbyterian Ladies College
Croydon
Miss Whitham
Sgollage
Sera
Svhugl Council
Ytean
Tangur
Tna
Ray Presemy
Job vacancies loom as 6,000 seek posts in local bodies
Over 6,000 applicants vie for 152 openings in local government and related apprenticeships. The AFRICA section notes Rhodesia talks and guerrilla war sorting, while New Zealand coverage reports urges to close links across the Tasman. Also noted are aborigines and migrants facing unequal treatment and a column on lottery and racing tolls.
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