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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Feb 07, 1973
Page
3
A fragmented OCR item reports tents linked to Ana Ave street scene. Readable fragments show attempts to describe a street setup with temporary shelter or stalls. Details remain unclear, but named places include Ana Avenue and street scene context.
Nine Indonesian seamen survived after their small craft sank in the Banda Sea as the Italian freighter Sena towed them to safety, then later rescued two more men from a sinking fishing boat 450 miles north of Fremantle. The ship reached Fremantle and plans were made to fly the survivors home Friday.
Canberra figures from the Bureau of Census and Statistics show 609 disputes in three months ending September 1972, with 408,200 workers affected and 12.8 million dollars lost in wages. The manufacturing sector led with 211 disputes involving 260,200 workers, while unions faced truck bans and stop work meetings across Canberra and Sydney.
Plainclothes police raided Randy and Ribald bookstall seizing sex magazines worth 500 dollars. In Melbourne, Cardinal elects and Archbishop James Knox and James Freeman urged Vatican to accelerate the canonisation of Mother Mary McKillop, with a decree naming her Servant of God to be published during the Eucharistic Congress. Born 1842 in Fitzroy, she founded the Josephite Sisters in 1866 and died 1909 in North Sydney.
Two talent scouts from the Spastic Centre of NSW are in Canberra recruiting entrants for the Mise Australia Quest. They seek typical friendly Australian girls who are well spoken well groomed and intelligent. Acting must be $100 for the Spastic Centre before judging. The event is organized by the Australian Cerebral Palsy Association to benefit disabled children nationwide.
Former champion driver Jack Brabham becomes the first commercial customer for the Australian designed and built Nomad twin turbo prop transport aircraft. The move marks a milestone for Australian aerospace as Brabham selects the Nomad for business use.
Australian Prime Minister Whitlam said entry or transit to racially selected teams would be denied. If Qantas and Air New Zealand refuse carriage, the Springboks would be confined to airport transit lounges until alternative routes via Tahiti or Lima could be pursued, with regional carriers or other nations offering possible but restricted connections.
In London, a four member Australian DCA Qantas team met at Filton to discuss technical Australian airworthiness rules for the Concorde. The talks, described as technical not financial, aim to ensure any Concorde operation to Australia meets Civil Aviation requirements.
Goulburn City Council on Tuesday approved about 52 000 dollars for kerbing and paving work this year. The measure funds street improvements and likely affects local road maintenance priorities.
The cabinet announced draft treaties with Austria, West Germany, Israel, and Sweden will be signed and tabled when Parliament resumes this month. The agreements follow US traditions and will be amended to resolve legal difficulties in foreign evidence cases, but Australia will not surrender fugitives to countries enforcing the death penalty.
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