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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 01, 1969
Page
16
Melbourne court today remanded three men on charges linked to six armed holdups totaling 84,236 dollars. The trio appeared in City Court with the case proceeding to further hearings.
Several men appeared in Burwood Court today under the new alcohol test law. Peter, a staff member, and customers tested with 0.17 blood alcohol. Malcolm Brown and Frederick Blakeney faced charges for drinking and driving with disqualification outcomes. Kenneth Hutler was fined 550 and disqualified for 10 years after multiple offenses.
A spokesman for the Attorney General's Department said in Canberra yesterday that a decision on a request that jurisdiction over an American helicopter pilot should not be exercised in Australia would be made by January 21. The date was the period for which the pilot had been remanded.
The Attorney-General seeks a complete report on the alleged murder of 18 year old Sydney model Josephine Dunphy by an American serviceman on leave from Vietnam. Jurisdiction waivers and possible court martial decisions hinge on whether to apply Australian or American legal authority in Hull’s case.
London reports that Soviet ships extend a low freight policy from Europe Australia toward South America. Lord Geddes notes rates 15 to 25 percent below normal on the South American route, with larger differentials in some cases. He warns a growing Soviet fleet and cost approach could threaten international rate fixing and prompt private ship operators to adjust pricing to stay competitive.
In Sydney today the Werce era in NSW education starts as Dr Hazel Sumbey Wyndham retires from the role of Director of Education signaling a transition after the Wyndham era ends yesterday.
A NSW health minister announced a new benefits plan improving education for chronic illness patients. The scheme, with Deputy Director-General David Verco as a key figure, aims to expand support through a second stage and increase national health education efforts. The full program is projected to cost about 28 million pounds over its initial rollout.
The Guardian reports worsening racial tension in Fiji, a British colony, as Fijians feel outnumbered and outmaneuvered by Indians. Australia and New Zealand monitor developments closely due to regional implications for political advancement and stability.
Istven Toth and Mih aly Gergely, both labourers from Piallago, were jailed for two months with hard labor for stealing a wallet containing a driver's licence and $39. They faced additional fines but the sentences run concurrently. Queensbeyan fines and other minor offences were noted as the court sat under Mr Pearson, SM.
In Accra, Justice Annie Jiaeye presided over a UN sponsored seminar on The Civic and Political Education of Women in Africa. Delegates from 24 African countries drafted an African Woman's Charter calling for women's participation in political parties, pressure groups, and a central women’s organization in each country alongside a permanent commission on women at the Organization for African Unity.
African women leaders from 24 countries adopted an African Woman’s Charter at a November seminar and plan to send it to all black states and to the UN Economic and Social Commission. Justice Annie Jiagge presided, with profiles of five women in banking, accounting and diplomacy highlighting rising independence and career drive across Kenya and Uganda.
Mrs Judy Jackson arrives in Canberra to attend her sister Sally Mussen's wedding to Jeremy Madin at St John's Anglican Church and to escort her mother Mrs Norman Mussen to Taiwan for a holiday. She notes Tien Mu as a foreigners' enclave and admires Taiwan’s people and vibrant markets.
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