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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 09, 1952
Page
2
A draft proposes a four year training course for a new Faculty of Fon Wit. It sets minimum entry standards including a 17 year age limit and requires candidates to speak and write grammatically.
The Minister for Education Mr Heffron announced area directors of education to decentralize services. Offices will be established in Lismore Newcastle Bathurst and Wollongong with existing facilities at Wallsend and the Hunter Valley. Names include C M Clayton Newcastle Western Area Bathurst and W J Trunkett Wollongong South Western Area Wage. The move aims to bring local matters closer to parents and citizens while maintaining service conditions for teachers.
Australia and other regions project lower wheat planting but higher yields for the 1951-52 season. Officials cite a reduced sown area across states while output forecasts, including Now South Australia and Queensland, show improved per acre returns, with national production around 41 million bushels.
In Sydney on Tuesday Matt Burney reports that the Bataan sails for Korean waters to relieve HLMLA S Murchinson. Jong Batsan will be on active service as over 200 relatives await departures. The Bataan has served in Korea for about 12 months with 10 veterans commanding the ship for the first time in Korean waters. HMAS War ramunge will leave Sydney next Friday to join the British carrier Hale Glory at Jorvin Bay, with Glory ramunge relieving HMAS Sydney.
In Canberra Court on December 31, Grant faced Prohibition related charges after police searched him and two officers used force. His lawyer argued the man was intoxicated and sought a petition for leniency, while the sergeant questioned the oath's sincerity. The court refused the application for costs and adjourned.
In New York this week Bir Macfaring Baroel of Melbourne will preside over a conference to further standardizing the frames of viruses. Twenty nine virus disease experts from many organizations will attend the meeting seeking uniform methods and definitions.
Sydney reports Dr. John McGirr proposes a tax scheme spreading a boxer's earnings over multiple years rather than a single annual levy. He plans to present the idea to Treasurer Arthur Wadden on behalf of Australia’s bantamweight champion Jim Caruthers, manager of Australias.
Fragmentary birth notice reports multiple names and dates, noting two births on different Sundays and years with weights given in ounces, but many words are garbled. It references Nilgel Anthes and others, with uncertain details and timing around December 30 and a late Sunday night after seven days.
The report notes UK golfer Golferson Way advancing through matches in Kenya India Calcutta and Singapore yesterday and moving on to Sydney for March tournament play.
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