Plan for rural party to seek four Victoria seats
Long serving Victorian Wheat Board member A Byerett plans to form a rural political party to contest at least four federal seats in Victoria. He says independents can guard farmers interests and would seek a balance of power in parliament. He expects about 200 supporters at a Horsham meeting and notes Mallee and Wimmera as vulnerable targets.
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Australian Wheat Round
A . Byerett
Victoria
Feerett
Hersham
Ommv
Horsham
Chale Mallee
Wemmeris
Si Minion Turnbull
Wannon Hell
Fiasar
Pverett
Brier
Wheat Board
Maltee
Wimmera
Country Party
Tayvism
Enmeervafom
Defence visit postponed by Lord Carrington to Australia
The British Minister for Defence Lord Carrington postponed his planned Australia visit, remaining in London to supervise withdrawal of British forces from Malta. He was to have toured Australia January 16 to 20 and then New Zealand, per the British High Commission in Canberra.
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Defence
Lord Carrington
Australia
British High Commission
Canberra
London
Malta
New Zealand
Pope
Talka
Brisbane brawl death leads police to treat as murder
Gregor Francis Shar fam, 20, of Brisbane, died at Royal Brisbane Hospital after a brawl outside a Noosa hotel. Police treat the death as murder.
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Brisbane
Gregor Francis Sharfam
Noosa
Royal Brisbane Hospital
Queen Elizabeth liner destroyed by fire at Hong Kong
A 3 000 ton former luxury liner Queen Elizabeth was gutted by fire at anchor in Hong Kong while under renovation as a floating university and cruise ship. Firefighters abandoned the vessel as it listed and swelled with explosions. Officials warned of capsize and possible explosions while 800 to 900 crew and workers evacuated. No confirmed deaths yet. the ship, insured, sailed from Port Everglades after a troubled voyage.
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Hong Kong
Anchorage
Associated Press
Marine Engineer
Marine and City
Marine Department
Tung
Lioyds of
London
Port Everglades
Florida
Tsing Yu Island
Floods Sweep North Queensland Threaten Region
Widespread flooding follows record rains across North Queensland from Mackay to Ingham with many areas receiving over 24 inches. Herbert River at Ingham broke, half the town flooded, hundreds evacuated, rail and road travellers stranded between Mackay and Cairns as towns face rising waters from Cyclone Bronwyn’s aftermath.
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Ingham
Herbert
Ingham State Co
Halifax
Omouth
Herbert River
Pole
Hinchinbrook
W. Garbutt
Mackay
Cairns
Tully
Cardwell
Bronwyn
Wither Bureau
Australians accused of cowardice and misconduct in WWII camps
A former AIF despatch rider, captured in World War II, accuses Australians of widespread cowardice before surrender to Japan and of thievery and greed by officers in prisoner-of-war camps. He urges public release of wartime Cabinet records and notes support from prominent figures.
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AIF
Mike Cavanaugh
Lyneham
DLP senator warns on arbitration act amendments
A Democratic Labour Party senator warns the government may force a split over proposed Arbitration Act changes. He claims the move weakens left wing unions, threatens full employee membership, and blocks amalgamation plans led by Communist Party allies in engineering and metal trades.
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Democratic Labor Party
Kane Lee
Mane
Communist Party
Laurie Carmichael
Sheet
Federated
New and Trades Federation
Sheik Mujibur Rahman Leaves London for Dacca
Sheik Mujibur Rahman, Bangla Desh leader and president, flew from London to New Delhi and then to Dacca after a brief meeting with Prime Minister Heath. He arrived in London secretly, avoiding journalists, and departed by Royal Air Force Comet jet amid a state reception plan in New Delhi.
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London
Aap-Reuter
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
Lef
New Delhi
Dacca
Royal Air Force
Heath
Canberra
Sheak Mujib
Tam
Giri
Gandhi
Dr Winger
Samad
India
Secret visit signals Bangla Desh leader's London stopover
Sheik Mujib arrived secretly in London after a Pakistan chartered jet landed, staying at Claridges with police guard. He urged global recognition for Bangla Desh, defended his people, condemned West Pakistan's actions, and discussed ties with Britain and Bhutto. Soviet and other Eastern bloc recognition were anticipated.
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West Pakistan
Pakistan Airways
Rawalpindi
Sheik Mujib
Bangla Desh
London
Claridges
Journa
Liberty
Britain
Heath
Wilton
Sheik
Cietedy
Pakistan
Ree Belion
Mir Heath
Britiso O
United Press International
Soviet Union
India
Bhutan
Himalayas
United Nations
Bhutto
Sheik Mujii
Pakistan places Yahya Khan and Hamid under house arrest
President Bhutto announces on television that General Yahya Khan and General Abdul Hamid Khan are under house arrest in Pakistan. The move follows the 1969 martial law era and comes after Pakistan’s defeat in the war with India and Bangladesh, amid Shi ugh pressure from Bengali leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s London arrival.
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Karachi
AAP
Bhutto
Agha Mohammad
Yahya Khan
Army
Abdul Hamid Khan
United Press International
Yahya
Jal Hamid
Pakistan
India
Bangla Desh
Rawalpindi
Hamid
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
London
Hopes of teaching agreement raised in India
India signals intent to send an envoy to North Vietnam and discusses Indo China commission implications as the United States faces a potential challenge to Indian leadership in regional affairs. Page 5 and context mention technical college results and cricket updates.
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India
North
Vietnam
Great Barrier Reef, World’s Largest Coral Reef
The Great Barrier Reef along Queensland stretches about 1,250 miles from Torres Strait to the Tropic of Capricorn, making it the largest coral reef on earth. A separate note recalls a Melbourne Cricket Ground match with 90,800 attendees and a 1968 VFL Grand Final with 118,828 spectators, highlighting the MCG as the world’s biggest cricket ground.
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Queensland
Torres Strait
Tropic of Capricorn
Australia
Great Barrier Reef
Melbourne Cricket Ground
West Indies
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War Organisation of Industry
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