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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 13, 1968
Page
8
Holden introduces the HK model with Chevrolet styling, four headlights, and a stretched tail light cluster. The HK features a wider track for handling, longer wheelbase for ride, a squared back window, and 14 inch wheels with dished mudguards. One more model arrives in September though HK prices are not yet released. existing HK sedans range from 2147 to 3001 dollars.
The Minister for the Interior Mr Nixon calls for 6000 voluntary rainfall observers to expand Australia and Territories Bureau of Meteorology network to 12000 stations in ten years. Observers record daily rainfall at 9am with gauges supplied by the bureau. no fee or incentive. The program supports agriculture irrigation flood forecasting drought studies dam design and civil engineering.
Crewmen aboard the American guided missile destroyer Toontz arrived in Sydney and were searched for drugs and marijuana before going ashore. Captain Kenneth Brown dismissed claims that 75 percent of US servicemen were smoking marijuana as a gross exaggeration after ten servicemen were arrested in Sydney in recent weeks.
Afternoon swimming classes at Dickson Pool now require four hours earlier attendance. Morning times listed in brackets replace the original noon to 3.13 pm slots. National Fitness Council notes the shift due to higher demand after school and lower morning use. About 2,000 children enrolled with 1,000 more expected to start Monday.
Burrinjuck Dam has fallen steeply with water dropping about 15 inches daily. Only canoes and small dinghies can launch as silt and mud line the foreshore. Park trust warns boat owners not to launch, no staff at gate, honesty box for entrance, refunds offered for cottage bookings, visitors few and curious about the low dam level.
NSW building unions press for a ten dollar weekly margins increase for building tradesmen with a parallel push for higher margins for labourers. Mr L Schurr states a claim has been lodged with the NSW Industrial Commission and hearing set for February 5. The ACTU seeks a federal raise under the Metal Trades Award, while unions resist protracted bargaining and call for swift, united support at a Sydney Trades Hall conference.
Suva reports the Right Reverend Dr John Charles Vockler, born in Australia, will resign his See to enter a religious order. An official notice from Bishop House says the exact date will be set two weeks before the consecration of his successor. Vockler intends to devote his vocation to life in an Anglican community.
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