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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 18, 1967
Page
3
The credit manager of a leading Canberra retail store said yesterday that the purchase indebtedness in proportion to population was probably greater in Canberra than in any other major Australian centre.
The NSW Gran Elevators Act was amended to grant the Grain Elevators Board power to restrict by quota the delivery and storage of meat in defined areas. Prime Minister Askin announced the decision while Agriculture Minister Hoffey said the power is a reserve tool under specific circumstances. The move may aid small farmers but depends on local fit.
Prime Minister Holt will spend about half of his six day visit in New Zealand touring South Island resorts and other centers. He is to deliver two important speeches in Wellington and Christchurch and is expected to visit Queenstown and Milford Sound during the southern leg of the trip.
David Allan McKay, 24, a storeman, escaped Emu Plains Gaol on October 18 and flew to Wellington, New Zealand, where he used an assumed name. He was arrested after his identity was found at a psychiatric hospital and pleaded guilty to being a prohibited immigrant. He was remanded for deportation.
A Sydney clockmaker named Abraham Hrach Samps successfully appealed against a two day jail term imposed on November 4. The Full Court ordered he be released tomorrow after medical evidence showed he suffers a heart condition.
The case centers on a rugby league player named Dick Ernest Arthur Wilson and others alleged in a complex assault and medical procedure sequence near Paddington. Police accuse the group of nocturnal assault and unauthorized operations over several days, with hearings ongoing at an Annandale hotel and Royal Oak venue. Major Wallace Copp and Dr James Blackwood are among named figures cited in the investigation.
Australian summer school lectures attract more than 150 students as Professor H. Jonas and colleagues discuss quantum theory Bose-Einstein gas superconductivity and related mathematical physics topics. The program covers relativity, wave equations, particle Green functions, and practical methods for beginners in the field.
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