Queen approves programme for tour of Australia
The Queen grants approval for a detailed Royal visit to Australia starting March 30 in Sydney and ending May 3. She travels with Prince Philip and Princess Anne visiting New South Wales Victoria Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory with Prince Charles present for the first 10 days. They will mark the Cook bicentenary re enactment in Sydney and oversee agriculture mining and transport related activities. A radio television address is planned for April 26 and the tour ends with a final engagement before departure to London at Sydney Airport.
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Australia
Prince Philip
Princess Anne
Nsw
Victoria
Queensland
Australian Capital Territory
Meni
Prince Charles
Cook
Captain Cook
Gorton
Tasmania
Canberra
Mount Tamines
Townsville
University of North Queeensland
London
Gorten
Royal visit to Australia highlights Anzac ceremony and polo
ACT officials announce Anzac Day ceremonies at the Australian War Memorial on April 25, and a royal program includes Princess Anne at the Australian National University on April 24 with afternoon tea for undergraduates. Prince Philip will polo on April 24 at the Canberra Polo Ground, and the Queen will open the Carillon on Aspen Island on April 26 to celebrate Canberra’s 50th anniversary. Princess Anne departs April 25 for a three day Snowy Mountains tour visiting Talbingo Cabramurra Khancoban and Jindabyne.
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ACT
Australian War Memorial
Princess Anne
Australian National University
Prince Philip
Canberra
Aspen Island
Lake Burley Griffin
Anne
Snowy Mountains
Plaza Suite Review Checks Googie Withers and Sandor in Farce
Visuals and performances carry this three act Plaza Suite outing though the dialogue often stays light and the jokes predictable. Googie Withers and Alfred Sandor deliver polished turns while the set and costumes linger in memory as the production leans toward commercial theater rather than biting satire.
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Neil Simon
Plaza Suite
Mr Sander
Miss Withers
Boy found on Mount Kosciuszko after being lost
A 13 year old boy from Horsham Victoria Christopher Fountain was found unharmed on Mount Kosciuszko on Saturday after becoming separated from his father during a summit attempt in low clouds. Police and Kosciuszko Park Rangers located him following a Friday disappearance and a large search.
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Kosciusko
Kosciusko Park Rangers
Christopher Fountain
Horsham
Victoria
Coomapice
Jindabyne
Sam
New era for rail begins with Sydney Perth freight link
Perth report of the first standard line freight train expected to reach Kewdale at about 5 30 am marking a new era in Australian rail transport. A previously planned first run arrived earlier today two days late after a diversion caused by a ban on the Broken Hill Port Pirie section by the Australian Federation of Locomotive Enginemen.
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Perth
Sydney
Kewdale
Broken Hill
Port Pirie
Australian Federation of Locomotive Enginemen
Australia urged to ease pressure on Papua and New Guinea
World opinion on colonialism waned but concerns in Papua and New Guinea persist. Dr W J Hudson warned that indigenous discontent and UN dynamics could keep scrutiny on Australia's administration, urging a conciliatory UN-friendly approach and public discussion of possible solutions.
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Australia
Papua
New Guinea
W. J. Hudson
United Nations Association of Australia
Hudson
Department of History
University of New South Wales
United Nations
Percy Spender
Geoffrey Sawer
Hindiia
Indonesia
Dalton Public Hall picks 19th term president
Mr Errol Southwell of Cheswick Dalton in Yass district is re elected president of the Dalton Public Hall Committee for his th consecutive term. The hall, central to local civic life, will close the year with a credit balance of more than 1000 pounds.
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Yass
Errol Southwell
Cheswick
Dalton
Dalton Public Hall Committee
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