Appeal to Australia to halt UK mail amid post strike
The Postmaster General Sir Alan Hulme urged Australians to stop sending letters and parcels to the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland as a UK post office strike begins. Air and surface mail to the UK will be suspended, with delays possible for mail already en route. Telegraph and telex services face suspensions and telephone calls to/from the UK may have delays. In London, Britons rushed to post offices to beat the strike, while Sydney reports mail backlogs and a 12 day strike by Qantas ground staff.
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Sir Alan Hulme
United Kingdom
Northern
Ireland
Alan
British Post Office
Australia
Republic of Iretanct
Tipm
Teddy
London
Christopher Chataway
Poste and Telecommunications
Sydney
Britain
Europe
Qantas
Late News Report With Fuzzy International Scenery
A scrambled item notes events including a cross hull airliner and November 9 in Moscow. It mentions reliable sauces for sale and a person named Jebour camp, with references to three beats and a force Smiet.
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Jebour
Moscow
Vietnamese half breed orphan adopted by Australian journalist
Tuyen Bettina a half Vietnamese child adopted by French born journalist Rena Briand arrives in Essendon Australia from Asia Briand who wrote No Tears I Flow in 1969 says many half Vietnamese orphans face grim futures and urges Australians to adopt them Briand recounts a 165 dollar adoption cost and a robbery en route to Bangkok Kuala Lumpur as officials aided the process.
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Melbourne
Australia
Asia
Tuyen Bettina
Essendon
Rena Briand
Tuyen
Mies Briand
Ony
Miss Briand
Vietnam
Fasendon
Saigon
Bangkok
Toyen
Mins Briand
Canberra
Gration
Kuala Lumpur
Briand
Rena Bria
Picturegram
UK compromise over arms sales to South Africa
UK Prime Minister Heath proposed that any British arms sales to South Africa be limited to replacements for its naval forces to maintain current naval strength. The plan surprised some African leaders who remain opposed. The heads of government met in a small, closed session to discuss the issue, with talks continuing amid uncertainty over how to bridge opposing policies.
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Singapore
Heath
Britain
South Africa
Commonwealth
Tanzania
Uganda
Commonwealth Secre
Arnold
Gorton
Australia
Nyerere
Kaunda
Canberra School Certificate exam results released today
Exam results for School Certificate candidates in Canberra and nearby areas are published today on pages 16 to 19. The report highlights pass rates and notable student achievements across the region, with summaries of district performance and invitations to prize distributions.
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Canberra
Bribery inquiry into NSW poker machines widens
Acting Registrar of Companies Mr R C Rattitt confirmed an investigation into alleged poker machine bribery. Authorities probe possible breaches of the Companies Act and Crimes Act, with inquiries ongoing for weeks and more than a dozen former and current NSW club officials to be questioned.
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Sydney
Registrar of Companies
R. C. Rattitt
NSW
Soldiers Charged in Black Market Deals in Saigon
Australian soldiers in South Vietnam faced charges for black market activities after an ABC report noted 10 service members profited from duty free goods sold to locals. Goods included televisions sets refrigerators radio recorders with penalties ranging from detention to fines. The army stated it will thoroughly investigate all such cases.
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South Vietnam
Saigon
Australian Broadcasting Commission
Peacock
ABC
Post Exchange
Ann Todd to tour Australia for documentary film
British actress and producer Ann Todd will travel across Australia with a five doctor team to film a documentary portion and hopes to complete the project later this year.
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London
Reuter
Ann Todd
Australia
Over the counter lease sales expected in Canberra
The Department of the Interior plans to make 41 leases passed in at restricted auctions available on application to Leasing, first come first served, under same conditions as auctions. Twenty-two passed in Monday, 19 of 32 yesterday. Policy aims to favor current bidders, raise questions on reserve prices and market demand, and may affect construction with potential land stockpiling in new areas. Mr Nixon to comment soon on application leasing of these leases.
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Department of the Interior
Interior
Nixon
Canberra Times
R. H. Webster
L. J. Hooker Lad
Wool Commission buys large wool stock
The Australian Wool Commission is believed to have bought 80,000 bales of wool since it began operations in November. The rest of the page covers varied items from a Dudley Moore press conference in Melbourne to health label plans for cigarette packs and regional council politics in New Guinea.
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Australian Wool Commission
Dudley Moore
Melbourne
Unseasonable Canberra Weather Forecast Dense Cloud Cover
Unseasonable cool air settles over Canberra and the Southern Tablelands with daytime highs around 72 degrees forecast for today and 59 degrees overnight. Yesterday's max near 17 degrees below average and a south-easterly flow from the Tasman Sea kept temperatures well below normal. A Bureau spokesman expects a modest uptick tomorrow while flood-related motorists face hazards.
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Tasman Sea
Bureau of Meteorology
Daring rescue attempt by troopers in Cambodia raid
South Vietnamese paratroopers led by Lieutenant General De Cao Tri mounted a daring raid last Sunday to free 20 American prisoners believed held in a Communist camp inside Cambodia. US helicopter gunships supported the operation that lasted about three hours, yielding two Americans found and three Communist soldiers captured.
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Saigon
Cambodia
de Cao Tri
Dayt
First Australian permanent deacons appointed by pope
The Catholic Church in Australia will appoint permanent deacons for the first time. The pope authorized the move and an announcement was made in Sydney after a meeting attended by 35 bishops from across the country.
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Sydney
Australia
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