21 Jan 1967
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 21, 1967
Page
1
Auction notes show Australia and South Africa in a stamps and sundries market update with pricing trends and current stock status. Details reference foreign markets and currency impacts with brief mentions of thrift or rate changes affecting collectors and dealers.
Canberra hostel tariffs set to increase at Commonwealth Hostels Ltd facilities including Canberra Cues Houses and Ainslie migrant hostel from January end. Major rise targets single men, with weekly jumps of 1 to 2 dollars to 13 dollars. family tariffs rise to 11 84 for wage earners and 10 25 for working women. Migrant family of five costs capped at 64 dollars weekly for meals and lodging. Adult dependants up 1 20 to 7 50. overall rise offsets higher food and wage costs. About 40 percent of increase funded by Commonwealth, costing taxpayers 4.5 million per year.
The Federal Department of Health will investigate reports that a dangerous chemical sweetener is used in a cordial mix widely sold in Canberra. A Canberra supermarket check found a product containing sodium cyclamate readily available. Professor M J Rand of Melbourne University warned excessive use could damage kidneys. A Health Department spokesman said they would verify sales and study legal aspects of such preparations.
The Leader of the Federal Opposition Mr Calwell said he will not meet Marshal Ky or any Vietnamese staff. Demonstrations erupted in Brisbane as Ky engaged with crowds, police clashed with protesters, and seven officers were wounded. Ky arrived by RAAF VIP and planned to visit Lennons Hotel and later Sydney before leaving for New Zealand.
Congress leaders issued a statement saying they asked General Suharto for information on January 6 about the president's possible involvement in the plot. A working committee will meet next month to set an agenda for a full session in March or April to address the critical national situation and Sukarno's refusal.
A cabinet minister challenged accusations against President Sukarno over the coup attempt in Indonesia. General Suliplo defended the killings as orderly and not brutal, while criticizing Sukarno’s leadership. Sutjipto accused a people’s court of ordering the executions and warned that the Nasal party’s support for Sukarno could worsen the political crisis.
Sydney Friday reports Jon Molvig won the Archibald Prize with a portrait of Charles Blackman. Molvig, 43, formerly of Newcastle and now in Brisbane, also won the Transfield prize. Fred Williams took the Wynne prize for Lipney Landscape, with Pouisames winning the Sir John Suliman Award for It’s Hot in Town. Williams also claimed the Trustees Watercolour Prize for Green Cloud and Owl. Joy Roggenkamp won the Pring Memorial Prize for To Market, To Market as art circles reacted cautiously.
Reporters quote Vietcong figures saying talks could occur without preconditions, while acknowledging deep gaps between North and South Vietnam. They express a desire for national reunification but stress practical barriers and insistence on talks with major powers as part of a settlement.
Reported today that high ranking Communist Chinese officials including the former army chief died by their own action. Two others reportedly attempted suicide. Others named include Teng Hsiao ping and Yang Heunfang who allegedly tried suicide but failed.
ADELAIDE Friday reports the Premier of Australia Mr Wu will resign this year as state government leader. He plans to retire from Parliament at next year’s state elections, with a possible resignation after the June Loan meeting or ahead of the September budget. Three Cabinet Ministers may seek the premiership: Works Minister Hutchens, Attorney General Drunstan, and Agriculture Minister Bywater.
An OCR fragment mentions Dr J H Bb, a surgeon, and references to medical features, book reviews, and Pop Cult by Garry Rafeele. It also notes TV Arts pages and sections on churches and classifieds spanning pages 4 and 16 25.
In 1942 Canberra activities include the American Embassy contract awarded to Simme and Co Pry Ltd, a Canberran recruiting surge with 225 enlistments for AIF and RAAF in seven weeks, and staffing changes at Canberra Community Hospital. Elsie Reid becomes WCA secretary as enlistments rise, and Mire Clare Ma Pek receives the Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal for saving a lad at the Cotter. Fire Brigade and Ambulance volunteers train for wartime emergencies, Cotter Dam water levels drop, and the Chamber of Commerce requests a speed-limit review arguing higher limits are safe.
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