Inventions finance plan urged by Dr Ronald Henderson
Dr Ronald Henderson, director of the Institute of Applied Economic Research, addressed ANZAAS on funding for inventions. He urged Australia to establish a national research and development corporation to plan ahead, evaluate projects, and bring university inventions to commercial stage, noting UniSearch as a partial model with overseas links.
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Institute of Applied Economic Research
Ronald Henderson
Anzaas
Henderson
Australia
University of New South Wales
Unisearch
American Research and Development Corporation of Boston
National Research Development Corporation
Britain
Didgeridoo Fascinates ANZAAS Audience at UWA
Mr. T. A. Jones of the University of Western Australia explored the didgeridoo as a unique development of a common musical instrument during a lecture to ANZAAS anthropology section. He played several popular Aboriginal tunes on Australia's oldest musical instrument, impressing the audience.
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Modern Academy of Science
T. A. Jones
University of Western Australia
Australia
Airline system in Australia to remain satisfactory says researcher
Australian National University researcher Mr Quinlan reports two airline systems in Australia are profitable with fares among the world’s lowest. He notes government control reduces depreciation from re equipment and maintains cheap air transport. He doubts Australia will manufacture aircraft due to large development costs, citing Boeing 707 success tied to US military funding.
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Quinlan
Australian Natonal University
Bureau of Census and Statistics
Australia
United States
Captain Cook Rest and Punishments Stir Debate
Dr J Beaglehole, a Wellington University historian, told ANZARS Congress that Captain Cook’s fatigue and harsh punishments contributed to his death in 1779. He argued Cook should not have sailed without rest and cited Hawaiians' killings as the fatal outcome.
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James Cook
J. Beaglehole
Cook
Beaglehole
Wellington University
New Zealand
Australian archaeologist urges joint effort to reconstruct Aboriginal world
D. J. Mulvaney of the University of Melbourne appealed for scientific collaboration to rebuild the world of early Aborigines. He noted individuals cannot be recreated but their environment and adapting to climate can be studied, citing a recent dig yielding over 600 animal remains and new data for scientists. Opportunities for future research grow as universities engage more in archaeology.
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Australia
D. J. Mulvaney
Department of History
University of Melbourne
Mulvaney
New Zealand Detention System Urged for New South Wales
Sydney report says Minister for Justice N J Mannix will urge NSW prisons to adopt New Zealand periodic detention. The scheme lets a selected prisoner group work outside during the day and return at night and on weekends. If adopted it would apply only to carefully chosen inmates.
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Sydney
N. J. Mannix
N.S.W
Mannix
New Zealand
N.5.w
Four Missing After Norwegian Fishing Vessel Sinks Off Kirkenes
Four sailors are missing and feared dead after their fishing boat ran aground and sank near Kirkenes Norway. Police said the weekend incident left the crew stranded in icy waters.
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Kirkenes
North Norway
A.A
P.reuter
Wollongong Draws Trade and Demographics Shift
The Thirroul centre lags behind Wollongong as a shopping hub while Dapto rises, per J H Holmes of NSW University. Holmes notes Wollongong’s rapid postwar growth and a male-skewed population, with Thirroul showing youth migration and Dapto balancing with more young children.
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Thirroul
Wollongong
J. H. Holmes
Anzaas
Politics influence on wheat growing in New Zealand
Dr Fielding of the University of Auckland notes politics affects farming decisions but not as strongly as once suspected. He cites government pricing as a factor in wheat acreage yet says grass seed and grazing offer stronger comparative benefits.
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Fielding
University of Auckland
New Zealand
Fieldine
Underwater Weather Forecasting Service Planned by RN and US Navy
The London Daily Telegraph reports the Royal Australian Navy will cooperate with the US Navy in an underwater weather forecasting service. Oceanographic data from Australian warships will be sent to Guam and in return they will receive regular forecasts for Polaris and other submarines patrolling the Atlantic and Pacific.
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London
Royal Australian Navy
London Daily Telegraph
Polaris
Atlantic
Pacific
Guam
Proposal for small business investment and fringe industrial estates
Dr. Henderson urged tax advantaged small business investment companies licensed by a government agency to channel capital into medium term investments. He proposed publicly supported industrial estates on Melbourne fringe or non metropolitan centers like Latrobe Valley and Wangaratta with subsidies, cheap loans, and tax concessions to promote decentralisation and growth.
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Small Business Administration
Henderson
Common Wealth Development Bank
Australia
Commonwealth Development Bank
Melbourne
Victoria
Tobe Valley
Wangaralla
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Arthur Brownlea
Wollongong Gone College
Canberra
Latrobe Valley
G. J. Fielding
Fringe Ave
U.S
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Churchill
P.O. Box
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Churchill Real Estate
AIO
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Batemans Bay
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