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Canberra Times

Location

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Date

Jan 22, 1972

Page

3

Secombe film crew in Parkes Australia for comedy project

Welsh comedian Harry Secombe leads an Australia based production about a Welsh immigrant teacher. Filming near Parkes NSW at Kookaburra Springs, the project blends comedy with a rural setting. Cast includes John Meillon, Bobby Limb, Dawn Lake, Maggie Fitzgibbon, and Dennis Jordan.

Harry Secombe Bondi Beach Australia Britain Nsw Ators Australan Parkes Harry Jack Neary Walter Chiari Mr Neary Maggie Fitzgibbon London John Meillon Bobby Limb Dawn Lake Sydney Dennis Jordan Kookaburra Springs Secombe

Lonely English hippie found dead in Kabul hotel

In a grim Kabul note, Joseph William Morris a 24 year old English scientific assistant from Hatfield is buried in an inexpensive coffin after dying from a morphine overdose in the Shah Foladi Hotel. He was among several Western travelers linked to drug use in Afghanistan as the embassy and community grapple with a string of related deaths.

Jack Mr Nears Australia Harry Secombe Oliver Norway Canberra BBC Peter Sellers Spike Milligan Michael Bentine Secombe Wales Sydney Neary Australian Film Development Corporation Harry Ick Spm Kor Kabul Afghanistan Joseph William Morris Hatfield England Morris Ladd Fagerson Lunbridge Wells Geoffrey Cowling Myself Shah Foladi Shoe Market Hilton Gul ’Agh Karimi San Francisco Nepal Cole Ony Affghanistan US Bureau of Narcotics Eniaece Ince Iran Khyber Pass Pakistan Scarsdale Montclair Twickenham Otters Bean Sright Europe Joe Morris Kabul Cantonment Germany Joe USA

Motel Prisoner in a Modern Motel Darkly Lodged

A writer describes a claustrophobic modern motel unit likened to a dungeon with grated walls and a relentless Ear Conditioner. He details impersonal service, packaged breakfast, and dehumanizing automation, contrasting it with a return to an open river hotel where morning tea and sunlight restore human warmth.

Neary Emily Bronte Earth Judy Tia Katie Rockhampton Fitzroy

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