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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 25, 1971
Page
9
Melbourne Sunday radio programme quotes ACTU president R J Hawke saying the union hopes to move into insurance hire purchase and health insurance. He notes Bourke's store partnership is progressing well and aims to offer these services at the lowest possible cost to the public.
A Papuan man was charged late last night with one of three murders committed on the outskirts of Port Moresby two weeks ago and will appear in district court. He is linked to the January 10 11 killing of Paul Quinn in Romana near Guildford. The Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station will be closed to public inspection until February 15 for Apollo 14 preparations and flight.
Perth reports Rita weakened over 12 hours to noon. Weather Bureau predicts heavy rains and winds up to 60 knots across the Fortescue region. The cyclone is expected to move south inland and blow out by early tomorrow.
The seventh United Nations mission arrives in Port Moresby to prepare a triennial report on New Guinea. The four man team faces pressure to press Australia for target dates on Papua New Guinea self government and independence.
Sunday in North Sydney 1500 Catholic parents heard Justice Minister Maddison representing Mr Askin fore shadow a rise in State aid to independent schools. He promised significant improvements in the policy speech next Thursday night detailing benefits for independent schools.
Adelaide Sunday report details thousands of newborn lambs dying of starvation in the far north of South Australia with Leigh Creek area stations reporting nearly total losses in one sector.
Karl Wichmann owner of Chequers theatre restaurant confirmed the stage play Oh Calcutta will be shown in Adelaide next month after previously denying plans to stage it. The decision follows ongoing controversy surrounding the production and its suitability for local audiences.
Reports say radical Queensland University students plan to raid next week prompting State and Commonwealth police to guard the Brisbane home of the Minister for the Navy, Mr Killen, with security tightened Sunday.
Brisbane reports heavy weekend thunderstorms may cause flooding in Central and southern Queensland. Flood warnings extended tonight for the Macintyre Condamine and Dawson rivers as rainfall continues.
Car industry workers move to demand a $70 per avenue wage claim to car manufacturers this week. Officials of the amalgamated Engineers Union and shop stewards from all states met in Melbourne yesterday to discuss nine new claims on jobs wages and conditions.
Prime Minister Gorton returns from Singapore for urgent Cabinet meetings on the economy. Inflation rose 1.9 percent in the December quarter, the highest in 14 years, per Commonwealth Statisticians. Treasury papers on the matter were sent to him last week. Gorton will appear on ABC television tonight for an in depth interview recorded in Canberra.
A Pensioner Party of Queensland meeting was held to discuss campaign aims and press the government. Leader R. Lawson stated the goal to place the government on the spot and advance their preelection agenda.
NSW Health Minister Jago commends plan to establish an asthma clinic in Wollongong using Dr Alexander James methods. The proposal will be reviewed by Wollongong Hospital board and South Coast AMA, and training for staff would be provided if formed. Dr James notes the method halts asthma progression.
An ombudsman has been appointed to resolve disputes between the motor trade and motorists.
Two men will appear before the Special Federal Court in Sydney after a police drug raid on a Nurémburn house. Officers seized contraband with a street value over 100000 dollars, the largest hashish haul in Australia to date, as Federal Narcotics Bureau leads the investigation.
Renault Australia plans a free advanced driving course managed by Maurice Ferrey the managing director. Renault aims to sell 8000 cars this year as the seventh largest vehicle maker in Australia and expects to charge about 25 dollars per unused course slot.
Hungarian grand master L Portisch edged Yugoslavian rival A Matanovic to seize a box seat for the Karlis Lidums international chess event in Adelaide. Others, including Viner, Pope, Schmid, and Browne, posted results with adjournments and near-term chances shaping the title race.
The government tightened the CMF rules after identifying a loophole in the National Service Act. Men who joined CMF a year before call up and were ballotled could avoid extra service, but those balotted faced an extended five year CMF requirement. Now those in CMF twelve months before the ballot must serve four more years.
The Government outlined that men registering for national service may choose to join the citizen forces for part-time service or risk the national service ballot. Those with 12 months in citizen forces at registration will serve five years, others six. serving citizen forces before registration preserves ballot eligibility with transitional provisions for 1971 entrants.
In Phuoc Tuy province near Nui Dat, three Australian army engineers from the 17th Construction Squadron were wounded when a Vietnamese boy hurled a grenade at them while they worked on a well drilling rig at Holly village. Sapper K J Smith is seriously ill while Sappers K J McCormick and R K Pettingill are in satisfactory condition. Australian forces had earlier reported five Vietcong killed in two night ambushes in the same province.
Sydney, Sunday report cites a Sydney Sunday newspaper alleging a Chief Secretary's Department report accusing clubs of cheating on poker machine profits. NSW Registered Clubs Association executive director Jerry Shaw refutes the claim saying he has no knowledge of any club operating irregularly.
The Tariff Board defends its research into tariff protection and its role as a forum for tariff making. It argues its reports guide policy only with government endorsement, and highlights independence, economic rationale, and its use of high, medium, and low protection lines to reduce distortions and defend industry without keeping tariffs indefinitely.
NSW roads saw a weekend toll of thirteen fatalities in multiple crashes. Notable deaths included two young Captains Flat children, a Cullerin crash that killed three occupants and a traffic policeman near a speed trap site, with victims including 24 year old Robert Hore and 18 year old Anthony Ross among others.
Prime Minister Sir Keith Holyoake said in Wellington that New Zealand plans further withdrawals from the Anzac force in Vietnam. About 490 to 500 New Zealand personnel are in country, with an infantry company recently pulled back. He noted talks with Australian Prime Minister Gorton in Singapore were near agreement on the withdrawal plan.
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