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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 05, 1963
Page
12
Sir I refer to the article The Doubting Voters of Argentina published in the Canberra Times in July. Miguel Sussini Argentine Ambassador Canberra says Perón poisoned our democracy and treasury and remains abroad pulling strings while warning of tougher actions from opponents.
Krushchev’s East Berlin visit signals possible Moscow Peking co existence stance and tests limits on nuclear ban terms. A non aggression pact and an inspection guaranteed test ban are debated as Moscow's stance shifts since 1961. Outcomes hinge on acceptance of verification and disengagement talks amid East West meetings.
Mao Tse tung selects Teng Hsiao-peng and Peng Chen to head China’s delegation in a doctrinal exchange with the Soviet leadership. Teng, secretary general of the Chinese Communist Party, and Peng, a Politburo member and mayor, represent China in the Moscow discussions shaping East West policy.
After months of prep the 1964 Adelaide Festival of Arts outlines major events. The festival will feature the first Australian performance of Benjamin Britten War Requiem with Sydney Symphony Orchestra and a 450 voice festival choir. Notable guests include Heather Harper and David Gulliver with conductors Sir Bernard Heinze and Sir William Walton. The program also lists Elizabethan Opera Company performances, dance, plays, recitals, and gallery exhibitions.
The review chides George Bernard Shaw's The Millionairess as overlong and uneven yet notes the cast's strong work led by Mary Gaines Peter Eliot Karen Christesen and Barry Preston. The play's brisk pace covers social satire and a romantic muddle ending with a weak epilogue. The theatre plans repeats tonight and Saturday.
A letter criticizes the growing practice of leaving animals at homes of SPCA workers while they are away. It cites a sealed box with a cat, a sugar bag containing a possum and its alive baby, and injuries to workers. It urges strict limits on private visits, supports private phone contacts, and condemns careless dumping as a crime.
The Canberra Times reports on master hairdressers refusing Friday night openings citing public interest. The piece argues the move ignores consumer needs and suggests unions and employers seek cooperative, partnership models, with a history of court and common rule applications to end Friday services.
The Traffic Coordination Committee is praised for adding one hour parking areas for shoppers and those with business appointments at Civic Centre. Prior to this, spaces near city stores were taken by employees, but the new hours help the hurried shopper. The writer urges strict enforcement of the one hour limit by police and notes ample all-day spaces a short walk away.
The Governor General entertained the Venerable Archdeacon and Mrs F M Hill to luncheon at Government House yesterday afternoon. In the evening His Excellency hosted Mr and Mrs Alan Harvey to dinner at Government House and attended a Canberra Repertory Society performance of Becket at the Repertory Theatre.
RABAUL THURSDAY An American wartime pilot Mr. Fred Hargesheimer returned nearly 10 000 miles to Nantambu village on New Britain to build a school as thanks for natives who sheltered him after his Lightning fighter was shot down in June 1943. The Nantambu Airmen's Memorial Trust has raised over 13 000 dollars for the project run by the Methodist Mission in New Britain.
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