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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 10, 1967
Page
13
An advertisement claims Box provides fast safe relief for toothache headache and nerve and muscular pain. It describes the product as soothing and highlights its packaging and directions for use. The copy targets readers seeking wakeful comfort from nagging pain.
Violence erupts at Sha Tau Kok border post as Chinese snipers fire across the frontier killing five Hong Kong policemen and wounding others. A crowd storms the post with bombs and sticks, police reply with riot rounds, tear gas, and reinforcements. Two more men die as a curfew is imposed and Gurkha troops assume security duties.
Government spokesmen claim police powers to quell pro Peking activity as 1 000 armed officers rush to Netalbari near the Assam border. The move targets disruptions affecting oil pipelines and transport routes linking eastern states with neighboring regions.
China lodged a strong protest with Britain over a clash at Sha Tau Kok on the Hong Kong border claiming Hong Kong police opened fire on Chinese demonstrators and Chinese border guards returned fire. Britain refused to accept the protest note and issued a counter protest through the British Charge d Affaires in Peking.
Canberra proposes a phased system integrating twenty three year preschool programs into primary school grounds. centres will be re planned with shared facilities to ease transitions for three and four year olds. funding estimates suggest around 25 000 pounds per centre plus setup costs to support expansion and staffing.
The Customs Department increases part time reviewers to full time to examine overseas books and magazines for censorship. An official denies a link between staffing and rising censorship activity.
Department members discuss easing preschool access and the value of families attending pre school before moving to new school buildings. Dicker leads the effort with a committee proposing a standard plan and equipment for future preschools as part of a Commonwealth program supplying one pre action per neighborhood of about 750 blocks, aiming for a population of 3,000.
An item lists conciliation and arbitration matters at the AGT bar showing applications for new awards and support staff provisions. It references Space Tracking rations and ongoing processes across Australia as part of the official procedures.
A university announces that Mr AF Davies will become professor of political science, succeeding Professor M Moe Miao Balle who retires at year’s end. Davies has served on the university staff since 1945, with research interests in political sociology and social theory. He has written several books, including Images of Class, a survey on Australians’ views.
About 170 cattle waded the Muir river eight miles from Hall on Saturday en route to a stock sale at Hall today. The sale catalogues at Hull show prices between 81 and int, marking one of the longest offerings recorded.
Fragmentary text indicates an adverse drought impact on river conditions at a crossing used for a sale. Buyers and traders are awaiting the outcome as traders expect activity from Victor and NSW participants. The passage mentions a forty year context and limited water depth, underlining scarcity forces trade disruptions.
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