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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 13, 1963
Page
2
The R A Vulcan bomber arrived in Perth after 18 hours 10 minutes for the 9 900 mile non stop flight from England failing to beat the 17 hours 25 minutes record set ten years earlier. It was the first of three Vulcans to land as a crowd of over 5 000 gathered at the air terminal barriers for a close view.
A record 133,463 bales of wool worth £10,364,078 were sold at the Goulburn wool sales in 1962 63, up 6,569 bales from 1961 62. The average price was £77 13 1 per bale, with total weight 1,286,868 toan, despite poor seasonal conditions. Mr C Alders cites decentralisation boosting Goulburn as a wool selling centre.
Twenty Canberra and Queanbeyan churches will swap pulpits for services tomorrow in the area’s largest inter church exchange. Seven denominations participate including Presbyterian Church of Scotland Anglicans Methodists Baptists Congregationalists and Salvation Army with All Saints Church of England Ainslie rector Rev F Woodwell noting the plan emerged at an Inter Church Council meeting in Canberra.
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