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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 18, 1962
Page
1
Australian wool and other primary products gain duty free access to the European Common Market. Tariff concessions total £127 million with guarantees not to raise duties on further Australian items worth over £2 million, about a 50 percent rise on prior concessions.
Minister McEwen outlined the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade talks with six Common Market nations. Concessions preserved duty free entry for wool hides and several other products while avoiding new duties on apples meat extract and frozen meat. Australia withdrew from negotiations amid minimal offers and hopes for broader gains through other nations. Talks also covered US Canada wheat commitments and future consultations with Australia.
Yesterday's maximum reached 54.2 degrees with a forecast of severe frosts and fog today. The minimum dropped to 19.8 degrees, the grass reading was 15.4, and last night 9 p.m. read four degrees below freezing with the week’s cold spell continuing.
An Indonesian embassy official Adelbertuy Koenijoro Pranoto and his bride Innocentia Huksiwi were married by proxy on June 25 and in a ceremony at St Christopher's Co Cathedral Canberra yesterday. The bride marked her 23rd birthday as guests danced to Indonesian national songs.
Dr Subandrio and Gen Hidayat to visit Washington to explore formal talks on transferring West Irian administration to Indonesia under self determination principles. Dutch-Indonesian talks in Washington reportedly encouraged yet classed as difficult. West New Guinea tensions rise as Merauke youths reportedly join Indonesian paratroopers.
Verandahs at Community Hospital will be glassed in to provide extra accommodation. The £50,000 project is part of the 1962/63 works programme as the Medical Superintendent Dr A B Lane warns a satellite hospital may need starting earlier than 1965. The plan aims to lift bed capacity without major alterations and includes an elevated nurses home proposal and a future ramps report.
Detectives investigate Sydney based vending machine company. Detective J Johnson said police are examining ACT residents investments in the firm.
In Hollandia the native-dominated council approved a delegation to Indonesia by 14 to 1 to explain Papuan nation views. The motion calls for seeking Indonesian permission for the visit and aims to halt Indonesian troop dispatches to West New Guinea. In Port Moresby Sir Donald Cleland said the situation remains not alarming.
The National Capital Development Commission investigates television reception difficulties in Government flats. A spokesman said a communal facility to improve reception is planned and a consultant will advise on the form it will take. Residents are asked to call 14231 extension 230 with name flat and block numbers the nature of difficulty and best time for a consultant to call.
About 10 000 African women stormed a United Nations roadblock in Elisabethville, with Indian troops firing into the air to disperse the crowd. Two women were wounded and five injured in scuffles as Katangese police retreated. many women carried babies on their backs.
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