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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 24, 1963
Page
4
The Commonwealth Statistician, Mr K M Archer, reports overseas balances increased by 74 million pounds in the last financial year. Australia exported 1,067 million pounds and imported 1,034 million, yielding a trade surplus of 33 million. after adjusting for invisible items the surplus became a debit of 214 million.
The Commonwealth Statistician released figures showing 1962-63 new houses and flats approved rose 9.5 percent from 1961-62, led by NSW and Victoria, with total approvals across Australia lower than the boom years 1959-61. The value of approvals reached 316,105,000 pounds, with NSW at 911,985,000 and Victoria 93,134,000. Queensland rose slightly, while Tasmania held steady.
The Prime Minister Robert Menzies will open a new five storey English Scottish and Australian Bank on the corner of London Circuit and University Avenue at 4.30 pm Friday. Attending will be bank general manager HL G Enten, Australian Board chairman W C Balmford, and NSW chief manager Jennines.
Five members of the anti fascist Yellow Star movement were fined sums from £10 to £38 at the Old Bailey after a raid on the London headquarters of Sir Oswald Mosley's extreme right wing movement.
The ACT saw a rise in construction approvals in the last financial year with 1.9 percent growth and total value reaching £8,885,000, up from £7,092,000. June quarter private and government buildings combined valued at £6,647,000, vs £2,721,000 in March.
Twenty Russians are hospitalized in Havana after a lorry crashed into a bridge in East Havana. The government paper Revolucion did not specify if they were civilian technicians or military personnel.
Barbara Donne a New Jersey high school teacher on a US National Education Association tour of Australia urged compulsory school uniforms. She argued uniforms promote discipline and reduce inappropriate attire seen among Australian students, noting Australians generally dress more conservatively than Americans.
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