Canberra extends water outlook amid drought and stock feed strain
Canberra faces continued drought effects with water storage uncertainties for summer. Cotter Dam now supplies all city needs as Bendora and Corin store capacity rise to 2.128 and 2.22 million gallons respectively. total dams hold 5.362 million gallons, up 177 million from last week. Pastoral sector reports hand feeding cattle due to fodder shortages, with 10,000 cattle in the ACT area being feed, while crops and pastures show limited growth through mid-September.
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Cotter
Canberra
Bendora
Corin
Act
T. P. Taylor
P. H. Hodge
Braidwood
Queanbeyan
Gunning
Yass
Cooma
Goulburn
P. Doyle
Sydney firm to design National Gallery Canberra project awarded to Edwards Madigan Torzillo Partners
A Sydney firm Edwards Madigan Torzillo and Partners will design the Australian National Gallery in Canberra with site to be chosen later. The group was selected by the National Capital Development Commissioner Sir John Overall after a competition among 12 architects who were paid 3500 dollars each for brief sketches and models.
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National Gallery
National Capital Development Commissioner
John Overall
Robin Boyd
Daryl Lindsay
Nixon
Gorton
J. L. Mctonnell
Sydney
Edwards, Madigan, Torzillo and Partners
Canberra
Capital Hill
Parliament House
Edwards, Madigan, Tortillo
Torzillo
Warringah Shire
ACT inquiry on police charges ordered by interior minister
The Australian Capital Territory interior minister Mr Nixon announced an inquiry into allegations against an ACT Police officer who faced charges under section 11A of police regulations. The officer, suspended on full pay since July 8, denied the charges. The inquiry, likely to start in September, may be public or private and could compel witnesses and documents.
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ACT
Interior
Nixon
Wilson
High Court of Australia
Curtin crash charged man with culpable driving
Afton Street Curtin incident reports a man charged with culpable driving after a three year old boy’s accident on Allag Street. The report notes fragmented details with a sports update from Leeds describing J Edrich and Prideaux scoring in a Fourth Test tea session, a brief unrelated sports note.
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Scurell
Canberra
Wier
Allag Street
Curtin
Laat
Might
LEEDS
J. Edrich
Prideaux
Auction Sale Of Stores In Civic And Fyshwick
A store on Alinga Street Civic sold at auction for 181?000 to Theodore Pty Ltd under receiver instructions. The former Homemakers Bargain Centre building at Barrier and Lyell Streets Fyshwick also sold by L J Hooker Ltd. Fyshwick price 69?000 to Wycombe Young Pty Ltd.
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Alinga Street
Civic
Theodore Pty Ld
Homemakers Bargain Centre
Barrier and
Lyell Streets
Fyshwick
L. J. Hooker Ltd
H. G. Palmer (Consolidated) Ltd
Fyshwick P Aice
Wycombe Young Pty
NSW Labor protests over NSW boundary redistribution plan
NSW Labor members in Sydney reject the proposed federal electoral redistributions published by the Commonwealth Electoral Commissioners. They warn they will urge caucus to oppose the report and possibly challenge it in the High Court, citing a breach of one vote one value. The NSW Country Party also voices concern while talk of an early federal election in Canberra surfaces amid the dispute.
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Sydney
Federal
Labor Party
High Court
Nsw
Commonwealth Electoral Commissioners For
Whitlam
United States
Canada
Labor
Country Artes
Country Party
Ralph J. Hunt
Canberra
Gorton
Liberal Party
House of Representatives
McEwen Secret Wedding in Melbourne Prepares Hawaii Honeymoon
The Deputy Prime Minister Mr McEwen wed his secretary of 15 years Miss Mary Byrne at Wesley Church Melbourne in a private ceremony attended by 10 relatives. They flew to Sydney then Hawaii for their honeymoon, with friend Reverend Sir Irving Benson performing the service. Mr McEwen’s brother Dr George McEwen was best man and the bride’s sister Mrs Shirley Quale attended as bridesmaid. The couple had announced their engagement earlier this month and plan to return to Australia by mid next week. McEwen’s first wife Dame McEwen died last year.
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McEwen
Mary Byrne
Wesley Church
Melbourne
Sydney
Hawaii
Irving Benson
George McEwen
Shirley Quale
Adelaide
Misa Byrne
Tie
Resip
Australia
Dame McEwen
Dubcek Keeps Firm Control In Prague Crisis
Czech leader Alexander Dubcek maintains firm control of the Communist Party’s presidium amid mounting Soviet pressure to abandon liberal reforms. Reports cite editorials backing the party line as Prague confronts imminent talks with the Soviet Communist Party and rumors of a leadership split. The presidium moved Lieutenant General Vaclav Preblik from a key post, fueling speculation while Pravda silence leaves questions about Dubcek’s standing.
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Prague
Alexander Dubcek
Czech Communist Party
I-man
CTK
Czech
Czechoslovakia
Vaclav Preblik
Dubcek
Presidium Fast Merit
Nigeria and Biafra discuss relief corridor route
Radio Biafra in Lagos reported that Nigeria and Biafra had agreed on a relief corridor into the breakaway state but clashed over supervision. It marked the first official sign that Biafra would accept a route to deliver relief to refugees amid the year-old civil war.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Biafra
Radio Biafra
Vietnam pacifist protests invade Bungendore during Bush Week
A report recalls two ANU students arrested as about 200 protesters occupied Bungendore to mark Bush Week. The item links to wider notes on pacifism and student actions, referencing war pensions tribunals and political figures. The rest lists pages and columns from the issue.
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ANU
Bungendore
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K. B. Myer
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Houston Gallery
Texas
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New York
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Pye TV
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Petrie Street
Civic Centre
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