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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 04, 1962
Page
10
SYDNEY Sunday The Labour Party has been marking time since 1949 and the people seemed to know it. The Leader of the Opposition Mr Calwell said tonight the party was sure of its hour to strike and end stagnation.
In a New South Wales Labour Party conference speech, Mr. Calwell argues Labour lost its radical edge after 1949 and failed to topple the Menzies Government for two reasons. He urges a return to dynamic, adventurous policies and warns the Common Market poses economic risks.
Victorian Labour leader Calwell addressed about 400 delegates at the Trades Hall conference urging control over fringe banking and a restored banking system. He warned against non banking credit growth and fragmentation within the party while stressing need for a sound national monetary policy.
London observers report a sunny Trooping of the Colour ceremony for the Queen's birthday, featuring the Second Battalion Coldstream Guards. The event coincides with the ninth anniversary of the Queen's coronation.
The Federated Ironworkers Association urged a sweeping overhaul of the BHP influenced Industrial Commission at the State Conference of the ALP in Sydney. General secretary L Short pressed for a people centered commission and the conference ordered a committee to draft amendments to the Defamation Act for early Cabinet submission.
The test was delayed three and a half hours before the scheduled time due to cloud cover and a thunderstorm north of the island. Officials cited weather and high clouds over Johnston Island with no comment on Russian presence.
Police raided two betting operation offices headed by Del Sgt H F Luton and Sgt J A McSpeerin at 11 27 am. Five people were arrested including two women and three men. Several were charged with keeping or assisting in a betting house and bailed to appear at the Court of Petty Sessions tomorrow.
A two car collision at Carlton on Sunday left ten for the weekend toll. Two teenage girls and a car driver died. the girls died at once while doctors battled to save the driver.
Dame Pattie Menzies wife of Prime Minister R G Menzies accompanied by Viscount De L Isle and family at the airport yesterday as they departed for Sydney. Lord De L Isle and family depart for the United Kingdom this morning. Also present were Acting Prime Minister The Minister for Trade Mr McEwen the German Ambassador Dr Hans Muhdenfeld and others.
Ten people were injured in two car crashes over the weekend. At 3.40 pm on Saturday a collision near Commonwealth Avenue and Queen Victoria Terrace left eight taken to Canberra Community Hospital with multiple injuries. The Wright family, including children aged 6 to 12, sustained abrasions and fractures. A second crash at 1 pm involved two drivers and left Frances Cavell and Margaret List with abrasions and shock, both later discharged.
In Algiers the truce between European Moslem communities enters its fifth day. OAS leaders ordered disarming fanatical youth gangs who had been killing lone Moslems in the streets. The truce depends on ongoing talks between envoys of the Algerian Provisional Executive and European community representatives.
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