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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 06, 1968
Page
3
Leader of the Opposition Mr Whitlam announced in Canberra that he would attend the conference tomorrow of the Victorian branch of the ALP. This reverses his earlier declaration that he would boycott Victoria until it accepted branch reforms.
In Sydney Whitlam says more money cannot fix local government problems. He backs a reform where voters and local branch select candidates, not state executives, and notes Victorian MPs agree to contribute to ALP selection funds. He cites shifts in party reform views and warns of complex council structures.
Stephen Wilkins a 15 year old English schoolboy who has twice stowed away on transatlantic airliners to see America was picked up by Pennsylvania State Police in Philadelphia after hitching a ride west from New York. His latest five day adventure began May 31 when he slipped away from home with ten pounds and a change of clothing and stowed away on a New York bound flight from London.
Nurse Mary Wroe, 60, a Darton midwife near Barnsley, England, retires after delivering more than 2,100 babies since 1932. A village gathering featured her latest arrival Robert Blake, five weeks, and several former babies with their own children, all born under her care.
Sir Norman O Bryan former senior puisne of the Victorian Supreme Court died tonight in Melbourne at age 73. He served as a leading jurist and official in the state’s judiciary.
Construction worker Melitin Lazik of the Hostel survived when a 12 inch steel wedge fell 60 feet from a seventh floor ACT Electricity Authority building in London Circuit. He will receive a new turtle helmet and a certificate making him a Turtle Club member, one of 17 in Australia. The club recognizes helmets that save lives and requires proof of reduced injury or threat to life. The hearing notes evidence protected by court martial rules as inadmissible.
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