Wartime PNG troops bitter over promises
PORT MORESBY. Old wartime Papuan and New Guinean soldiers grew bitter, often with reason, according to Don Barrett an officer and ex-legislator. At a Melanesian history seminar he cited broken promises of postwar aid and leadership failures that left veterans feeling sidelined and disillusioned about returning to Papua and New Guinea.
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Port Moresby
Don Barrett
Barrett
2Nd New Guinea Infantry
Pacific Islands Regiment
House of Assembly
New
Canberra to host national UFO conference for 40 attendees
About 40 people including scientists, businessmen, public servants and housewives will gather in Canberra for a weekend discussion on unidentified flying objects. The event, organized by CAPO and the ACT ambulance unit, features papers on contacts with extraterrestrials and implications of UFO research.
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Canberra
Australia
UFO Research Society
H. Zwankhuizen
Act
4Th Field Ambulance
G. How
Melbourne
J Hayman
Capo
Commonwealth Aeria
Academy of Science
Federal
Former NZ PM Nash to receive State funeral
Wellington AAP reports former New Zealand Labour Prime Minister Sir Walter Nash, who died yesterday, will be accorded a State funeral on Friday reflecting his long service and leadership in the country.
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Wellington
New Zealand Labour
Walter Nash
New Zealand
Ister
Peter
Fraser
F Gorton
Gort
Walterlit
New Move by S R C Demands Student Voice at ANU
ANU Students Representative Council calls for active student participation in academic course decisions at the university. The motion urged inclusion in key deliberations and policy making to influence curriculum and governance.
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ANU
Italian club extensions to triple size and new facilities
Work has begun on extensions to the Italo Australian Club promising a two storey wing of 140 squares at Dominion Circuit Forrest land. The $106,940 project includes a restaurant billiard room committee rooms a children’s room library and more. The plan follows long discussions about widening student and community access through new courses and forums at the university and college levels. The club will eventually house expanded facilities and accommodate more members.
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Christeas
Dominion Circuit
Forrest
SRC
Walter
Alan Brooks
Aeing
St James
Lower Hutt
John Crawford
Pat Damiano
Labour
University of Nsw
Philip Baxter
Canberra
Uniqn
Alverity
ANU
Pital
Brooks
la Fountain
Australians fined for protest at Anzac wreath ceremony
Five Australians charged after a disturbance at an Anzac wreath laying in Whitehall on April 25 were fined a total of £22 at Bow Street Magistrates Court. The magistrate noted the case was not serious and costs were awarded. Individuals including Carl John Sriber, John Roberts, Stanslaus O'Dwyer, Michael Taussig, and Noel Willis faced fines for obstruction or insulting behaviour with varying outcomes.
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London
Whitehall
Bow Street
Frank
Milton
Carl John Sriber
Parsons Green
Lydia Austen John Roberts
Ney
Hill
Church Point
Nsw
Cay Ct
Australe “Strans An Ne Zealanders
Slwith
Stanslaus Joseph O'Dwyer
Camden Town
Michael Thomas Taussig
West Kensington
Sydney
Noel Willis
Packer
Ealing
Middlesex
Melbourne
O'Dwyer
Taussi
Willis
Bolte predicts no Melbourne water restrictions this summer
Melbourne Premier Sir Henry Bolte says metropolitan catchments are saturated and water is running off, forecasting no domestic water restrictions for the coming summer. He comments on university reforms and a tribute to a long-serving statesman, noting government should streamline by departments and faculties.
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Melbourne
Henry Bolte
Award for telephone scheme gains $2000 prize
A retired post office technician, L. C. Bradley, was awarded $2,000 for a suggestion that saved the department thousands. He proposed a circuit arrangement to provide rapid short functional routine tests on selector equipment in automatic telephone exchanges. The Postmaster General, Hulme, said the idea has been adopted in the Sydney telephone exchange network and reduced installation faults while improving network performance in the Sydney metropolitan area.
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L.C. Bradley
Hulme
Canberra
Sydney
Queen's Birthday Parade By Corps Of Staff Cadets
More than 200 members of the Corps of Staff Cadets hold a ceremonial parade to celebrate the Queen's birthday starting at 9 30 am. The Governor General, Mr Lynch, and Lt Gen Sir Thomas Daly review the parade as Trooping the Colour is performed and the masthead is broken to mark Lord Casey's symbolic arrival. A mid day salute will be fired from Mt Pleasant with Lady Daly attending.
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Corps of Staff
Mr Lynch
Sir Thomas
Lord Casey
Daly
Lady Daly
Lataniten Ueen
Wage board for models in Victoria formed
A State wages board is set up to fix pay and working conditions for mannequing and models in Victoria. Minister for Labour and Industry Rossiter said the board includes four employers' representatives, four employees' representatives, and an independent chairman, Mr Robert Laker. The Australian Society of Professional Models and Mannequins had not requested representation.
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Melbourne
Wednessday
Victoria
Labour and Industry
Rossiter
Eme Eacy
Robert Laker
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Simpson
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Civic
Monaro
Queanbeyan
Advertin
Manuka, Dickson, Curtin
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Stainless
Marmour Cote
Ominium
Frypans
Sitchen
Raco Bissell
Wood Workers
Aries
B. Young
Russia
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