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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 07, 1966
Page
5
Advertisement notes unprecedented ticket sales for Boeing Boeing at The Playhouse with 249A seats filled by series ticket holders and party members. It urges rapid booking for the July Canberra Theatre run, offers preferential seating and group rates, and lists performance dates from Friday 7 to Saturday 25 with exclusions.
Classified line offers radio tape recorder and TV service with guaranteed work. Includes contact by phone 47680 for repairs or inquiries.
Art critic notes Robert Grieve’s show at Macquarie Galleries displays eclectic technique and range from Cezanne to 1960s influences. He argues taste over passion drives evaluation, praising disciplined eclecticism while contrasting it with sensationalism, and cites Grieve as an educated, varied painter.
Bright Australian production transforms William Dick's autobiographical novel A Bunch of Ratbags into a compact musical. Through taped psychiatrist interviews and flashbacks, it vividly depicts poverty and resilience, with strong performances by Helen Harper and John Kendall, clever choreography, and a rock n roll score that energizes a small stage. The show succeeds despite limited resources, though it could use a punchier opening and a steadier finale.
The "singing" mountain 85 miles east of Alma Ata, Kazakhstan, designated for state protection. Tass reported the rock rumbles with wind or movement and loses its voice in rain, while sand stirred in a bag emits hooting sounds. Scientists study the musical phenomenon now in Alma Ata reserve.
The listing outlines a full day of broadcasts from 9.10 in the morning through to 11.00 pm including schools programs, nature and science features, cartoons, serial dramas, and a documentary about Sir Robert Menzies. Notable items include The Avengers episode The Thirteenth Hole, Perry Mason Careless Kitten, Peyton Place, Coronation Street, and a Robert Menzies documentary.
A dense OCR of a regional radio guide lists a long sequence of programs from Get Up and Go at 1.95 News to Breakfast Sessions, hospital shows, news blocks, music segments, religious features, and evening concerts. Notable items include 7 News, 9 Hospital Hour, Jo's Story, The Green Light, Morning Call, Daily Devotions, Music for You, Pro Musica Society events, and the Blue Hills and Canberra Turntable blocks. The schedule weaves in numerous talk, music, and cultural programs across the day, with interludes of regional news, religious segments, and specialty music hours.
The ABC drama What About Next Year by Richard Lane is analyzed for its basic frame of mother daughter tension and a probing young man in an isolated sea view house. Weak sound and lack of emotion mar the production though Dennis Miller shines as Fred Taylor and the piece suggests that taboo topics can be handled professionally with careful censorship.
A sweeping aviation history praising Australian feats from the Narrabeen flight in 1909 to the 1953 London to Christchurch race. It honors Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, Sir Hubert Wilkins, Harry Hawker and many others, noting tragedies such as the Southern Cloud disappearance and the resilience of a developing air era.
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