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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 11, 1968
Page
12
Two young electricians Phillip Greenwood and Alex Dolopoulos uncovered 3600 pounds in five pound notes wedged in a chocolate tint between cement sheeting while installing new wires on a Mitcham roof. The discovery occurred in outer Melbourne suburb Melbourne.
Melbourne Monday. Cecil Holmes a film maker criticises Northern Territory limits on researchers. He told Melbourne film festival officials that permits to film Aborigines are hard to get and easily revoked, with fines and jail for unauthorized interviews on reserves. He urged review of curbs affecting Torres Strait Islanders and other groups.
Mra Freda Mott of Armidale will become the first woman life member of the State Country Party and receive her certificate on June 26 at the annual conference opening. She shares the honour with Minister for Realisation power McKellar at the conference running June 26 to June 28.
A fragmentary weather report from Canberra notes frost at 4 pm with 25 degree minimum in recent days and cloud increasing. It mentions skiing conditions likely to worsen over the next two to three days and that mountain resorts like Thredbo and Cabramurra reported fresh snowfall with highs around 50 degrees yesterday.
Teachers at Swinburne Technical College in Melbourne defy officials by instructing their branch not to record ages or birthdates of students and staff. Acting secretary E. F. Carter said the move avoids providing such information under proposed amendments to the National Service Act.
Melbourne Monday Transfield Art Prize raised to five thousand pounds, up three thousand from prior years. F Belgiorno-Nettis of Transfield Pty Ltd announced the increase, making the prize the most valuable annual art award in Australia.
Mrs Dorothy Rose reports her husband Alec Rose aboard Lively Lady is about 1.6 miles from home on his round the world trip. A Norwegian ship message to Lloyds of London said the yacht was 400 miles south of the Azores, near Cape Horm and Melbourne was reached last December. Rose left Portsmouth last July, aiming to dock at Portsmouth at the end of June after logging about 28 000 miles.
London Monday editorial by Financial Times Foreign Editor J D Jones criticizes Australian leadership. He notes Canberra’s ministerial infighting between Jack McEwen and McMahon and questions PM Gorton’s position while predicting Labor’s crisis and limited alternatives as Australia moves forward.
Great Boulder and North Kalgurli shares jump on nickel strike news at Scotia. Nickel-bearing sulphides found over a 19 ft zone with an average 2.5 percent nickel. The Mines Limited project near Kalgoorlie faces broader economic links to Japan and overseas buyers. A separate Tokyo note says Toyo Kogyo delays a rotary engine car tour amid trade disputes with Australian authorities.
The Australian Army will host the fifth quadripartite artillery conference at the School of Artillery North Head Manly from June 24 to 28. Minister for the Army Mr Lynch said representatives from the US British Canadian and New Zealand armies would attend.
Melbourne's hoses to be allowed for two hours weekly after a Melbourne Hoard of Works meeting to approve relaxations in city water restrictions. The move follows a water supply committee recommendation after households have lacked hose access since December.
Joseph Royce Neuss nineteen labourer appeared before Mr Dobson SM after release on bond to be of good behaviour for twelve months. He faced a charge of unlawfully using a motor vehicle and was remanded on bail to obtain legal advice. His prior guilty pleas included pretences and one stealing charge. Herbert Laurie Gorman engineer was granted a hundred pound bail after a traffic offence while on remand for another charge. Both cases heard in Canberra petty sessions with police prosecutor Sergeant A H Bird.
Court listings show Marshall v Nominal Defendant and Mead v McNamee before Justice Fox in courtroom 1 at 4 10am. In courtroom 2 Justice Jonke presides over Strange Sargent and others at 10am. Gibbs oversees No 1 Bankruptcy Court at Phillip House Sydney at 10am.
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