Canberra land auction fuels price surge for blocks
The Sydney Canberra auction saw record block prices with R Kaltner paying £3,750 for block 17 48 Red Hill and the federation paying top rates for block 5 31 Yarralumla. Singles averaged £2 099 and groups £1 771 13 4 on day one of a three day sale, with Redhill single blocks averaging £2 300.
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Yarralumla
R. Kaltner
Red Hill
Hackett
Inismay
Downer
National Pital Development Commission
ELIS
Outback Address by Governor General De L Isle at Arnhem
The Governor-General Vis- De L'Isle spoke to remote Northern Territory communities in Darwin and Arnhem land about welfare and colonial outreach. He and his daughter Catherine planned to meet local residents, with discussions on telecommunication and crocodile hunting transit among scattered stations.
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Outback
Darwin
Vis- de L'Isle
de Litsle
Catherine
Australia
Cabinet backs PM on Profumo scandal in dramatic session
The cabinet voiced full confidence in Prime Minister Macmillan after a highly charged emergency meeting over the Profumo affair. A Lord Chancellor report on security framed the backing as essential to stabilise leadership amid calls for resignation. PMID Iain Macleod and Lord Home rushed back from abroad. Henry Brooke and Edward Heath also canceled trips.
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Macmillan
Britain
U.P.1
Profumo
Writs Filed Against Police Officers Over Alleged Wrongful Arrest
A writs issued against Det. Sgt. Harold Franklin Luton and Detec tive Senior Const. John William Scougall claim £2000 for alleged wrongful arrest and assault or false imprisonment. The action is brought by the boy’s next friend Peter Lubans of Angus Street Ainslie, with hearing dates likely August 5 at the Supreme Court before vacation.
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Harold Franklin Luton
John William Scougall
Peter Lubans
Angus Street
Ainslie
Supreme Court
Race Riots Leader Murdered in Jackson Mississippi
Edgar W. Evers, 37, prominent NAACP field secretary in Mississippi, was shot in the driveway of his Jackson home after returning from an integration rally. He died in hospital fifteen minutes later. Police seek the killer as violence spreads to Cambridge Maryland and nearby states. Evers had led a mass civil rights drive and faced threats. President Kennedy urged calm.
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Washington
Edgar W. Evers
Jackson
Mississippi
Associated Press of America
Evers
Ever
John Chamblee
U.P.I
National Association For the Advancement of Coloured People
NAACP
Darrell Kenyatta
Jomo Kenyatta
P.B.I. 1
Jerome Shenton
George Berhard Todd
Shenton
Kennedy
Weeds Keep Lost Stockman Alive
Sid Dale, 19, recounts his survival after being missing since May 16 when he rode from Elizabeth Downs Station. Found by a crocodile shooter near the Daly River 120 miles from Darwin, he survived on pigweed vines and dirty water with no boots or weapons while searchers scoured the swamp country for two weeks.
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Dale
Daly River
Darwin
Elizabeth Downs
Faith
New Israeli Ambassador Arrives in Sydney
The new Israeli Ambassador to Australia Mr David Tosher arrived in Sydney on a Wednesday. He announced an Israeli trade mission would visit Australia to assess its potential. The move acts as a reciprocal gesture to the Australian trade mission’s successful visit to Israel.
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Sydney
Australia
David Tosher
Israel
Six Decline Hunger Job Proposals Face Canberra Church Link
Mr Noel Lamidey of the national World Hunger Campaign headquarters in Sydney informed Mrs A G Ogston of Acton in a letter that no Canberra committee is formed to hire an administrative officer. Mrs Ogston and Prof Sir Mark Oliphant said candidates declined due to time constraints, though a small honorarium might tempt a qualified married woman.
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Noel Lamidey
Sydney
A. G. Ogston
Acton
Canberra
Mark Oliphant
Lberta
Hun- AP
Ogston
Deputation on Milk Zoning In Canberra
A deputation of Canberra milk vendors will meet Mr J R Fraser this morning to discuss the milk zoning proposal. The Canberra Milk Distributors' Co operative Society represents the group and backs a milk zoning scheme and a milk control authority to resolve disputes.
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Canberra
J. R. Fraser
Lab
A.C.T
Canberra Milk Dise Tributors’ Co-operative Society
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