Yarralumla Pre-School faces enrolment drop and staff loss
P and C president Brian Worth warned enrolments are six pupils short of the level needed to retain a teacher under the staff formula. Loss of a Band 4 principal and one teacher would end the special reading and maths program, despite a 25th anniversary and planned feeder-area growth.
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Yarralumla
P and C Association
Brian Worth
Worth
ACT Schools Authority
P and C
Authority
Canberra
Bees Attack Sends Girl to Hospital Near Cape Jervis
A 17 year old girl and ten classmates from Enfield High were stung by a swarm at Deep Creek Conservation Park on a Saturday hike. The girl allergic to bee stings endured 24 stings and was taken to South Coast District Hospital in satisfactory condition. The others received treatment and were released after examinations.
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Adelaide
Deep Creek
Victor Harbour
South Coast District Hospital
Part of Richthofen’s Triplane Returned to Germany
The fabric cover piece from Baron Manfred von Richthofen’s Fokker triplane was handed by Noel Flanagan of the Australian War Memorial to a Munich museum director during a Moscow museum directors conference. A full-size replica is to be installed April 21 to mark the 60th anniversary of his death after him.
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Germany
Manfred von Richthofen
Noel Flanagan
Munich
Moscow
Flying Circus
Western Front
British Explorers Keep Thirst for Adventure Alive
British explorers press on beyond mainstream headlines with 53 expeditions approved by the Royal Geographical Society. The society funds and approves journeys from Borneo rain forests to Greenland circumnavigation, highlighting modern tools like satellites and lasers while noting tighter budgets and sponsorship pressures.
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Atlasountains
Hindu Kush
North Pole
New Hebrides
Tierra del Fuego
Royal Geo Fiorical Society
John Hemming
Society
South America
Borneo
Brendan's boat nears landfall after voyage to America
A leather hulled boat named St Brendan sails from Ireland toward America retracing an eighth century legend. The 10 metre vessel with five crew members is about 650 kilometres northeast of St Anthony Newfoundland, with HALIFAX SAR reporting. The craft left Iceland last month after departing Ireland in May, bound for Boston. It uses two sails and its hull is sealed with oil and animal fats.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
Aapreuter
St Brendan
Atlantic
Ireland
Heston
Iceland
St Anthony
Newfoundland
America
Brendan
Boston
U S and Soviet to discuss banning nuclear explosions
The United States and the Soviet Union will begin talks tomorrow in Washington on a possible agreement to ban the explosion of nuclear devices. The State Department announced the discussions as a major aim of President Carter in arms control.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
State Department
Carter
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