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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 17, 1958
Page
11
Weather report for Canberra with details on barometer temperature wind and sunrise. Local notices include funerals education meetings sports events and a table tennis championships schedule with entry details and venues in Canberra Queanbeyan and surrounding areas.
The annual general meeting of the AGT DP A Association will be held at Hotel Civic Canberra on Friday July 18 at p.m. Items include minutes, annual report and balance sheet, committee patron and auditor elections, and any other business. Nominations for 40 committee positions close at 6 p.m. on July 4. R H Brown Hon Sec Hall.
A Canberra City Retailers meeting is set in the Public Benefit Shoe Store at 7.00 p.m. Tonight's discussion covers forming a Canberra City Retailers' Association and aims to organize local business representation.
Indonesian Army troops have landed at two points in Northern Celebes near Menado to begin a major offensive against rebel forces holding the peninsula. The operation, aided by East Java infantry and air strikes, aims to crush a 5,000-man rebel force with a larger reserve, as Jakarta seeks to end rebel control in the area.
Five Canberra girls were chosen as finalists in the Princess of Surfers' Paradise contest backed by the Surfers' Paradise Chamber of Commerce. The winner receives a two week Gold Coast holiday for two. Finalists: Mary Corkhill Judith Kearney Julie Wardell Trudy Smith and June Cogan. The Albert Hall hosts the July 10 final judged by Miss Monaro 1957 and Miss June Green with scoring for poise, presentation, speech, self expression, and general knowledge. Canberra fashion consultant Mrs Barbara Dryborough will judge the finalists. Balcony tickets available at the Albert Hall on judging night.
Ronald Rose, author of Living Magic, will speak on Samoa and the Samoans at the Canberra University College Senior Common Room. The talk follows Rose finishing a book written during his time in Samoa, at 8 p.m. on Tuesday June 24.
City Alderman Cahill was refused re admission by the ALP after a court conviction for offering an alderman an inducement in a building application. The conference suspended then expelled him amid strong opposition from the party's state leadership and several city branches.
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