Public service pay rises hit 41000 Australian clerical staff
Substantial retroactive raises to Commonwealth public servants in Australia range up to 782 a year. The 41000 officers in the clerical and administrative third division gain from February 17, costing about 57 million annually. The deal between the Administrative and Clerical Officers Association and the Commonwealth Public Service Board took effect in Melbourne on Thursday.
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Australia
Commonwealth Public Service
Soldier dies in Vietnam in Operation Hardihood
An Australian soldier, Pte Ronald Dean Hood, 23 from Kirton Point Port Lincoln South Australia, was killed in Phuoc Tuy province Vietnam by gunshot head wound. He belonged to the 1st Australian Task Force Logistic Company and was the fifth Australian to die in Operation Hardihood begun mid last month. Two other Australian soldiers were wounded, Corporal E W Lang and Private W A Richards of the 4th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, during a clash with suspected Communist terrorists in Baw district Sarawak. They remain in serious condition at General Hospital Kuching after surgery.
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Port Lincoln
South Australia
Pte Hood
1St Australian Task Force Logistic Company
Phuoc Tuy
Kuching
Aap-Reuter
Sarawak
Cpl
E. W. Lang
Pile W. A. Richards
4Th Battalion
Royal Australian Regiment
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Baw
Cpl Lang
Pte Richards
Cinque Ports ceremony marks Menzies departure to England
Sir Robert and Dame Pattie Menzies will fly from Australia tomorrow for a seven week visit to England. On July 20 he will be installed as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. The couple plans to return to Australia in early August.
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Australia
England
Cinque Ports
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London Test Cricketers Face England Reply In Second Test
London reports Erichy of AAP Reuters detailing West Indies first innings 264 in the second cricket Test as England trails at 36 for no wicket in reply.
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Erichy
Reuter
West
England
Weather outlook foggy with mixed ski conditions
The forecast shows little weekend change with fog and fair skiing at threebo and Perisher, though no snowfall reduces prospects for a ski bar at Smiggins Holes. Canberra expects morning fog then sun, with variable winds and light showers at night. rain totals and temperatures are noted, while Canberra Airport faces fog and disrupted flights.
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Smiggins’ Holes
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Canberra
Space link for Australia and a perilous sea collision
Report covers the Alva Cape tanker collision near New York harbour with Texaco Massachusetts survivors and a large fire. It also notes Cable and Wireless plans to link Britain to Australia by space satellite with Hong Kong earth station and future coastal, Pacific, and Southeast Asia communications expansion.
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Pacific
Television Pictures
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Cable and Wireless
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Moon Treaty Support by US and USSR at UN
UNITED NATIONS Friday. The United States and the Soviet Union backed similar yet rival treaties in separate UN committees to neutralise the moon and other heavenly bodies. Both powers urged peaceful use of space and nonmilitary exploitation during the sessions.
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Soviet Union
Premiers Split Up 645 Million in Loan Funds
At a Canberra press conference Prime Minister Holt warned Premiers there is no arrangement to obtain more funds if the Arbitration Court raises the basic wage. The meeting outlined 1966 67 loan allocations for all states with notable increases in housing and works, plus additional revenue grants totaling 61.88 million. NSW and Queensland may seek special aid for drought losses.
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Victoria
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Askin
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Walsh
Gidgealpa
Moomba
Adelaide
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South Australia
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Tasmania
Commonwealth
Canberra two-job city shows struggle to make ends meet
Canberra residents juggle two or more jobs to cover bills and house costs as staff writer Peter Luck reports. The city’s financial pressures are highlighted amid broader national stories and cultural notices.
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Canberra
Peter Luck
Premiers Hope For Cooperation In New Economic Phase
Stage is set for renewed government effort as Premiers seek to underpin the economy with continued fairly fines expenditure and new loan access. States aim to gain about 300 million in capital expenditure and plan early Budget measures while eyeing arbitration on wages and gas fields later this year.
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University Commission
Victoria
South Australia
McMahon
Hart
Cun Miainia
Berra
RISC
Holt
Elderly woman seeks missing purse at Monaro Mall
Mrs Patterson waited by a telephone in Canberra for news of a brown purse last seen near her feet in the Monaro Mall. She recalled leaving it while shopping with her daughter and believes it could be found by returning to the mall. Police urged anyone who locates the purse to hand it in, noting she always carried her money.
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Canberra Rex Hotel
Andrew Barber
Yass
Monaro
Canberra
Patterson
Faust
Mitcheley
Leavin
Joss
Shelpalice
Canberra War Effort Plans Civil Building Site
Twenty five years ago in Canberra the government borrowed to fund wartime administration. Plans to finish the Melbourne Buildings block in the city were under review and authority allowed housing of Smithy’s historic Southern Cross plane in the civil hangar for the war period.
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Southern Cross
Canberra
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