Mid-Winter Remembered By Mawson’s Antarctic Survivors
Three of the six surviving members of Sir Douglas Mawson’s Australian Antarctic expedition gathered in Canberra and Sydney to mark the shortest day. George Dovers Morton Moyes and Alec Kennedy recalled comradeship and past hardships, including a search that rescued a missing crewman. The western party endured a six day blizzard while Scott perished nearby.
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Antarctic Society
Canberra
George Dovers
Mortor Moyes
Alec Kennedy
Sir Douglas Mawson
Wahroonga
Sydney
South Pole
Morton Moyes
Rantretch
Roseville
Mawson
Antartetic Society
Jone
Queen Mary Land
Robert Falcon Scott
Ade- Lees
Western Australia
Englan
Millicent voters prepare for three way electoral rematch
ADELAIDE Friday reports more than 7 800 voters in Millicent will decide the Millicent electorate representation and reform strategy. The rerun of the March 2 election adds a third candidate with ALP LCL and DLP contesting. Major issue is electoral reform with proposed boundary redistributions and calls for proportional representation. A Canberra official note reveals 70 Mount Gambier outskirts residents counted on the Milivent roll.
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Adelaide
Millicent
Peri
ALP
LCL
DLP
Commonwealth
A. J. Walsh
Millicentate
Mount Gambier
Late News Back Page Teases May Include Tea Note
A late back page tease references an earlier report marked as Tea. The snippet signals continuation or update on a prior item with no further details available in the fragment.
Waramanga Blocks Weston Creek auction plans
The National Capital Development Commission announced a program to auction residential leases in the Canberra area during the 1968-69 year. Waramanga near Chifley will host blocks among many suburbs with up to 3,000 blocks serviced. Auctions begin next week with restricted and open auctions scheduled and new bidding rights for lease trustees.
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Canberra
Weston Creek
National Capital Development Commission
Waramanga
Chifley
Albert Hall
Maw- Kon
Farrer
Torrens
Pearce
Curtin
Woden Valley
Aranda
Cook
Macquarie
Page
Scullin
Higgins
Belmeonnen
Belconnen
Commission
Brisbane's trams to go replaced by diesel buses
Brisbane's trams would be replaced by diesel buses next year, announced by Lord Mayor Alderman C. Jones as he unveiled a record city budget of 113 million dollars.
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Brisbane
C. Jones
NSW Government to add air conditioning in ministerial cars
Sydney reports the NSW Government plans to fit air conditioning units in 19 ministerial cars. Cars already have winter heaters and cooling air blowers. Units cost about 500 dollars each, with a likely large bulk-order discount expected by the government.
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Sydney
Nsw
Hall leases offered for eight blocks in village
The Department of the Interior invites applications for eight residential blocks in Hall. Existing lessees may surrender 25 year leases for 0 year leases. Applications close Tuesday July 23. Eligibility excludes persons with existing registrations or entitlements in ACT residential parcels. Details at Land Administration Office.
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Department of the Interior
Hall
Land Administration Branch
Plastic wraps aid survival of newly shorn sheep
CSIRO tests at Prospect NSW show simple plastic coats on most of the sheep body markedly improve survival of shorn sheep in cold rain. A national survey links post-shearing losses to wind and rain, with rain the more distressing factor. Coats cost about 4d per sheep and may cut losses in high-risk districts. Trials also explore water-repellent paper coats and sprayed wax emulsions as lighter options.
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CSIRO
Division of Animal Physiology
Commonwealth Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Australia
Journal
Attorneys General Seek Bugging Controls in Canberra
The Standing Committee of Attorneys General agreed that electronic and mechanical eavesdropping to overhear private conversations should be outlawed, with safeguards allowing use for law enforcement. The Federal Attorney General Bowen will revise draft provisions after committee discussions. The ministers noted privacy invasion concerns and that uniformity is desirable but not essential, and that governments will be consulted.
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Standing Committee of Attorneys-General
Canberra
Bowen
Cairns
Australia
Eavesdropping Law Sparks Debate in Parliament
A parliamentary discussion in Australia addresses privacy invasions via eavesdropping devices and the lack of state offences. The Labor member for Yarra, Dr Cairns, alleges a recorded home conversation without consent, prompting calls for tighter laws and scrutiny of firearm sales.
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Bowen
Labor
Yarra
Cairns
National Service
Ships fired on by mistaking aircraft near Saigon
US sources say American fighters and artillery likely hit five allied ships in error, thinking enemy helicopters were low flying. HMAS Hobart and US cruiser Boston were struck. one Australian sailor died. Reports of Mi-4 helicopter shoot downs were unconfirmed and radar sightings continued with no wreckage found.
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Saigon
HMAS
Hobart
Boston
Enem
Milestone or Millstone for Canberra Home in 30 Years
A Canberra couple aims to buy a $14 000 house with a $1 500 deposit. Government finance covers little more than half, with ceilings debated for four years and potential raise in two months. They would borrow $7 500 at 5 percent for 30 years and $5 000 at 5 percent for 20 years, repaying $14 055 interest and $12 500 principal plus weekly payments, land rent and rates. Page 3.
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Canberra
J. R. Fraser
Commonwealth Savings Bank
Geering Defends His Views and Trial Reflection
The Reverend Lloyd Geering of Knox Theological College Dunedin was tried by his church for controversial views deemed heretical. He was absolved and now publishes a book outlining his religious perspectives. Fourteen Monash University students were charged by summons over an Easter mock crucifixion incident. The British Prime Minister Wilson pledges to curb the House of Lords power and limit hereditary peers.
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Lloyd Geering
Knox Theological College
Dunedin
Monash University
Wilson
House of Lords
Solo yachtsman Hugo Vihlen drifts north of Biscayne Bay
Hugo Vihlen in the April Fool aimed to end his 4100 mile solo Atlantic crossing today near Miami but the Gulf Stream propelled his six foot boat well north of the coast. As family and well wishers waited, the coast guard said they could only guess where he would land, after months at sea and a prior month ashore.
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Fort Lauderdale
Florida
Hugo Vihlen
Gulf Stream
Vihlen
Atlantic
Biscayne Bay
Miami
Coast Guard
Miami ‘Marine
Casablanca
North Africa
Blonde
Johnnie Vihlen
Cuba
de Hat
Turley
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Antarctic
Subiaco
Dt Wilkes
England
C. Cowdrey
K. Barrington
Weston Creek Auction Plans
Mr Bowen
Geering
House of Commons
Lowery
Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Jean de Kat
Royal Force
Toay
Gerry Turley
Shackleton
de Kat
Jagona
Denmark
Ballykelly Raf Base
Kat
Aretha
Lady Soul
Blues Project
Cafe Au Go Go
Stan Getz
Astraud Gilberto
Chris Barber
Ge Mulligan
Son House
Reg Brown
Milt Jackson
Jeve Kirk
Sony Video Tape Recorder
Sony Vtr
A.C.T
Record and Hi-Fi
Petrie Street
Civic
Canberra City
Phome
Canberra Times
Acct
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