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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 24, 1971
Page
1
After ten years of negotiations Britain and the six Common Market countries agreed on major entry conditions for the EEC. The 14 hour talks settled three remaining issues including New Zealand dairy exports, Britain’s budget contribution, and inshore fishing regulations.
A high level meeting between the South African Rugby Union and South African Airways in Johannesburg aims to decide if the Springbok tour to Australia will be cancelled amid ACTU boycotts. Craven says demonstrators interfere with sport, Hawke warns unions against enforcing policies, and WA union resists a brick ban on the team while other Queensland unions join boycotts. Pope John Paul II criticizes arrogance.
In Ballarat Supreme Court on Wednesday, Christopher Russell Lowery and Charles Ian King II were convicted of murdering 15 year old Rosalyn Nolte at Mt Napier Reserve near Hamilton. Judge Smith sentenced them to death, with commutation likely to life imprisonment. controversy over capital punishment remains in Victoria. More details appeared on Page 10.
The Immigration Department ordered Ying Chi Chan a 27 year old member of a defect-research team at Prince Henry's Hospital Melbourne to leave Australia by next Wednesday. Chan arrived from Singapore eight years ago and holds a bachelor of electrical engineering, working on an electronic machine to check debt beal irregularities.
IOC Holdings Ltd announced a takeover bid for 51 percent of Ampol Petrol Ltd worth 48 million dollars in paper form only. Ampol directors met and decided not to recommend shareholders accept the offer despite the bid extending into Page 2L.
Britain will pay 8.64 percent of the total Community fund in the first year of membership, about 196 million in cash, rising to 24.72 percent after seven years. The agreement covers hill farming subsidies, fishing access changes to be negotiated in Brussels, and a six step agricultural price transition over five years. Trade disruption provisions protect third countries. Rippon hailed the deal as bringing stability and prosperity for Europe. New Zealand and Australia voiced concerns on dairy guarantees and price formulas. Tokyo notes potential shifts in markets as Asia and Africa adapt to the enlarged Community.
The Australian Labor Party overturned centralist policy and adopted a more federalist platform addressing Commonwealth State relations. It backed commissions on finances health education conservation and energy reporting to both parliaments while narrowly voting to retain the Senate abolition proposal. The changes followed committee action involving Holden Whitlam Murphy and Duncan with Whitlam previously supporting Senate abolition.
The day featured a cold spell with temperatures just above freezing by 7am and three to four degrees by midday. The Bureau of Meteorology reported a maximum of 48 degrees at 7.20pm while grass minimums reached 13 degrees.
T C Winter argues penal clauses are essential to deter breach in contracts despite application difficulties. The piece appears on Page 2 of the second part of Arbitration's Place. Also noted are Barry Drive extensions update and a feature on singles at 35 with insights from Shirley Stolt Despoja on Page 16.
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