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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 25, 1958
Page
12
Canberra diary notes numerous visits by high commissioners and ambassadors in Canberra and Sydney. Wiliam-Sim Governor-General’s visit to rural projects, Japanese and Dutch envoys attend Asian Festival, Malays and Pakistan officials travel, Canadian and German scholars offered study opportunities, and local dignitaries host and attend functions across Australia this week.
Ald Steve Mauger, prominent Queanbeyan citizen and founder and charter president of the Lions Club, left Sydney for a five week trip to the United States. He will serve as official delegate to the International Lions Clubs Convention in Chicago, attending five days and touring by coach. Several planes have been chartered to move the 240 Australian delegates, and Mauger also leads the Queanbeyan RSL Club and its sub branch.
Professor J. P. Baxter chairman of the Australian Atomic Energy Commission will speak in Canberra on atomic energy’s role in boosting agricultural output. He will address a public meeting at the Institute of Anatomy, outlining how cheap decentralised power could transform rural development in Australia.
Lwa pupils from Canberra High School aged 13 gain selection after auditions for a radio quiz program to be taped at the Auditorium Hall on July 1. John Whelen will face Sydney spelling champion and John Lestie is slated for a seat on the Quiz Kids panel. A variety show titled A Handful of Stars will also be staged the same night to benefit Boy Scouts, with bookings at Samson’s and Bourchier’s.
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