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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 29, 1962
Page
6
Great Bargain Basement value offers cosy wool slacks in soft wool tweed with neat checks and long-sleeved no iron corduroy shirts with two-way collar. Sizes SB to Y in olive and school grey. Be early and save. Wines BUST
Gerbhardt held in Singapore in connection with the shooting of Joshua Liddel on Collins Street. Crown shown prima facie case for trial after witnesses and a barmaid testified the accused offered a mink coat for £100 and claimed “they” were after him. Det. Bennet linked theft of furs to the incident. Funds and building plans for a club are also noted with a list of donors and the upcoming public appeal.
The Commonwealth Statistician released 1961 figures showing Australia’s death rate at 5 per 1000, down from 8.6 in 1960, with heart disease as the leading single cause at 24.45 per cent. NSW had the highest rate, infant mortality fell to 14.5 per 1000, and 4689 children under one died that year.
The Australian Army will relocate 16 Centurion tanks a bridge layer and an army recovery vehicle from Puckapunyal Victoria to Singleton near Newcastle for a peacetime exercise. Eight tanks and the landing ship Clive Steele will transport by sea, others by road with tank transporters. Four tanks depart by sea from Melbourne on July 3, road moves begin July 9, the largest peacetime tank movement.
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