Tenders Call To Build First Stage Of College
National Capital Development Commission calls tenders for the first Canber ra College of Advanced Education classrooms to serve about 500 students. The project aims for a September contract and a January 1970 opening, with eventual enrolment around 10 000 by 1980. The college will form part of the central campus near Belconnen Town Centre and emphasise vocational courses with industry links. It will begin with schools of administrative studies liberal studies and applied science offering accountancy commerce public administration statistics and librarianship.
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Canberra College of Advanced Education
National Capital Development Commission
Canberra
Belconnen
NEDC
Teaders
Hong Kong Importers Get "Good Orders" For WA Building
A Reuters report notes a seven person delegation from Western Australia received reinforced concrete and masonry construction plans. The group surveyed basement, ground floor, and two storey options with manufacturers from Hong Kong supplying materials. A spokesman for Hong Kong importers described the orders as solid and promising.
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INCDC
Hong Kong
Wealand
Ajem Australia
Hong
NRMA survey rates ACT caravan parks and NSW sites
NRMA headquarters in Sydney disclosed that ACT caravan camps fare better than most NSW sites in a survey on facilities. Canberra sites surveyed include Black Mountain Tourist Park, Lakes Carotel on Federal Highway, and Eastham's Tourists Centre Symonstown, with Open Road noting four star ratings for the caravan sites overall.
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Canbert
Nsw
NRMA
Canberra
Black Mountain
Lakes Carotel
Federal Highway
Eastham
Symonstown
J. Holland
Open Road
Official Journal of the
Planetarts
Attack on header tariff in Sydney inquiry
A tariff inquiry in Sydney heard that imported headers could raise wheat production costs by about two pence a bushel. APPL executives argued that Australian headers with comb fronts suit night or medium crops of rye, barley, and oats, but fail on heavy cereals. They urged abolishing tariffs on imported headers with open fronts and larger threshing capacity to boost efficiency.
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Sydney
A. A.anit
Act
Australian Primary Producters Union
Melbourne Could Be No 1 Port In Australia
Sydney faces port decline as Melbourne gains berthing facilities for container ships. Former Sydney Lord Mayor H F Jensen warns three new Balmain berths are delayed, forcing overseas vessels to use inadequate facilities. Westerkerk incident at Circular Quay highlights ongoing wharf capacity shortage and waterside tensions.
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Sydney
Melbourne
Australia
H. F. Jensen
Wyong
Balmain
Jensen
Westerkerk
Circular Quay
Exemptions from tax for aged pensioners expand limits
Sydney report says many more people above pensionable age will be exempt from tax this year. Deputy Taxation Commissioner R. R. Gray notes that their pension is excluded from total income for the first time. Ordinary exemption limit is 416 pounds, raised to 1,196 pounds for aged pensioners.
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Sydney
R. R. Gray S
Crray
Menzies in clash over UK links and US ties
London reports Sir Robert Menzies urged positive counter action to halt a drift in Anglo Australian relations. He defended a lasting special relationship among the United States Britain and others, debating Europe's role and calling for shared moral responsibilities among English speaking peoples. Former PM Anthony Eden joined discussions advocating North Atlantic free trade area ideas.
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London
Robert Menzies
United States
Britain
George Bull
Robert
Ball
Europe
Great Britain
United Kingdom
USA
Australia
Avon
Anthony Eden
North Atlantic Free Trade Area
WA Rotary clubs aid Singapore youth in surgery bid
Several West Australian Rotary clubs plan to help Philip Ang, a 24 year old Singaporean with a brain tumour, travel to Perth for surgery. District governor Nathan Shilkin confirmed clubs were willing to assist with costs after an urgent appeal from Singapore Rotary. Local surgeons had recommended overseas specialised surgery and the cost was projected at SAGIH).
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Singapore
Perth
East
Mr Ang
Ang
Singapore General Ihospital
Rotary Club
Australian Soldier Killed in Vietnam Battle
An Australian soldier was killed in Bien Hoa province and another wounded in action. Private Stuart Kohn Barnett, 21, of Newmarket Queensland from 4th Battalion RAR, died in duty. Lance Corporal Bruce John Howes, 22, of Leichhardt NSW from 4th Battalion, was wounded and evacuated in satisfactory condition to My Tho Evacuation Hospital.
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Bien Hoa
Vietnam
Army
Canberra
Stuart Kohn Barnett
Newmarke
Queensland
4Th Battalion
RAR
Bruce John Howes
Leichhardt
Nsw
Howes
Mth
Tong Binh
Melbourne to install 3.4m weather computer
Australia’s Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau begins installing a 3.4 million computer in Melbourne to automate weather map production for the Australian region. The project aims to join other international systems in Moscow and Washington to compile global weather data.
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Melbourne
CommonWealth Meteorological Bureau
W. EH. Gibbs
Moscow
Washington
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