30 Jun 1962
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 30, 1962
Page
1
Fragmentary text mentions injuries, late plays, and a possible game recap. Names and details are obscured, with references to Keefe, Norths, and a final score not clearly stated. Context suggests a short sports blurb or update from a local page.
Captain's Flat faces job losses as the Lake George mine closes leaving 300 plus steelworkers unemployed. Town shifts to construction work on a new Queanbeyan road, with roadbuilding plants, housing moves, and delayed recovery amid hopes for revival led by Canberra and Queanbeyan economies.
Dutch patrols clashed with Indonesian paratroopers dropped in Merauke last week with casualties and one capture reported. Holland has accepted Bunker Plan proposals transferring West New Guinea to Indonesia.
United Nations disclosed Soekarno accepted the Bunker Plan with guarantees for Papuan rights. The proposals would shift West New Guinea administration to Indonesia over two years with a plebiscite to follow. Dutch paratroops near Merauke and other areas faced Indonesian activity as missing Dutch Dakota aircraft raise concerns.
Sir Winston Churchill, 87, returned to London by RAF Comet from Nice after a broken thigh from a Monte Carlo fall. He underwent a successful bone setting operation and was taken to Middlesex Hospital with Lady Churchill and Randolph Churchill nearby.
Finance made available to the States at this week's Premiers Conference and Loan Council meetings should ensure a high level of economic activity in 1962 63. The Treasurer Mr Holt said the improved position in production and employment should bolster state budgets. He noted stable costs benefit governments and authorities as the government proceeds with development in Northern Australia and promotes export potential for Queensland. Prime Minister Menzies announced pre budget talks with business and industry leaders in Canberra for next week to discuss national economic trends.
Last night two cars traveling in the same direction collided on Fairbairn Avenue near the overpass and rolled more than 200 yards. Charles Thomas Hall of Tyson Street Ainslie sustained a cut hand and was treated at the Community Hospital before being discharged. One car ended upright the other on its side. both were extensively damaged. Hall was trapped until rescue with metal cutting shears freed him. Police have yet to determine the exact cause while noting loose gravel and a slight downhill bend. A motor cyclist also sought hospital care after a dog struck his rear wheel.Kelvin Max Smed ley of Deakin sustained minor injuries.
The Commonwealth purchased the 12 acre Woden site about four miles from City on the Cotter Road from mortgagees for 45000 pounds. Karl Schreiner had owned it as a building contractor. Interior Minister Freeth said the Forestry and Timber Bureau would use the buildings as part of a ten year Woden development plan.
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