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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 30, 1962
Page
5
The Senate will seat twelve new members starting next Sunday with six year terms from July 1. Government strength drops as predecessors’ terms end but gains via either DLP or Independent support could still yield a majority in the new session.
Thirty cooks and kitchen staff claimed they were locked in the Cheshire County Teachers' Training College kitchen during Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon's visit. They joked about Russia and questioned who ordered the lock, while Allan Armitage vowed inquiries if true.
Twenty seven AWA workers on the Yarralumla Dam project received dismissal notices from Citra Australia Ltd amid foundation difficulties and a fault found below the dam. About 330 labourers remain on site with more to be engaged in September, unions seeking reallocation for dismissed men. An officer from Labour and National Service will visit next week to advise the retrenched workers.
The National Vital Development Commission announced extensions at Hotel Acton worth 160 100 pounds adding 101 bedrooms and a new lounge facing Marcus Clarke Street. The plan includes front lounge, dining room expansion, Lake Burley Griffin views, and new tennis courts with increased parking. By February next year, further 15 000 pounds of extensions were planned.
About 800 passports issued in six weeks as the British High Commission reports no problems in Australia with new entry provisions. Most inquiries settled on the spot with 25 percent referred to Canberra. No Australian applications refused yet and nine in ten Australians travel for leisure or work. The spokesman says the real rush starts mid-summer.
Lord Casey former Australian Minister for External Affairs told the Oral Commonwealth Society in London that Britain had shown little enthusiasm or encouragement for migration to Australia. He warned British indifference risked shifting migrants to Holland Germany Italy and Greece and noted the new Britain Australia migration pact was similar to the old one.
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