This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Mar 02, 1968
Page
1
The Prime Minister intends to divide his department into a cabinet secretariat a policy division and routine functions unit. Mr Eggleton cited workload from the Prime Minister's duties and delays due to the absence of the permanent head as causes for the reorganization.
The ACTU president Mr Monk will appeal to Prime Minister Gorton and two ministers to address perceived failings in the postal settlement. Talks on mail-van driver wage claims collapsed in Melbourne with the Public Service Board insisting on its arbitration path. The piece also discusses Gorton’s plan to reorganize the cabinet secretariat and a new policy division headed by Mr Hewitt, with Sir John Bunting likely to lead the cabinet secretariat.
A fatal blaze swept through a Merritt area residence early Friday, killing six children including Danny Snyder and Susan Snyder, ages three to seven, and Debra, Tammy, and Mike Hall. The tragedy occurred as firefighters responded to the blaze that engulfed the home near Merritt, with authorities investigating the cause.
The Canberra show suffered a blackout from 7.1 pm to 8.30 pm causing rides to stall and displays to lag by up to ninety minutes. Treasurer R. T. Winch said the cause was unknown. Over 5 000 attended with receipts around 1600 dollars and Miss Betty Black named Miss Canberra Showgirl, proceeding to the Southern Zone finals in Canberra.
US Navy and Coast Guard ships and South Vietnamese vessels destroyed three armed trawlers attempting to reach shore to rearm Communist forces in South Vietnam. A fourth fled northward. Two Americans were wounded and three Australians were wounded in related clashes near Saigon and the DMZ as allied forces have intercepted munitions trawlers over three years.
In pre dawn fog more than 500 North Vietnamese troops breached barbed wire around Khe Sanh combat base but were driven back. The assault on the eastern perimeter by Rangers and Marines left 70 communists killed. US air support included bombing near the rangers lines. A CI23 cargo aircraft was shot and burned on takeoff, crew escaped. US jets hit a Hanoi area maintenance and supply targets while Hue area Marines reported 47 communist dead and 19 captured.
Prime Minister Gorton distance affects after senior Cabinet minister Bury warned wage demand rises could lift income tax and prices. Gorton said the speech reflected an individual view not a government announcement, after first brief comment drew TV and radio coverage.
Secretary Mr Eggleton said Gorton did not share critics' readings of his speech. Mr Bury warned wage rise pressure would lift taxes and prices, urging limited spending and tariff protection. Treasurer McMahon touted rising real per capita consumption. The PM disavowed Bury's stance, signaling Cabinet tensions over defense, development, and policy direction.
The report notes former Lord Sydney MP Harry Jensen will contest readership of Britain’s new Commonwealth Immigration Bill in the House of Lords. It references Nab Rioting in Cairo with thousands of students, described as more serious than first thought, and mentions various department page markers and sections across the issue.
A magistrate threatened Jovepl Aloyaus Courtney of Macpherson Street OConnor with contempt of court if he continued to protest his criminal listing and threaten to hop in the Canberra Petty Sessions. The hearing was adjourned until late afternoon, with Courtney insisting he has been treated as a criminal and denying the charges.
A spokesman says Canberra will be slightly cooler today with a maximum near nine degrees, following a mostly mild overnight period. Northwesterly winds 10 to 20 knots near the lake may gust higher, as cloud thickens. A total fire ban is in place until midnight tomorrow due to high to extreme danger.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.