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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Mar 11, 1968
Page
11
An account from Saigon details an Australian observer recounting a Nui Dat interrogation. He describes witnessing a Vietnamese prisoner water torture and associated security measures, with references to Major Revs Smith and Mr Ahmad and a crowd observing from a camp tent.
Melbourne report shows Ansett Transport-Industries chief R M Ansett awaiting a High Court injunction before resuming DC-3 flights without engineers. He pledged legal aid to pilots opposing the federation, as the federation backs executive refusals to fly. The airline faces crew and safety tensions and delayed services.
In Melbourne and Sydney coverage, McMahon defends rising real wages while noting higher living costs. Key figures including Mr. Whitlam critique govern ment spending and calls for structural economic changes. A car accident injures a 24 year old, with hospital and industry reaction included.
Canberra's latest water restrictions lowered city consumption to 12 million gallons in 24 hours to Friday and 10.45 million yesterday. Forecasters predicted cooler, showery weather with a maximum around 60s, while the city prepares for extended limits as the drought continues.
Canberra fruit and vegetable retailers accuse government policy of unfairly favoring market sites and penalising small traders. Chairman Mrs Bigg cites higher costs and selective treatment, urging equal charges and a public meeting to discuss the future of Padky's Market. Over 1200 signatures support retaining the market and its trading terms.
In Melbourne a ceremony crowned Baby Santiago, 20, as Queen of No Pacific. She stars in modelling and runs a school, with a prize of a $4,000 cheque and a world tour. She departs Melbourne at month end to return home.
A small fishing boat carried seven or more islanders 400 miles across the Timor Sea to Darwin. They were received from Melville Island as a medical aircraft ferried a doctor and officials inland. Captain Leitich and survivors faced weather and exposure. medical authorities planned quarantine in Darwin while Indonesians may wait for monsoon season to return home.
The Federal Government will underwrite part of the cost of an experiment into better methods of selecting students for tertiary education. Minister Fraser said in Canberra that the experiment would look into the value of special examinations to support selection.
The fragment describes exams and prospective travel connected to education in Australia and Chile. It notes matriculation marks and university and education department involvement, with references to a student selection process and possible routes via Cape Horn. The text is garbled and hard to fully parse.
A Sydney survey shows 8 percent of respondents in crisis had a parent present in childhood. The study, similar to St George Holle, notes many in personal crisis attempted death by own action or died amid family disruption. Doctors aim to publish findings to guide public health responses.
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