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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Mar 18, 1963
Page
3
A Paris report says a government panel of Three Wise Men seeks a quick settlement to the rail strike that threatens Eastern France's coalfields. Miners demand 11 percent wage gains while civil service unions discuss a 24 hour stoppage.
A masked man and an accomplice entered the Burwood Road TAB office just before closing and demanded the takings. The robber fled in a car, sighted later on Toorak Road, but police did not arrest him. Consorting Squad detectives from Russell Street-Camberwell CAB investigate.
The Canberra Times notes delivery delays due to high circulation and large 48 page issues but commends newsagents for efforts to maintain home deliveries. It reports daily circulation over 17 000, the newspaper’s prominence outside Sydney and Newcastle, and advertiser benefits from strong penetration of the Canberra Queanbeyan area. Readers are apologized to for passing inconveniences.
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