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07 May 1963
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
May 07, 1963
Page
1
Air Ceremony By Soekarno Renames West Irian Mountains
President Soekarno flew to Merauke near the Australia New Guinea border and renamed eight mountains and ranges in West Irian. In a Merauke rally he proposed renaming the Indian Ocean the Indonesian Ocean, signaling strong nationalist symbolism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biak
West Irian
A.a.p.reuter
Soekarno
Merauke
Australia New Guinea
Kota Baru
Indian Ocean
Soekarno visits West Irian ends with renaming Carsten Range
President Soekarno’s flying visit to West Irian nears close after overnight in Biak. He tours New Guinea highlands by Hercules escorted by jet bombers, renaming peaks to honor Indonesia’s struggle. Soekarno boasts population of about 100 million and seeks unity in a diverse nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Irian
Biakland
Macaswr
Djakarta
Dr. Sockarno
New Guinea
Mountainee
Australia
Asia
Pacific
Indonesia
Soekarno
Flood Threat To Bluebird Lake Eyre Warning
Monday report warns waters from the Diamentina River will reach Lake Eyre in 10 to 14 days. Eyre remains wet from last week’s heavy rain and road access is banned. The Oldfields family homesteads Eladonna and Cowarie are affected and land speed searches may be postponed due to the approaching flood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Eyre
Nald Campbell
Bluebird Sect
Dia- Mentina
Eyre
Oldfields
Eladonna
Cowarie
Nis
Campbell
Fire destroys letters in Ainslie Post Office box
The Acting Postal Inspector Mr. M. Turner said youngsters likely caused a fire in a post box at Ainslie Post Office on Sunday by throwing a fire cracker. About 40 letters were burned. all but one were traced to sender or recipient. The box held mail from 10.30 am to 10 pm. Offenders face up to 12 months in jail or a £100 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainslie
M. Turner
Rioting British soldiers held after Nairobi violence
Reported clashes involve up to 100 troops rampaging through Nairobi on Saturday night after the murder of 19-year-old private Thomas Henry Jones from Tipton Staffordshire. Bars, a Sombrero nightclub, and African taxis suffered wreckage as drivers were assaulted and windshields smashed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nairobi
Thomas Henry Jones
Tipton
Staffordshire
Sombrero
Nicholls Sentence Commuted To Life
Governor General Lord De Isle on advice of the Executive Council commuted Nicholls sentence from death to life imprisonment for the murder of Beverley Irving Keys. Nicholls, 46, will serve in an New South Wales gaol, with earlier trials and appeals noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Norris Nicholls
Lord de Isle
Faccative Council
Nicholls
High Court
Garfield Barwick
Executive Council
J. J. Davoren
Q.C
K. F. O'Leary
D. J. Crossin
J. J. Knight
Watson
Crown
N.S.W
Goulburn Nicholls
A.C.T
Porter
Crews Told to Look For Cythera Yacht
The RAAF was asked to assist in tracing the Sydney yacht Cythera, overdue after leaving Norfolk Island two weeks ago. Neptune bombers from Richmond air base were instructed to watch for Cythera on regular training flights, with radar searches planned near Fiji and the area she was thought to sail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
RAAF
Cythera
Norfolk Island
Neptune
Richmond Air Base
Richmond
Fiji
Trade Talks Start In London Amid Market Tensions
British delegation led by Frederick Erroll and Christopher Soames reviews trade with Australia and New Zealand including the 1957 Anglo Australian pact. Britain may suspend the 15 sterling duty on Danish butter to ease dairy access while pressing for tariff cuts within EFTA. In Washington, Henry Reuss warns the US must adopt a tough line toward the European common market to protect export business worth about 483 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trade
Frederick Erroll
Christopher Soames
Britain
Australia
New Zealand
London
Denmark
European Free Trade Association
Australian
Washington
M.H.R. Henry Reuss
United States
U.S
Australia1s high living standard touted by PM at Pt Pirie
Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies declared Australia the world’s highest standard of living at Pt Pirie while opening Grey by election campaigning for L C L candidate W H Dyason. He blamed Labour for claimed chaos and cited nine to ten years of development driven by a population migration programme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide
Australia
Robert Menzies
Pt. Pirie
Grey
L.C.L
W. H. Dyason
Labour Parity
Labour
Sir Robert
Two nuns among crash victims near Goulburn
A fatal crash near Michelago claimed the life of Ernest Losch 20 of Croydon N S W who died of a fractured spine and internal injuries after his car left the road. Sister Marguerite and Sister Stanislaus of Yass Convent were seriously injured in a head on collision while transporting a sick child to St John’s Hospital Goulburn. A third accident near Nimmitabel injured three Victorians Edward Hansford Marlene Hansford and Marjorie White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Losch
Croydon
N.S.W
Michelago
Losch
Queanbeyan Hospital
Yass
St. John’s Hospital
Goulburn
Marguerite
Stanislaus
Hume Highway
Nimmitabel
Edward Hansford
Gippsland
Lacer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Soeckarno W. Irian
Carsten Range
Soekarna Range
Carsten
Mont Soekarna
Wilhelmina
Juliana
Trikora
Eople
Last Fear
West Iian
United Nations
Inter Indonesian
Lockarno
Ireland
Caspian Sea
Miss Keys
R.A A.F. Crews
R.A.A.F
Cynthera
Ated
Marlene Hansford
Marjorie White
Hayfield
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