Space walker to reach Australian listeners in Gemini 9 flight
Australia to hear astronaut Eugene Cernan as Gemini 9 loops near Cape Kennedy. Cernan, linked by a safety line, should contact Carnarvon station around 10.12 pm after the 13th orbit, becoming Australia’s first in-space dialogue with an orbiting astronaut.
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Perth
Australia
Cape Kennedy
Eugene Cernan
Carnarvon
Bill Garvin
Cernan
Gemini 9
Union in uproar at Trades Hall meeting
More than 100 postal workers gathered at Trades Hall for a rowdy general meeting ending in an uproar after a report by State President D. McLachlan. Two organisers and one member of the 21 man State Committee were suspended amid tensions.
Reserves CACC Discusses Report On Gold And Exchange
After a meeting the State Secretary Mr FP Richardson said the president's report dealt with Sydney Monday alleged irregularities concerning Gold and foreign exchange. He chose 10 million to 1215.8 to confer with the union's solicitor tomorrow May 11.
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CACC
FP. Richardson
Sydney
Reserve Bank
Richardson
Union
Birth-rate drop tied to family changes in Australia
Melbourne report notes Australia's falling birth rate stems from shifts in family structure and declining family responsibility. Federal Social Services Minister Sinclair told the fourth national conference of the Australian Council of Social Service that married life patterns are changing and increased mobility fragments family interests.
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Melbourne
Australia
Social Services
Sinclair
Australian Council of Social Service
Training not attractive to youth in Melbourne survey
A survey of 3,000 school leavers cited six reasons apprenticeship was not attractive. Poor starting pay, uninteresting work, long training, and other factors were noted by the Federal Minister for Labour Mr Bury who discussed the findings yesterday.
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Melbourne
Labour
Bury
Lady Myer Weds Bill Kibby in Melbourne Church
Lady Myer widow of Sir Norman Myer quietly marries Mr Bill Kibby at St George's Church Malvern in front of 20 guests from family and close friends. Bridesmaids and groom's two sons attend, with Lady Myer's son John 12 and Anthony 10 and Kibby's sons Victor 13 and Brandon 10. The ceremony was followed by a private departure for their honeymoon this afternoon.
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Myer
Norman Myer
Anthony
John
Southern Cross
Bill Kibby
St Georges Church
Malvern
Kibby
Louis Sallman
Victor
Brandon
Anthony Myer
Fiji
Melbourne
St George's Church
Lady Myer
Louis Sallman Jnr
Lewis Sallman
Hotel dispute goes on in New South Wales
The Full Bench of the NSW Industrial Commission ruled it has jurisdiction to hear a dispute between Albury publican F. R. Rowan and three major breweries Tooth and Co Ltd Tooheys Ltd Carlton United Brewery Ltd. The brewer defendants argued the Monopolies Act removed the commission’s power.
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Sydney
NSW Industrial Commission
Albury Publican
Australia
F. RA Rowan
Jindera
Albury
Tooth and Co Ltd
Tooheys
McEwen to Visit London for Commonwealth Trade Meet
Minister for Trade Mr McEwen is set to attend a Commonwealth Trade Ministers conference in London at week’s end. Cabinet will review trade issues he plans to raise as officials from Commonwealth trade departments press for resumption at ministerial level.
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Mmr McEwen
Britain
Cabinet
McEwen
London
Canberra food prices rise above other capitals says Mr Howitt
Canberra figures from the Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics show food prices higher here than in other capitals for the March quarter. Mr Howitt criticises price controls as ineffective, citing recent retailer actions on cigarette pricing and the impact of freight and wholesale margins on meat and produce. The Canberra abattoir monopoly and the wholesalers’ profits are cited as factors keeping prices steep, while butcher practices and stock slaughter logistics are debated.
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Howitt
Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics
Canberra
Can ‘Berra
Merce
E. Baker
Sydney
Doughty
Tendercut
Commonwealth Bureau of Census
Lommonweath
Melbourne
Iberra
Adelaide
Perth
Hobart
Father and two sons vanish on Mt Buffalo slopes
Melbourne report says veterinary surgeon Mr Peter Donald Karter and his two sons, David eight and Bruce four, left the Tatra Inn eight miles from Mt Buffalo to go bushwalking tonight. They wore only light clothing as temperatures fell and frost was forecast on the slopes 220 miles northeast of Melbourne.
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Melbourne
Mt Buffalo
Peter Donald Karter
David
Bruce
Tatra Inn
Tlam
Crashes in London Circuit and Canberra Areas
Reports from Hobart and Perth describe multiple injuries from separate traffic incidents in London Circuit and surrounding streets. A father and son, plus a married woman, sustained injuries in crashes during blizzard conditions, while another collision left Mary Elizabeth Skinner with minor injuries. In Canberra, a three-car crash injured a woman as authorities note a rescue and ongoing inquest into maritime fatalities. The Full Bench will hear evidence on an industrial accident at the crayboat incident off the West Australian coast.
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London
Commonwealth Avenue
Hobart
Altron
Bucky
John Topic
Hannan Crescent
Ainslie
Can- Park
Blizberra
Yard
Tapo Topic
Gaa
Mary Elizabeth Skinner
Toolambi Street
Narrabun
Sins
Jus
Archibald the
Perrignon
Justice Duncan Campbell
Black Cook
Perth
Narrabundah
Sheehy
Wests
Victor Daniel Opin
Turner
Hanson Street
Albury
Nsw
Retirement salute marks end of era for Air Chief Marshal Scherger
Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Scherger retires as chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee in Canberra amid inter service rivalry. His 45 year career spans wartime commands in New Guinea and Borneo campaigns, postwar leadership roles, and long service as military adviser to the Minister and Defence Department.
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Frederick Scherger
Chiefs of Staff
Canberra
Sir Frederick
Department of Defence
Frederick
Austra
Lian Air Corps
Duntroon
Point Cook
Royal Military College
Russell Hill
Raap
Aitape
Noemfoor
New Guinea
RAAF
Balikpapan
Tarakang
Labuan
Borneo
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Carnnarvon
Iby
iFiii
Shell
International Oil Heating
Canberra Consumers Inc
W. §. Howitt
Air Staff
Malayan Command
Urget
Kirman
KESHA
Ispahan
Teheran
Tabriz
Manuka
Manuka Circle
Tuffin
Radity Construction
Schwander
Hmbers
Ogenous “Symphony
Nat Sole
Tuffin’s
Ainslie Avenue
Monare Mall
America
Competition
Exchange Motors
Lyell Street
Fyshwick
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