Presbyterian Assembly Bans Commonwealth School Aid
The New South Wales Assembly of the Presbyterian Church voted to refuse Commonwealth government financial aid to church schools and opposed general State aid for independent schools. Amendments emphasised preserving non state school independence and directing public funds to community schools, while noting Catholic aid rights. An urgent Methodist conference follows on five major church schools and Commonwealth aid.
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Sydney
N.S.W
The
Presbyterian Church
J. R. Barrie
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Common Wealth Government
Presbyterian
McKeown
Senators announce IEA funding for technical education projects
Senator Gorton announced in the Senate that 45 million pounds of the 10 million Hill program would fund technical education projects. Planned works include blocks at Cooma Parkes Wollongong and Newcastle, plus upgrades at Melbourne and Sydney institutes. He said electronics and automation would transform Australia, bringing leisure and prosperity through training.
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Cooma
Gorton
Senate
Melbourne
Royal Melbourne Institute of Tech- Oay
Ballarat School of Mines
Caulfield ‘Tech- Mcal College
Sydney
Parkes
Wollenowang
Newcastle
Australia
England
3000 At Protest Meeting In Parliament Yard
About 3000 A C T workers attended a mass protest in front of Parliament House to oppose training adults as tradesmen, the Federal Arbitration Act penalties, and the single unit wage proposal. Industry halted at 11 a m as workers stopped work and all returned after lunch. At 10 am the Transport Workers Union held an independent stopwork meeting supporting the demonstration.
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A.C.T
Parliament House
Transport Workers’ Union
T.W.U
Pravda
Tass
Australia Communist Party
Tribune
Snedden Survives No Confidence Vote In Parliament
A motion to censure Attorney General Snedden failed 63 to 44 in the Australian House of Representatives. The debate centered on Snedden’s use of a Tribune report and claims that Dr Cairns spoke at a Yugoslav Settlers meeting with Ralph Gibson, a known Communist. Opposition charges of misleading the House and abuse of office were raised by Calwell and Colwell, with Holt defending the Government’s position on the Meeting’s attendees.
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Qucuueniver Amiri
Mr. Snedden
Snedden
House of Representatives
Thon
Calwell
Cairns
Tribune
Holt
House
Communist Party
Mr. Colwell
Commonwealth
Snednlen
Ralph Gibson
Snedilen Thad
Ciarns
Hole in One at Royal Canberra Golf Club
The A C T Conciliation and Arbitration Commissioner Mr G A Findlay scored a hole in one on the eighth hole at Royal Canberra Golf Club at seven this morning. The celebration was muted as stewards attended a stop work meeting.
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A.C.T. Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration
G. A. Findlay
Royal Canberra Golf Club
Findlay
IAS Residential Leases For Auction
Blocks in Hackett Hughes Watson Downer Curtin and Campbell Deakin will go to auction in restricted and open rounds. Restricted bids limited to non recent leasees with one block per bidder and five year occupancy rule. Open auction to follow restricted phase with high rents and covenants noted.
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Anthony
Hackett
Hughes P
Watson
Downer
Curtin
Campbell
Deakin
Campbell and Deakin
Stevenson Recalled From London Flight In Geneva Crisis
Mr. Stevenson left London Airport at the request of the U S Secretary of State. The U S Information Service said he would return to New York after canceling engagements at Imperiance College and a U N Parliamentary group luncheon. He met with Britain's Foreign Affairs minister Peter Thomas and had been part of the Rusk delegation to the NATO ministerial council at The Hague.
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Stevenson
London
U.S. Information Service
U.S
Dean Ask
Imperiance College
U.N
York
Pathet Lao
Pilot Hurt In Crash At Marulan
A Beaver crop dusting aircraft crashed soon after takeoff from Big Hill airstrip near Marulan. Pilot Norman Harold Liddle, of Goulburn, suffered a fractured skull and severe head lacerations. He was alone. the engine cut out during climb with a full load of superphosphate. The plane struck a tree on a ridge and skidded. Liddle was taken to St John of God Hospital with satisfactory condition. The aircraft, valued at £29, almost wrecked. Civil Aviation crash investigators planned to inspect the wreck.
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Norman Harold Liddle
Elizabeth Street
Goulburn
Liddle
St John of God Hospital
Civil Aviation Department
Woul
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