Canberra Diary Details Diplomatic Visits and Arrivals
The Governor General Sir William Slim and Lady Slim will stay in Melbourne until June 24. High Commissioner for Canada T W L MacDermot departs for a two week Canada visit. P R Gunasekara and Mrs Gunasekara fly to Sydney for a Royal Empire Society dinner and a Sydney concert, then address the Wagga Wagga Apex Club before civic reception in Wagga Wagga and return to Canberra. The German ambassador Dr W Hess hosts a farewell dinner for Deputy High Commissioner G W Tory and Mrs Tory with diplomatic corps present. French ambassador Renaud Sivan hosted Canada’s High Commissioner MacDermot and Irish Chargé d’Affaires Butler. New official secretary I W Bell arrives in Canberra to join the UK High Commission office. Belford, a Foreign Service officer, has served in Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia, will live at 45 Melbourne Avenue, Forrest. G B Feakes leaves for London for Australian High Commission duties. Mr and Mrs F H Stuart and three children depart for Phnom Penh. Mr Stuart appointed Australian MissTer. Mr and Mrs R N Birch depart for Hong Kong for the Australian Trade Commission. they are accompanied by two children. Last week David Goss left for Karachi to become third secretary at the Australian High Commission. Mr and Mrs N Hocking.
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Ceylon
P. R. Gunasekara
Gunasekara
Sydney
Royal Empire Society
Wagga Wagga
Apex Club
Canberra
W. Hess
United Kingdom
G. W. Tory
I. W. Bell
Ethiopia
Saudi Arabia
Melbourne Avenue
Forrest
R. N. Birch
Hongkong
Birch
Australian Trade Commission
Mra. Birch
David Goss
Karachi
Canberra social notes mark visits and personal milestones
Visitors arrive for Loan Council in Canberra and Mrs Bailey returns from overseas to share UN Assembly experiences. Birth of Christopher Chappell Born to Mrs Densid Born at Canberra Community Hospital. District Commissioner appointed for South Canberra Girl Guides. Local residents travel to Sydney for a Mosman wedding featuring Yvonne Clarke.
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G. H. Fetherston
South
Canberra
The
Girl Guide Association
Tom Kimber
Wangaratta
Surfers’ Paradise
Kimber
Ur’ 4 Insurance Company
Sydney
8&T. Clement
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Melbourne
William
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Canada
T. W. L. MacDermot
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W. B. Butler
G. B. Feakes
London
Australian High Commission
F. H. Stuart
Phnom Penh
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Mrs. N. Hocking
Hardie
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R. J. D. Turnbull
M. McCelland
United States
Avery, Peterson
Tel Aviv
Israel
EB. B. Lawson
McClelland
Brisbane
Great Carrier Reef
Australia
Misa McClelland
Catherine Fleming
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United Nations Assebly
New York
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Bailey
England
J. R. Freney
Armidale Regional Pastoral Laboratory
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Gendaroo
Surfer's Paradise
AWA
Prommatic
Aster End Aircel
Ferris Autovox
HLMV
Hackett Radio
Odale St
Braddon
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Canberra My. Ltd
Bailey Arcade
East Row
Civic Centre
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