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Canberra Times

Location

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Date

Nov 05, 1963

Page

5

Leaving Certificate exams under way in Canberra district

The Leaving Certificate exams began in the afternoon with English and science. Students from Canberra High School and Lyneham High School have large rolls while 145 Canhigh and Kerra Evening College pupils sit this year. Some sit externally from Acton Massachusetts Kuala Lumpur and a Canberra hospital bed.

Canberra Can Kerra Evening College Telopea Park Helen Pryor Acton Massachusetts Celia Ford Kuala Lumpur United Kingdom Trade Commission Robert Tarling Lyneham High School South Side Telopea Park High School

Four Men Complete 50 Mile Walk From Bredhotay Canberra

Four men finished a 50 mile walk from Bredhotay Canberra on Sunday. Willie Knutnis, a Latvian, completed the distance in 13 hours. Malcolm Haas, 14, an Australian, finished ten minutes later, followed by Moses Werrer, an Indonesian, who crossed ten minutes after Haas. Tony Balferty, an Irishman, ended the 80 miles in 15 hours 27 minutes.

Bredhotay Canberra Willie Knutnis Malcolm Haas Moses Werrer Hass Tony Balferty

Queensland Rhodes Scholar 1964 Named

David Ed Molonga Drive, Grace Ward Moore, 23, a Queensland University science graduate, is awarded the 1964 Rhodes Scholarship. A metallurgist by training, he plans to study at Oxford and pursue politics and economics, while active in rugby and the Queensland Young Country Party. His sister Helen, 18, a science student, funds the celebratory kiss capture.

Queensland University Queensland Rhodes David Ed Molonga Graceward Moore Ville Moore Queenland Young Country Party Oxford de Ee. F Helen

Smokestack 650 Feet Tall Near Sydney Planned

Port Kembla will gain the Southern Hemisphere’s largest smoke stack. Electrolytic Refining and Smelting Pty. Ltd. will build a 650ft tower to meet the Clean Air Bill, at a cost around £250,000. The stack, to be erected by Tileman and Co. of Melbourne, will be three times the present height and ready for operation by early 1965.

Sydney Port Kembla Melbourne Tileman and Co. (Australia) Pty. Ltd

Man saves falling child in Albany after window incident

In Albany California a 14 month old boy Christopher Cotton teetered from a window Saturday. Neighbor Bas Gaddie 44 reacted quickly and reached between fence posts to snatch the child from the air. The boy escaped injury and was unharmed.

Albany California Christopher Cotton United Press International Bas Gaddie Christopher Gaddie

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