Meeting Most Chaotic In Canberra's History
Canberra Cooperative Society members ended a four hour chaotic meeting by accepting J B Young Ltd s offer to acquire the society s undertaking The proposal included exchange of three stock units of 5 per share plus an extra cash payment of 3 per share for each fully paid share in the public company formed by the cooperative source states the plan and terms of exchange remained as offered
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Canberra
Canberra Cooperative Society
J.B. Young Ltd
Board approves sale of society assets to J B Young Ltd
In a turbulent meeting about 400 members attended as J B Young Ltd offered to buy the society assets for a set price with completion by January 31 1962. After hours of controversy the motion to dispose of assets and to apply for public company status passed by a large majority.
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Cauannen
Hich
J. H. Scholts
Lafflan
W. Nordsvan
Creative Society
I. Nordsvan
Coopera
Pla
Inlear
Canterrane
J. H. Scholtens
JB. Young
Clark
Society of Nsw
Opera House invites Joan Sutherland for opening night
Australia’s Joan Sutherland may sing at the Sydney Opera House opening late in 1963 or early 1964. Premier Heffron aims for her on opening night and has discussed first night plans with Opera House chairman B. Haviland. Bravos for Joan.
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Sydney
Australia
Joan Sutherland
Sydney Opera House
Heffron
Miss Sutherland
Opera House
8. Haviland
Joan
Dukes of Windsor Arrive London From Paris at Victoria
The Dukes and Duchess of Windsor are pictured arriving at Victoria Station London on Friday after leaving Paris aboard the Golden Arrow. They will stay at Claridges and visit Princess Margaret and the newborn baby.
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Dukes and Duchess of Windsor
Victoria Station
London
Paris
Claridges
Princess Margaret
Battle near Saigon claims fifty guerrillas dead
Fifty South Vietnamese Communist guerrillas were reported killed by Government troops in a Cao Lanh clash near Saigon. Seven Government soldiers died and seven were wounded as troops captured 15 guerrillas along with two automatic rifles and twenty sub machine guns.
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Saigon
P.reuter
Cao Lanh
Princess Alexandra Hails Burma War Dead In Rangoon
Princess Alexandra visited Rangoon Burma on a goodwill tour arriving by Queen's Flight Heron with an entourage of 10 She laid a wreath at Thanhyasaya War Memorial and at a cemetery honoring 36 000 Allied dead The visit included a wreath at Attarnee Mausoleum and a planned stop at Rangoon's Pagoda event drew about 1 000 at the airport and thousands along the route
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Rangoon
Tue
Yesterda
Moulmein
Bangkok
Ranwon
Thanhyasaya War Memorial
Iday
A.A.P
Priy
Burma
Alexandra
Siam-Bun
Attarnee Mausoleum
Aunt San
Netherlands bid to internationalize West New Guinea fails at UN
The U N General Assembly rejected a compromise African draft to place West New Guinea under U N administration until a vote on its future. Australia supported the compromise. Indonesia and the Soviet Bloc opposed. The Netherlands withdrew its resolution without a vote after the failure of the compromise.
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New York
A.a.p.reuter
Netherlands
West New Guinea
U.N. General Assembly
U.N
Indonesia
Malaya
United Arab Republic
Burma
Cuba
Yugoslavia
Australia
Plimsoll
New Guinea
C. W. A. Schurmann
Dr. Subandi
Avalanche of orders hits Maidenhead shelter maker
A British firm in Maidenhead faced an avalanche of requests from Britain and Europe for nuclear fall out shelters. Managing director Alistair Lacy said five shelter types would be ready for sale within weeks, priced between £300 and £400.
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Maidenhead
England
A.a.p.reuter
Britain
Europe
Alistair Lacy
Manag
Company
New Trade Techniques Suggested By U S Official
The U S Under-Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Mr Ball proposed new trade techniques at a GATT conference to counter large blocs like the European Common Market. He favored linear percentage tariff cuts over product by product methods and noted progress in world trade talks. French Finance Minister Baumgartner backed the push for faster change and broader tariff reductions.
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U.S
Ball
Gatt
Baumgartner
U.K. Board of Trade
Frederick Erroll
Geneva
U.K
Congress
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B. Young
Charles, Rogers and Son Pty. Ltd
Holler
Mr. Scholtens
J. B. Young Ltd
Scholtens
Laffan
M.P.R. Holdings Ltd
M.P.R. (Holdings) Limited
Alex
Ncess
Isit
New Zealand
United Kingdom
United States
Canada
James Plimsoll
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