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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Nov 29, 1972
Page
1
The Federation of Australian Commercial Television Stations urged referring colour television production to the Tariff Board. It warned a tariff rise on receivers could lift a 700 dollar set to about 1870, affecting some 900000 colour owners and costing households about 15.9 million dollars.
The AME School at Duntroon will open a new secondary unit next year with 100 first form students, led by principal Robin McConnell. The transition plan starts with first form only and adds a second form in 1974, keeping the new school within the existing grounds. Enrolment rises to about 200 with three more teachers, totaling nine.
Approximately $3,000 worth of electrical equipment was stolen from the Southlands Sound Shop at Mawson. Police spokesman in Canberra confirmed the theft occurred Monday night or the early hours of yesterday, describing the incident as a major shop theft.
Fragmented report from Paris notes an early delayed news wire about a new policy plan. Mentions London, Freeport terms, and a 4 one month timeline with a bomb connected to the context. Unclear entities and dates due to OCR errors.
Guerillas launched two rocket attacks on police stations in Northern Ireland, killing a policeman at Belleck near the border. A second strike hit Strabane with no immediate injuries. Cross border fighting prompted British Army reinforcements as Irish troops arrived.
Paris reports two convicts Claude Buffet and Roger Bontemps were guillotined before dawn for hostage killings during a prison break attempt. President Pompidou refused reprieve. first French execution since March 11, 1969. Buffet, 42, had killed a doctor’s wife in 1967. Bontemps, 47, aided the escape.
An American company, Spalding Australia Pty Ltd, a Questor subsidiary, has taken over 4 es Pty Ltd and its wholly owned Sherrin family operated maker of Australian rules footballs. Managing director T W Sherrin notes Sherrin designed the first Australian rules football in 1880. The takeover follows a three year agreement for production.
Ministerial sources say a planned Japanese investment mission to Australia was cancelled at short notice. The visit aimed to explore Japanese land and real estate interests in urban areas, with bankers financiers and real estate groups involved in detailed arrangements now called off after Commonwealth intervention via Australian representatives in Tokyo.
Two experimental forest plots in Black Mountain Reserve were extensively damaged by deliberate fires, part of a forestry study. About 41 acres burned in the latest blaze, with a similar area scorched in a prior 24 hours. Fire brigade water tankers contained the fires within about two hours.
Prime Minister McMahon denounces powerful sections of the press as ruthless and biased, calling the Murdoch papers rancid and criticising their influence on Australian politics. Opposition Leader Whitlam denies Labor-Murdoch deals and blasts the Sydney Morning Herald as autocratic in tone.
A rough editorial fragment discusses anti abortion advice in Queensland, candidates in ACT including Ir P D Hughes, and a claim that services retain identities. It notes Prime Minister McMahon praising some press fairness while condemning the Murdoch Press as rancid. An interviewer cites Dr David Butler on press contempt toward party leaders. Continued on Page 19.
Canberra senior public service officers have been quietly told to avoid firm Christmas plans because they will be needed after a possible Labor victory. Departments cited include the Treasury, Trade and Industry, the Public Service Board and the Prime Minister's Department as reorganisation talks loom under Mr Whitlam's incoming government.
A new court in Brisbane was announced to handle early claims. Officials said the court will focus on streamlined processing and speedy decisions. Details on venue and exact start date were not released.
The Opposition Leader Whitlam warned on ABC TV that land speculators after Labor's regional and urban development plan may not gain expected profits. He backed a proposed price freeze in growth centres like Albury Wodonga as a reasonable objective and said fair prices would reflect the value at the time Labor announced its proposals. He outlined possible Commonwealth land development in Sydney along the Georges River from Menai to Hammondville and stressed state cooperation for land acquisition and conversion to residential use.
Arthur Kenyon a Canberra real estate agent and Liberal Party official will become chairman of Commonwealth Brickworks Ltd this Friday. He confirms the appointment after a letter from Interior Minister Hunt. The government appoints the chairman and three directors, with one from the Interior Department. The move follows long running political controversy over plans to phase out production, with Labour and Australia Party criticizing it as patronage in the waning hours of government while the firm eyes private construction and cheap Canberra bricks.
An urban issues conference in Tokyo warns that deteriorating cities blight the lives of tens of millions. The warning highlights long running urban decline as a serious future disadvantage.
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