Fraser preselection vote not discussed at NSW ALP meeting
Sydney Friday report states that J R Fraser’s defeat to G J Walsh in Labor preselection for the ACT seat was not raised at the NSW central executive meeting. NSW general secretary W R Colbourne said the issue would be on the agenda in two weeks. The credentials committee met with party officers, and delegates visited Canberra to hear protests against Walsh’s preselection. The NSW ALP executive also demanded investigation into Clyde Cameron's attack on the NSW branch of the Australian Workers Union in Parliament, warning against outside interference in union matters.
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Sydney
J. R. Fraser
G. J. Walsh
Labor Party
Act
Nsw
ALP
W. R. Colbourne
Calbourne
Canberra
Walsh
Cailed
Feder Labor Party
Clyde Cameron
Lab
Australian Workers Union
Cameron
Unclear Medical Guidelines Reported in Fragment
A fragmented notice references the Lind Medical Association and medical guidelines on pronouncing death. It mentions multiple doctors confirming death and a brow wave heading for ten minutes, with terminology suggesting postmortem procedures and cerebral site checks.
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Oranto
Cans Lind Medical Association
Explosion injures three at Canberra Hospital during blackout
In Canberra Hospital a night explosion in the min switch room caused darkness and injuries to three men. Robert Edmonds 24 Reid and Richard Zut 21 from Belconnen were treated for superficial burns. Auction results from the day included 13 home units site at Hackett selling for 3100 and several other high-density sites near Page, Phillip, and Macquarie with premiums ranging up to 230,000 for a Shell Oil motor service site.
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Hackett
Farrer
Garnan
Aranda
Hockett
Grayson Street
Shell Oil Company
Page
Cook
Macquarie
Phillip
Woden Valley
Canberra
Eivery Stables
Robert Edmonds
Reid
Richard Zut
Belinde
John Collins
SEC stoppage averted in Melbourne power talks
In Melbourne Friday a meeting of over 400 members of the State Electricity Commission branch of the Municipal Officers Association postponed a threatened stoppage. The group met at Richmond Town Hall and called off immediate power blackout plans.
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Melbourne
Victoria
State “Electricity Commision Branch
Municipal, Officers Association
Richmond
Hospital blackout during Tash fire briefly disrupts patient care
Emergency lighting covered the casualty ward as police and fire crews moved portable generators to the hospital. Nurses and doctors, many staying overnight, used torches while electricians were called after firefighters secured the blaze. Full power returned shortly after midnight.
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Tash
Temporary lull in bushfire fight in Blue Mountains
Weary firefighters said a temporary victory came before light rain as fires on a 10 mile front threatened towns including Katoomba and Lawson. NSW Chief Secretary Willis warned danger not finished with 83 houses destroyed, three dead, 12 missing, relief centres crowded, and $200,000 in aid pledged.
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Sydney
Nsw
Blue Mountains
Katoomba
Mr Willis
Grose Valley
Lawson
Leura
Wentworth
Commonwealth
Looting Reported As Blue Mountains Bushfires Burn
Police investigate claims of men in a red truck touring fire-threatened Blue Mountains areas warning residents to evacuate. Homes looted after evacuation with hundreds of troops deployed to Linden as 109 homes faced flames within 20 feet. Authorities provide relief measures, assess losses, and promise government aid and insurance support.
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Blue Mountains
Lithgow
Hazelbrook
Linden
Government aid pledged after NSW bushfires and fire fighting aid
Government aid commissioner Hewitt says most burnt houses insured some un insured relief forms distributed to assess needs and possible cash for un insured deposits for new horses. NSW uses aerial chemical bombing on fires from Gordon to Wiseman s Ferry. Water restrictions bite as fixed hoses limited to four hours in 12 Sydney suburbs. Dead named include Leslie Jones 60 of Hope Street Biaxland Robert Pinning Biaxland Leonard Bell 35 Wahrodagi. In Canberra Prime Minister Gorton agrees to six army tankers and two bulldozers plus mobile canteen and generating equipment. ACTU proposes national firefighting conference to be set up.
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Hewitt
Nsw
Gordon
Sydney
Wiseman’s Ferry
Leslie Jones
Hope Street
Biaxland
Rovert Pinning
Glenbrook
Leonard Bell
Burns Road
Wahrodagi
Terry
Gorton
Me Nixon
Australian Council ‘of Trade Unions
Niven
ACTU
Smoke haze over Canberra from fires near Sydney and Blue Mountains
The Bureau of Meteorology forecasts today will start with cloud then sunny skies, cool to mild with a smoke haze. A light south-east to north-east wind is expected and the day’s maximum is 70 degrees. Tomorrow should be warmer with a light north-east wind. Yesterday reached 69 and dropped to 50.
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Sydney
Blue Mountains
Canberra
Bureau of Meteorology
Northern State seen rising with Townsville as capital
Queensland Deputy Premier Mr Chalk predicts a new northern State with Townsville as capital. He opened a $500000 soft drink plant in Currajong, saying the north will lead growth, population, and financial stability, with a statewide development program around 1400 million and a $100 million Mackay railway port township mining project to follow.
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Townsville
Queensland
Chalk
Mr Chalk
Mackay
Tito warns of international crisis amid Yugoslav alarm
President Tito, speaking at the 25th anniversary of Yugoslav federal and Communist structure, voiced alarm over deteriorating international relations. He defended sovereignty and independence while praising Czechoslovak socialism, refused to name the Soviet Union, and warned of new crises if basic principles are not respected.
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Tito
Yugoslavia
Soversiany
Mame
Soviet Union
Marshal Tito
Fnte
Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin
Jajce
Czechoslovakia
Second crash killed two Royal Navy fliers in Hong Kong
A Royal Navy Gannet aircraft crash near Okinawa claimed a survivor who later died in a second crash three days on. Two other BN fliers perished in the second crash as Vice Admiral A T Griffin spoke as Hermes arrived in Hong Kong after exercises.
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Hong Kong
Royal Navy
A. T. Griffin
Hermes
Okinawa
Crop dusting plane injures man near Burra
An aircraft ran over 38 year old stationhand Ralph Oakley at The Gap station ten miles south of Burra in Adelaide. He and another man had flags to guide the crop duster but Oakley failed to move in time as the plane neared. He was taken to Burra Hospital with back injuries.
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Adelaide
Ralph Oakley
the Gap
Burra
Oakeley
Oshley
Weird machine maker visits Tea in Sydney midweek
Rowland Emett, the Punch cartoonist famed for whimsical machines, visits Sydney for a midweek event with Ron Ford reporting on the scene. The hush-hush chat and nuts and bolts display drew local readers to Page 13 for full coverage.
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Sydney
Rowland Emett
Punch
Ron Ford
Seven clashes erupt as U S South Viet troops guard north
On Wednesday and Thursday seven clashes occurred between U S and South Vietnamese forces guarding northern approaches and Communist guerrillas moving near the Cambodian border, described by military sources as tests of allied defense screens.
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Wee
Me 5
Protesting students clash with police in Rawalpindi
In Rawalpindi police used steel tipped staves and teargas to disperse a crowd of over 5,000 mostly students protesting the arrest of former Foreign Minister Zulfika Ali Bhutta and other opposition figures. The march defied a public assembly ban and urged the release of detainees, repeal of restrictive legislation, and reform of Pakistan’s education system.
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Rawalpindi
Aap-Reuter
Zulfika Ali Bhutta
Ayub
Pakistan
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SEC
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Ames
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Weird Machine Maker
ACT Company
Department of the Interior
Come Many
Czecnoslovakian
Robert
Courts
Ower TV
Opera House
Ul Ust Sten
Sharp RD
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GEO
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