minister offers top level hearing on P M G car charge
Former Brisbane P M G driver Ray Roberts claims he resigned after threats by investigators over alleged leaks on Commonwealth car misuse. Postmaster General David Davidson offers a hearing with director general O Grady and Public Service Board to air charges of intimidation and possible reinstatement. Opponents say Roberts faces victimisation for publicising alleged improper practices while questions about a possible cover up are raised.
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Davidson
Brisbane P.M.G
Ray Roberts
P.M.G
Roberts
Queensland P.M.G
Roberts Allegedly Led To the Suspension of the Director of Posts and Telegraphs
E. C. A. Brown
Commonwealth
Brown
House of Representatives
Brisbane
O'Grady
Public Service Board
A. D. Fraser
Lab
Fden-Monaro
Fraser
Robents
Department
Wight
Bib. Tilby
Printers Strike Halts Canberra Times Production
Daily newspaper printers ignored union officers' advice to return to work. Commercial printing staff continued, leaving The Canberra Times unable to provide full service to the public.
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Printing Industry Employees' Union
Canberra Times
Failure on drug find sparks opposition claim
The Deputy Leader of the Opposition Mr Whitham accused the Minister for Health Qe Cameron of withholding a new antibiotic discovery. He said the drug could combat stubborn staphylococcus infections if released, while the minister listened passively.
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Cameron
Whitham
Armstrong-Jones to be named Lord Snowdon with Snowdon title
Reported by Reuters from London states Antony Armstrong-Jones will publicly receive the title Lord Snowdon tomorrow. The Queen has confirmed the naming of Viscount Linley and Snowdon, with Princess Margaret as Princess Margared, Countess of Snowden. If a daughter is born, she becomes Lady Aronscong-Jones. Some papers question whether the earldom is needed.
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London
P.reuter
Anthony Armstrong-Jones
Snowdon
Armstrong-Jones
Viscount Linley
Aronscong-Jones
Aramstrong- Jones
Wales
Katanga Style Armour Tank Built From Road-Building Dozer
A tank designed for Katangan forces was created by European mechanics from a road-building bulldozer. It can move under its own power.
Murder Case Second Remand Bid In Canberra Hospital
Police plan another remand for Daniel Norris Nicholls charged with the murder of Beverley Irving Keys. Nicholls, 45, is held without bail at Canberra Community Hospital and faces multiple counts after a September 22 attack on Miss Keys at Gerrilong Gardens Reid.
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Daniel Norris Nicholls
Beverley Irving Keys
Nicholls
Canberra Community Hospital
B. A. Rochford
Rochford
Sydney
Ray Kelly
Kelly
Scarght
Miss Keys
Gerrilong Gardens
Reid
Cook
Mulwala House
Naas
Prison Brawl Breaks Out at San Quentin Yard
A free for all fight among convicts in the San Quentin yard yesterday sent five of six to twelve inmates to hospitals for injuries. authorities investigated as melee erupted in the prison yard amid crowded conditions and security concerns.
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San Quentin
California
Kidnap Threat Stirs Senior Official in Deportation Fight
In Darwin a threat was made to a senior government figure linked to the Anti-Deportation Committee. Police report the caller insisted the threat was real as road blocks and searches expand on Sturt Highway. The case draws attention from Immigration Minister Downer and Prime Minister Menzies as the committee presses to end indentured labour and keep Malays in Australia.
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Darwin
H. G. Brooks
Canberra
Deparment
Brooks
Daru bin Saris
Zainal Hashim
Sturt Highway
J. Nelson
Downer
Menzies
Australia
Territory Union
Church Land
Explosion Claims Life of Workman at Sydney Plant
A fatal blast and fire at the Colonial Sugar Refining Company's acid receiving plant in Sydney injures ten others. Frank Bishop, 47, dies in Lewisham Hospital after being trapped 100 feet above ground. about 50 firefighters battle flames for over an hour. Injured workers include James Johnson, 35, and F Chatwyn-Jones, 43.
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Sydney
Rhoades
Colonial Sugar Rehning Company
Frank Bishop
Acacia Avenue
Ryde
Lewisham Hospital
Bishop
James Johnson
Curyon Street
F. Chatwyn-Jones
Gloucester Road
Epping
Red Hill home sites auction draws brisk New Australian crowd
The Department of the Interior held an auction in Canberra University College Hall Turner selling Red Hill blocks. Bids topped £2,225 for block 13 Section 38 with £825 premium. Other blocks sold between £800 and £2,000 as auctioneers called values excellent. A further auction of 267 blocks planned for tomorrow and October 9.
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Department of the Interior
Canberra University College Hall
Turner
Red Hill
Mass Arrests in Ghana Amid Plot Allegations
A large number of opponents of President Nkrumah were arrested in Accra amid claims of a plot to assassinate the president and cabinet ministers. Among those detained is 38 year old lawyer Poe Appian, deputy leader of the parliamentary opposition since August 1958, who is married to Peggy Cripps, daughter of the late Sir Staff Cripps, former UK chancellor.
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Accra
Alleged U.N. Atrocities Reported by Belga
Belga cites Elisabetheville doctors and Katanga Red Cross demanding U.N. authorities face a court for 17 alleged acts. Accusations include hospital use for military purposes, shooting civilians, firing on Red Cross ambulances, and killings of wounded Katanga soldiers as truce tensions flare between Katanga and U.N. forces.
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Belga
Elisabetheville
Katanga Red Cross
U.N
Elisabethville
WU. N
Red Cross
Katanga
Associated Pres
Explosion Destroys Rhodes 12 Miles From Sydney
An explosion and fire yesterday leveled Rhodes, located twelve miles west of Sydney, with early reports noting extensive damage and ongoing emergency response. Eleven people reportedly affected.
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Rhodes
Sydney
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