Record £3300 Block Tops Canberra Land Auction Prices
Canberra land sales at the Department of the Interior set a record with 119 blocks sold for £146,000 and a single block at £3300. Most bids came from new Australian buyers, with 46 restricted to non-owners. Prices ranged across Watson Lyneham Downer Red Hill Campbell Majura and Narrabundah, sparking criticism from MP J R Fraser about housing access.
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Lyneham
A. V. Jennings
Clayton Homes
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Cullen and Hearn Streets
Irvine Street
E. M. Horton
Red Hill
Ilotte and
Scarough
Ous
Tyne
Campbell
Majura Aveue
Dickson
Narrabundah
China Buys More Wheat From Australia in 1960s Deal
Australia reports a new China wheat sale valued between £15 and £18 million. The contract covers 4 million bushels from New South Wales, 20 million from the new crop, and remaining light wheat from Queensland. Shipments are set for this and next month with deliveries December to March.
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Perrett
China
Hongkong
New South Wales
Queensland
N.S.W
Yemeni Loyalists Claim Gains as Rebels Advance on Sanaa
Reports from Yemeni and Cairo radio say forces loyal to Imam Alive claim the rebels buried traitors and inflicted heavy losses on invading Saudi and Jordanian troops. Yemeni loyalists say they seized Saadeh Fort from Brigadier Sallal as Radio Amman notes steady advances toward Sanaa the other capital.
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Saadeh
Sallal
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Yemen
Castro vows bloodshed to defend Cuban system
Dr Fidel Castro warned in a abroad reply that a Yankee invasion would cost immense sacrifices with rivers of blood. He rejected renouncing support aiding Communist rule, while Dean Rusk urged aid for Cuba’s development if freed from Communism and Prescott Bush pressed refugee Cubans be armed to block another buildup.
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