Calwell Presses Election Fight on Malaysia and Economy
In a radio broadcast and House remarks Calwell argues Labour will win, questions the Prime Minister's Malaysia policy, and calls for open treaties with allies. He accuses the Government of economic blows and urges Australia to seek joint arrangements and repeal long naval base commitments.
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Calwell
House of Sentatives
Robert Menzies
Labour Party
McEwen
Robert
Malaysia
United States
United Kingdom
New Zealand
House of Representatives
Australia
Australian Labour Party
Exmouth Gulf
Labour
Britain
Italy
D L P Calls For All-out Election Effort
Melbourne reports the Federal executive of the Democratic Labour Party urges full-scale campaigns by all state branches for Australia's first election with foreign policy security and defence as primary issues. Senator Cole will open the campaign in Brisbane on November 7.
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Melbourne
Democratic Labour Party
D.L.P
J. T. Kane
Cole
Brisbane
Amoco to Build Bulwer Island Refinery Near Brisbane
Amoco Australia plans a 25 000 barrel per day refinery on Bulwer Island near Brisbane. Kellogg Co wins the contract for construction with site prep near completion and ground breaking set for early 1964. Operation slated for 1966.
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New York
Bulwer Island
Brisbane
Amoco Australia Pty. Ltd
M. W. Kellogg Co
American International Oil Company
Iraq
Progress on Drug Safety Sets New Evaluation Plan
A Commonwealth committee pushes closer drug import supervision. A new therapeutic products division will assess overseas trials and permit or deny import authority. A four stage evaluation includes animal toxicity, small human trials, larger trials, and monitored distribution. The panel urges a adverse reaction registry with medical bodies. Vaccine safety for inactivated measles vaccine is noted as acceptable for import. Dr Edgar Thomson heads the committee with members from Sydney Melbourne and Adelaide.
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Commonwealth
Department of Health
Wade
Royal Colleges
Australian Medical Association
College of General Practitioners
Australia
Edgar Thomson
Sydney
William Morrow
T. S. Robertson
J. G. Radford
Clive Fitts
Melbourne
Robert F. Whelan
Hugh N. Robson
Adelaide
Australia opposes 35 hour week plan urged by council
The council sent a letter to Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies condemning a proposed 35 hour working week. They argue it would worsen export earnings and harm Australia's competitive position during a period of high costs. They call the plan luxury beyond Australia’s current capacities.
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Robert Menzies
Bodjaw
Australia
Woman's body found in Murray River near Mildura
The body of Mrs. Doris Ann Hunt, who disappeared after attending the Mildura show with her daughter on Friday night, was recovered from three feet of water near Mildura Bridge in the Murray River. Police report no suspicious circumstances. Her son-in-law Vic Berryman had driven Silkirk to break a show flying mile record.
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Mildura
Murray River
Mildura Bridge
Doris Ann Hunt
Vic Berryman
Silkirk
Plague of Moths Closes Homes Heads Toward Several Days
A widespread moth outbreak fills homes with pests. Housewives report moths up to four inches inside washing machines. One resident cannot open her back door due to a wall of dead moths outside. The infestation mirrors a plague from about twenty years ago and is expected to last several days.
Gaolbreak Near Goulburn Triggers Police Hunt
Escaped convicts John Kenworth Platt and Peter Powell, both in their early twenties, fled Bathurst prison and used a stolen Bathurst Golf Club car before abandoning it at Goulburn. Police say another vehicle was taken in Goulburn as officers widen the search region. Platt and Powell were serving two year theft sentences.
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Sydney
Bathurst Gaol
Goulburn
John Kenworth Platt
Peter Powell
Sdney
Bathurst Golf Club
Bathurst
Platt
Powell
Keith Joseph Hahn
Long Bay
Cootamundra
Hahn
Gunning blaze destroys flats cafe at shopping centre
In Goulburn a blaze gutted two flats and a cafe at a shopping centre causing evacuations and stock losses. A historic college building near St Patrick's College also suffered extensive damage in an early morning fire. Police say electrical fault suspected. two fires were fought by Goulburn Fire Brigade.
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Goulburn
Gunning
St. Patrick's College
Bandits Take £500 From Belfield Bowling Club
Four masked men burst into Belfield Bowling Club in Sydney at 2 a.m. and locked the staff in a strongroom for an hour before escaping with £500. Two raiders were armed. a manager and three staff were affected while police note a possible anonymous tip from a bandit with a kind heart.
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Sydney
Belfield
Former Show Official Dies in Canberra Hospital
Arthur Henry Curran of Ginninderra, aged 69, died suddenly at Canberra Hospital on Saturday night. His family has long-standing roots in the district, dating back nearly a century. He began as an assistant to his father H Curran, who ran a Ginninderra blacksmith shop, later becoming a grazier until his death.
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Arthur Henry Curran
Ginninderra
Canberra Hospital
Mr. Curran
H. Curran
Hat stolen seven months earlier linked to Caulfield Cup day
Miss Rhonda Cockram identified a hat stolen from a Beaumaris car seven months before. She and friends trailed the wearer to a Sandringham house raid that yielded £200 of allegedly stolen clothing. A 36 year old man was charged with six counts of larceny and bailed to Brighton Court on November 12.
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Melbourne
Rhonda Cockram
Beaumaris
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