21 Oct 1965
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Oct 21, 1965
Page
1
The Commonwealth plans to export up to thirty million tons of iron ore from Savage River in northwestern Tasmania. Ministers argue the project would boost national development while opposing parties question fiscal and environmental implications.
Australian leaders debated anti communist law and a White Paper on communism during a tense session. The discussion covered penalties, licensing, and the potential for broader powers amid international links with Indonesian and other communist parties.
Tessie Dal Molin and Leena Bellicanta, sisters and fellow new mothers, lie in the same ward at Mt Ouemnbeyan-Mastrict hospital two hours apart with their babies. Their mother, Miss Meti aad, reports both sisters have done everything together. Mrs Dat Molin of Surveyor Street Queanbeyan has two daughters and Mrs Bellicanta of Roebuck Street Red Tl has three daughters and a son.
Mr George Harris of Tallara Parkway Narrabundah won the third daily section of the road safety competition sponsored by the ACT Road Safety Council and The Canberra Times. He is an ambulance officer with the Canberra Ambulance Service and was interviewed on the job by a Canberra Times reporter. He may win an all expenses paid Hayman Island holiday with Ansett if he wins the big prize. otherwise he receives one of four £10 consolation prizes.
A fragmented report describes Sir Robert Menzies in Melbourne considering a property purchase. Mentions a home bought with a family focus and safety concerns raised by a public broadcast. The piece references local figures Braddon Reid Yeulman and others in a shift toward suburban living.
Unclear fragments describe police and defense forces in a stakeout or confrontation at a location named Whetstone. Details are sparse but indicate a tense stand by authorities and possible elapsed hours of standoff with no decisive outcome reported.
Salisbury reports Rhodesian Prime Minister Smith will send a half day letter to Britain after his cabinet decided in principle on whether to declare independence unilaterally. He will not reveal the decision until the letter reaches Prime Minister Wilson.
Report outlines Cabinet debates on independence and Wilson reply while consumer prices climb in September quarter. Mentions Prime Minister in Perth talks, drought impacts, and Rhodesia independence debates. cites figures from Household supplies and meat prices and indicates publication of a new message to Mr Wilson.
Parliament reports the Federal Government earned close to £1m from ACT operations in the year ending June 30. Profit rose by £798,597 from the previous year, with the strongest gain from Canberra leases on blocks of land.
More than 30,000 newly shorn sheep have died due to continued rain in the Southern Tablelands. The notice appears within a classified section spanning pages 32 and 33, listing various terse items and page markers.
Six emu chicks were flown from Brisbane to Canberra to stock the Department of the Interior's Tidbinbilla fauna reserve. One bird is shown with ranger Mr T Rutton. Emus, once common in the ACT, are regarded as pests in grazing and cropping areas and will be placed in fenced enclosures before broader release.
Rear Admiral Morgin Giles denied remarks at a London meeting about impersonating the Australian Ambassador in Jakarta. He said the comments were made in jest and not intended to alarm Canberra officials.
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