28 Oct 1959
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Oct 28, 1959
Page
1
The government line item shows private homes and plots costing 5.636 million, water and sewerage 1.05 million, and roads 0.902 million. Canberra plans five year expansion including residential areas, offices, transport needs, and special features like Lakes Scheme and City Hill.
Canberra planners outline land split into parcel lots for speculative building and future private ventures including motels offices and industry. Emphasis on garden concept planting two million trees already and potential one million more, with Woden landscape work and technical college expansion on the near horizon. Traffic studies inform future road and parking designs as the National Capital Planning Committee assists.
China says it is prepared to release ten Indian personnel captured after a Sino Indian border clash on the Tibet Ladakh frontier last week. Nine Indians killed in the encounter have been buried, as New Delhi seeks their immediate release. Beijing accuses India of distorting truth and intruding on Chinese territory.
Parliament weighs clause 27 as Loreto Federation petitions 16 000 members. Sir Garfield Barwick notes two views amid calls from Anglican and Catholic bodies and support from Methodist leaders. He argues the clause aims to curb illicit unions by allowing divorce after irretrievable breakdown and five years with no reconciliation.
The Minister for the Interior announced a review of teacher shortages in the Australian Capital Territory. He said a statement would follow soon. The Forrest Primary and Infants' School Parents and Citizens Association urged more permanent teachers and the early creation of a Canberra teachers training college.
The Hurseys plan to seek leave to appeal to the Privy Council after a High Court ruling cut their damages and found they refused a levy to the Waterside Workers Federation. They said they cannot appeal and would press the federal government to decide their three year political freedom fight, having no employment offers beyond wharf labour.
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