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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Oct 29, 1973
Page
9
In Sydney on Sunday the NSW Church Union supports reform to decriminalize private consensual homosexual acts. The assembly backed respecting parliamentary views on adult same sex acts and set up a committee to study the issue for report to the body.
Perth report states Miss Randy re Perth won Australia 1974 title at Perth Concert Hall last night. Sydney note reports St Ignatius College Riverview fees likely rise at least 20 percent next year due to Karmel Committee classification as stated by Rector Very Reverend G F Jordan. A tourist bus crash near Wiseman's Ferry sent ten people to Parramatta District Hospital with minor injuries, all later discharged. driver steered into a bank to avoid a steep slope on a sharp bend.
Ronald John Walker three months old from Wagga lay in Canberra Hospital ICU last night with injuries from a two car collision at Queanbeyan on Saturday morning. Leo Crocker 34, timber cutter, was killed when hit by a rolling log in a forest 36 miles west of Milton on the Far Far Coast yesterday. Around 40 steel fence pickets at Black Mountain base were bent and fencing wire cut on Friday night. The fence is owned by Concrete Constructions Canberra Pty Ltd, builders of the Black Mountain tower.
About 160 pupils from Cook Primary School walked four miles in wet weather on Saturday to raise money for the school library. Dr Graham Skyring, president of the Schools and Citizenship Association, said the final total would be known later this week. Past events in the last two years raised over $1,000. The Aboriginal capital fund reported 295 loans totaling $4.5 million in the year to June 30, with 17 loans failed and $1.10 million written off, according to Senator Cavanagh in Canberra.
A Senate Standing Committee on Social Environment will visit Towneville Prison to inspect environmental conditions ofaborsee and Torres islanders. Informal talks will also be held with representatives from the Free Legal Service for Aborigines.
Multinational Alliance Francaise de Canberra celebrated the opening of its new headquarters in McCaughey Street Turner with a house warming attended by about 300 members. The building cost almost 100000 dollars and will host a Canberra centre dedicated to culture with classes for about 100 primary, 200 adults, 250 secondary students, and pre school bilingual programs. The official ceremony is planned for next year and further expansion includes an auditorium for 250 and a classroom.
The Victorian ALP will neither support nor oppose the federal incomes section. The State Council backed maximum support for the prices section, refused a full endorsement of incomes control, and endorsed the federal executive’s move to allow individual ALP members to oppose the incomes section. The council acknowledged the executive’s decision while empowering the state administrative committee to resolve policy disagreements, subject to later ratification by party conference delegates.
The first North Vietnamese mission to Australia arrives in Canberra on a Saturday. It includes Second Secretary Nguyen Dy Nien, Attache Nguyen Dang Khoa, and Clerk Nguyen Huu Ngan. They’re welcomed by Australian Foreign Affairs, East German, Soviet, Chinese officials, and members of the Australia-Indochina Society.
In Whyalla, Sunday, four year old Mark Anthony Pring and his three year old sister Cheryl Ang died in a car fire near their home. Police say a dashboard cigarette lighter found on the front seat suggests the youngsters may have been playing with it.
Queensland wheat growers unite against the federal government action forcing the Australian Wheat Board to sell one million tonnes of wheat to Egypt. Spokesmen L V Price and Eric Flegler back the stance, arguing the sale risks 23 percent of growers’ funds and could total over 129 million dollars.
A Canberra fire took hours to extinguish a blaze at Integral Forest Products on the Monaro Highway damaging electrical wiring scaffolding and two rubber belts costing about 5000. The outbreak began about 5 30 pm from an electrical fault. A separate Fyshwick fire damaged a car by 50. Police reported the car caught fire under it due to an oxy acetylene torch igniting petrol. Another large fire in Parkes Central Western NSW destroyed Mates department store and damaged the Commonwealth Bank building costing over 1 million. In Sydney a storehouse in Chippendale sustained 250000 in damage.
Canberra speech by Minister Enderby at ACT ALP conference flags difficulty selling labor policy amid voter sensitivity to change. He warns higher rates risk more than a $600 million education push and calls for better public communication and regular meetings with ACT leaders.
Enderby was re elected ACT branch delegate to the Federal Executive of the ALP after a vote of 32 to 22 and 19 for rivals. The conference also elected branch executive members with Ken Fry chosen as president. The remarks defended the government against inflation criticism and stressed global and domestic factors.
In Hillsdale Sydney two men were killed and three others wounded in a morning shooting. Police say a man entered a residence with two pistols and a rifle, opened fire after an argument at a Yugoslav home. A man operated on for shot wounds remains in hospital. authorities will interview him.
In Canberra Anth ony says little obstacle to a state party adopting a new name within the Country Party. The DLP State Convention approves a formal alliance with pooling of resources to fight elections as a first step toward possible full merger, with overwhelming support.
About 40 people attended the instructor training at Embassy otel Deakin yesterday for the learn to swim drive sponsored by The Canberra Times and Woden Valley Amateur Swimming Club. Over 350 enrolments have been recorded. Free 30 minute classes for school children five and up run Saturdays from November 10 to December 15 at Phillip Pool. More instructors are needed and interested persons should phone Mrs Bolton on 810182. Enrolment deadline is noon November 5 with one child per form.
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