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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Sep 03, 1963
Page
4
Madame Nina Ramishvili notes chivalry as a Georgian life feature alongside equal rights. The Georgian State Dance Company rehearses in Perth with women holding pay and public roles equal to men. Ramishvili, parliament deputy, earned Moscow’s Order of Lenin five years ago for founding the company in 1945.
The largest group of Australian ministers to visit Papua New Guinea will assemble in Port Moresby. Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies and ministers Hasluck Wade and Freeth travel to attend the Western Pacific Regional Committee conference and the Shinumu Dam project launch. The four return to Australia on Sunday.
The Royal Commission findings by Judge Barber are to be tabled in the Legislative Assembly under parliamentary privilege after a three month delay. The Labour Opposition plans no immediate move and will await the King's Bridge report and the Governor's speech before deciding strategy. Sir Rohan opens Parliament with the Premier Bolle expected to push a State Savings Bank credit bill before adjournment.
The Vatican City telegraph exchange enlarged by 4500 lines from midnight, bringing total capacity to 1,800 lines. The expansion follows the system's 1886 start with a single telephone, as reported by Reuters via AAP.
A 59-year-old hotel licensee clung to a satchel containing £450 outside a Port Melbourne bank as two masked men attempted to snatch it. After punching him for minutes they fled in a waiting car, leaving Bert Price of the Hibernian Hotel bruised but mobile. Police distributed seven patrols but found no sign of suspects or the getaway vehicle.
Lieutenant General J. G. N. Wilton, Chief of the Australian General Staff, and Defence Department Secretary E. W. Hicks arrived in London by air for an official visit.
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