Bathurst Jail riot defendants clash in court
Wild scenes as police subdue 10 Bathurst Jail riot defendants during an afternoon court appearance. Prisoners, including several charged with unlawfully destroying Bathurst Jail buildings, hurled furniture and abused officers as 20 to 30 police and detectives contained the melee. Judge Wilde adjourned the hearing to tomorrow after protests and further security concerns.
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Bathurst
Mir Wilde
Nsw
Central Court
Wilde
Race prejudice in all fields report from Australia
A Federal Government interim race relations report states prejudice exists in most Australian institutions and criticizes government and private services for insensitivity. It highlights citizenship rules for migrants, wartime service limits, pension eligibility, interpreter needs, and calls for greater ethnic-group involvement and more research into second generation migrants.
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Melbourne
Australia
Everest expedition leader buried in avalanche in Nepal
Katmandu reports the French Mt Everest expedition leader and five Sherpa guides were buried alive as an avalanche swept away two camps. The avalanche forced abandonment of the climb, according to Nepal Foreign Ministry announcements.
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Katmandu
Nepal
Shake-up urged for Victorian Public Service reforms
Victorian Government departments are faulted for inefficiency in a Bland report on Victoria Public Service the first in almost 50 years. It urges sweeping changes to the Public Service Act including scrapping the Public Service Board, creating three divisions, broader outsider recruitment, and higher education requirements. The Premier will study the report while the Public Service Association warns of a possible clash over radical measures though some recommendations are praised.
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Melbourne
Victorian Public Service
Int-Ohce
Victoria
Department of Defence
Henry Bland
Public Service Board
Sir Henry
Blic
Public Service
Henry
Hamer
Victorian Public Service Association
Jim Andrews
Asoctation
Review of Byron and Galbraith Titles Spotted
Janes Grieve reviews Byron's bizarre ladies in a new book on page 10. Warwick Bracken discusses John Kenneth Galbraith's The New Socialism in Economics and the Public Purpose on page Qu.
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Byron
Janes Grieve
John Kenneth Galbraith
Warwick Bracken
Technical college head resigns at Canberra
The Canberra Technical College principal Mr P L Edwards resigns after staff urged Education Minister Beazley to help resolve disputes involving teachers the department and the ACT Apprenticeship Board. In a letter he praised staff loyalty and noted seeds planted during five years, hoping for brighter future for Canberra technical education.
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Technical College
Christopher Aiayden
Canberra
P. L. Edwards
Beazley
Department of Education
ACT Apprenticeship Board
Edwards
Ethiopian Emperor deposed by military coup
Ethiopian armed forces dethrone Emperor Haile Selassie and announce a provisional military administration. The constitution is suspended and Parliament closed. Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, in Switzerland, to be recalled as figurehead king of a future constitutional monarchy. Military rule to last until democratic elections.
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Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Armed Forces Committee
Asfa Wossen
Switzerland
Coup Quietly Unfolds as Imperial Family Locked In Palace
Soldiers and tanks moved to the National Palace amid a constitutional change. The Emperor and most of the imperial family were detained in the palace while civilian ministers were asked to remain in office. Tanks lined the entrances, the national bank, and near the Defence Ministry.
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National Bank
Defence Ministry
Princess Tegnage Worg seized as Ethiopian emperor is deposed
Armed soldiers called at the palace last night and removed the Emperor’s only surviving daughter Princess Tegnage Worg to an unknown destination. Addis Ababa radio in London reported the decree declaring the Emperor deposed, with a curfew and flight cancellations. The upheaval ends the Lion of Judah’s long rule, as the Armed Forces Committee dissolves royal bodies and nationalises the palace. The Emperor Tafti Makonnen, crowned as Selassie, had led Ethiopia since 1930 and played a key role in Africa’s postwar politics.
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Tegnage Worg
Addis Ababa
London
an_armed forces
Lion of Judah
Mentary
Armed Forces Committee
Crown Council
Court of Justice
New Bible Arrives for ACT Courts Through Donor Gift
The ACT Law Courts registry received a new shiny Bible replacing worn volumes. The Bible arrived via the British and Foreign Bible Society and was funded by an anonymous court Bible user. Court officials expressed thanks through the society.
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Ish and Foreign Bible Society
ACT Law Courts
Australian environment bill outlined by minister Cars
Dr Cars, Minister for the Environment and Conservation, told the first meeting of the newly elected Australian Advisory Committee on the Environment today that the Federal Government was drafting legislation to tighten its control over the environment.
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Melbourne
Dr Cars
Petrol tax could close Queanbeyan stations
A service-station proprietor said yesterday that some stations in Queanbeyan could close and others reduce staff if the proposed WSW petrol tax goes ahead. The note appears amid a page full of government finance and regional service debates.
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Queanbeyan
WSW
Mainline plans liquidation aid for small sub contractors
Sydney report says Mainline Corporation Ltd. receiver-manager J H Jamison after a meeting with sub contractors stated the group would ultimately be placed in liquidation, though he said the move would not suit creditors owed over 60 million dollars. The Building Workers Industrial Union offered to pressure some former clients to protect small sub-contractors.
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Sydney
Mainline Corporation Ltd
J. H. Jamison
Jamison
Building Workers Industrial Union
Mainline
Frank Green dies former Clerk of Tasmanian and Australian houses
Mr Frank Clifton Green, longtime Clerk of the Tasmanian House of Assembly and later Clerk of the Australian House of Representatives, died in Hobart yesterday after a long illness. Born at Mole Creek near Deloraine, Tasmania, he joined the Tasmanian assembly staff before moving to Canberra in 1921.
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Frank Clifton Green
House of Representatives
Hobart
Mr Green
Mole Creek
Deloraine
Tasmania
Tasmanian
House of Assembly
Canberra
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