Sharp rise in migrant exodus
Official figures from Canberra show over 20 000 migrants left Australia in 1965 66, a 20 percent rise from 1964 65 and more than double 1964 65. Arrivals for the year reached 39 675, 10 000 below the target. Talks with a Turkish delegation will discuss settlement of Turkish workers and families in Australia, led by Ambassador Karatay.
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Australia
Canberra
Commonwealth Statistician
Mr Archer
Lantears
Snedden
BY. Karatay
Dundar F. Idiz
Naki Terel
B. Bensan
Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Terel
Benean
Ankara
Algeria ships gas but oil ban remains unclear
A British gas tanker, Methane Progress, departed Algiers with Algeria's first natural gas cargo to Britain since the Arab-Israeli war. Government denial or confirmation of lifting the oil ban was not given, despite Khartoum summit talks.
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Algiers
Aap-Reuter
Britain
Algeria
Boumedienne
Israel
Khartoum
Arzew
British Gas Council
Canvey Island
Thames Estuary
Camel Company
Arrow
BP Shares Rise Ahead of London Stock Market Change
BP share price moved higher before the London market shift as Melbourne traded late, with the mid-price around 513 4 5 and a closing level of 513 45 in Melbourne.
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Stock Exchange of Melbourne
Oil rush boosts BHP value to the world market
Heavy buying in Britain and Australia lifts BHP to a total value of 1.793 billion dollars. Australian demand adds 122.7 million while London buyers push 55.5 million more as the stock hovers near 13 88 mid price at noon. Sir Colin Syme cautions further studies are needed on Halibut A1 while noting potential funding needs for 1968 expansion in iron, steel, oil and minerals.
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Britain
Australia
Broken Hill Proprietary Co Ltd
London
Canberra
Bass Strait
BHP
Esso Petroleum Group
Colin Syme
Melbourne
South Melbourne
Hass Strait
Albert Shepherd
Bourke Street
Tribute to the Few Marks 27th Battle of Britain anniversary
Aircraft roared from Fairbairn as the Last Post sounded at the Australian War Memorial at 11 15am. The tribute observed the two minutes silence for the 27th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, noting the RAF Vulcan bomber, RAAF Mystere VIP jet, and RAAF helicopters in attendance.
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Australian War Memorial
Battle of Britain
Royal Air Force
Vulcan
RAAF
Fairbairn
RAF
Luftwaffe
Britain
Weather outlook for today and tomorrow
Showers clearing this morning are to clear later today. Cool southeast winds and sunny periods expected for tomorrow. Yesterday’s high 50.1 degrees at 3:50 PM and low 40.3 at 6:10 AM. September average highs and lows are 60.5 and 37 degrees.
ACT residents vote today to elect eight Advisory Council members
About 50 000 voters in Canberra Jervis Bay and Wreck Bay elect eight of 16 candidates. Voters must mark at least eight preferences or the ballot is informal. Counting starts after polls close at 4 pm with final results likely late next week. Labor and Liberal candidates made late public appearances in ACT shopping centres. The current council meets for the last time Monday before the new council takes over at month end.
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ACT
Canberra
Jervis Bay
Wreck Bay
Advisory Council
Apml
Labor
J. R. Fraser
ALP
Gordon Walsh
Ray O'Keeffe
Lyndall Ryan
Tim Donnelly
Jim Leedman
Alan Harper
Laurence Fraser
Civic
Vietnam critic Dru jailed nine months in Saigon
Vietnamese court sentences outspoken government critic Truong Dingh Dru to nine months total prison after convicting him on charges of illegal money transfer and unprovided cheque. He plans to appeal, saying trials were unfair. Dru also faces fines totalling about 425000 dollars and was acquitted on a third embezzlement charge.
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Saigon
Truong Dingh Dru
Dzu
Dru
Hesses
San Francisco
Serum in flight to save boy
Six bottles of blood clotting serum are being rushed from Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur to treat 10 year old Hang Tuah Bin Ahmad who is bleeding after an accident. The Malaysian hospital requested aid via the Australian High Commission and the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories, while continual transfusions are ongoing.
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Kuala Lumpur
Melbourne
Australia
Commonwealth Serum Laboratories
Kuala Lumpur General Hospital
Australian High Commission
Hang Tuah bin Ahmad
Mini skirt ban shocks Vatican visitors at sacred sites
Vatican police ban miniskirts at St Peters Basilica the Sistine Chapel and the Vatican Museums prompting protests from visitors and officials while enforcing modest dress codes across the holy complex.
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Vatican City
Vatican
St Peters Basilica
Sistine Chapel
Vatican Museums
P O workers defy orders to end go slow
The Postmaster General Hulme ordered an end to work to regulations in the Sydney Mail Exchange within 48 hours or government action would follow. The NSW APWU and NSW branch discussed suspending industrial action to allow talks with the government while ACTU officials consider further steps. The NSW branch affirmed working according to law and asked for information on discussion dates.
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P.O
Hulme
Sydney Mail Exchange
Brisbane
The
Libr Mayan
Labour and National Service
Bury
Melbourne
ACTU
Monk
APWU
Nsw
Actu Disputes Committee
APWLU
G. Slater
M. F. Richardson
Diarites Committee
Baker
Canberra
Sydney
PMG Department
Slavery by parcel post case tied to Canberra woman
Canberra woman answered a home ad promising profits from mail order shorts. She sent $34.50 for material and instruction, then paid more to obtain 97 pairs with modest returns after costs. Member for ACT Mr J R Fraser discussed the scheme on TV, noting the firm offered refunds only if the initial kit was returned.
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Canberra
ACT
J. R. Fraser
Brisbane
Fraser
Forged $10 Note Found in Canberra Bank Tellers
Detectives reported a forged ten dollar note found in the Commonwealth Bank of Australia takings in Canberra. The note lacked the metal security strip, with some forgeries showing a painted line. A police spokesman urged careful inspection, as serial numbers can vary from the bank list. Four forged notes were found in Canberra last May amid a wider Australian surge.
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Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Canberra
Reserve Bank
Australia
Indonesia recalls Ma Embassy staff from Peking
Equal pay for native workers is discussed amid recalls of embassy staff in Peking. The page references various columns including Heron and Oil, a Paradise Peril travel feature, and notes on life expectancy trends. Real estate and classified sections are listed in the index.
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Indonesia
Peking
Woman athlete ruled ineligible for European Cup
Ewa Klobukowska, co holder of the 100 meter world record, was ruled ineligible for the European Athletics Cup after failing to pass sex tests. A panel of Soviet and Hungarian doctors found one chromosome too many, making her ineligible under the new regulation requiring sex testing for women competitors.
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Kiev
Russia
Ewa Klobukowska
Miss Klobukowska
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