Australian gallery buys De Kooning for record sum
The Australian National Gallery reportedly purchased Willem de Kooning’s Woman V for about 646000 Australian dollars, a record price for a living artist, after seven months of negotiations. Chicago owner Ruth Culbert Rosenberg bought the painting in 1953. dealer Robert Gray confirmed the sale but would not disclose the exact price.
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Chicago
Willem de Foening
Australian National Gallery
Picasso
Robert Gray
Dekooning
Museum of Modern Art
New York City
Kansas City
Pittsburgh
Gray
Driveway Widths Hamper Oil Deliveries
The Department of the Capital Territory reports complaints from at least four tenants of government houses on battle axe blocks who cannot obtain heating oil because driveway entrances are too narrow for trucks. The minimum access width is 3.048 metres, but some entrances are about 2.54 metres, forcing the department to offer electric heaters and seek solutions with oil companies and the National Capital Development Commission.
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Department of the Capital Territory
Department
Trances
National Capital Development Commission
Greece to hold general elections in early November
Strasbourg reports that Greece plans a general election in the first half of November. Defence Minister Averoff told the Council of Europe that the exact date would be set soon. A government spokesman had said elections would occur in November, but the result was not expected to decide monarchy or republic.
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Strasbourg
Greece
Averoff
Council of Europe Today
Agence France Presse
Athens
Peace troops for Canada plan shifts from Cyprus
Defence minister says 5/7th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment to train with Canada in a month long peace keeping exercise starting October 10. A platoon and a five member team plus a civilian will study training, mounting and support aspects. Australia had offered for UN missions but invitations were not extended.
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Cyprus
Canada
Mr Barnard
Royal Australian Regiment
Royal Canadian Regiment
Middle East
103 000 Eligible to Vote in ACT Assembly Poll
Up to 103 000 electors in the ACT may vote today to choose 18 members of the Legislative Assembly from 56 candidates with nine in both the southside Fraser and northside Canberra divisions. Voting is compulsory with fines for nonparticipation.
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Legislative Assembly
Southside
Canberra
Northside
Fraser
ACT Advisory Council
Lyons
Woden Valley Hospital
Canberra Hospital
Civic
Higgins
Se Yentee
L. Heaton
Advisory Council
Credit firm suspended in Sydney market turmoil
Sydney shares in Cambridge Credit Corporation Ltd were suspended after the price fell from 4c to 1c amid liquidity rumors. The move followed trading halts as investigators probe the financial stability of the land developer and financier.
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Sydney
Cambridge Credit Corporation Ltd
Sydney Stock Exchange
Call for ACT Technical Colleges Authority to oversee technical education
The Committee of Inquiry into ACT Technical Education recommends establishing the ACT Technical Colleges Authority by ACT Ordinance with ministerial oversight. It would plan budgets, submit expenditure estimates, approve college budgets, advise on sites, develop courses, train teachers, and include representatives from employers and employees, the ACT Apprenticeship Board, college chairs, and community members.
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C. Gilmour
ACT Technical Colleges Authority
ACT
National Capital Development Commission
ACT Apprenticeship Board
Technical College Council
ACT to phase out NSW control of technical education
A committee recommends transferring full responsibility for ACT technical education to a new authority. It urges Canberra College of Advanced Education collaboration on an appropriate course for technical teachers and advocates local college councils with appointive principals, plus better campus planning, year‑round use of facilities, and improved enrolment data. The plan requires ministerial approval and community input.
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NSW Department of Technical Education
Act
Canberra
Erica
Beazley
Award to family over Woden flood tragedy
A flood disaster in Woden Valley led to an $18,000 award to a family after car driver Simon Duma, traveling on Yamba Drive at 7 30 pm, was swept into a stormwater drain. The claim cited negligence by the National Capital Development Commission and the Commonwealth for failing to prevent ponding at a road low point during heavy rain. Seven people died as floodwaters carried vehicles off the road along Yamba Drive.
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Chicago
New York
Dekooning
Holland
Long Island
Woden
Yamba Drive
ACT Supreme Court
Roderick Dumaresque Simon
National Capital Development Commission
The
Commonwealth
Woden Valley
Rerosa Yamba Drive
New head appointed to Grants Commission
The Special Minister of State Mr Bowen announced the appointment of Mr Justice Else-Mitchell of the Land and Valuation Court of NSW as chairman of the Federal Government's Grants Commission. He will take up the post on October 1 in succession to Sir Leslie Melville, with the commission set to play a larger role in allocating resources to local government and the States.
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Bowen
Justice Else-Mitchell
The
Land and Valuation Court of Nsw
Grants Commission
Canberra
Leslie Melville
Capital Territory
Bryant
Canberra Children's Theatre to stage Curses, a Moll melodrama
The Canberra Children's Theatre will present Curses, a Moll melodrama next month with Pup Foi and Michael Salmon as producers. Special attraction for children includes story tellers from the Canberra Public Library Service.
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Canberra
Chilren’s
Michael Salmon
Pectin
Canberra Public Library Service
North Melbourne edges Richmond in 1974 VES grand final
A clash in the 1974 VES grand final had the heart siding with North Melbourne while the head paused at Richmond. The page reference notes a hack and multiple page markers.
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North Melbourne
Richmond
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