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' I U Tl G' ATTEMPTS TO CANBERRAr Thursday -Opposition attempts to denigrate the help gmven to Mr Gerard Hoffmann ofter he left the Customs Depart- ment, w e "r ther disgusting/' the Prime Mr Gorton, said odoy. DENIGRATE HELP TO HOFFMAN No looks at Pine Gap- Gorton The chief officer of the Customs He said Senator Scott I I I ' and other members of the had helped Mr Hoffmann "on a persona eve ' Government knew that at- to find a new job, he said. tempts were being made to The Customs Minister, conduct in that he issued find him another job. Senator Scott , revealed in advice that a by-Ja,w to the Senate yesterday that import 5000 pairs of turtle Leader _of the Op- the chief officer had rec- skins had been approved, Mr Whitlam, asked emmended Mr Hoffman for knowincr that t.his was not Mr on what. other a job as buyer for a Sydney iirue. ., occasions. had public ser- vants resigned after be- retail firm after Mr Hoff- eoming aware they were to man had resigned while Mr Gorton denied, today, under notice of dismissal that Mr Hoffman's new job be dismissed for miscon- from the department . carried a higher salary duct. Mr Hoffman had been than his previous positiol]. He also asked i! Mr Hoff- charged with improper with thP. department. man was now receiving a cnme kings ·I I i London .i pose a big headache LONDON, Thursday.-A massive security headache faces the prison authorities folfowing the murder conviction of the London crime kings, the Kray twins, and other members of their "firm." The problem - in which of the country's maximum securi1y prisons c.an the 35-year-old twins be sent to serve the life sen1ences imposed upon 1hem yesterday by Mr Justice Melbord Stevenson at the Old Bailey. The prison authorities Mitchell - the "mad axe- Ii the Krays are kept cannot forget that the man'" who escaped from , "inside" for the full 30 bitter rivals of Dartmoor Prison, then years they will be 65 when the Sm(Gh London gang vanished. they are released - just in besses, Charles lIPd Ed- Both have already plead- time to draw their old age WB:rd RicharGson, who re- ed not guilty to the mur- pensions. ceived long gaol terms at dzr. The trial is likely to During yesterday's szn- the "torture" trial case a start at the Old Badley tencing, the leader of the Richardson is in on April 8 or April 15. prosecution team, Mr Ken- thc maximum security wing The decision to proceed neth Jones, QC, referred Gf Durham Prison and his with a second murder to the murder of brother is in Leiczster charge is unusual. Mitchell. Gaol. when the Today, a Kray "strong- The only other prison have secured a con: . arm man," Albert Donaghue which has a top security for murdei', any · pleaded guilty to plotting wing is Parkhurs t on the remamm!5 chargzs are Jett Mitchell's escape and har- :frle of Wight - and the on the file. boring him. Krays will have to be sep- Mr Justice He was sentenced to two ar ated to serve their time. Stevenson directed that the years for these offances and The Kray twins, to face Krays should be kept in being an accessory after !rial next month are ac- prison for not less than the Krays murdered Jack cused of murdering Frank 30 years. "the Hat" McVitie. higher salary than when he was with the Customs Department. Mr Gorton said he had been informed of two cases in the past two years, apart from Mr Hoffman, where officers had resigned while under notice of dismissal. Mr Gorton said: "But the House should be aware of this. "After the appeal against his dismissal had been re- jected by the appeals board, Mr Gorton said Mr Hoff- Mr Hoffmann approached mann had been known to the chief officer and asked his fellow officers in the him for help so that he public service for almost 20 could re-establish himself years as being conscientious and rebuild a life outside and hard working. Canberra in another occu- He had committed a pation. wrongful act that made his "This was done on a per- discharge necessary. sonal level and the minis- He had already been ter and members of the punished in being suspen- Government knew it was ded without pay for ap- being done. proximately two months "The minister could, as I from September 27. could and, I hope, a,ll de- In his interview with the cent people could, under- chief officer, he had in- the reasons for this dicated he was in a quite sympathy shown by the . serious financial position, chief," Mr Gorton said. I because of this and because of considerable medical ex- penses for himself and his family. "He was punished by losing his job," Mr Gorton said. '"He is continuing in that sense to be punished in that the pay he is now receiving is considerably less than from the Commonwealth department. "I consider it rather dis- gusting to seek to denigrate attempts by the chlef of- ficer in trying to help him, even though he had t11 be punished for a wro-ngful act," Mr Gorton said. NO SYNlM, ET:IC MEAT FOR AUSTRALIA CANBERRA, Thursday.-Australian man11.dod-· urers had no plans at present to produce synthetic meat, the M'inister for Trade and Industry, Mr McEwen, said today. Mr McEwen said members of the Aus- tralian Meat Board had tried samples of "meat" made from soya beans, but had concluded that synthetic meat did not constitute an immediate threat to the Australian meat industry. Mr McEwan was re- plying to a written question by Senator Young (Lib, SA) who asked him to ban pro·· duction and tion of an meats. importa- synthetic Mr McEwen said the Federal Government had no power to ban Australian production of synthetic meat and any proposal ror a ban would have to be decided by State Governments. CANBERRA, Thurs. day.- The Minister for Defence, Mr A. fairhall, today flatly refused to allow Opposition MP's tc visit the top-secret space research station at Pine Gap, near Alice Springs. He was replying to questions dealing with defence research estab- lishments asked by the former Opposition Leader, Mr Calwell (A.L.P., Vic) and the deputy Leader of the Opposition, Mr Barnard in the House of Repre- sentatives. Mr Calwell referred to a recent ABC report that was one of four nations which had signed a chemical and biological warfare re- search agreement. "If that report was right , what were the conditions of the agree- ment?" Did it cover anything other than an exchange of inform a ti. on on chemical and biological dlefznce, as sta. f1ed by the Minister for Supply, Senator Ken Anderson, in the Senate on Novem- ber 28? Mr Fairhall said he could confirm that Mr CalweH's understanding of Senator Anderson's statzment was correct. As far as Australia was concerned, .. the .. agree- ment concerned only the exchange of information which the Government needed to keep "up to da,tc for purely defen- sive reasons." . Shot a $1500 bull b- ecause it was a danger to family He also referred to Mr f<'airhall 's statement that research into chemical warfare of a defence naturz was undertaken at Maribyrnong in Mel- bourne. Would Mr Fairhall enable Opposition mem- bers to visit Maribyr- nong and "further will he make facilities avail- able for them to inspect the Pine Gap project?" Mr Fairhall said hz would refer the ques- tion about a Maribyr- nong visit to Senator Anderson. Open the door to fortune in 1969 !. Here's the key to .it! $4 buys y.ou a ticket in. Tatter- Sydney Cup Consultation - your t0 wm fortune. 1st Prize $120,000 plus ·1805 pri7es totalltng $120,000. .Onl'1 100,000 . $4 each. The winning could be · &Old anytime. Don't miss out .- buy your_ ticket NOW!, Buy your tickets today from your local accredited representative. No special forms needed. l<NUCKE't STRUT, DARWIN· · . BRISBANE, Thursday.-A man who allegedly · $'h;i . his neighbor's bull worth $1500 because he it a danger to his family, was . committed for trial on a charge of unlawful killing in Brisba· ne odlaye The bull was shot after the man made at least 50 telephone calls and had several discussions with his neighbor about straying cattle, the Brisbane Magistrates Court w<1s told. Before the court was Keitn Ross Kelley, 41, sales manager of Haven Road, Kenmore, who was charged with having on January 24 wilfully and unlawfully killed. a bull, the property of Joseph James · Petde and Mary ' . i Irene Joan Hampson. 1 Det Sen-Const P. Pen- . man, of Brisbane CIB t told , the court Kelley ad- . mitted to him l shot bull c..1 , i 24 with a .303 rifle after , three unsuccessful , at- , tempts to chase it : and 1 15 other head . of cattle On other occasions Pet- rie's cattle had butted glass doors · at ilis home and twice his children were stopped from com- ing home because the cattle were on the public road. Det Penman said tha,t when asked why he kill- ,ed the bull, Kelley rer plied: "I considered it a danger to my wife and family". "I wouldn't say that she complained to me about the cattle stray- ing", Mrs Hampson said. , The bull was worth $1500, she said. Mr J. A. B. Nolon, SM, committed Kelley for trial to the · criminal ting of the Brisbane Dis- trict Court beginning on March 17. He was allowed $100 bail. BUY IT DAILY , ... learning can be t: / real fun during the holidays ! With the celebraled · PICTORIAL SOCIAL STUDIES KIT an ' ih. telligent , chifd'.s · mind can be kept occupieal and e"l1te· rt(lifr)ed li'ighf · thro1:.19h the long sumMer holielays. It is a brand · ·new . concept in visual-· learning, a C_?mprehensive visual home library consisting of ·· 50 informat-ion-p_a.cked 5,000 illustrations, 200 1 000 words ' dozens of valuable waU color atJas! ' SeAd your name 1... and address today for mo Fe deta Hs (no · obHgation) 1 about the ' PICTORIAL STUDIES KIT. & Educatlonal Ubraty Pty. Ltel. 157·167 Bayswater Rd., Rushcullers 811y, .N.S.W. 2011, from his proptrty. The bull fell bfLdly wounded, but still alive and Kelley then used ·a .22 rifl':? to kill it, Det Penman Petrie's daughter, Mrs Irene · Joan Hamp,!jon, of Chelmer, Brisbane, said she and her ' father ran 15 cows · and , a bull ol'l. iler fathe1."s property at ' Kenmore. THE .\l r STl{ l\1.1 .\ l\ Kelley told him the bulJ had menaced 1 his . " w1fe" t.he previous day. had not receivt;d complainu; about stray- ing cattle. She said Mrs Kelley told her once that there had beea five . head ot cattle on her prqperty. NATIONAL . DAILY NEWSPAPER ·I Please send .r:ne information on the : I l\ SOCIAl STUDIES Kif. ' ; ·: NAME. .. . . . • . . • • . • . . • • • • ! I ,, ADDRESS . • • • . • . . . • . • • • • • I I · . . . . . . . . . . . . POS1'COOf . • • • . . : 411'- - The _ Fr.lday 1 > March" 7, ' '

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' I U Tl G' ATTEMPTS TO CANBERRAr Thursday -Opposition attempts to denigrate the

help gmven to Mr Gerard Hoffmann ofter he left the Customs Depart­ment, w e "r ther disgusting/' the Prime M~nister, Mr Gorton, said odoy.

DENIGRATE HELP TO HOFFMAN

No looks at Pine Gap­Gorton The chief officer of the Customs Depa~fment He said Senator Scott

I I I' and other members of the had helped Mr Hoffmann "on a persona eve ' Government knew that at-to find a new job, he said. tempts were being made to

The Customs Minister, conduct in that he issued find him another job. Senator Scott, revealed in advice that a by-Ja,w to the Senate yesterday that import 5000 pairs of turtle 1:~e Leader _of the Op­the chief officer had rec- skins had been approved, po~ition, Mr Whitlam, asked emmended Mr Hoffman for knowincr that t.his was not Mr ~orton on what. other a job as buyer for a Sydney iirue. ., occasions. had public ser-

vants resigned after be-retail firm after Mr Hoff- eoming aware they were to man had resigned while Mr Gorton denied, today, under notice of dismissal that Mr Hoffman's new job be dismissed for miscon-from the department. carried a higher salary duct.

Mr Hoffman had been than his previous positiol]. He also asked i! Mr Hoff-charged with improper with thP. department. man was now receiving a

cnme kings ·I I i London

.i pose a big headache LONDON, Thursday.-A massive security headache faces the prison

authorities folfowing the murder conviction of the London crime kings, the Kray twins, and other members of their "firm."

The problem - in which of the country's maximum securi1y prisons c.an the 35-year-old twins be sent to serve the life sen1ences imposed upon 1hem yesterday by Mr Justice Melbord Stevenson at the Old Bailey.

The prison authorities Mitchell - the "mad axe- Ii the Krays are kept cannot forget that the man'" who escaped from , "inside" for the full 30 Ifr~ys wer~ bitter rivals of Dartmoor Prison, then years they will be 65 when the Sm(Gh London gang vanished. they are released - just in besses, Charles lIPd Ed- Both have already plead- time to draw their old age WB:rd RicharGson, who re- ed not guilty to the mur- pensions. ceived long gaol terms at dzr. The trial is likely to During yesterday's szn­the "torture" trial case a start at the Old Badley tencing, the leader of the ye~~!1~~ Richardson is in on April 8 or April 15. prosecution team, Mr Ken­thc maximum security wing The decision to proceed neth Jones, QC, referred Gf Durham Prison and his with a second murder to the alleg~d murder of brother is in Leiczster charge is unusual. Mitchell. Gaol. ~ormally, when the Today, a Kray "strong-

The only other prison P<;>h~e have secured a con:. arm man," Albert Donaghue which has a top security v,~cti~n. for murdei', any · pleaded guilty to plotting wing is Parkhurst on the remamm!5 chargzs are Jett Mitchell's escape and har-:frle of Wight - and the on the file. boring him. Krays will have to be sep- Yesterd~y Mr Justice He was sentenced to two a rated to serve their time. Stevenson directed that the years for these offances and

The Kray twins, to face Krays should be kept in being an accessory after !rial next month are ac- prison for not less than the Krays murdered Jack cused of murdering Frank 30 years. "the Hat" McVitie.

higher salary than when he was with the Customs Department.

Mr Gorton said he had been informed of two cases in the past two years, apart from Mr Hoffman, where officers had resigned while under notice of dismissal.

Mr Gorton said: "But the House should be aware of this.

"After the appeal against his dismissal had been re­jected by the appeals board, Mr Gorton said Mr Hoff­Mr Hoffmann approached mann had been known to the chief officer and asked his fellow officers in the him for help so that he public service for almost 20 could re-establish himself years as being conscientious and rebuild a life outside and hard working. Canberra in another occu- He had committed a pation. wrongful act that made his

"This was done on a per- discharge necessary. sonal level and the minis- He had already been ter and members of the punished in being suspen­Government knew it was ded without pay for ap­being done. proximately two months

"The minister could, as I from September 27. could and, I hope, a,ll de- In his interview with the cent people could, under- chief officer, he had in­!.•~and the reasons for this dicated he was in a quite sympathy shown by the . serious financial position, chief," Mr Gorton said. I because of this and because

of considerable medical ex­penses for himself and his family.

"He was punished by losing his job," Mr Gorton said.

'"He is continuing in that sense to be punished in that the pay he is now receiving is considerably less than from the Commonwealth department.

"I consider it rather dis­gusting to seek to denigrate attempts by the chlef of­ficer in trying to help him, even though he had t11 be punished for a wro-ngful act," Mr Gorton said.

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NO SYNlM,ET:IC MEAT FOR AUSTRALIA

CANBERRA, Thursday.-Australian man11.dod-· urers had no plans at present to produce synthetic meat, the M'inister for Trade and Industry, Mr McEwen, said today.

Mr McEwen said members of the Aus­tralian Meat Board had tried samples of "meat" made from soya beans, but had concluded that synthetic meat did not constitute an immediate threat to the Australian meat industry.

Mr McEwan was re­plying to a written question by Senator Young (Lib, SA) who asked him to ban pro·· duction and tion of an meats.

importa­synthetic

Mr McEwen said the Federal Government had no power to ban Australian production of synthetic meat and any proposal ror a ban would have to be decided by State Governments.

CANBERRA, Thurs. day.- The Minister for Defence, Mr A. fairhall, today flatly refused to allow Opposition MP's tc visit the top-secret space research station at Pine Gap, near Alice Springs.

He was replying to questions dealing with defence research estab­lishments asked by the former Opposition Leader, Mr Calwell (A.L.P., Vic) and the deputy Leader of the Opposition, Mr Barnard in the House of Repre­sentatives.

Mr Calwell referred to a recent ABC report that Aus.~•alia was one of four nations which had signed a chemical and biological warfare re­search agreement.

"If that report was right, what were the conditions of the agree­ment?"

Did it cover anything other than an exchange of inform a ti.on on chemical and biological dlefznce, as sta.f1ed by the Minister for Supply, Senator Ken Anderson , in the Senate on Novem­ber 28?

Mr Fairhall said he could confirm that Mr CalweH's understanding of Senator Anderson's statzment was correct.

As far as Australia was concerned, .. the .. agree­ment concerned only the exchange of information which the Government needed to keep "up to da,tc for purely defen­sive reasons."

.Shot a $1500 bull b-ecause it was a danger to family

He also referred to Mr f<'airhall 's statement that research into chemical warfare of a defence naturz was undertaken at Maribyrnong in Mel­bourne.

Would Mr Fairhall enable Opposition mem­bers to visit Maribyr­nong and "further will he make facilities avail­able for them to inspect the Pine Gap project? "

Mr Fairhall said h z would refer the ques­tion about a Maribyr­nong visit to Senator Anderson.

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· . BRISBANE, Thursday.-A man who allegedly · $'h;i. his neighbor's bull worth $1500 because he ~onsidered it a danger to his family, was. committed for trial on a charge of unlawful killing in Brisba·ne t·odlaye

The bull was shot after the man made at least 50 telephone calls and

had several discussions with his neighbor about straying cattle, the Brisbane

Magistrates Court w<1s told.

Before the court was Keitn Ross Kelley, 41, sales manager of Haven Road, Kenmore, who was charged with having on January 24 wilfully and unlawfully killed . a bull, the property of Joseph James · Petde and Mary

' . i Irene Joan Hampson. 1 Det Sen-Const P. Pen­. man, of Brisbane CIB t told , the court Kelley ad­. mitted to him hayi~g l shot ~ne bull c..1 Jan~ary , i 24 with a .303 rifle after , three unsuccessful , at-, tempts to chase it :and 1 15 other head . of cattle

On other occasions Pet­rie's cattle had butted glass doors ·at ilis home and twice his children were stopped from com­ing home because the cattle were on the public road.

Det Penman said tha,t when asked why he kill­,ed the bull, Kelley rer plied: "I considered it a danger to my wife and family".

"I wouldn't say that she complained to me about the cattle stray­ing", Mrs Hampson said. ,

The d~ad bull was worth $1500, she said.

Mr J. A. B. Nolon, SM, committed Kelley for trial to the ·criminal si~ ting of the Brisbane Dis­trict Court beginning on March 17.

He was allowed $100 bail.

BUY IT DAILY

, ... learning can be t: / .· real fun during

the holidays ! With the celebraled · PICTORIAL SOCIAL STUDIES KIT an ' ih.telligent , chifd'.s · mind can be kept occupieal and e"l1te·rt(lifr)ed li'ighf ·thro1:.19h the long sumMer holielays.

It is a brand · ·new .concept in visual-· learning, a C_?mprehensive visual home library consisting of·· 50 informat-ion-p_a.cked po~tfo'lios, 5,000 illustrations, 2001000 words ' dozens of valuable waU ' charts-and • ~ ,fab\\Jlou~ color atJas! '

SeAd your name 1... and address today for mo Fe • deta Hs (no · obHgation) 1 about the ' PICTORIAL SOCl~l STUDIES KIT.

'~search & Educatlonal Ubraty Pty. Ltel. 157·167 Bayswater Rd., Rushcullers 811y, .N.S.W. 2011,

from his proptrty. The bull fell bfLdly

wounded, but still alive and Kelley then used ·a .22 rifl':? to kill it, Det Penman ~aid. ·

Petrie's daughter, Mrs Irene · Joan Hamp,!jon, of Chelmer, Brisbane, said she and her ' father ran 15 cows · and , a bull ol'l. iler fathe1."s property at ' Kenmore.

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Kelley told him the bulJ had menaced 1 his .

" w1fe" t.he previous day.

S~e had not receivt;d complainu; about stray­ing cattle.

She said Mrs Kelley told her once that there had beea five . head ot cattle on her prqperty.

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