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HOME NEWS THE AGE, Thursday, June 13, 1974 Rhodesia centre appeal fails It may cost $lm to repair the Straitsman TSIWI flj if: 7. Wt Cluster housing Our country towns are friendly beyond heliel. Our cities loaded with lite. Uul even more, our country got space. II we all look our holidays at once, there would still: be room lei I to lose yourself.

So enioy. Call us at Avis. As.well as our 170 rental stations, we ve.ot Holiday lourniK in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and l.aiineeslon And whenever vou rent with Avis you II be riding with; BP maps and petrol. Australia is a bin country. Kni-luud Ills tulo it (illv-imhl tunes.

1 1 hut mil counhnu; lasniunia.) lis not more simvv country Mian Swil am land. Moil-lakes than Scotland. Holland. rant ami Helmum. More sun anil surf than I Inuan.

lalnli. ISah, I- iji and l'uno Pago put triKi'tllur. It countless thousands ol rivers to lish in. ho knows how nianv tracks to hike I here are over (iOl) kinds ol cuius. TOO sorts ot wattle.

Between 800 and 1 .000 dillereiil orchids. II vou added up all our species ol birds vim need 1)95 lingers. As lor animals: we-rc still discovering new ones. It iit deserts to cross. unities to explore.

ilderness SYDNEY. The NSW Court of Appeal has ruled that the State Corporate Affairs Commission could cancel the registered business name, Rhodesia Information Centre. Three Judges of the court said yesterday that the name suggested connection with an external country and could not be registered without approval of the State Attorney-General. The judges said Mr. Den-zil Vaughan Bradley, who operated the Rhodesia Information Centre at North Sydney, had not obtained official permission from the Attorney General to use this business name.

The court dismissed an appeal by Mr. Bradley against a decision by Mr. Justice Sheppard in the Supreme Couvt last year that the Corporate Affairs Commission had power to cancel the centre's registration. One of the grounds of the appeal was that the name of the centre would not suggest to a reasonable person a connection with the Government of Rhodesia. Mr.

Justice Hutley said this claim disregarded Government policy to prevent citizens froni being misled by a business One meaning If there were any chance of people being misled by the name, it could not be registered without the Attorney General's consent. Mr. Justice Hutley said "Rhodesia Information Centre" had only one meaning: "Information centre of the Government of A certificate by the Prime Minister (Mr. Whit-lam) tendered in evidence said the Government of Australia recognised that Southern Rhodesia was one of Her Majesty's colonies, recognised the Government and Parliament of the United Kingdom had responsibility for Southern Rhodesia, and did not recognise Southern Rhodesia as a State. Mr.

Justice Hutley said it was notorious that the will of the Government of the United Kingdom was set at nought in Rhodesia. The Prime Minister's certificate was conclusive for the court. Mr. Justice Reynolds and Mr. Justice Glass agreed.

scheme pas lit' have stations all across Australia. iss Australia. So between us. we II make sure lour ninrr r.ir 'uBw yoil always tnul your way home; By VINCENT BASILE, our Civic Affairs Reporter Melbourne's first cluster housing development will probably be built on 60 acres at Avondale Heights. The area was originally designed in 1927 by Canberra's planner, Walter Burley Griffin.

to nidei The damage to the Tasmanian Government's coastal freighter, Straitsman, which heeled over and sank opposite No. 32 South Wharf on March 23, could be $1 million. The vessel was valued last year by its former owner, Captain R. H. House, at million.

y- The estimate of damage was made yesterday by the manager of the Hob-sons Bay Engineering Company, Mr. Ken Livingstone. His company will put the Straitsman in dry dock today to make her seaworthy. The Straitsman, pictured above, was yesterday towed to the dry dock at Williamstown. Mr.

Livingstone said the Tasmanian Government probably had to spend $100,000 in cleaning up before restoration could begin. "It's going to be a fiddly job getting her back in operation again. It could take six to nine months." Mr. Livingstone said there appeared to be little structural damage to the ship and he estimated it would be out of the dry dock in a few days. "Our main job will be to drain the cargo decks of water and possibly do some repair work on the hull," he said.

After the work is completed the Straitsman will be towed to No. 14 South Wharf where it will be decided where to carry out the internal repairs. Mr. Livingstone said it was possible the ship might be towed back to Tasmania for the repairs. proposing scrapping the orighial design was abandoned after strong opposition from, residents town Keilor's town- planning officer (Mr.

Bill.Klommer),sad 'yesterday: "The plan provides for a variety of land iise and1 will; introduce new concepts, in' the 'distribution of open space in-both the resi. V'dential aha comme'reial He said housing and cluster housing in Milleara Gardens would -harmonise and en-; hance the Burley Griffin design. "This will.be a comprehensive development. We will not sell building blocks individually and leave construction and design to the individual' owners," Mr. Klem mer said.

He said this was the first in-" stance in Melbourne where the Board of Works had acquired an entire area and had worked out in detail future development. Mr. Klemmer said Milleara Gardens could become a showpiece of modern housing trends. The area, known as Milleara Gardens, iies west of the Maribyr-nong River at Avondale Heights and ends at the intersection of Milleara and Buckley roads. Keilor city council has ap: proved Board of Works plans to redevelop it.

There will be about 200 home sites. Although subdivided since the. early 30s the estate still lacks essential services. Only about a third has been developed. The board's plan includes widening main roads leading to the estate, relocating sites for a huge shopping centre, a hotel, community facilities, recreational space and a ring road around the retail complex.

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