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Dec 4, 1969
Hubbard group's conviction quashed — The West Australian
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The West Australian A conviction against the Hubbard Association of Scientologists International Ltd. on a charge of practising scientology was quashed yesterday by the Full Court in Perth. Magistrate D. J. O'Dea had convicted and fined the association $200 in the Perth Court of Petty Sessions on April 11. It was alleged that between November 13, 1968, and January 28, 1969, the association practised scientology contrary to the Scientology Act, 1968. Mr Justice Burt said in a reserved decision that the association was registered ...
May 14, 1969
SECT'S PHONES DISCONNECTED — The West Australian
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The West Australian The P.M.G. Department yesterday disconnected telephones at the headquarters of the Hubbard Association of Scientology Inc. in Hay-street, Perth. Two telephone technicians removed the 11 telephones and a telex machine from the building. Deputy Police Commissioner Wedd said that his department had asked the P.M.G. to disconnect the telephones. It was routine to make the request when a telephone was being used to contravene the law. Similar action had been taken against S.P. bookmakers who had used their telephones for taking ...
May 4, 1969
Bid to muzzle us fails — News of the World
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News of the World An attempt by a section of the Scientologists to muzzle the News of the World has failed. Last week, more than three years after issuing a writ against us for alleged libel concerning its "Mind Cult," the Hubbard Association of Scientologists dropped the action. They are to pay a considerable sum to cover the legal costs we incurred in preparing to defend the action. The Scientologist [text not readable] their action was heard before Master Bickford Smith in chambers. He approved ...
Apr 12, 1969
Scientology Sect Fined — The West Australian
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The West Australian The Hubbard Association of Scientologists International Inc. yesterday was fined $200 on a charge of having practiced scientology. Magistrate D. J. O'Dea granted a stay of execution. It was the first prosecution against scientology since a bill banning its practice was passed by the W.A. parliament last November. Mr O'Dea, giving a reserved decision in the Perth Court of Petty Sessions, said: "I am satisfied on the evidence that the defendant did between the relevant dates practise scientology as charged and ...
Nov 5, 1968
Scientologists Will Defy New Ban Law — West Australian
Oct 8, 1968
Skeleton in the Hubbard — Herald (Australia)More: link
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Herald (Australia) A meeting of six people in a Noble Park house is hardly a dramatic resurgence. But the cult gained one objective — publicity. The cult invited police and State Cabinet Ministers to the meeting. None attended. Scientology is banned in Victoria, and the State Government has made it clear it will act to prevent any revival of the cult. The practice of Scientology is banned under the Psychological Practices Act, and the Crown Law Department, following Sunday's meeting, is considering whether ...
Sep 18, 1968
50 Books Of Cult Seized; Damages Claim — The Advertiser (Australia)
Sep 2, 1968
'Scientology' banned in Britain — AMA NewsMore: link
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AMA News Americans traveling to Great Britain to practice "Scientology," a group which claims to be "applied religious philosophy," have been barred by the British Ministry of Health. Kenneth Robinson, minister of health, declared that "scientology is socially harmful." The government's action was taken on the basis of complaints—some of them raised in Parliament — about teachings of the group. Followers of the group previously known as Dianetics and now calling itself the Church of Scientology, reportedly adhere to the ideas originated by ...
Jul 27, 1968
Scientology prophet silent as 'orgs' dig in — The Scotsman (UK)More: link
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The Scotsman (UK) The main Edinburgh practitioner, it seems, is a Mr Ernest Saren, and at the appointments he produces a personality "graph" showing the questionnaire results on ten "personality dimensions" such as happy-depressed and capable-inhibited. The final column on the capacity analysis chart gives an I.Q. figure. Saren's qualifications for discussing people's problems on the basis of this questionnaire, according to a H.A.P.I. spokesman, are scientology qualifications only. One of those tested in the H.A.P.I. building this week, a 19-year-old apprentice who had ...
Mar 6, 1967
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Aug 22, 1966
Is this the happiest man in the world? — MacleansMore: link
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Wendy Michener Source:
Macleans His name is John McMaster. Once he was a mess like the rest of us. Now he's a "clear", one of the saints of a new cult called Scientology — without a single "engram" left to bug him. SOMETHING VERY ODD is going on in Toronto. People are leaving the country, changing their occupations, giving up their children, leaving their husbands, wives, or lovers, changing their whole lives. All in the name of something called Scientology. The whole thing got started ...
Dec 29, 1965
Tolerance and apathy — Canberra Times (Australia)
Dec 22, 1965
Scientology files seized in raid — Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
Dec 2, 1965
W.A. Man Applies For Scientology Weddings; States To Discuss Action — West Australian
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West Australian CANBERRA, Wed. — The West Australian agent of the Hubbard Association of Scientologists International, Mr Ian K. Tampion, has applied for the Scientology Church in W.A. to be licensed to conduct marriages. The application to the Attorney-General's Department claims that the church has about 2,000 adherents in W.A. Mr Tampion has been told that his application is being considered. But Federal officials today said there was no chance of it being granted. The Federal government could hardly give official recognition to ...
Oct 6, 1965
Report calls for ban on scientology — The Australian
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