New Zealand declares maritime emergency in waterfront strike
Prime Minister Sitmey Holland announced to a Wellington crowd that the government has declared a state of maritime emergency amid a waterfront strike disruption. He recalled talks with Britain’s Maurice Webb and suggested ships in need would be diverted or paid for, signaling a tense response to the crisis.
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Maloun
Holland
Freland
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Maurice
Webb
New Zealand
House Fire Damages Innisfail Home Near Rankin Street
A fire swept a front entrance and woodwork of a house at 61 Rankin Street just before 3 am injuring no one despite a man and his wife living in the lower level. An engine and fire preventers responded, with neighbors and an adjacent business affected. The property is owned by Busconic Prete of Mundoe.
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Busconic Prete
Mundoe
Melbourne Gems and Housing Schemes Highlight City Life
Melbourne newsletter reports on gem trade and opal demand abroad, noting price rises and local cutting before export. It covers Abbotsford communal housing plans with shared ownership rules, maintenance costs, and privacy tradeoffs, plus housing and tyre shortages and a controversial court appeal outcome.
T A A. MANAGER'S SURVEY OF CHANNEL COUNTRY AERODROMES
The T A A manager for Channel Country in South-west Queensland reports a survey dispute over air routes. He has developed passenger and freight services agencies in the area as part of the study.
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Brisbane
Pep 21
TAA
Aaf McSweyn
Will Reyury
Farrow
Channel Country
Queensland
Chocolate prices expected to rise with cocoa bean costs
Sydney reports a price line of 44 to 64 on a quarter pound chocolate is forecast by manufacturers. Prices for most confectionery are expected to rise as cocoa beans, once 54d per pound before the war, now cost 3/6 per pound.
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Sydney
As.w
Gaming Gear By SINFAIL Man Fined Innisfail
Daniel Ward, 54, of Kulara Marker, faced Innisfail Court on gaming charges including keeping a common gaming house and illegal betting. Police found betting sheets listing horses in Melbourne Sydney and Brisbane. Ward admitted arranging odds and was sentenced to imprisonment. other details noted his prior conduct in a billiard room incident.
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Japan Sterling Area Trade Plan Moves Ahead
A trade arrangement between Japan and the Sterling Area aims to exchange goods worth about £185 million over July 1980 to June 1981. Australia, India, South Africa, and others participate withJapan to buy steel, machinery, textiles, and chemicals while sterling purchases cover barley, wheat, and other commodities.
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Ceylon
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Tokis
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Department of Commerce and Agriculture
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Department of Commerce
Eamential Goode
Austria
Austra
Railway Goods Wagons Waggons Muebane Feb 1
Railway dispatch from Muebane reports movement of goods wagons and related railway material. Details are sparse due to damaged text but indicate ongoing loading and transfer activities at the station. Further specifics unavailable in readable fragments.
Tum cov ROCAPES project on East African ground nuts
In a brief regional note the text references a 22 million project concerning ground nuts in East Africa and ongoing efforts to resume activity. The fragmentary wording implies renewed funding or development plans linked to agricultural aid or trade initiatives in the region.
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