Demonstration outside Sydney court turns violent
A crowd of about 2000 gathered outside the Sydney Special Court as waterside secretary James Healy faced charges under the Crimes Act. About 160 police clashed with marchers, five men were arrested, and Healy entered the court amid the disruption.
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Sydney
Martin Place
Special Court
Watersiders
James Healy
Healy
Pitt and
Castlereagh
Hessey
Ted
Tame
Maron
James Crogk
Coogee
William Joseph Reilly
Bondi Juneton
Amd
Luke Pirth
Darlinghurst
Solomon Barnet Ridgeway
Seaman
S& C Ardross
Robert William Rowley
Herne Bay
Police Break Up Melbourne Crowd
Melbourne crowd protests outside City Court as union officials face Crimes Act charges. Crown witnesses may be drawn from New Zealand. adjournments sought for George Arthur Doyle and Michael James Donrean. Busy port actions, ship delays, and waterfront strikes affect Brisbane, Mackay, and Townsville as watersiders pause work and plan further action.
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J. Lazarus
Witnnesses
New Zealand
George Arthur Doyle
Michael James Donrean
Federated Ship Painters and Dockers’ Union of Australia
Mackay
James Cook
Umioad
Walked Off Job To Hear Case In Industrial Court
Brisbane June 5 The Industrial Court heard a group of 30 workers from A Sargeant and Co Pty Ltd Alice Street who walked off to protest an overtime ban. The managing director Frederick D Taylor defended a 5 percent bonus after six months. Riordan warned the company risks payback if forced to concede. J Egerton of the Boilermakers Society noted moulders earned more than boilermakers.
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W. J. Riordan
A. Sargeant and Co. Pty. Ltd
Alice-street
A E Grounds
Frederick David Taylor
A. Sargeant and Co. Pa. Ltd
Sargeants
Riordan
Taylor
J. Egerton
Boilermakers’ Society
State
Sargeant
Immediate steps urged to end Mackay black ban
June 5 Mackay leaders from politics and industry pressed the Government to end the watersliders’ black ban on the strike-bound freighter Wellpark. Local figures urged swift action to prevent sugar shipments from Mackay to New Zealand and to keep industry moving.
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Wellpark
E Evans
Australia
Australian Super Producers Association
A J Coyne
Four ships idle at Towneville port amid sugar loading
Four ships, including two overseas vessels, stood idle in Towneville today while the Sierra loaded cargo. The River Mitra and the River Norman were loading sugar, keeping port activity focused on grain and trade movements.
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Towneville
Sierra
Norman
Concessions at Yalta Stir Debate in Senate Hearing
Secretary of State Dean Acheson testified before the Senate the United States made concessions to the Soviet Union at Yalta to prompt Soviet entry into the Far East war. He argued Roosevelt provided nothing Russia could not have seized, and blamed Chinese Nationalist collapse on leadership failures, not U.S. policy. He also discussed Korea, Manchurian railways, and the 1945 balance of power.
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Sakhanc Islands
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China
Adison
George Marshall
Nationalista
Chiang Kaliher
Pressmen Sworn to Secrecy in South Africa Case
London June 5 AAP Reuters says reporters were sworn to secrecy and must submit stories to a military censor after a South African Sunday newspaper, the Sunday Times Syndicate Limited, and three editors were charged under the Official Secrets Act. The case concerns publishing military secrets and potential contravention of the Def ence Force Act. The judge adjourned to decide what may be published as reporters took oaths and the hearing continued with censorship of press reports.
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AAP
Reuters F Johannnesburg
Sunday Times” Syndicate Limited
Presa
Argentine Rejects British Protest Over Antarctic Base
SUENOS AIRES June 4. The Argentine government rejected the British protest against the free Argentine naval base in the disputed Antarctic territory. The base was established on April 3 at Punta Pros, in Grahamiend.
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Suenos Aires
Antarctic
Advance of Allies in Central Korea Slowed
United Press reports in central Korea slowed Allied progress as regrouped Chinese Communist forces halted the advance to a crawl. In the east, U.N. forces reportedly moved about five miles, with Allied tanks breaking into the enemy’s main defense line in the triangle area above the Ap Eens.
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Korea
Tokio
P.reuter
United Press
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Stan Triangle
Retreat on the eastern front shifts as UN pressure rises
Chinese forces pull back deeper into central Korean mountains while Communist units retreat for the second day, yielding five miles in places as United Nations troops press from east and west. Allied advances push 3000 yards beyond the withdrawal, with Chorwon as the western anchor of the Iron Triangle. A Korea cease-fire remains elusive amid Western hopes.
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United Nations
Chorwon
Reduction of Life Brisbanes Murder Conviction
A Queensland court reduced Robert Menzies s murder conviction to manslaughter on appeal. The jury had found guilty of murder with mercy suggested due to provocation. The trial judge imposed life imprisonment. The appeal, heard by Justices Stanley Mansfield and Mack, was dismissed, with Crown arguing provocation and passion undermining the murder verdict.
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Stanley Seid
Criminal Appeal Court
Robert Menzies i
Marjorie Doreen
Collinsville
Mury
Mansfield
SPJ
Menzies
Bowen
BR. J. Douglas
Scorbie
Justice Stanley
Qeepsies
Justice Mansfield
Justice Mack
Execution of Nazi war criminals blocked in Germany affair
Washington reports the U S Court of Appeals refused further stay of seven Nazi war criminals at Landsberg prison Bavaria. The stay expires tomorrow but government lawyers assure condemned men that executions will not proceed pending Supreme Court appeal. Chief Justice Vinson later resumed two more stays. State Department adviser cautions that reprieve ends tomorrow with no current restraining order.
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Washington
United States Court of Appeals
Landsberg
Bavaria
District Court
United States Supreme Court
Fred Vinson
Supreme Court
State Department
German AM Site Secuuon
J. Raymond
Wood ducks devastate wheat as sanctuaries open to shooters
Nearby water sanctuaries along the Condamine River have been opened to approved shooters to curb crop damage from wood ducks. A Brookstead wheat grower reports a 2 acre paddock almost wiped out in two days after flocks attacked young wheat, with a dense mass of birds seen over Condamine Plains.
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Pittsworth
Condamine River
Condamine
Persian oil dispute stalls British bid for settlement
London reports the British Foreign Secretary said Britain hopes for a settlement in the Anglo Iranian oil dispute. Persia has not replied to the May 19 memorandum and its May 30 note outlines terms for oil nationalisation. Britain rejects that the dispute is between Persia and the company alone and insists on intervention to defend British interests.
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Teheran
Nis
Sompens
Mr. Morrison
Persia
Reuter
Abadan
Oil Board
Dinin- Matic
Mossadeq
Britain
Inflation's impact on loan programme to be discussed
June 5 Brisbane reported that the Special Premiers Conference in Canberra on June 18 will address inflation's effect on the States loan programme. Premier E. Hanlon and State Treasurer J. Kemp will attend with Treasury officials. Some states have exceeded 75 percent borrowing, Queensland nearing 73 percent, with debate on possible overages. Hanlon noted Kemp will visit Canberra ahead of the conference to present proposed works for 1951 52 to the Federal Works Coordinator Hoy.
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Cenferer
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EE. M. Hanlon
Gair
J RB Kemp
Treasury
Nr Hanlon
Sone
Queensland
Hanlon
Kemp
Federal
Hoy
King’s rest ordered as public duties cancelled for weeks
London news reports the King to take at least four weeks rest after illness. Princess Elizabeth will inspect the Trooping salute as King Haakon visits. Prince of Wales and Duke of Gloucester to greet the Norwegian monarch. Four doctors signed the King’s bulletin noting radiologic control and antibiotics. An Australian royal tour may be delegated to Princess Elizabeth and the Duke if the King remains indisposed.
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Leest
Elizabeth
Grenadier Guards
Haakon
Norway
Londen
Duke of Gloucester
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Princess Elizabeth
Daily Mail
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Palace
Zinc Supply Cuts Hit Australian Industry
Brisbane and Melbourne reports say a 25 percent cut in zinc supplies will strain Australian industry. The Federal Electrolytic Zinc Co of Australia Ltd warns production falls from 87 500 tons to under 70 000 tons yearly after hydroelectric quotas were reduced at the Kisden Tasmania plant. Imports cannot offset the deficit due to overseas rationing. zinc products and byproducts including galvanised iron, wire, post office lines, batteries, and car parts face shortages. Foreign prices ranged from 175 pounds in the U S to 400 in the Continent, with Australia seeking stockpiles and larger shares.
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Melbourne
F Electrolytic Zinc Co of Australia Ltd
Wilcom
Kisden
Tasmania
Wilson
U.S
Mammoth Petition Trunched Into Commons By Porters
London June 4 An enormous petition presented to the British Parliament was carried into the House of Commons by porters today. The 106 bundles, bound with red tape, protest the high entertainment tax on cinema. The mammoth petition was gathered from cinemas nationwide.
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London
House of Commons
General Secretary of Watersiders Charged Under the Crimes Act
Sydney June 5 Defence witnesses will be flown from New Zealand to give evidence at the trial of James Healy Waterside Workers' Federation official. The case concerns alleged obstruction and a boycott linked to shipping during the 1951 dispute. The federal executive urged funds and support for waterside workers and discussed credit terms and NZ union involvement.
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The
Ac.tu
Waterside Workers’ Federation
Federal Council
Federal Secretary of the Federation
J. Healy
New Zealand
Watersiders
Sydney
Taly
James Healy
Simon Janes K.C
Healy
Isaacs
Pedersl
Te Ueusl Gece
Australia
Executive Ale
Onal
Abd Sive
NZ Union
Aletrellan
Barnwell
NZ Federsven of Labour
Gehough
Waterside Worker Federation
Sin Hed
Federale Creative
Conviction Of US Red Leaders Faces Wider Sentences
The Supreme Court Justices Hugh Bisch and William Douglas voiced three year and longer prison terms for leading Communist defendants. The court wrestled with whether the Smith Act convictions violated the Constitution, noting the act was vague but upheld the verdicts where juries found intent to overthrow the government. Justice Vinson warned against overextending the ruling to blanket party members.
Flow of British migration to Melbourne during 1947
Shipping shortages do not hinder the movement of British migrants to Australia as the postwar period shows a high level of arrivals. The June report notes about 176,000 total migrants last year, including 34,000 British travelers, with the British share rising despite wartime disruptions.
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Melbourne
Brith Mugrelis
Awe Sretim Tie Muniuaner Ter Lewen
Hoeley
Brittein Ie
Saneatt Te Mid
Adjourment Granted in Wetervide Federation Case
The Wetervide Workers Federation and its NZ sister Befed Gelade faced a court session led by Crown counsel 41 W Shaea KC. The adjournment request was found genuine with no document demand from the Crown, and the court noted there would have been a ready erediable if not granted. The adjournment was deemed reasonable, reflecting the case’s current status and arguments.
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Wetervide Workers Federation
W. Shaea KC
Crown
Ment
Hwee
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