Hexagon chess game patented for Canberra shop sale
Canberra resident Mr Flatow secured a November 22 1976 patent for High Q Chess a hexagonal board variant using standard pieces. The honeycomb board offers six move options for castles twelve directions for queens and six for the king with the game already selling in Canberra shops at 4 50 a set and a new shop Law of Hexagon opened in Glebe Sydney.
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Stephen Schulte
Pictow
Hexagen Chess
Canberra
Flatow
Mr Flatow
Curtin
Sydney
Law of Hexagon
Glebe
GM-H stands down 500 workers after strike in Adelaide
GM-H halted about 500 workers at the Elizabeth plant following a strike by 54 key die-setters. More stand-downs were anticipated across GM-H sites as vital parts bottlenecks emerged. Union organiser WS Peers warned up to most of GMH's 23,000 staff could be affected within two weeks. A two hour union management talk failed to resolve the deadlock.
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Adelaide
General Motors
Holden's
Elizabeth
Gm-H
Vehicle Builders Union
WS. Peers
GMH
Arbitration Commission
Review Team to Tighten Welfare Benefits Spending
The government announced a Public Service Board led review to identify admin and procedural changes to cut Social Security program costs. Officials discuss potential $50 million in savings, with unions fearing job cuts and slower benefit processing.
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Social Security Department
Public Service Board
Social Security
Guilfoyle
Daniels
Act
Administrative and Clerical Officers Association
Nsw
ACOA
Barry Cotter
Dole Bludgers
Hayden
Auditor General's Department
Wage-case bench urged to disregard Government objections
In Melbourne the ACTU white-collar unions and three Labor States urged the Arbitration Commission to grant full wage indexation, arguing unemployment and a stalled recovery. NSW sought a plateau after 2.4 per cent CPI for June quarter. Federal counsel warned that increases would hurt jobs and recovery.
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Melbourne
ACTU
Arbitration Commission
Nsw
Michael Sweeney
Sweeney
Rob Jolly
Australian Council of Salaried and Professional Associations
Bruce Hartnell
Australia
Keith Marks
Crowds Flock to Woden Plaza Big W Opening
Shutters closed to manage crowds outside Woolworths Big W as Woden Plaza opened stage three yesterday. A 930am crowd of over 6000 filled Big W departments while queues formed at checkout counters. Lost children and a few family mixups occurred before manager Rod Parkin cited about 35000 shoppers for the day.
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Woolworths
Big W
Woden Plaza
Rod Parkin
Air force expands fighter replacement program
Australia’s fighter replacement plan is more advanced than expected after the Defence Department (Air) awarded a contract yesterday for rubber bands valued at 4752 dollars.
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Frank Cranston
Defence and Aviation
Australia
Department of Defence
Air
England openers reach dominant position at Trent Bridge
England stood 131 for 0 at lunch on the final day of the third Test at Trent Bridge Nottingham as Geoff Boycott and Mike Brearley advanced to 58 and 65 respectively. The Australians failed to make an impact with the ball.
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England
Trent Bridge
Nottingham
Geoff Boycott
Mike Brearley
Twornil
Boycott
Brearley
All about jails a jolly good read
Geoffrey Sawer reviews Fiori Rinaldi's Australian Prisons as a jolly good read in Between The Lines page 2 alongside another major law book.
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All
Fiori Rinaldi
Geoffrey Sawer
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