Fire at Yass train blamed for sheep and shed loss
About 200 sheep and a hay shed were destroyed in four outbreaks near Yass yesterday. Sparks from a passing train started the fires. Goodradighee Shire Bush Fire Brigade reports about 100 volunteers fought for five hours, with three fires linking within a kilometre between Downing and Yass as the Sydney-bound train passed. An estimated 350 hectares of private grain burned, four houses narrowly escaped damage.
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Yass
Goodradighee Shire
Bush Fire Brigade
Downing
Thieves Roam Melbourne In Major City Robberies
In Melbourne a string of robberies unfolded with a jeweller’s safe looted of 120000 dollars in cash jewellery and cheques. A Northcote hotel manager was robbed of 8000 dollars en route to the bank. Three men hit the St Kilda Hotel for 20000 leaving a 5000 gain after a branch bank teller holdup.
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Melbourne
Explosion at London shop injures 38 including infant
An explosion ripped through Stone's Outfitters in West London injuring 38 people, including an eight month old baby. Initial reports suggest a possible gas leak as the cause, according to Press Association.
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London
Stone's Outfitters
the Press Association
Police find missing woman after Brindabella search
A 20 year old woman Heather Ruskie of OConnor was found in good health in the Brindabellas after a 24 hour disappearance. A large search party including ACT and NSW police, emergency services and volunteers scoured rugged terrain near Top Hut six kilometres east of the Goodrudigbee River. The Canberra Aero Club pilot assisted before turbulence forced him to turn back. Ruskie was taken to search headquarters and then to her friends’ camp.
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Heather Ruskie
O’connor
ACT
Brian Cowling
ACT Police
Miss Ruskie
Brindabellas
Goodrudigbee River
Nsw
Yass
Bob Bradley
NSW State Emergency Service
Goulburn
Queanbeyan
Canberra Aero Club
Ron Pill
Sergeant Cowling
Miss Kuskie
Mr Pill
Dukedom for Sale in Bronte on Mount Etna
The Bronte dukedom on Mount Etna, once granted to Lord Nelson in 1799, is up for sale. The package covers 240 hectares of fruit and olive land, a 12th century 25-room castle, a heated interior, a swimming pool and tennis courts, with price negotiable. The heir is Alexander Nelson Hood, Viscount Bridport, a Rome banker who cannot manage the estate.
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Catania
Sicily
Bronte
Mount Etna
Lord Nelson
Associated Press
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Rooklyn wins Sydney Hobart aboard Ballyhoo
Jack Rooklyn sails Ballyhoo to victory in the 630 mile Sydney Hobart race finishing seconds ahead of rivals. He feared son Warwick on Apollo might beat him but Apollo fell behind while Ballyhoo weathered a near overboard incident. Ballyhoo’s elapsed time was three days seven hours fifty nine minutes twenty six seconds.
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Ballyhoo
Hobart
Warwick
Apollo
Bach
First Test Drawn at Adelaide Oval Between Australia and Pakistan
The opening Test at Adelaide ended in a draw after Australia, chasing 285 in 320 minutes, stood 261 for six at close. Rodney Marsh and Gary Cosier contributed 13 and 25 respectively as the hosts remained 24 runs short of victory.
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Adelaide
Australia
Pakistan
Adelaide Oval
Rodney Marsh
Gary Cosier
Fraser Island leases under high water ban eyed for mining
Murphyores Pty Ltd weighs mining its 12 Fraser Island leases below the mean high water mark as an export ban looms. Fraser Island Defenders Organisation opposes exemption from work requirements, urging forfeiture of all leases unless worked. D. M. Minerals laid off most staff after December 23 plant closure. Queensland Titanium Mines keeps 110 workers with 20 contractors winding down.
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Brisbane
Murphyores Incorporated Pty Ltd
Fraser Island
W. Murphy
Queensland Titanium Mines Pty Ltd
D. M. Minerals
DM. Minerals
Murphyores
Dillingham Corporation of Australia Ltd
Fraser Island Defenders Organisation
John Sinclair
Australia
Maryborough
Queensland
Sinclair
Queensland Titanium
O. D. Paterson
Queanbeyan Leagues Club takings drop feared
The report notes poker-machine takings at Queanbeyan Leagues Club fell but not as steeply as feared. Other items mention ACT detectives busy with holiday thefts and a Saudi critic of the West. Mondale to get a key White House post is listed, as is PNG's first long term project focusing on the rural sector.
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Queanbeyan
U.S.A. Mondale
White House
Pape
PNG Png
Wine tasting attendance noted with wine learning tips
Michael Foster attends a wine tasting with guidance from Duan Murphy who proposes bonks for those eager to learn all about wine. The note appears on page 7 while financial pages on page 1 report Poseidon Ltd and three subsidiaries face an estimated deficiency around seven million dollars per directors statements of affairs.
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Michael Foster
Duan Murphy
Poseidon Ltd
Call for government action on strikes
Sydney reports Mr Ron Fry, leader of the Metal Trades Industry Association, urges government action on political strikes and industry discipline. He argues the right to strike must be limited to avoid undermining democratically elected governments, and suggests restricting strikes to involved parties while condemning secondary actions.
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Sydney
Ron Fry
Fry
The
Metal Trades Industry Association
Factory Management Co
Industries Assistance Commission
Australia
Locust Plague Strikes Barossa Valleys Vineyards
Swarms of plague locusts have reached Barossa Valley grapevines near Seppeltsfield, with an entomologist warning they can erase young shoots. Vineyard manager reports a mist of insects hovering above vineyards and some feeding on vines. Locusts have moved south from the Northern Territory border this past week, while other outbreaks affect areas along the NSW Victorian border, damaging crops and even home gardens.
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Adelaide
Barossa Valley
Seppeltsfield
Agriculture Department
P. R. Birks
Seppelis
Barcesa
K. R. Hackett
Northern Territory
Melbourne
Government urges hard line in coal price talks with Japan
SYDNEY Wednesday The Federal Government orders coal industry officials to seek full value of the Australian devaluation in 1977 price negotiations with Japanese steel mills. Secretary J Scully outlined government support for a firm stance at the talks at a recent industry meeting.
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Sydney
Department of National Resources
J. Scully
Department
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