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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 09, 1957
Page
10
Waterfront unrest spreads as River Fitzroy finishes unloading pig iron and 3,300 workers halt aboard. Ships idle yesterday, unloading rate criticized at 20 tons per hour, far above the 13 ton average. A second pig iron ship Bilkurra expected in late January intensifies tension.
A dynamite blast at the Pennsylvania Power Co works killed three men and injured eight others. The explosion damaged about 20 buildings and started a fire destroying a gun cotton storehouse.
Francis McGoldrick, 19, of Toongabbie Road, linked to a murder inquest in Moree on January 3 1955. Testimony described a letter stating I had to shoot him because he was a nuisance. A second inquest was ordered by the Supreme Court Full Bench amid sensational claims of a knife attack.
French petrol users form a union to push fair rationing. One early proposal seeks official permission for motorists to store petrol in cans, currently forbidden.
Reginald Roy Herne, 42, a labourer of no fixed address, admitted earning between £20 and £30 daily by pretending to be a Mason. A detective testified Herne used Masonic signs to trick shopkeepers into aiding him while he claimed distress. He stole a camera worth £8 from a roommate and was jailed.
Railways gangs repaired the badly damaged line sixteen miles east of Bathurst after a derailment scattered bulk wheat chaff fruit and general goods over a wide area. A single line was restored at 11 am before passenger trains were due.
Munich reports a six year old pianist Giorgina Bender daughter of Lt Col and Mrs George F Bender born in Ohio has drawn praise as a wunderkind praised by critics as a new star of music yet one paper notes she can be temperamental refusing to perform when the piano does not suit her. Her parents reside near Diessen Bavarian pension helps support the family. Giorgina has appeared several times and her mother notes her eleven finger technique handles difficult pieces.
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