Australian fishing common market planned in Eden area
A common market would soon form for Australian fishing, with local catches replacing imports. Marketers from Sydney will meet Eden cooperatives in weeks, and a common distributor Trevi Robinsen (Aust) Pty Ltd will base the market in Sydney. Packaging and labeling will help identify local fish.
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Eden
Bob Berthauer
Berthauer
Sidney
Vormmern
Sydney
Trevi and Robinsen
Aust) Pty Ltd
Chappell Douses Streaker During One Day Match
In Christchurch Australia captain Greg Chappell tailed a cheeky streaker who ran toward the field during the one day match against a New Zealand Invitation side. The youth leapt the boundary, grabbed Chappell's cap, and was finally dumped on concrete after a brief chase. Lillee's twinge adds to woes, Buck Page.
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Christchurch
Greg Chappell
New Zealand
Chappell
Lillee
Buck Page
University of NSW Triumphs in Canberra Knockout Cricket Final
University of NSW defeated Gordon, a Sydney first grade club, in semi dark conditions at Southwell Park to win The Canberra Times Benson and Hedges knockout cricket competition. The day long event drew several hundred spectators and players, starting at 8am and finishing just over two hours later.
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University of Nsw
Sydney
Gordon
Southwell Park
Canberra
Holiday road deaths exceed twenty in Australia
Sydney reports twenty one people have died on Australian roads during the holiday weekend with eight fatalities in New South Wales five in South Australia three in Victoria two in Queensland two in Western Australia and one in Tasmania raising road safety concerns nationwide.
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Sydney
Nsw
South Australia
Victoria
Queensland
Western Australia
Tasmania
Fires Destroy Forests and Stock Across Two States
Fierce bushfires swept NSW and Victoria over the weekend destroying thousands of hectares of bush and forest and causing expected stock losses in the thousands. Sydney faced its hottest day in 13 years at 40.4 C while Canberra hit 37 C. Temperatures to ease slightly. In Queensland the Georgina River rose, prompting evacuations at Aranangie, 150 km southwest of Mount Isa. Tropical Cyclone Keith, with 140 kmh winds, moved toward the far north Queensland coast and was forecast 110 km east of Cairns at Tum.
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Nsw
Victor
Queensland
Georgina River
Keith
Brisbane
Cairns
Tum
Melbourne
Mount Wallace
Beechworth
Wvictors
Melbourne region battles 82 fires amid vast destruction
Victoria faced 82 outbreaks with 6 000 hectares burned in dust and forest as more than 3 000 firefighters fought blazes. A large Lederberg Gorge fire near Bacchus Marsh destroyed grazing, bushland, and livestock, with Mount Wallace fires causing stock losses and police action. Authorities warn risk remains high without rain.
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Lederberg
Bacchus Morell
Melbourne
Mount Wallace
Bacchus Marsh
Walkout at Young Labor conference in Melbourne
ACT ALP NSW delegation and some Victorian and Western Australian delegates walked out of the Young Labor conference amid turmoil over affiliating the ACT delegation in Melbourne. Also notes population rise, terrorism hunt in London, education outlook, and a drowning incident at Park Beach, Coffs Harbour with police statements.
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Nsw
Young Labor
Melbourne
Act
Kerin Francis Whelan
Halder
Park Beach
Coffs Harbour
Fires threaten 200 houses as Sydney heat scorches coast
On the Central Coast and Sydney beaches thousands flee the heat. Wyong sees 100 volunteers guarding a 3% kilometres fire front near 200 homes. A separate Gosford blaze was controlled after four hours. Accidents kill a girl and a 16 year old boy north of Sydney amid water sports incidents and a sandbank collapse near Manly. Rescue efforts save nearly 50 swimmers as a helicopter ferrying a sunstroke patient returns to hospital.
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Sydney
Wyong
Gosford
Amroo Park Raceway
Ece
Manly
Canberra girl dies after boat mishap
A 12-year-old Canberra girl, Jacqueline Causon of Hackett, died at Canberra Hospital after a power boat struck her while she and a companion swam near the Lake Burrinjuck shore. The incident occurred about 6 30 pm on Saturday when the boat driver, Neville Sutton of Yarralumla, swerved to avoid two girls and hit them. The other girl, Jane Reardon, 10, of Latham, was treated for a lacerated hand.
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Canberra
Lake Burrinjuck
Jacqueline Causon
Hackett
Jane Reardon
Latham
Canberra Hospital
Yass
Neville Sutton
Yarralumla
Professor warns on urban rural alienation in Australian life
In Canberra, Professor Geoffrey Bolton of Murdoch University urged readers to bridge city country gaps. He warned that urban rural alienation endangers Australia as decentralisation stalls and oil shortages threaten rural economies and transport. He noted farmers face economic uncertainty and environmental debates while urban reforms risk neglecting Aborigines and land care.
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Canberra
Geoffrey Bolton
Murdoch University
Western Australia
Sydney
The
Bush
Australien
Bolton
Australian Institute of Political Science
Australia
Britain
Australi
Tne
Boltonsiege
Australie
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Colin Mathieson
Scotland
Gond New Ning
Boorewa
Mathieson
Dorothy Smith
Jett
Joy Bolton
Eden Fishermen's Co-operative
Arandangie
Mount Isa
Your Sanitone Cleaners
Fyshwick
Braddon Campbell
Narrabundah
Country Fire Authority
Roechard Margens
Scotland Yard
IRA
London
Ian Warden
Moving House
Mitchell
Translate Tyre Marketing Pty Lab
World News TV
Bews
eChases As
Wales Rescue
Gane Beach
Prince Henry Hospital
Shangri-la
Alexandra Headlands
Royal Brisbane Hospital
Madjimba
Sunshine Coast
Australitia
Country Party i
Cough Whitlam
ALP
Labor
House of Representatives
Country Party
AIPS
Canberra Theatre
Canberra Times
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