Mass shooting at Western Deep Levels mine in Carletonville
Eleven African miners were killed and twelve wounded when police opened fire after a pay dispute at Western Deep Levels in Carletonville near Johannesburg. The incident followed rioting by about 400 to 700 workers and a clash with officers who faced missiles and axes. Police described the action as self-defence and order was restored by morning.
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Carletonville
South Africa
AAP Reuter
Johannesburg
Sharpeville
James Kruger
South African Broadcasting Corporation
O Police
Theo Crous
Pretoria
Western Deep Levels
Crous
Anglo-American
Algy van Holdt
Western Deep
van Holdt
Durban
London
Aap-Reuter
Britain
Abdul Minty
Canberra Goulburn area airport study ordered
Labor Caucus decided that the Department of Urban and Regional Development should undertake a feasibility study of the Canberra Goulburn area as a possible site for an international airport. The resolution endorsed the Galston sub-region inquiry and considered rapid transit linking a Canberra Goulburn site to Sydney.
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Labor
Department of Urban and Regional Development
Canberra
Goulburn
Galston
Canberra4 Goulburn
Sydney
Kerin
Nsw
Gietzelt
Barnard
Canberra-Goulburn
Aue
Mate
Med
Melbourne
Transport Urban and Regional Development Committees
Galson
Pime
Whi Aimity
Uren
Eight Protesters Arrested at South Sydney Meeting
In Sydney at Erskineville police arrested eight people after a rowdy protest disrupted a South Sydney Council meeting. Among those detained were a Catholic priest and a social worker, taken to Newtown Station for processing.
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South Sydney
Erskineville
Newtown Gation
ALP moves to curb loan rate rises in housing plan
Federal Cabinet considers Monday proposals to prevent increases in mortgage payments amid rising UK and domestic lending rates. Whitlam faces caucus divisions over bank rate hikes and Reserve Bank actions. Cabinet and a special caucus meet as the government weighs limits on housing costs and fringe lending.
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Federal
Labor Party
Whitlam
Hank
Labor
Bryant
Paul Keating
Nsw
Reserve Bank
Senate
Bomb attack rocks Oxford Street in London injuring six
Six people were hurt when a bomb exploded in an Oxford Street office building at lunchtime. Police found a suspect parcel near a lift but could not reach it in time. An incendiary device was found planted in Harrods Linen department. The blasts, part of a string of attacks around Oxford Street, damaged offices and shops with minor injuries reported.
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London
Oxford Street
Harrods
Io Konightsbridge
Linen
Insurance Company
Traplance Company
Heavy rain and floods hit Canberra area
Severe storms and heavy rainfall disrupted Canberra and Queanbeyan last night causing power outages for about 600 Weston Creek homes and road flooding on Canberra streets. Canberra Airport closed for nearly two hours. Belconnen and surrounding routes flooded with minor river and road flooding. weather officials logged 33 points in city rain and 15 at Fairbairn between 2 and 7 30 pm.
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Canberra
Canears
Act Electricity Authority
Weston Creek
Cee
Cotter
Charmwood Road
Monaro Crescent
Belconnen Way
Traf
Fic
Belconnen
Bureau of Meteorology
Fairbairn
Spm
Ansett
Err
the Ca
Neberra Times
Queanbeyan
RSL Club
Consulate attacked by youths in Melbourne
Three youths burst into the Portuguese Consulate on St Kilda Road Melbourne today and vandalized the lounge area spraying red paint on Wallis slashing seats and smashing telephones. The incident occurred as the honorary consul Alec was present.
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Melbourne
St Kilda Road
Wallis
Portugese
Mozambique
Inquiry into criminal law and peace pact reports
A fragmented page notes an inquiry into criminal law starting via the ACT and mentions a peace pact announced by Vienna officials. Other items include a world trade education act, a thalidomide compensation deadline for affected children, and the National Capital Development Commissioner discussing an alternative to a proposed tower.
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National Capital Development Commissioner
W. C. Andrews
ACT Supreme Court
Prices referendum wins caucus approval despite Whitlam opposition
The Federal Labor Caucus voted 42 to 38 to draft legislation for a prices powers referendum, opposing Prime Minister Whitlam who resisted including it in his package. Four other constitutional referendums were approved for voter decision alongside upcoming Senate elections.
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Labor
Commonwealth
Whitlam
House of Representatives
Senate
Sves
each _ee
Junta in Control Declares Censorship and Measures
A chaotic note reports a junta in power declaring a general, imposing two nation metrics, and enforcing press censorship amid political upheaval. The fragmentary text mentions bullets and control, underscoring a period of authoritarian rule and suppression.
Prime Minister's squib label sparks House dispute
In a heated House session Prime Minister Whitlam defends the term squib as a question about interest rates triggers a clash with opposition critics led by Mr McMahon Lib. Critics say the term offended and call for withdrawal while Whitlam says context matters and tempers flare.
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McMahon
Wes
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