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Crowds Rush Sydney Trains
Rec. 12.30 p.m. SYDNEY, Dec. 21. Ten thousand people failed to get on trains leaving the Central Railway Station last night for country and holiday resorts.
The 16 trains which left carried BQOO passengers. Extra police were sent to control the crowds, but people lined the platforms 10 deep waiting for trains to be shunted in, "and even before they stopped people scrambled through the windows to get seats.
Train services to the country have been severely curtailed because of the coal shortage.
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strike forced the authorities to place drastic restrictions on the use of electricity and gas. Industrial leaders said it was difficult to see how the restrictions on industry could be lifted with prudence before about January 21. The State Government hopes that some of the most irksome domestic restrictions on the use of light and power may be modified soon, but a coal expert said there was no ground for optimism about the prospects. The minimum target of 150,000 tons fixed by the coal authorities as this week's production is likely to be greatly exceeded. Officials of the Miners' Federation now estimate that production will be between 175,000 and 180,000 tons.
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 149, 21 December 1945, Page 7
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