AUSTRALIAN NEWS
BOOKINGS 808 LONDON. , SUSPENDED BY P. AND O. United Press Association—By Electric Telergaph—Copryight. Received June 11, 10.50 a.m. Sydney, Jane 10. P. and O- "bookings for London are suspended as all accommodation is required for passengers from India. RESULT OF SEAMENS 'STRIKE. There are now twenty thousand idle as a result of the seamen’s strike. PAPUAN 'OILFIELDS. Melbourne, June 11. It is announced that the. British and Federal Goovruments are spending fifty thousandeach in exploring Papuan oilfields. “BLACK” COAL. Coal lumpers refused to unload colliers with coal for gasworks. Gas workers threaten to strike as loyalist labour is used. AN EXPRESS DERAILED. The Bendigo-Melbourne express was derailed when travelling at a fast .rate between Harcourt and Castl'emaine, and plunged down a steep embankment. Fourteen passengers were injured. AUSTRALIA’S SHARE OF AEROPLANES. Mr Watt announced that Britain had presented a hundred aeroplanes to Australia. FACTORIES CLOSING. Brisbane, June 11. A number of factories are closing as a result of the seamen’s strike.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 11855, 11 June 1919, Page 8
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163AUSTRALIAN NEWS Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 11855, 11 June 1919, Page 8
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