In the Herald: February 24, 1955

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Rum Jungle strike

“Production at the Rum Jungle uranium treatment plant – Australia’s biggest uranium oxide producer for atomic energy – has been drastically reduced by a strike of more than 200 employees. The men are striking because they claim that 105 workers live in mouldy tents surrounded by ankle-deep mud and that 200 are sharing five showers and five toilets. A complete stoppage of the plant could result in damage.”

Johnnie Ray is back

“American Cry singer Johnnie Ray will arrive in Sydney on Monday week. Ray is able to make the trip because the making of his next motion picture Pink Tights has been postponed for four months. Ray will open at Sydney Stadium on Tuesday night and will be accompanied by popular singer Helen O’Connell, American television comedian, Danny Crystal, and the dancing troupe The Clark Brothers”.

No public bar

“Last night, one city hotel had still not provided public bar facilities,” the Herald reported. “The hotel, the Grand Central in Clarence Street, had only one bar operating, and beer was sold at saloon bar prices, which are 1d dearer than in a public bar. Amendments to the Liquor Act to provide for 10 o’clock closing, stipulated that a publican must have beer for sale at public bar prices when open for business.”