Thursday, July 30, 2009

ALP gambling with hospitals

31 July 1956 Government announced in 1956 that poker machines would be legalised in clubs subject to the payment of licence fees directly to the Hospitals Fund.
HISTORY OF THE NSW HOTEL INDUSTRY
Earlier Against this backdrop, a proposal was put forward to establish a Lottery to assist hospital funding, and later, in 1931 NSW Lotteries was founded.

Now Rudd gambles the lot on what?

Trad jazz hits sour note.

Trad defamation case against 2GB dismissed.

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Sydney KRuddy Herald seeks to revise history

Paul Daley is a Canberra-based writer and an award-winning
political journalist. He is a political columnist for the Fairfax Sunday papers.
Abstract from his book Beersheba in Sydney KRuddy Herald seeks to revise history.
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Rudd Stimulates Profits

Woolworths reports sales growth of 7.5%
While Little guy waits for a crumb
"Interestingly, the differential is not just a result of the chains selling more goods; some of it has to do with the fact they are selling roughly the same quantity or a little bit more but at higher prices."

Monday, July 20, 2009

Japanese landed a force at Gona

Chapter 3 – Higher Policy in the Pacific, April 1942–June 1943
The Japanese landed a force at Gona on the north coast of New Guinea on 21st July and started to advance south-westward against the resistance of Australian troops.
Chapter 4 – The Japanese Advance to Kokoda
About 2.40 p.m. on 21st July 1942, a float-plane machine-gunned the station at Buna. Perhaps two hours and a half later a Japanese convoy, reported at the time to consist of 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers and 2 transports, appeared off the coast near Gona. It was part of a concentration of shipping which Allied airmen had detected gathering at and moving south from Rabaul during the preceding days. About 5.30 p.m. the Japanese warships fired a few salvos into the foreshores east of Gona. The convoy was attacked first by one Flying Fortress without result and then by five Mitchell bombers which claimed to have scored a direct hit on one of the transports. Air attacks continued as landings began on the beaches east of Gona. Darkness then shut off the ships from further attack and the whole scene from further observation.

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Jakarta - Cynic Questions Timing

Russia and China need distraction, get dupe to blow up hotel. Rudd Hu and cry off the news too.

Thursday, July 09, 2009

Battle of Britain - 10 July 1940

Battle of Britain 10 July - 31 October 1940
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The name derives from a speech made on 18 June, 1940 in the House of Commons by Prime Minister Winston Churchill. He said, "The Battle of France is over. I expect the Battle of Britain is about to begin..

Thursday, July 02, 2009

Vivian Bullwinkel died 3 July 2000

Vivian Bullwinkel, sole survivor of the 1942 Banka Island massacre, was born on 18 December 1915 at Kapunda, South Australia. Place of death: Perth, WA
Vivian Bullwinkel-Statham AO, MBE, ARRC, ED (18 December 1915 – 3 July 2000) was an Australian Army nurse during the Second World War. She was the sole survivor of the Banka Island Massacre, when the Japanese killed 21 of her fellow nurses on Radji Beach, Bangka Island (Indonesia) on 16 February 1942.