50 years ago

The Express, October 29, 1975

Royal visit bomb hoax

THERE was a bomb scare shortly before Princess Margaret’s train arrived at Moe station on Monday. Police received a call about 15 minutes before the train arrived and were warned that a bomb had been planted either at the station or at Moe City offices. They managed to keep the hoax quiet, and there was no panic. The call was treated fairly seriously, even though the caller had to ask what time the Princess was due to arrive.

30 years ago

The Express, October 31, 1995

A Team slams govt

AUSTRALIAN Paper’s Maryvale Mill employee group, the A Team, has made a stinging attack on the federal government’s pulp and paper purchasing policy. Taking its cause to Sydney last week, A Team coordinator Chris Moody, of Traralgon, and his Shoalhaven paper ill counterpart, Sharon Keft, addressed a seminar at the New South Wales Parliament House. Mr Moody told the seminar that around 64 per cent of Australia’s printing and writing was imported, which had cost the nation $990 million in the last 12 months. He said it was a great pity that governments did not share the same total commitment to building a strong and viable pulp and paper industry as did his union. He claimed that some government agencies were buying “deceptively labelled, imported paper from the same producers who were found guilty of dumping”. Mr Moody said union members had surveyed government and private sector purchasers/consumers of paper in the Gippsland and Illawarra regions. As a result of these surveys, official complaints have been made to both the Customs Minister and the Trade Practices Commission.

10 years ago

The Express, October 29, 2015

Men charged over assault

LATROBE Criminal Investigation Unit has charged two males following an assault in Traralgon. The 23 and 24-year-olds from Traralgon assaulted a male in the early hours of Sunday morning on October 25 at a licensed premises on Kay Street. The victim was taken to hospital with serious, non-life-threatening injuries. The two offenders were bailed to appear at Latrobe Valley Magistrates Court later this week.