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The Border Watch : October 22nd 2013
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OPEN FOR BUSINESS: Mount Gambier realtor David Herbert welcomes news the abandoned Kalangadoo timber treatment plant will reopen. A dozen jobs will be created at the site, which has been sold to a Mount Gambier logging family. New owners are expected to revitalise the operation. Established before World War II, the plant has had a string of owners, including Softwoods, Auspine and Gunns and employed 135 people at its peak. Story page 3. Picture: SANDRA MORELLO MOUNT Gambier timber giant Carter Holt Harvey (CHH) and the forestry union have locked horns over a proposed wage freeze for 350 mill workers in the Blue Lake city. With the union rejecting the zero-growth freeze for 12 months, the two parties have now reached a stalemate on the emerging issue. Although industrial action has not been ruled out, the union yesterday expressed its desire to resolve the dispute through continued negotia- tions despite conceding there was growing "angst" among timber workers. Continued page 2 MORELLO SANDRA andra@tbw.com.au M S saIcy reception Workers reject Carter Holt Harvey wage freeze proposal FIVE South East firefighters flew out of Adelaide Airport on a flight to Sydney yester- day afternoon after a state of emergency was declared in New South Wales on Sunday. Three large bushfires continue to rage in the Blue Mountains at Lithgow, Springwood and Mount Victoria with fears the fires could merge as conditions worsen. The first of the bush- fires started late last week, with one man now confirmed dead and more than 200 homes lost. The five South East firefighters, including three crew members from Mount Gambier, travelled to Adelaide yesterday morning and Sunday night to join a contingent of 44 South Australian volunteers and Metropolitan Fire Service staff at Adelaide Airport. CFS regional officer Scott Murray, who met with the Mount Gambier firefighters before they flew out, said they were in good spirits. "While it is a serious fire, they are going off to help their brother and sister firefighters in a very trying time," Mr Murray said. Following a press conference at 2pm yes- terday afternoon at the Adelaide Airport, the 44 crew members departed at 3pm. Continued page 2 South East firefighters battle blaze in Sydney Phone 8725 0733 Display centre: 33 Crouch Street South, Mount Gambier www.mountglass.com.au Made of Marine Grade 316 Stainless Steel, the only thing Invisi-Gard Security Screens won t keep out is the view 625891 MOUNT GLASS MOUNT GLASS y RIVALRY CONTINUES SPORT > BACK PAGE www.bo d th |$110 Tuesday, October 22, 2013 Country Press SA Newspaper Of The Year -- 2010, 2011 & 2012 618503 WAV E ENERGY ON THE WAY NEWS EXTRA >PAGE7 CARSMART LIFTOUT > INSIDE TODAY KOUPTURBO BOOSTS LOCAL GARAGE orderwatch.com m m m. m. m m m. . m m m m m. . . m m. . .au || | | | | | | | | |$1 $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ .1 TV GUIDE > PAGE 12 WEATHER > TODAY -- A FEW SHOWERS. 18O -- PAGE 33 COMICS > PAGE 24 CLASSIFIEDS > PAGES 25-26 BUSINESS > PAGES 8-10
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