WA: Main stories in The West Australian, July 22

AAP General News (Australia)
07-22-1999
WA: Main stories in The West Australian, July 22

PERTH, July 22 AAP - Main stories in today's edition of The West Australian:

P1: Two Balga primary schools have refused to accept an 11-year-old boy after he was
suspended from a neighbouring school -- principals think he is a bully. WA Freemasons could be
forced to reveal details of their secret ceremonies after a skull and crossbones belonging to
the Newman lodge were identified as Aboriginal.

P2: From page one: The grand secretary of the Grand Lodge of WA Freemasons said the bones
were nothing more than a simple teaching aid.

P3: The 20 Sri Lankans whose boat sank off Christmas Island were trying to swim to shore
after they were left for dead by Indonesian "people smugglers", it was revealed yesterday. Two
teenage girls died from suspected drug overdoses last night.

WORLD: PNG's new Prime Minister has withdrawn his country's controversial diplomatic
recognition of Taiwan (Port Moresby). Chinese police broke up a demonstration of a meditation
sect in Beijing. The wreckage of John F Kennedy jun.'s plane was found with his body still on
board.

FINANCE: The newly commissioned hot briquetted iron plant at Port Hedland would be
cash-flow positive by May 2001, BHP said. Investors were given a stark warning about the
fragility of the Internet sector when domestic e-commerce shares were crunched in the wake of
an overnight drubbing on Wall Street. Newcrest Mining shrugged off any remaining doubts abouts
its Cadia Hill gold mine and set its sights firmly on exceeding annual production of one
million ounces when it reported a 57 per cent lift in output during 1998-99.

SPORT: AFL: Jess Sinclair and Luke Toia are vying for a recall to Fremantle's team to play
Port Adelaide but captain Chris Bond is in doubt with a knee injury. The Perth Orioles play
their final Commonwealth Bank Trophy game of the season on Saturday.

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