VIC: Main Stories in today s Melbourne newspapers

AAP General News (Australia)
04-21-2000
VIC: Main Stories in today s Melbourne newspapers

MELBOURNE, April 21 AAP - The main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers:

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Page 1 - Today's Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Appeal is expected to pass the
$100 million mark in total donations over the money-raising drive's 70-year history.

Page 2 - Melbourne's chances of winning a $500 million Holden engine plant have been
boosted by a state government brokered peace pact with unions.

Page 3 - Petrol prices rose by up to 10 cents a litre yesterday.

World - Italy's conservative opposition is pushing for early elections after prime
minister Massimo d'Alema's resignation (Rome); Zimbabwe's white farmers are preparing
for a violent Easter amid suspicions that war veterans are set to occupy more white-owned
land (Harare); searchers yesterday recovered the flight data recorder from the Air Philippines
jet that crashed on a resort island, killing all 131 people aboard (Davao).

Finance - Computershare has stepped out again in Canada, buying one of its competitors
for $91 million; whitegoods maker Email yesterday rejected Smorgon Steel's $785 million
takeover bid as too low; Comalco has forecast a return to franked dividends and significantly
stronger profits this year.

Sport - Brisbane vice-captain Justin Leppitsch last night had three weeks slashed off
a five-week match suspension in an appeal to the AFL tribunal; a leading South African
cricket umpire has admitted to being offered money to influence th course of a test match
involving Australia.



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