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  • How The Favourite Won The Caulfield Cup (And Now For The Double)

    ... [ILLUSTRATED] [Article] (28 words)
  • FINISH OF CUP

    THE favourite, Basha Felika, leading the 1951 £10,000 Caulfield ... [Article] (51 words)
  • Air Dash With Drug Ends

    A B.C.P.A. airliner carrying a rare drug for a seriously ill Sydney businessman arrived in Sydney last ... [Article] (141 words)
  • MAN BURNED TO DEATH

    BRISBANE, Saturday.—A man was burned to death when a six-roomed weatherboard dwelling at Albion was ... [Article] (84 words)
  • LATE NEWS GERMAN TRADE DELEGATION TO AUSTRALIA

    BONN, Oct. 22 (A.A.P.). — Mr. Kurt Branoff. of the West German Economics ... [Article] (92 words)
  • Bookies Face Huge Loss On Cup Doubles

    MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Bookmakers say they face pay-outs up to £450,000 over fancied Melbourne Cup horses because of the success ... [Article] (524 words)
  • The King Out Of Bed 'A Few Hours'

    LONDON, Oct. 20 (A.A.P.).—A bulletin from Buckingham Palace to-day said: ... [Article] (114 words)
  • 40,000 AT BEACHES ON HOTTEST DAY

    Yesterday—the hottest day for a month— drew tens of thousands to Sydney's beaches. ... [Article] (114 words)
  • Military 'Lift' For Beverley

    FIVE-YEAR-OLD Beverley Glasscock, of Northmead, was given a "lift" bj Pte. H. Jones, of the 19th National Service Battalion, at the 2nd National Service Training Brigade's gymkhana at the ... [ILLUSTRATED] [Article] (37 words)
  • Man, Girl Held For Return To Sydney

    SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20 (A.A.P.).—John Aubrey Francis, 50, a King's Cross (Sydney) estate agent, and Judith Anne Francis, 21, were ordered by U.S. Commissioner Mr. Francis St. J. Fox to-day to be held for extradition to Sydney. ... [Article] (330 words)
  • U.K. POURS FORCES INTO SUEZ ZONE Truck Ambushed, Driver Hurt

    LONDON, October 20 (A.A.P.).—British Navy and Army reinforcements are pouring into the Suez Canal Zone, where Egyptian troops are digging in at one point overlooking British positions. ... [Article] (665 words)
  • KEY-MONEY RACKET

    Sydney police acted on allegations that the couple had been connected with a big key-money racket. ... [Article] (121 words)
  • Motor Boat Beats Plane

    NEWCASTLE, Saturday. — A motor boat beat a plane by a mile in a three-mile ... [Article] (121 words)
  • To-day's Weather

    ... [Detailed lists, results, guides] (35 words)
  • Hit By Van, Then Taxi; Man Killed

    Robert Slattery, of Nelson Street, Annandale, was killed on his 65th birthday when two vehicles hit him ... [Article] (195 words)
  • Gunmen Shoot Burmese M.P.

    RANGOON, Oct. 20 (A.A.P.). — Two gunmen shot and seriously wounded Bo Sein, recently elected ... [Article] (31 words)
  • Living Costs Behind Wages

    ADELAIDE, Saturday.—The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, said to-day that since the ... [Article] (276 words)
  • BUSHFIRE RINGS TOWN

    NELSON'S BAY, Saturday. —The township of Nelson's Bay on Port Stephens is ringed by bushfires. ... [Article] (33 words)
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