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  • EVATT'S PROMISES "TO COST £357M." "Would Double Taxes"—Menzies

    The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, said in Rockhampton last night that precise election promises made by the Opposition Leader, Dr. H. V. Evatt, would cost £357.8 million in the first ... [Article] (1325 words)
  • Dr. Evatt Defends His Policy

    BRISBANE, Friday.— The Federal Labour Leader, Dr. Evatt, said to-night that he announced Labour's ... [Article] (159 words)
  • Colour Film Of Queen 's Tour Impresses Critics From Our Staff Correspondent And A.A.P.

    LONDON, May 7.—A Cinemascope colour film covering the Royal tour in Fiji, New Zealand, and ... [Article] (294 words)
  • State's Appeal Stops. Rise In Salaries

    A last-minute Government appeal against a new award has prevented about 400 State transport professional officers from getting substantial pay increases next ... [Article] (436 words)
  • SPECIAL SAFETY CLOTHING FOR BRITISH ATOMIC WORKERS

    Maintenance workers at Windscalcs, Cumberland, one of Britain's secret atom plants, are fitted into their "working clothes," which protect them from radioactivity. The men carry walkie-talkie sets so that they can give warning of any incident within the enclosed radioactive areas that they enter. Windscalcs is one of the three large factories which share the production of fissile material in Britain. ... [ILLUSTRATED] [Article] (68 words)
  • 4-MINUTE MILER RAN LATE (5 a.m.)

    LONDON, May 7 (A.A.P.).—Roger Bannister, who yesterday became the first man to run a mile in ... [Article] (269 words)
  • Two Trainees Killed

    BRISBANE, Friday.—Two National Service trainees were killed and two injured when a small tourer car struck a ... [Article] (72 words)
  • Man Believed Burnt To Death

    Police last night went to the Hume Highway, between Lansdowne Bridge and Lansvale to investigate a report ... [Article] (51 words)
  • Queen, Duke Head For Tour's Last Port Of Call

    LONDON, May 7 (A.A.P.). — The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will leave Malta in the Royal yacht Britannia to-day for Gibraltar, last port of call on ... [Article] (221 words)
  • Olympic Games Assurance To Australia

    NEW YORK, May 7 (A.A.P.).—The Chancellor of the International Olympic Committee, Mr. Otto ... [Article] (189 words)
  • Fine Weather Forecast For Week-end

    Sydney's weather for the week-end should be mostly fine, a Weather Bureau official said last night. ... [Article] (64 words)
  • One Area Had Power Cut Yesterday

    A blackout occurred in part of Bankstown from 5.34 to 6.11 yesterday evening, an Electrical ... [Article] (68 words)
  • What Goes On In A Crowded Gaol?

    WHEN a man goes to gaol on a wife maintenance issue, what does he find and how does he settle down? In to-morrow's issue of ... [Article] (119 words)
  • French Fortress Falls To Reds

    LONDON, May 7 (A.A.P.).— The French fortress of Dienbicnphu today fell to the Vietminh ... [ILLUSTRATED] [Article] (449 words)
  • COLUMN 8

    WHAT? All this and Evatt, too! AT peak hour the other evening a motor cyc ... [Article] (414 words)
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