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  • End speculation on oil company future KEE C.O.R CONTROL £6m. Govt. capital for expansion

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Federal Government will retain control of Commonwealth Oil Refineries Ltd. and provide £6 million extra capital for the company. ... [Article] (419 words)
  • IT'S OUTDATED "Drab" Air Force

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The cold fact is that Australia has a "drib and drab" ... [Article] (299 words)
  • RED ADMISSION ON P.O.W. RAID

    TOKIO, January 16 (A.A.P.).—Communist truce negotiators admitted to-day that the prison camp they claimed an Allied plane, bombed on Monday was not marked. ... [Article] (193 words)
  • 49, Oldest polio case

    A 49-YEAR-OLD man from Manly is the oldest victim of the present 14-month Brisbane ... [Article] (71 words)
  • Food threat?

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Australian Primary Producers' Union regards a food famine in Australia ... [Article] (33 words)
  • For Tasmania

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) left Canberra to-day for Tasmania where he ... [Article] (24 words)
  • WAR "WIDOW" HITCHED—AGAIN

    NEW YORK, January 16.—Marital problems are Becoming more and more perplexing for Mrs. Agnes ... [Article] (166 words)
  • FAROUK OF EGYPT HAS A SON

    CAIRO, January 16 (A.A.P.). — A son was born to-day to Queen Narriman and King Farouk of ... [Article] (260 words)
  • THIEF GRABS £85 IN TRAM

    SYDNEY, Wednesday—A young man snatched an attache case containing £85 from a theatre ... [Article] (70 words)
  • Only bunnies

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Exhaustive tests had proved that no animals, other than rabbits, could ... [Article] (34 words)
  • Paint dearer

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Paint in Victoria would rise by 4/ to 5/ a gallon from to-morrow, the ... [Article] (38 words)
  • Charge by Short Union fund "waste"

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Ironworkers' Association Funds should contain many ... [Article] (242 words)
  • Dutch serenade

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Lord Mayor or Sydney (Alderman E. O'Dea) was serenaded by young Dutch ... [Article] (54 words)
  • Fatal 12ft. fall

    SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Percy Deuthridge, 65, of Waterloo, crashed through a fibro roof and was killed ... [Article] (40 words)
  • Royal speeds

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Royal tour cars will be driven at eight miles an hour in Royal processions ... [Article] (37 words)
  • Driver killed

    SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Harry William Bogle, 70, of Ballengarra, near Wauchope, died in hospital to-day after ... [Article] (38 words)
  • Widow shot

    LAUNCESTON, Wednesday.—Mrs. Agnes Jackson, 63, widow, was shot dead in the remote township of ... [Article] (26 words)
  • 83, BUT HE RODE TO VOTE FOR PILLIONS

    CANBERRA, Wednesday. — An 83-year-old ex-Parliamentarian arrived on a motor scooter to-night at a protest meeting of berra motor cyclists. ... [Article] (195 words)
  • Terrorists kill five in Malaya

    SINGAPORE, January 16 (A.A.P. - Reuters). — Communist guerrillas killed five members of a police jungle ... [Article] (55 words)
  • Tin pillgged

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Pillage squad detectives are searching for four tons of tinplate which has ... [Article] (41 words)
  • For safe trips

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Night driven heavy transports will soon be compelled in Victoria to show ... [Article] (37 words)
  • Biggest move on terrorists 1000 Tommies in Egypt raid

    CAIRO, January 16 (A.A.P.).—Nearly 1000 British troops to-day carried out their biggest mass raid on two terrorist villages near the Tel El ... [Article] (209 words)
  • "Agree on materials"

    LONDON, January 16 (A.A.P.). — Britain and the United States had reached agreement on ... [Article] (95 words)
  • Margin protest

    SYDNEY, Wednesday. — About 3000 Newcastle members of the Amalgamated Engineering Union will hold ... [Article] (53 words)
  • Copped the lot

    SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Radio star Jack Davey to-day caught three bronze whaler sharks off the coast ... [Article] (22 words)
  • All this in 20 seconds

    GENERAL, scene at the corner of Queen and Edward Streets yesterday after 10 people had been injured. ... [ILLUSTRATED] [Article] (96 words)
  • French tribute

    PARIS, January 16 (A.A.P.). — The former French Premier (M. Pleven) to-day led France's funeral ... [Article] (49 words)
  • 222 ON TRAIN STILL TRAPPED

    NEW YORK, January 16 (A.A.P.).—The 222 persons aboard a Southern Pacific Railroad Company express train were still snowbound high in the Sierra Nevada ... [Article] (187 words)
  • Range blocked

    IPSWICH, Wednesday. — Police are directing traffic at a road block near-Cunningham's Gap, about 30 miles ... [Article] (41 words)
  • PAGE ONE END PIECE Suspendered

    LOS ANCELES, January 16 (A.A.P.). — German actress Hildegarde Neff told a Divorce Court yesterday that her husband was so stingy he would not allow her to have enough of her own money to buy ... [Article] (59 words)
  • CHARGE DRIVER AFTER SUDDEN ACCIDENT IN SHOPPING CROWD 10 HURT IN BUSY CITY AREA

    IN less than 20 seconds yesterday 10 people were injured at Brisbane's busy Queen and Edward Streets intersection. ... [Article] (550 words)
  • SIX IN HOSPITAL; 4 OTHERS TREATED

    SIX of the 10 injured in yesterday's accident at the intersection of Queen and Edward Streets were admitted to the Brisbane General ... [Article] (203 words)
  • 15in. Rain in a week

    SEVERAL North Queensland centres have had between 10 and 15 inches of rain in the last week. ... [Article] (132 words)
  • N.Z. jet link

    AUCKLAND, Wednesday.—A British-built Comet, operated by Canadian Pacific Airlines, is due here ... [Article] (43 words)
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