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  • "LAST CHANCE" ON OVERTIME BAN Move Under Crimes Act Postponed

    CANBERRA, March 5: Action under the Crimes Act against the Waterside Workers Federation will be withheld to give the union a "last chance" to lift its overtime ban. ... [Article] (909 words)
  • Two Platypuses Come By Plane For National Park

    Two platypuses, believed to be the first ever to come to this State, arrived unexpectedly at Guildford airport last night on an Australian National Airways Skymaster. They are for the State Gardens Board ... [Article] (481 words)
  • N.S.W. DRIVER WINS JUBILEE GRAND PRIX

    Driving a G. Read Special, the New South Wales driver F. W. Pratley yesterday afternoon won the 102-mile Jubilee Grand Prix held at Narrogin. Staring off a handicap of 15 minutes. Pratley finished third to gain fastest time to win the race. Here he is being flagged across the finishing line. Inset: Pratley, happy and excited at the end of the race. He covered the course in ... [ILLUSTRATED] [Article] (75 words)
  • OUTFLANKING DRIVE BY ALLIES IN KOREA

    TOKYO, March 5: As a result of stubborn resistance by the Communists to the north-west of Hoengsong, the Allied offensive has been side-slipped to the right of the central front, where American and ... [Article] (393 words)
  • THREE CARS IN SMASH Congestion On Highway

    Three cars were Involved in a crash in Albany-highway. Kelmscott, shortly before 10 o'clock last night, during heavy ... [Article] (241 words)
  • The King's Illness: 'Palace Anxiety' Report Denied

    LONDON, March 5: His Majesty's Press secretary (Commander Richard Colville) today denied a Sunday newspaper story suggesting that the King's five-day feverish chill was causing alarm. ... [Article] (324 words)
  • "DIED FROM TORTURE" Doctor's Fate In Chinese Gaol

    HONG KONG, March 5: An American medical missionary, Dr. William Wallace, aged 42 years, died in a Communist ... [Article] (174 words)
  • South Perth Soldier Wins U.S. Decoration In Korea

    TOKYO, March 5: Pte. I. H. Stafford, of South Perth, Western Australia, a member of the Third Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, has been awarded the Silver Star—an American decoration— ... [Article] (350 words)
  • HOPE FOR EARLY END OF COAL DISPUTE A.C.T.U. Intervenes At Tribunal Hearing

    SYDNEY, March 5: The president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (Mr. A. E. Monk) today told the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. H. Gallagher) that he was hopeful of an early ... [Article] (658 words)
  • CRASH INTO TRAIN Line-Runner Killed

    CUE, March 5: Arne Ommundsen (35), single, railway length-runner, stationed at Cue, was fatally injured when a ... [Article] (184 words)
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