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  • MONTE BELLOS NAMED AS ATOM SITE Britain Reveals Joint Plans

    LONDON, Wed.—Britain today named the Monte Bello Islands, on the north-west coast of Australia, as the test site for her first atomic weapon. The announcement from No. 10 Downing-street ... [Article] (497 words)
  • Mr. Menzies Takes Off From Sydney

    SYDNEY, Wed.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies), with his wife and a group of Government officials, left Sydney today ... [Article] (137 words)
  • SHIP CALLS TO LAND A SICK MAN

    The Swedish freighter Kookaburra, travelling from Adelaide to Rotterdam, was diverted to Fremantle yesterday to land a ... [Article] (82 words)
  • ALL STATES TO LOSE WHEAT SUBSIDY

    CANBERRA, Wed.—Queensland's withdrawal from the wheat subsidy scheme would cost Australian growers about £3,000,000, the Minister for Commerce (Mr. McEwen) said tonight. ... [Article] (261 words)
  • Cost In Korea

    CANBERRA, Wed.—The Minister for Defence (Mr. McBride) said in the House of Representatives today that ... [Article] (57 words)
  • CANNING DAM AT ITS LOWEST LEVEL SINCE 1942

    Canning Dam, which is the main source of water supply for the metropolitan area, is at its lower level since it was ... [ILLUSTRATED] [Article] (196 words)
  • MR. MALEY SAID TO ADMIT RED LINK

    CANBERRA, Wed.—Herbert William Maley, the Trans-Australia Airlines official refused entry to the United States, had admitted he had been secretary of a branch. of the Communist Party, the Minister for ... [Article] (429 words)
  • Ships-Again Idle At Fremantle

    Lumpers who refused to work at Fremantle on Tuesday night because of the Waterside Workers' Federation ban on overtime ... [Article] (168 words)
  • Some Milkmen To Stop Sunday Deliveries

    It is expected that six-day milk deliveries will be started in at least eight Perth suburbs on June 1. They will be initiated by certain milkmen at Subiaco, Inglewood, ... [Article] (258 words)
  • Strikers Put Off A Mass Meeting

    The mass meeting of metal trades workers of the striking Amalgamated Engineering Union ... [Article] (538 words)
  • Airlines Asked To Make Big Petrol Saving

    CANBERRA, Wed.—Australian airlines are to be asked to cut their fuel consumption by 35 per cent from next Monday. ... [Article] (108 words)
  • £11,000 Theft From Train

    LONDON, Wed.—An amount of £11,000 sterling in one-pound notes was stolen from mailbags on the ... [Article] (63 words)
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