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  • Conversion of Narrow and Broad Railway Gauges to 4 ft. 8½ in. Recommended by Director-General of Land Transport CANBERRA, April 18.

    The entire 5 ft. 3 in. rail gauge system in South Australia and the Peterborough and South-Eastern divisions of the narrow gauge lines are recommended for conversion to 4 ft. 8½ in. by the Dkeetor-General of Land Transport (Sir Harold Clapp). ... [Article] (156 words)
  • BROADENING OF WOLSELEY-MT. GAMBIER LINE Line Must Be Relaid With Heavier Plant ADELAIDE, Today.

    The State Railways Commissioner (Mr. Anderson) said today it was intended to go ahead with the broadening of the WolseleyMt. Gambier line to 5 ft. 3 in. as soon as men and materials become available. ... [Article] (149 words)
  • Australian Primary Producers' Union

    Since the district meeting of delegates at Mt. Gambier on March 14, branches have been formed at Coomandook, Yumali ... [Article] (202 words)
  • Charge of Stealing Motor Cycle

    Henry Talbot Altschwager, of Bertha Street, Mt. Gambier, was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment before His Honour in the ... [Article] (260 words)
  • Gems of Wisdom

    If unmelodious was the song It was a hearty note and strong. Si[?] Walter Scott in "Marmion." ... [Article] (22 words)
  • PERSONAL

    Mr. W. J. Barry, Mt. Gambier, reached his 81st birthday on Sunday last, April 15. Mr. Patrick Sullivan, of ... [Article] (295 words)
  • NEWS OF THE FORCES

    Cpl. Owen Peters is spending 28 days leave with his wife and family at Tantanoola. Stoker R. Byrne, accompanied ... [Article] (119 words)
  • Rommel's Casualty Card Found

    LONDON, Thursday.—A correspondent of the Associated Press on the Western Front says the Americans captured a German ... [Article] (66 words)
  • WAR LOAN COMMITTEE ACTIVE Visits to District Mills

    Members of the War Loan Committee have been active in soliciting subscriptions from the various mills in the district. ... [Article] (323 words)
  • "The Responsibilities of a Jury"

    Addressing the jury on Monday at the Mt. Gambier Court House, the Chief Justice of the S.A. Supreme Court (Sir John Mellis ... [Article] (218 words)
  • Strike at Islington Railway Workshops

    ADELAIDE, Today.—More than 1,200 Boilermakers, fitters, and wheelers stopped work at Islington railway workshops yesterday, ... [Article] (155 words)
  • Russian Tanks Break Through German Defences Only 40 Miles Separates Russian and U.S. Forces LONDON, Thursday.

    A German overseas newsagency has announced that Marshal Koniev's tanks have broken through the main German defensive system west of the Neisse River, and have reached the Dinsterwalde area 45 miles west of the river and 50 miles ... [Article] (135 words)
  • Magdeburg and Nuremburg Taken; Fighting in Leipzig British and Canadians Closing on Northern Strongholds LONDON, Thursday.

    On the Western Front, American troops are fighting their way into Leipzig, and Magdeburg has been taken. Nuremberg is also in the hands of the Americans. British forces are fighting a series of battles for Bremen and ... [Article] (244 words)
  • ARGENTA CAPTURED Eighth Army Advancing

    LONDON, Thursday.—Argenta, the only remaining centre of resistance in the area west of Lake Comacchio, has been captured by ... [Article] (75 words)
  • Anzac Day March in Adelaide

    The Secretary of the Mt. Gambier Branch of the R.S.S.A.I.L.A. (Col. F. H. Howland) informed us that 86 members of the local ... [Article] (91 words)
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  • Glorious Sunshine

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  • S.A. MOTOR CAR 70% of Work in This State

    CANBERRA, April 18.—There are prospects that about 70 per cent, of the work associated with the manufacturing of the ... [Article] (46 words)

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