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  2. Advertising

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  3. Princess, Duke in Collision: Unhurt

    LONDON, Feb. 18. A.A.P.—A car in which the Duke of Edinburgh was driving Princess Elizabeth from their home, ...

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  4. COAL THREAT FADING

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Although there has not been a settlement of the dispute arising from the suspension of the mine enginedrivers' award, no immediate threat of a general hold-up on the New ...

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  5. PRAWN HAUL OFF STOCKTON

    Trawlers are now netting successfully for prawns, off Stockton. The school of prawns, many of which are very large, was discovered off Lion Island, near Broken Bay, and has been followed up the coast. Messrs. Bill Sellars and Geoff, and Bob ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. May Send More Warships To The Falklands

    LONDON, Feb. 18.—Britain is considering sending more warships to the Falkland Islands following the Chilean claim to Greenwich Island, and the Argentinian claim to ...

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  7. Housewives Beat Official To Death

    LIMA (Peru), Feb. 18. A.A.P.—Enraged housewives in Cerro de Pasco, a silver mining district, stoned and beat a Government ...

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  8. Newcastle On T.A.A. Run To-morrow

    NEWCASTLE will be brought into the network of Trans-Australia Airlines to-morrow. The Minister for Air (Mr. ...

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  9. Carriers For Australia May Cost £6M.

    LONDON, Feb. 18.—Britain's latest offer to transfer two aircraft-carriers to the Royal Australian Navy is, it is understood, ...

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  10. MAY GET PETROL FROM N.E.I.

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Federal Government was hopeful that trade between Australia and the Netherlands East Indies would be ...

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  11. ARABS RIOT IN TRIPOLI

    LONDON, Feb. 18. A.A.P.—A state of emergency has been proclaimed and a dusk to dawn curfew imposed following ...

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  12. Talks Called On Rail Strike

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Twenty unions and the Railway Commissioner have been summoned by the Industrial Registrar (Mr. Wallace) to a compulsory conference to-morrow ...

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  13. Victory For Wallace In U.S. By-election

    NEW YORK, Feb. 18. A.A.P.—Mr. Henry Wallace's candidate, Mr. Leo Isacson, of the American Labour Party, won an overwhelming ...

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  14. NEW STATE MINES TO OPEN SOON

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—All the projected State coalmines would begin producing within a few months, the Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) said to-day. ...

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  15. Parents Guilty In Child Starvation Case

    WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday.—Arthur Henry Major, 34, mattress maker, and his wife, 24, were found guilty at Wanganui ...

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  16. Recommend Rise In Compensation

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Executive members of the Combined Mining Unions' Council and the Miners' Federation conferred to-day ...

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  17. Announce Site Soon For Courtaulds

    LONDON, Feb. 18.—Australia can expect an announcement in the next few weeks that the Great British textile firm of ...

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  18. Delay In Power Borers; Board To Tell Miners

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—More than 20 stoppages have occurred on the New South Wales coalfields this year as a protest against ...

    Article : 155 words
  19. Truman Favours Buyers' Strike By Housewives

    WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. A.A.P.—President Truman hinted broadly yesterday that he favoured a housewives' "buyers' strikes" to bring ...

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  20. PORT TIE-UP AVERTED IN SYDNEY

    SYDNEY, Wednesday. — A threatened tie-up of all shipping on the Sydney waterfront was averted to-day when 1300 ...

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  21. B.M.A. Vote Rejects Health Service

    LONDON, Feb. 18. A.A.P.—The British Medical Association's plebiscite among British doctors resulted in 25,340 voting against ...

    Article : 184 words
  22. Tasmanian Bill To Compel Anti-T.B. Tests

    HOBART, Wednesday.—The Tasmanian Government will introduce a bill with far reaching measures to combat tuberculosis ...

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  23. Union Support For Migrant Campaign

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Several trade-union leaders had promised support for the Australian Legion of Ex-servicemen's ...

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  24. Ultimatum To British Car Manufacturers

    LONDON, Feb. 18. A.A.P.—The Minister of Supply (Mr. Strauss) speaking in Birmingham, said that motor firms which had not reached ...

    Article : 141 words
  25. May Move In Caucus On Race Tribunal

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A section of the State Parliamentary Labour Party is expected to make strong efforts soon to compel ...

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  26. Urges Rural Worker Recruiting Plan

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Unless action, such as the special training of young persons for farm work was undertaken, there was ...

    Article : 148 words
  27. Textile Export Control Eased

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Regulations governing the export of textiles had been modified, the Department of Commerce announced ...

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  28. HITLER'S DOCTOR OFFERS LIFE FOR SCIENCE

    NUREMBERG. Feb. 18. A.A.P.—Dr. Karl Brandt, Hitler's personal physician, who is under sentence of death for sadistic medical ...

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  29. WOMAN'S PHOTO LED POLICE TO SUSPECT

    LONDON, Feb. 18. A.A.P.—The photograph of a woman with a twisted nose, published at the request of the police in every London ...

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  30. Arrest Follows Train Smash

    PARIS, Feb. 18. A.A.P.—The Lille police have arrested the stationmaster, Albert Dufour on charges of involuntary manslaughter ...

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  31. 13 Killed By Explosion

    COLOMBO, Feb. 18. A.A.P.—Thirteen persons are believed to have been killed and 22 seriously injured in an explosion yesterday ...

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  32. Jews Take £10,000 Haul From Store

    JERUSALEM, Feb. 18. A.A.P. An armed group of Jews robbed a British-owned general store of £10,000 worth of goods. The gang ...

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  33. U.S. PETROL EXPORT SUSPENDED

    WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. A.A.P.—The issue of export licences for shipment of petrol and oil to all countries except Canada has been ...

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  34. Filipinos To Leave New Guinea

    CANBERRA, Wednesday. — Following incidents between Europeans and Filipinos attached to the United States War Graves Unit in ...

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  35. Employment Now At Record Figure

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—At the end of last December, Australian employment figures stood at the all-time high of 2,329,000, the ...

    Article : 103 words
  36. Vote By 'Tote' In 1949

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—An electric voting machine will be installed in the Federal Parliament to record votes during divisions ...

    Article : 184 words
  37. COMMON NATIONAL STATUS PROPOSED

    LONDON, Feb. 18. A.A.P.—A common national status for married women throughout the Commonwealth is enabled in a bill to ...

    Article : 79 words
  38. Greek Communists Sentenced

    ATHENS, Feb. 18. A.A.P.—An emergency court-martial sentenced 10 Communists to death for collaborating with the guerillas. ...

    Article : 42 words
  39. WAR WIDOW GETS STATE HOME

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mrs. D. Dawes is the first war widow to be allotted a Housing Commission home. Situated at Panania, a ...

    Article : 42 words
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