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  2. MAILS CLOSE TO-DAY

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 124 words
  3. TIDES, SUN AND MOON

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 79 words
  4. £10,000,000 IN BUCK MARKET PROPERTY SALES

    BRISBANE, December 26.—Black marketeers netted nearly £10,000,000 from property tales in Queensland in he last 15 months, according to the ...

    Article : 244 words
  5. THE KING SPEAKS: "WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO ENSURE SUCCESS"

    LONDON, December 25—"To rebuild ruined cities is a long and toilsome task, but even more arduous is the labour of re-establishing trust and friendliness in hearts long embittered by fear and hate." said King George in a ...

    Article : 375 words
  6. SOVIET - CHINESE ALLIANCE LIKELY

    HONG KONG, December 26 (A.A.P.-Reuter).—"The Big Three" Chinese dailies here carried reports from Taiyusn, he capital of Shansi province, yesterday regarding possible Chinese Communist and Soviet co-operation in the ...

    Article : 217 words
  7. King Gustav, 40 Years as Monarch

    KING GUSTAV V, 39 years old, celebrated the 40th. year of his reign on December 8th., 1947. A reception attended by the King and members of the Royal Family, was held in the Council Hall, Stockholm. Photo shows: M. Tage Erlander, Swedish Prime Minister, presenting King Gustav with ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. FIVE SHIPS IN DISTRESS AFTER MANILA TYPHOON

    MANILA, December 26.—An 80 m.p.h. typhoon (track Manila yesterday and is Philippines waters left at least five ships in distress. One is the motorship Kina, of 9823 tons, which is believed to have blown on to a rock islet off Samar. ...

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  9. TOJO'S DEFENCE MADE IN 50,000 WORD SCREED

    TOKIO, December 26 (A.A.P.-Reuter).—General Hideki Tojo, Japan's war I.M.A. director, took the stand at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East to-day to testify on his own behalf. Arrested by the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 579 words
  10. CONVOY RETURNS FROM COMMUNIST AREA

    TIENTSIN, December 25.—An U.N.R.R.A. convoy returned from Jeep in Communist territory to-day with an overdue relief team ...

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  11. FADDEN STRESSES LESS IN COUNTRY

    BRISBANE, December 26.—The leader of the Country Party. Mr. A. V. Fadden said to-day that since 1933 he Queensland rural population had ...

    Article : 115 words
  12. TOO MANY CARS IN TANGIER

    TANGIER.—Restrictions imposed by Spain on the import of motor cars is mainly responsible for making this international settlement one of the few ...

    Article : 110 words
  13. VARIED WEATHER IN EUROPE'S CHRISTMAS

    LONDON, December 26.—Reuter states that a sudden freak thunderstorm ended for London and the home counties an unusually warm ...

    Article : 260 words
  14. 13th CHANNEL SWIM ATTEMPT r

    LONDON.—At 56, Dr. George Brewster plans another try—his thirteenth—at swimming the English Channel next summer. ...

    Article : 64 words
  15. NO-TIP PLAN FAILS

    LONDON.—Two of London's biggest hotels, the Regent Palace and the Strand Palace, have Riven up a 38 year struggle to abolish tipping. ...

    Article : 51 words
  16. SURF RESCUES IN SOUTH

    BRISBANE, December 26.—Twenty-three people were rescued by life savers at South Queensland beaches between Cootum and Surfers' ...

    Article : 212 words
  17. £100 BAIL ALLOWED HUSBAND

    BRISBANE, December 26.—Charged with having unlawfully attempted to kill his wife. Kay Armstrong, a 47-year-old gunsmith. ...

    Article : 180 words
  18. ITALIAN MINISTER STABBED TO DEATH

    LONDON, December 25.—The British United Press Stockholm correspondent nays the Italian Minister to Sweden, Alberto Ricci was stabbed to death ...

    Article : 194 words
  19. OCCUPANTS ESCAPE AS PLANE CRASHES

    CAIRNS, December 26.—Two occupants of a Tiger Moth plane which crashed near Mareeba this morning escaped with minor injuries, but the ...

    Article : 106 words
  20. 1000 CASUALTIES IN KASHMIR

    LONDON, December 25.—Reuters Jammu correspondent says that Indian forces claimed to have inflicted over 1,000 casualties killed and wounded on ...

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  21. 3M. SEE CRICKET IN ENGLAND

    LONDON.—Cricket has a firmer grip upon the English public than ever before in the history of the frame Nearly 3,000,000 people watched first class ...

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  22. WARWICK BAND WINS AGAIN

    WARWICK, December 26.—Repeating the performance of last year, the Warwick Thistle Pipe band to-day won the Australian Pipe Band ...

    Article : 55 words
  23. DEVELOPMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY

    CANBERRA, December 26.—Atomic energy is being developed to such an extent that it is becoming a major postwar project in Australia. This is ...

    Article : 132 words
  24. TWO FATALITIES AT TAMWORTH

    TAMWORTH, December 26.—Two fatalities occurred in the district during the holidays, and a child is in hospital in a dangerous condition ...

    Article : 184 words
  25. SCOUTS CAMP AT BEHANA CREEK

    CAIRNS, December 26.—Sixty Boy Scouts from Cairns groups and Gordonvale, will commence a week's [?]ivouac on the upper reached of ...

    Article : 138 words
  26. WOMAN HAILS FIRE ENGINE

    WELLINGTON, December 26 (A.A.P.-Reuter).—A novel form of attempted "hitchhiking" occurred at Wellington when a fire engine [?] ...

    Article : 68 words
  27. YOUNG PILOT'S CLEVER LANDING

    BRISBANE, December 26.—A 22-year-old pilot W. Pilkington, made a clever landing at Coolangatta aerodrome to-day, with a damaged ...

    Article : 200 words
  28. PILOT KILLED AS PLANE HIT POLE

    WELLINGTON, December 28 (A.A.P. Reuter).—The pilot of a Tiger Moth was killed instantly at Parsparaumu. 32 miles from Wellington on ...

    Article : 67 words
  29. No Christmas Day Truce Observed In Palestine

    LONDON, December 25.—There was no Christmas Day truce in Palestine, says the Reuters Jerusalem correspondent Two Jews, one Arab and one Armenian were killed in Jerusalem early to-day in gun duels as Haganah. ...

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  30. HEAVY PENALTIES IN SAXONY

    LONDON, December 25.—The American Press Berlin correspondent says the Economics Minister of Saxony announced heavy penalties ...

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  31. 50 MINS. IN WATER BEFORE RESCUE

    AUCKLAND, December 26 (A.A.P-Reuter).—Falling while painting a gangway on the vessel Port Fremantle a young apprentice (C. B. Thompson). ...

    Article : 98 words
  32. CHRISTMAS FARE FLOWN TO MISSION

    BRISBANE, December 26.—A Qantas flying boat, bound from Sydney to London, provided Christmas dinner for natives at the Presbyterian ...

    Article : 61 words
  33. FATAL CASES OF PARALYSIS

    AUCKLAND, December 26 (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Fatal cases of infantile paralysis in the Auckland district now total seven. The latest victim was a ...

    Article : 70 words
  34. FRENCH APPROVE MILITARY BUDGET

    PARIS, December 26.—The French National Assembly, after a five day debate on the Government's anti-inflation policy, approved of the ...

    Article : 43 words
  35. 200 RESCUES IN SYDNEY SURF

    SYDNEY, December 26.—With heavy surf pounding the beaches around Sydney to-day, more than 200 persons had to be rescued by lifesavers. Many ...

    Article : 92 words
  36. FOUR INJURED IN CAR ROLLING

    BRISBANE, December 26.—Seven members of a family, returning from the seaside, were in a car which rolled over twice at Zillmere, this afternoon. ...

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  37. Nearly 500 Communists Taken In Night Round-up

    ATHENS, December 25.—Polite, following an announcement by the guerilla leader, General Markos, of the formation of a rebel government, arrested nearly 500 Communists in a night round-up. ...

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  38. SPECTATOR SHOT THROUGH KNEE

    LONDON, December 25.—A 24-year-old spectator, named Harold Howe, wife shot through the knee by a revolver bullet as he stood on a stand ...

    Article : 70 words
  39. RUSSIAN RE-BURIAL IN BERLIN

    BERLIN, In all four occupation sectors of Berlin squads of German grave diggers, including many women, are digging up the bodice of Russian ...

    Article : 61 words
  40. SHEETS, TOWELS MISSING ON SHIP

    BRISBANE, December 26.—Thousands of sheets and towels are missing from the American grave ship Goucher Victory, which leaves Brisbane ...

    Article : 95 words
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    MISS YEE WEDS: Gwends Yee, 19-year-old Chinese girl, married Ernest Goulding (left) at St. John's Church of England, Parramatta Sydney, this week. On her left are bridesmaid Mona Sinclair and best man William Sutton Miss Yee had been in hiding for some time. Her father opposed the marriage. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 228 words
  42. A THREE-ROTOR HELICOPTER

    LONDON.—The British Society Of Aircraft Constructors has reported the development of a triple rotored helicopter capable of carrying 24 ...

    Article : 98 words
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