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  2. A Town Is Being Made To Order At Warragamba

    The history of a town is generally a tangled story going back through the years to a day when the first settlement was made by someone long since dead and forgotten. A startling contrast can be found 50 miles from Sydney, where ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 900 words
  3. LETTERS TO EDITOR DEFENCE PLANS

    Sir,—I disagree with many of the views at present being expressed about our defence policy. Any case for a large standing army or ...

    Article : 369 words
  4. PRODUCING OPERA IN AUSTRALIA

    Sir,—Mr. J. Nevin Tait, in expounding the difficulties and high cost of producing opera in Australia, quotes the probable cost of bringing out 30 ...

    Article : 310 words
  5. THE PRICE OF DISUNITY

    Russian moves to tighten Communist control in south-eastern Europe, which have provoked sharp reactions in both Washington and ...

    Article : 696 words
  6. HIGHER TRAM FARES

    Sir,—A "Herald" report stated that an increase of a penny in adult fares, with a maximum fare of 6d, on trams would yield £1,130,000 a year. ...

    Article : 202 words
  7. ATTITUDE TO GERMANS

    Sir,—Like Alan Wood, I believe that Lord Pakenham took the right course in his talk to German boys. An outstanding success in peace-making ...

    Article : 122 words
  8. Getting Down To Details Of India's Future

    The formidable task of carving two Dominions out of a single warring sub-continent is at present engrossing every administrative brain in this land from the Viceroy downward. ...

    Article : 844 words
  9. COAL— AT A PRICE

    To avoid further unemployment arising from the coal shortage, the Joint Coal Board has ordered all collieries to work on the King's ...

    Article : 271 words
  10. AMERICAN MUSIC

    Sir.—Following J. B. Priest[?]ey's recent article, we desire to express, with "Radio Listener," our dissatisfaction at the endless stream of cheap American ...

    Article : 159 words
  11. SMUGGLED B[?]BLES

    Sir,—Our society is much interested in the article, "There's Money in Smuggled Bibles," in your "Thursday Features." ...

    Article : 200 words
  12. ORIGIN OF "BILLY"

    Sir,—My father, Samuel Stead, who came from Ramsgate, Kent, to Australia while a youth, informed me that the term "billy can" was commonly used ...

    Article : 125 words
  13. UNION OF NATIONS

    Sir,—A letter from me published in the "Herald" on July 3, 1946, stated:— "The old concept of national independence is under challenge. It seems clear ...

    Article : 214 words
  14. THE OPTIMIST

    Labour members of the Legislative Council are to seek an allowance. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 13 words
  15. OUR PUBLICITY ABROAD

    Sir,—The following is part of a letter which I received recently from a prominent man in the cotton textile business in New York. ...

    Article : 259 words
  16. NEWCASTLE AS CITY

    Sir,—The statement in an article in the "Herald" which infers that Newcastle was among the cities that became such only in 1885 is erroneous so far as ...

    Article : 178 words
  17. CAUCUS AND TRAM FARES

    The sharp increases in tram and bus fares reluctantly agreed to by Caucus are the inescapable consequence of the parlous financial plight ...

    Article : 483 words
  18. VICE-REGAL

    His Excellency the Governor-General, Mr. W. J. McKell, presided at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council at Government House, Canberra, yesterday ...

    Article : 88 words
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