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  2. CHARGE OF RACKETS IN FEDERAL SALES

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—Allegations of racketeering by high Commonwealth Salvage Commission officials in sales of service clothing were made by the Deputy Opposition Leader (Mr. Harrison) to-night. ...

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  3. 1000 BRIDES & CHILDREN TO SAIL TUESDAY

    NEARLY 1000 Australian brides and children of American servicemen will sail from Brisbane on Tuesday for their new homes in America. ...

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  4. They Ended Strike

    Principals at the compulsory conference at the Industrial Court yesterday which hastened the end of the tram strike. Top picture: Assistant monoger. Tramways Department (Mr. Francis) with the general manager (Mr. Quinn), at right. Centre: Union mike ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 177 words
  5. EXPLOSIVE IN RED CROSS SHIP

    MELBOURNE, Thursday. — A death weapon—believed to be either a time bomb fuse or a detonator—was found in the loaded ...

    Article : 127 words
  6. THEY CHEERED THE "SACK"

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Eight hundred and seventeen women and girls to-day ...

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  7. Sir J. Blair Left £3717

    AN estate valued at £3717. grow was left by Sir James Blair, late Lieutenant-Governor of Queensland, and formerly ...

    Article : 74 words
  8. Jury Fails To Agree In Coupon Case

    After a long retirement the jury failed to agree yesterday in the case of Edward Somerville, 43, bookmaker, whose trial on a charge ...

    Article : 287 words
  9. MILL MEN SENT BACK BY UNION

    All sawmill employees in Queensland have been directed by the branch executive, of the Australian Workers' Union to ...

    Article : 280 words
  10. Evatt Centre Of Storm In House

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—Bitter personalities in criticism and defence of the External Affairs Minister (Dr. Evatt) at the U.N.C.I.O. Conference were hurled across the House of Representatives to-day. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  11. Fine, Milder Day Likely

    Fine and milder weather to-day is expected by the Weather Bureau. Maximum temperature in Brisbane yesterday was 68.8deg. at ...

    Article : 191 words
  12. "Escaped In Shirt, Clad In Blanket"

    A soldier under sentence told a Court-Martial at Grovely yesterday that he escaped from the Churchill Field Punishment Centre ...

    Article : 269 words
  13. Thieves Take £2000 Ingot

    SYDNEY, Thursday. — Detectives investigating the disappearance of a mail bag containing a gold ingot worth £2000 air mailed ...

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  14. CABINET REJECTS MOVE ON SUGAR

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—An unsuccessful attempt was made by a section of Cabinet to-day to induce the Government to explore methods by which the sugar industry in Australia could be brought under national ...

    Article : 327 words
  15. Interference With Deod Men's Goods

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—Cases containing the personal belongings of dead American airmen and soldiers were tampered with during the ...

    Article : 197 words
  16. £158,565 FROM LOGAN TOLL

    Total net receipts on the Logan Bridge to June 30 amounted to £158,565, the Acting Premier (Mr. Hanlon) said in Parliament ...

    Article : 132 words
  17. LIQUOR REFORMS IN NEW BILL

    A BILL to amend the Liquor Acts will be considered by Parliament this session. This is one of eight Bills of which Ministers gave notice yesterday. ...

    Article : 337 words
  18. NEW BUDGET OUT TO-DAY

    CANBERRA, Thursday. — The new budget will be presented in Parliament to-morrow, the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) said in the ...

    Article : 112 words
  19. REFRESHMENTS OFF AT TOWNSVILLE

    TOWNSVILLE, Thursday. — Townsvllle railway station is without a refreshment room service. The staff ceased work as a protest ...

    Article : 70 words
  20. SUGAR DELEGATION FOR AMERICA

    Personnel of the delegation appointed by the Queensland Cane Growers' Council to investigate sugar industry develonments in the ...

    Article : 72 words
  21. ELECTRICITY RULE EASED

    Restrictions on the use of electricity in areas in which oil fuel, wood fuel, or water power are used exclusively for generating ...

    Article : 142 words
  22. TAX ASSESSMENTS NOT HELD BACK

    CANBERRA, Thursday. — Every income tax assessment which could be prepared with the staff available was issued as soon as ...

    Article : 63 words
  23. EGGS ON FARMS STORED IN TUBS

    TUBS and other temporary receptacles are being used on poultry farms to store eggs which cannot be marketed because of the timber strike's hold-up of cases. The Caboolture and Near ...

    Article : 206 words
  24. Cotton Goods Coupons Stay

    CANBERRA, Thursday. — Rationing of cotton goods would continue, even if other clothing items were released ...

    Article : 89 words
  25. SIX MINES IDLE

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—Six collieries on the northern district fields were idle to-day resulting in the loss of more than 6260 ...

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  26. MOVED RACEHORSES; TWO MEN FINED

    TOOWOOMBA, Thursday.—Fines of £15 and £35 were imposed on Richard Bingham Dempster, of Charles Street, Toowoomba ...

    Article : 108 words
  27. NEW INVENTION PROVIDES RAIN

    A SYSTEM of overhead irrigation, which automatically provides correct moisture content for any given crop, has been invented by an Australian engineer. It was described yesterday by the Army Inventions Directorate's ...

    Article : 395 words
  28. FEDERAL INTEREST IN EDUCATION

    CANBERRA, Thursday. — Increasing direct interest by the Commonwealth in the improvement of Australian educational ...

    Article : 111 words
  29. REDISTRIBUTION OF ELECTORAL AREAS

    Suggestion by Mr. Yeates (C.P., East Toowoomba) for a redistribution of electoral districts would be considered by the Government ...

    Article : 37 words
  30. £35 IN FINES FOR LIQUOR OVERCHARGE

    TOOWOOMBA, Thursday. — Myrtle Weinert, whose address was given as Western Hotel, Toowoomba, was charged in the ...

    Article : 99 words
  31. SKIER BREAKS NECK IN FALL

    SYDNEY, Thursday. — In a practice jump this morning a few minutes before the start of the jumping event in the international ...

    Article : 48 words
  32. ENDOWMENT ACT MOVE

    CANBERRA, Thursday. — The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) told Mr. Hadley (Lab., Qld.), in the House of Representatives to-day ...

    Article : 43 words
  33. JAP SUBS. STILL AT SEA

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—Shipping movements could not yet be disclosed, because a number of Japanese submarines were still at ...

    Article : 38 words
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