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  2. MAILS CLOSE TO-DAY

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  3. TIDES, SUN AND MOON

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  4. BANNISTER BEATS LANDY IN BIG MILE

    VANCOUVER, August 8.—England's Dr. Roger Bannister on Saturday, in the world's greatest athletic spectacle, beat Australian, John Landy, by four yards in the Empire Games mile final. Bannister and Landy both ...

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  5. ENGLISH MARATHON RUNNER COLLAPSES

    VANCOUVER, August 8.—Jim Peters, one of England's marathon competitors, was disqualified from the marathon race on Saturday after reaching the stadium in a state of exhaustion and suffering from ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. Test Flight For American Jet Transport

    The new Boeing 701 jet prototype, which recently made its maiden flight, has already exceeded speeds of 550 miles per hour and reached altitudes of more than 42,000 feet. Built as a 15,000,000 dollar private venture by Boeing, the new jet will be used as a demonstrator for military tanker-transport duties and in this role it would be known ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. SHIPPING WORRIES OF Mt. ISA

    Mt. ISA, August 8.—Shipowners have Threatened to withdraw shipping for Mount Isa land, copper and zinc ...

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  8. S.E.A. Plan Statement This Week

    LONDON, August 8: Plans for convening on international conference to establish a ...

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  9. Abolish S.I.B., Says Chamber

    BRISBANE, August 8.—Brisbane Chamber of Commerce Department (Mr. L. Trout) said to-day that the ...

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  10. ASYLUM GRANTED TO POLE

    LONDON, August 8.—The Home Office has announced that the Polish stowaway taken off a Polish freighter ...

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  11. New Version Of Canberra Jet Bomber

    BALTIMORE, August 8: A new version of the Canberra Jet bomber. was announced here to-day by its ...

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  12. Claim For Typhoid Core In U.S.

    LANSING (Michigan), August 8.—Dr. Albert Heustis. State Health Commissioner, has announced that the ...

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  13. 2750 Mile Torch Relay Is Assured

    MELBOURNE, August 8.—Olympic Games authorities are satisfied that the proposed 2759-mile Olympic ...

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  14. FOG DELAYED START IN AIRCRAFT TRIALS

    Fog in Sydney on Saturday delayed the departure of the aircraft in the second section of the reliability trial—the 120 to 150 miles an hour class. Despite the delay, however, Julia Creek airman, Arthur Lowe, reached Cloncurry in his Proctor for the scheduled second ...

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  15. Boycott Of Railway Military Unit Urged

    BRISBANE, August 8.—The combined Federal Railway Unions has deiced to recommend railway unions in ...

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  16. Couple Found Dead In Sydney Home

    SYDNEY, August 8—Police, yesterday afternoon battered down the back door of a house in Wentworth Avenue ...

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  17. MIGHTY THIRST PROVED COSTLY

    LONDON, August 8.—A Blackpool (Lancashire) hotel cellarman, Harold Eatock, has ...

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  18. JON, FASTEST HUMAN EVER IN THE WATER

    VANCOUVER, August 3.—Australian freestyle swimmer Jon Henricks was credited with being fastest human ever in the water after he clocked an amazing 55.5 seconds for 110 yards in the British Empire Games. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  19. SIX PEOPLE DIE ON ROAD

    SYDNEY, August 8—Six people died in New South Wales road accidents over the week-end, all of them ...

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  20. ROCKET PLANE AT 10,000 m.p.h.

    INNSBRUCK, August 8.—A German scientist claims he has designed a rocket plane to fly 10,000 miles per hour. The scientist Germany's ...

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  21. Hooked Trousers From Shop Window

    MELBOURNE, August 8.—Thieves "fished" 50 pairs of sports trousers from a shop window in North ...

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  22. Four Dead In U.S. Plane Crash

    LONDON, August 8.—Four American airmen died when their six-engined bomber, believed to be carrying 4000 ...

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  23. Anti-S.P. Men Will Make Hay

    BRISBANE, August 3.—The United Anti-S.P. Campaign Committee hopes to publicise its views before ...

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  24. NOMADIC NATIVES NEVER SAW WHITES

    PERTH, August 8.—Two white men and two natives from the Cunderlee native mission near Zanthus on the trans-continental railway have discovered a group of 13 nomadic natives ...

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  25. Tightens Guard On Menzies

    CANBERRA, August 8.—-Commonwealth authorities have tightened the security guard over the Prime ...

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  26. Approve Pact

    BLED SLOVENIA, August 8.—The Foreign Ministers of Greece, Turkey and Yugoslavia yesterday approved ...

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  27. Four Ships, No Berths

    There will be four ships without berths in Townsville harbour to-day. The Port Hobart ...

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  28. Huge Quantity Of U.S. Coal For Overseas

    NEW YORK, August 8.—The Foreign Operations Administrator, Mr. Harold Slassen,' has announced that the ...

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  29. PREMIER'S STUDIES ON MEAT

    BRISBANE, August 8.—The Premier (Mr. V. C. Gair) spent most of the week-end investigating ...

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  30. LINER SURRIENTO HELL SHIP CLAIM

    MELBOURNE, August 8.—Twenty-six children and six adults travelled from Italy to Melbourne in a 12-berth "dormitory" on the Italian liner Surriento. ...

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  31. Fine Try By Boy To Save Comrade

    SYDNEY, August 8.—An 11-year-old boy almost drowned trying vainly to save the life of a smaller ...

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  32. Another German Disappears

    BERLIN, August 8.—Another leading West German Security official has disappeared, Berlin newspapers ...

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  33. STOCKINGS RETRIEVED

    SYDNEY, August 3.—A mysterious phone call late on Saturday night told a Customs agent where he ...

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  34. Mawson Station To Be Expanded

    CANBERRA, August 8.—The Mawson station. Australia's first permanent base on its Antarctic territory ...

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  35. Claim Flies Are Exposed To Cruelty

    SYDNEY, August 8.—Some Sydney people are protesting against "cruelty to flies" by Sydney University nuclear ...

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  36. RIOTERS CUT THROATS OF 2 EUROPEAN WOMEN, 9 DEAD

    PORT LYAUTEY (Morocco), August 8.—Rioters cut the throats of two European women and troops fired on demonstrators in a new outburst of violence in Port Lyautey on Saturday, when at least nine people were killed and ...

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  37. Space Ship

    WASHINGTON, August 8.—The United States Air Force said to-day It had acquired its first imitation space ship—8 ...

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  38. Judge Satisfied With His Conduct

    SYDNEY, August 8.—"I feel in my own heart that I did my job properly and I am perfertly satisfied with ...

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  39. Higher Duties On Clothing Sought

    CANBERRA, August 8.—The Australian clothing industry will press the Commonwealth Tariff Board for ...

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  40. U.S. ENGAGES IN "BATTLE FOR MEN'S MINDS" IN ASIA

    WASHINGTON, August 8.—The United States has decided to engage immediately with the Communists in a "battle for men's minds" in Asta, Informed sources report to-day. ...

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  41. Smallpox On Liner

    FREMANTLE, August 8.—Commonwealth health officials to-day quarantined the migrant liner Strathaird and ...

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  42. HIGH SCOURGE OF SYPHILIS

    GENEVA, August 8.—About 20,000,000 people suffer from syphilis according to 3 survey carried out by the ...

    Article : 76 words
  43. McCarthy To Be Investigated

    WASHINGTON, August 8: The Vice-President (Mr. Nixon) has announced the appointment of the six-man ...

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  44. Casey To Talk

    MELBOURNE, August 8.—The External Affairs Minister (Mr. Casey) said to-night he would speak "at some ...

    Article : 33 words
  45. Rowell For Britain

    CANBERRA, August 8.—The Chief of the Australian General Staff (Lieut-General Sir Sydney Rowell) will ...

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