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  3. CUT OF 20 P.C. IN PETROL RATION FOR PRIVATE CARS

    CANBERRA, August 31.—The petrol ration for private cars will be reduced by 20 per cent and other users will have their ration cut by 10 per cent from October 1. Cabinet's decision was announced by the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) to-night. The ration for private ...

    Article : 430 words
  4. INCOME TAX CUTS TO BE RETROSPECTIVE TO JULY 1

    CANBERRA, August 31.—Most Australian wage and salary earners would receive a refund from the department towards the end of 1949. This would result from the fact that in the current ...

    Article : 630 words
  5. BANK BILL APPEAL

    CANBERRA, Aug. 31.—The Federal Government will prepare its case for appeal to the Privy Council on the High ...

    Article : 160 words
  6. Lifting of Blockade? MILITARY GOVERNORS MEETING AT BERLIN

    LONDON, August 31.—Reuter's correspondent says it is officially learned that the four Allied Military Governors will meet in Berlin at 3 o'clock to-day to work out details for lifting the ...

    Article : 343 words
  7. 'SLANG IS PICTURESQUE'

    BRISBANE, Aug. 31.—Slang in radio programmes is picturesque and absolutely essential, according to Mr. ...

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  8. Minister on Hoarding

    SYDNEY, Aug. 31.—High Commonwealth officials have been told that manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers ...

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  9. FOUR TEETH LEFT IN TELEGRAPH POLE

    SYDNEY Aug. 31.—A motor cyclist left four teeth embedded in a telegraph pole when the crashed into it in ...

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  10. R.S.L. President Says: "PENSION INCREASE IS VERY MEAN"

    CANBERA, Aug. 31.—The Federal President of the R.S.L. (Mr. Millhouse) said to-day that the ...

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  11. 1500 UNIONISTS GO ON STRIKE

    MELBOURNE, Aug. 31.—Nearly 1500 trade Unionists employed on the Kiewa hydro electric scheme of the State ...

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  12. Big Penalties For Price Breaches

    BRISBANE, August 31.—Queensland penalties for Price Control breaches are expected to be the most severe in ...

    Article : 199 words
  13. MAN FOR TRIAL ON CHARGE OF MURDER

    MELBOURNE, Aug. 31.—Eric Stanley Jacobi (44), tractor driver, of Gordon-street, Footscray, murdered Norman Burley ...

    Article : 147 words
  14. U.S. Ships Flee From Hurricane

    WILMINGTON, North Carolina, Aug .31—The battleship Missouri, aircraft-carriers. Mindoro and Sicily, ...

    Article : 154 words
  15. Premier Honoured By St. George Society

    BRISBANE, Aug. 31.—Members of the Royal Society of St. George to-day honoured the Premier (Mr. E. M. ...

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  16. Seaside Houses Now Covered by Rent Bill

    BRISBANE, August 31.—When he opened the second reading debate of the Rent Bill in Parliament to-day, the Acting Attorney-General ([?] W. Power) revealed that seaside house are to [?] ...

    Article : 478 words
  17. Anti-Picketing Act Notice of Repeal By Premier

    BRISBANE, Aug. 31.—Repeal of the Anti-Picketing Act will not free the men gaoled for breaching it, nor absolve the ...

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  18. EDUCATION SUITED TO SOCIAL SYSTEM URGED

    SYDNEY, Aug. 31.—Let us provide education suited to the social system that is being evolved in our time, said Mr. G. R. Hendren, Queensland delegate to the Australian conference of inspectors of ...

    Article : 367 words
  19. Too Early To Expect Results From Roma

    MELBOURNE, Aug. 31.—Considerable work was going on in the Roma area, but it was a little early to expect ...

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  20. PERMITS FOR LIGHT CARS REMOVED

    CANBERRA, Aug. 31.—All persons holding permits for the purchase of motor cars and utilities of 12 h.p. and ...

    Article : 125 words
  21. NEW ELECTORATES MAY BE CHALLENGED

    CANBERRA, Aug. 31.—The Federal Parliamentary Labour Party proposes challenging the redistribution of electorates in ...

    Article : 98 words
  22. JUDGMENT RESERVED IN CASKET CASE

    BRISBANE, Aug. 31.—The Full Court reserved its judgment to-day in the Greek casket ticket case. ...

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  23. 'PLANES TO DIRECT ROAD TRAFFIC?

    SYDNEY, Aug. 31.—The use of two aircraft by the police to observe and direct traffic is recommended by the State ...

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  24. DEARER FISH

    BRISBANE, Aug. 31.—Retail price increases for several popular varieties of fish will take effect to-morrow in Brisbane ...

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  25. DR. DITTMER IS LORD MAYORAL CANDIDATE

    BRISBANE, Aug. 31.—Dr Felix Dittmer, Brisbane specialist, was endorsed by the Q.C.E of the Labour Party to-day as ...

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  26. Eggs and Tomatoes Thrown at Wallace

    WINSTON SALEM, August 31.—After being splattered with overripe tomatoes and raw eggs in two other North ...

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  27. Woman Killed; 17 Injured in Bus-Truck Smash

    BRISBANE, August 31.—Seventeen of 20 Sydney people were injured, one fatally, when a tourist 'bus and a timber-laden truck collided on a culvert near the ...

    Article : 302 words
  28. Drove Car Through Terrorist Area

    SINGAPORE, Aug. 31.—Mr W. V. Simpson, of Aberdeen, Scotland, manager of Effingham Estate, eight miles ...

    Article : 121 words
  29. Votes for Aborigines!

    CANBERRA, Aug. 31.—The Cabinet to-day decided to permit Australian aborigines to vote at Federal Elections if ...

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  30. TRIED TO BEAT OUT THE FLAMES WITH BARE HANDS

    SYDNEY, August 31.—Four girls were scorched when they tried to beat out flames with their bare hands after a fire which caused £60,000 damage in Rawson ...

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  31. Meat Delivery Price

    BRISBANE, Aug. 31.—The Minister for Labour and Industry (Mr. Gair) said to-night that the delivery price would ...

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  32. NEW TYPES OF BENEFITS FOR FRIENDLY SOCIETIES SUGGESTED

    BRISBANE, August 31.—Because it considered the Government social services were encroaching on friendly society activities, the A.N.A. Federal Council to-day decided to ...

    Article : 143 words
  33. ELECTRICAL STORM LASHES SYDNEY

    SYDNEY, Aug. 31.—The wind reached a velocity of 59 m.p.h. in a sharp electrical storm in Sydney to-night after the city ...

    Article : 86 words
  34. WACOL MAN COMMITTED

    BRISBANE. Aug. 31—Mervyn James Howie (23), labourer, Wacol, to-day was committed for trial on a charge of ...

    Article : 77 words
  35. MR. PATERSON BECOMES ILL IN PARLIAMENT

    BRISBANE, Aug. 31.—The Communist member for Bowen, Mr. F. Paterson, became ill in Parliament to-day while ...

    Article : 82 words
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