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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 28 words
  3. BIRTH RATE DOWN FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1933

    CANBERRA, Dec. 28.—Figures compiled by the Commonwealth Bureau of Statistics show that the birth rate has begun to decline for the first time since 1933. ...

    Article : 150 words
  4. P. MINISTER OF EGYPT ASSASSINATED BY STUDENT

    LONDON, December 28.—Mahmoud Fahn[?] Al Nokrashy Pasha, Prime Minister of Egypt, was assssinated to-day by a student. He was hit by several bllets and died in a few minutes. ...

    Article : 500 words
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    OPERA AUDIENCES don't see him, but Agostino Vaccari, prompter of the visiting Italian Opera Company, is one of the most important men in the show. Mr. Vaccari knows the scores of many operas and is always a fraction ahead of the maestro conducting the orchestra. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 45 words
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    A recent picture of 51-year-old Professor P. M. S. Blackett, Professor of Physics at Manchester University, who ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 44 words
  7. Q'LD. BEATEN OUTRIGHT IN THRILLING FINISH

    ADELAIDE, Dec. 28.—Four minutes from time, Noblet clean bowled Johnson to give South Australia an outright win over Queensland by 220 runs in the Shield game to-day. ...

    Article : 513 words
  8. RAIN SPOILS N.S.W. OUTRIGHT WIN BID

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 28.—Rain, which washed out play in the Shield game this morning, has greatly lessened the ...

    Article : 120 words
  9. FOOD SHORTAGE IS ACUTE IN REPUBLICAN CAPITAL

    BATAVIA, Dec. 28.—Silent, hungry citizens move in the shattered streets of Jogjakarta, and night snipers are still active in the surrounding countryside. The first party of journalists to visit the former Republican capital since the Dutch occupation, to-day found loud speaker vans patrolling ...

    Article : 328 words
  10. POTATOES WILL BE SCARCE!

    BRISBANE, Dec. 28.—Potatoes will be very scarce in Queensland till the end of January, when the first ...

    Article : 93 words
  11. PRICKLY PEAR NO LONGER A MENACE

    BRISBANE, Dec. 28.—Prickly pear is no longer a menace to Queensland landowners, according to the ...

    Article : 122 words
  12. SURFING CONTROL GREATER POWERS FOR Q'LD. LIFE SAVERS SOUGHT

    BRISBANE, Dec. 28.—The Acting Premier (Mr. Gair) said to-day that he thought any additional powers to control surfing should be vested in the local authorities. Any plan to give power to people ...

    Article : 372 words
  13. "'CREEPING PARALYSIS' SETTLING ON CHINESE NATIONALIST CAPITAL"

    SINGAPORE, Dec. 28.—Graham Jenkins, A.A.P.-Reuter correspondent in Nanking, writes: "What some important political circles called 'Creeping Paralysis' ...

    Article : 535 words
  14. AUSTRALIAN XI MAY TOUR N.Z. IN 1950

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 28.—The Australian Cricket Board of Control announced to-night that preliminary ...

    Article : 47 words
  15. U.K. Urges "Cease Fire" Order for Palestine

    LONDON, Dec. 28.—The British United-Press representative at Paris says that Britain demanded that the Security Council order an immediate "cease fire" in ...

    Article : 330 words
  16. NO RELIEF YET FOR THE CENTRAL WEST

    BRISBANE, Dec. 28.—The drought-stricken Central West received little relief to-day, The Weather Bureau ...

    Article : 187 words
  17. COLTS' TEAM TO VISIT WARWICK

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  18. DRAGGED FROM BLAZING 'PLANE

    SYDNEY, Dec. 28.—A 24-year-old passenger dragged the unconscious pilot from the blazing ...

    Article : 128 words
  19. AMBULANCE IN COLLISION

    BRISBANE, Dec. 28.—An Ambulance car, bringing to Brisbane a youth with a fractured spine, was involved ...

    Article : 158 words
  20. MAN DROWNED AT GRAFTON

    SYDNEY, Dec. 28.—John Mansfield (24), single, railway shunter, of Grafton, was drowned in the Clarence River ...

    Article : 109 words
  21. Sharks Again Drive Surfers Out of Water

    BRISBANE, Dec. 28.—Sharks drove surfers from the water at Caloundra, Southport, and Gr[?]enmount to-day. All the beaches reporte[?] smaller crowds than ...

    Article : 273 words
  22. President Truman Accuses RUSSIA OF BLOCKING A PEACE SETTLEMENT

    KANSAS CITY, Dec. 28.—President Truman to-day accused Russia of blocking a peace settlement through its refusal to live up to its agreements. The President said he was ...

    Article : 210 words
  23. Dramatic Atte[?] Rescue Maroo[?]

    NEW YORK, Dec 28.—Colonel [?] a crew of 13 rescue specialists ar[?] to-day where they will try to [?] in a desperate attempt to rescue ...

    Article : 167 words
  24. MORNA STILL LEADING IN YACHT RACE

    SYDNEY, Dec. 28.—The Sydney cutter Morna is still leading the field in the Sydney-Hobart race. Under a stiff ...

    Article : 87 words
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