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  3. COMPULSORY CONFERENCE ON RAILWAY STRIKE TO-DAY

    BRISBANE, Feb. 18.—Twenty unions and Railway Commissioner were summoned to-day by the Industrial Registrar (Mr. P. J. Wallace) to a compulsory conference to-morrow afternoon to seek a solution to Queensland's 17-day old railway strike. An official ...

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  4. Further Attacks on the Validity of Banking Act

    MELBOURNE, Feb. 18.—Diseased cattle, rotten potatoes, and railway passengers with mad dogs, were cited by counsel in the bank case to-day to illustrate the effects of Section 92 of the Constitution, which guarantees free interstate trade. Mr. Barwick, K.C., leading counsel for plaintiff banks, ...

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  5. 1021 LEND-LEASE TRACTORS DUE

    CANBERRA, Feb. 18.—The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. pollard) stated in the House of ...

    Article : 119 words
  6. IN THE NEWS

    LONDON VISITOR: Mr. Digby Reave, Managing Director of the Imperial Smelting Corporation, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. CLOTHES RATIONING DECISION TO-DAY?

    CANBERRA, Feb. 18.—The future of clothes rationing will be considered in a talk between the Prime Minister ...

    Article : 152 words
  8. Alleged Robbery TAXI-DRIVER COMMITTED

    BRISBANE, Feb. 18.—After having been attacked and robbed by a taxi driver, Eileen Frances Gorman had ...

    Article : 288 words
  9. MINES TO CLOSE TO-MORROW

    All mines in the Ipswich and Rosewood districts will have ceased production by to-morrow, and this will throw out of employment 1800 miners, with a ...

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  10. 17,000 TONS SHIPPING LAG

    BRISBANE, Feb. 18.—The shipping lag for Queensland ports in Sydney and Melbourne, totalled 17,000 tons. ...

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  11. ACCOMMODATION FOR 71 NEW PARLIAMENTARIANS A SERIOUS PROBLEM

    CANBERRA, Feb. 18.—An electric voting machine will be installed in the Federal Parliament to record divisions when the membership is increased next year. Boards displaying the names ...

    Article : 418 words
  12. MORE WHEAT FOR POULTRY FARMERS

    CANBERRA, Feb. 18.—The Minister for Commerce (Mr. R. T. Pollard) gave an assurance to the House of ...

    Article : 104 words
  13. QLD. YACHT LEADING IN FORSTER CUP

    HOBART. Feb. 18.—The Queensland yacht, Dolphin, sailed by Vic. Lucas, to-day won the second heat of the ...

    Article : 81 words
  14. Antarctic Dispute GONZALES' WARNING

    MONTREAL, Feb. 18.—The Associated Press representative at Santiago says: "The text of the ...

    Article : 302 words
  15. COSGROVE QUESTIONED ON SALE OF BUSINESS

    HOBART, Feb. 18.—Robert Cosgrove (63) said in the Criminal Court to-day that he had not considered taking legal action against James Thomas Sullivan, either for offering him a £3000 ...

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  16. RECALL OF GUAM GIRLS ATTACKED IN PARLIAMENT

    CANBERRA, Feb. 18.—The recall of Australian girls working with American forces at Guam and Tokio was definite and unwarranted invasion of their personal liberty, said Mr. P. C. Spender (Lib, N.S.W.) ...

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  17. MILLIONS LOST IF THE VALUE OF £1 FALLS

    BRISBANE, Feb. 18.—Millions of pounds will be dropped annually by major primary exporting industries if there is a substantial reduction in the Australian exchange rate on sterling. ...

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  18. OPPOSITION CRITICISM

    In a joint statement on the proposal, the leader of the Opposition (Mr. R. G. Menzies), and the Leader of the Country Party (Mr. A. W. Fadden), said the main purpose of the proposal was ...

    Article : 280 words
  19. 13 Killed in Fireworks Factory Explosion

    LONDON, Feb. 18.—Thirteen are believed to have been killed, and 22 seriously injured in an ...

    Article : 72 words
  20. CAR HITS SHOP

    A car driven by Edmund Ray Freeman, of Queen-street, Blackstone, was extensively damaged when it ran into A. ...

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  21. Mr. Francis Seeks "Shortage" Goods For Queensland

    CANBERRA, Feb. 18.—Mr. Jos. Francis, in the House of Representatives to-day, urged the Government to act and ...

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  22. CHARITY RACE MEETING ON ANZAC DAY

    BRISBANE, Feb. 18.—The State Government has approved of the Queensland Turf Club holding a charity race ...

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  23. CHURCH'S PROTEST AGAINST SUNDAY NIGHT PICTURES

    BRISBANE, Feb. 18.—Beptist representatives to the Queensland Council of Churches asked the Council at its meeting to-day to join with them in a protest against the showing of ...

    Article : 165 words
  24. WAR SERVICE HOMES CHEAPEST IN Q'LAND

    CANBERRA, Feb. 18.—The cost of war service homes was the highest in New South Wales and Tasmania, according ...

    Article : 56 words
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