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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 107 words
  3. Won Whitegates Garden Test

    The Minister for Housing (Mr. C. Evatt) congratulates Mrs. H. T. W. Martin, winner of a garden competition conducted by the Housing ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 67 words
  4. Pakistan Troops Abandon Costly Frontier Bastion

    LONDON, Dec. 19. A.A.P.—Forty-seven hundred Pakistan troops under British command silently abandoned Ruzmak, the largest and most ...

    Article : 174 words
  5. ANXIOUS PERIOD AHEAD FOR BRITAIN

    LONDON, Dec, 19, A.A.P.—"We still have great cause for anxiety," the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir Stafford Cripps) told the House of Commons, when he reviewed ...

    Article : 1,125 words
  6. SPLIT IN FRENCH LABOUR MOVEMENT

    PARIS, Dec. 19. A.A.P.—Leaders of the anticommunist movement in the communist-led French Confederation of Trade Unions have decided, by a large majority, on an immediate breakaway from ...

    Article : 407 words
  7. Christmas Cheer Given To Miners At Wallerawang

    LITHGOW, Friday.—In addition to holiday pay, all employees at Wallerawang colliery to-day received a special carton of Christmas goods ...

    Article : 132 words
  8. FORCED LOAN, IN FRANCE

    PARIS, Dec. 19. A.A.P.— The French Cabinet has approved a plan for a forced loan, reports the British United Press. ...

    Article : 57 words
  9. Saw Soviet Planes Over Canada, Steeplejack Said

    WINNIPEG, Dec. 19. A.A.P.—A Toronto steeplejack named Peter Dumas, who worked at Cambridge Bay, 1400 miles north-west of ...

    Article : 124 words
  10. Tin Of Arsenic Found In Farm Rainwater Tank

    WAGGA, Friday.—A Sib tin of soluble arsenic, with a hole in it, was found in a rainwater tank at Hillston to-day after a farmer was found to ...

    Article : 286 words
  11. Mr. Rank Defends Acquisition Of Cinema Shares

    LONDON, Dec. 19. A.A.P.—Mr. J. Arthur Rank, Chairman at an extraordinary meeting of the shareholders of Odeon Theatres Ltd., said he had been ...

    Article : 136 words
  12. Government Offers Christmas Trees

    CANBERRA, Friday.—The Commonwealth Government has entered business as suppliers of Christmas trees. The-Department of the ...

    Article : 74 words
  13. Senate Approves Voluntary Anti-Inflation System

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. A.A.P.—The Senate approved by 77 votes to 10 the Republican Anti-Inflation Bill after defeating moves by the Democrats ...

    Article : 116 words
  14. Australians In San Francisco Make Recording

    SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 19. A.A.P. —Australians at present in San Francisco, headed by the Consul-General (Lieut.-General Smart), and including ...

    Article : 129 words
  15. Ansett Threat To Cut Fares On Two Routes

    MELBOURNE, Friday. — Ansett Airways would reduce fares on the Sydney-Melbourne and Melbourne-Adelaide routes by 15 per cent. unless ...

    Article : 160 words
  16. Gunpowder Failed To Blow Up Whale

    The dead whale, which was towed off Stockton beach on December 5, is causing more trouble—now on Swansea-Caves Beach. Cr. T. Norris, of Lake Macquarie ...

    Article : 382 words
  17. "Gandhi" Cheered In Street Tussle With Police

    SYDNEY, Friday. — A fair-headed man dressed as Gandhi, with a blood-spattered white sheet draped over his bare shoulders and around his loins, ...

    Article : 180 words
  18. Insist On Petrol Coupons Properly Endorsed

    SYDNEY, Friday. — It would now be insisted that persons handling petrol tickets accept only those which, in accordance with the regulations, had ...

    Article : 142 words
  19. Anti-American Feeling Spreads In Middle East

    NEW YORK, Dec. 19. A.A.P.—American workmen on the trans-Arabian oil line have been evacuated by air along a front of 600 miles as ...

    Article : 122 words
  20. Saturday Trade On 'Change To End

    SYDNEY, Friday.—Sydney Stock Exchange Committee decided to-day to cease Saturday trading from the beginning of next year. ...

    Article : 48 words
  21. U.K. Medical Plan "Against Public Interest"

    LONDON, Dec. 19. A.A.P.—The British Medical Association issued a statement, declaring that the new British State medical service, for which ...

    Article : 112 words
  22. "Sourabaya Sue" Granted U.S. Passport

    SINGAPORE, Dec. 19.—Mrs. Muriel Tantri Pearson ("Sourabaya Sue") has been granted a United States passport on instructions from the State ...

    Article : 118 words
  23. Record Sum Paid To Victims Of Silicosis

    SYDNEY, Friday.—Compensation paid to silicosis sufferers during the year ended June 30 last was £104,000, the highest on record, the Minister ...

    Article : 116 words
  24. Heavier Haulage Costs With New Road Tax

    MELBOURNE, Friday.—The rise in the New South Wales road tax would increase the costs of return trips to Sydney by trucks carrying 10 ...

    Article : 120 words
  25. "No Grounds For Complaint" By Malay Seamen

    SINGAPORE, Dec. 19.—The five-man Malay and Moslem Committee stated that, apart from questions of policy, the 14 Malays to be deported ...

    Article : 76 words
  26. 2 Years' Gaol For Manslaughter Of Japanese Girl

    TOKYO, Dec. 19.—Private Charles E. Denter, 18, of Salt Lake City, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment and a dishonourable discharge for the ...

    Article : 189 words
  27. Adelaide Pianist Impresses In American Debut

    NEW YORK, Dec. 19. A.A.P.—The Adelaide pianist, Miss Vina Barnden, was warmly received when she made her American debut in a recital in ...

    Article : 110 words
  28. Navy Hero Resigns Leper Colony Hospital Post

    HONOLULU, Dec. 19. A.A.P.—Dr. Croydon Wassell to-day resigned as Superintendent of the Episcopalian Shingle Memorial Hospital in Molokai ...

    Article : 81 words
  29. Comet May Be Named After Naval Ship

    WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Dec. 19.—The new comet, tentatively referred to in a cable message from California as the "A.E. comet 1947," may receive ...

    Article : 192 words
  30. Sick N.Z. Man For Treatment In U.S,

    AUCKLAND, Friday.—With funds raised by South Island Rotarians, James Sutton, 29, of Christchurch, left by air for America to receive special ...

    Article : 50 words
  31. 14 ARABS KILLED IN CLASHES

    JERUSALEM, Dec. 19. A.A.P.—Jews to-day attacked Khisas, near Safad, in Upper Galilee, with bombs and gunfire. ...

    Article : 54 words
  32. In Other Pages

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 98 words
  33. Ate Peas With Knife: German Ruined Racket

    BERLIN, Dec. 19. A.A.P.—Helmut Riegge, a traveller in mothballs, spoiled a profitable racket when he had lunch with a big industrialist and ...

    Article : 159 words
  34. Mother Takes Child Home To Die

    SYDNEY, Friday.—Madame Marie Michel, of Noumea, who brought her daughter. Josiane, aged 6, to Sydney more than a month ago in an effort ...

    Article : 86 words
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