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  3. Tientsin Rejects Peace Terms

    NANKING, Jan. 12. A.A.P.—The Nationalist garrison besieged in Tientsin had rejected a three-point proposal by the Communists for surrender on the city, radio reports from ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. 12 Children, Two Women Die In Fire

    GENEVA, Jan. 12. A.A.P.—Twelve Swiss children, a 20-year-old nurse, and a 25-year-old English woman, were burned to death ...

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  5. CHINESE GIRLS GOING HOME

    Miss Sock Kern Tan gave her name in Chinese characters (seen at left) but relented and gave it in English when ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. Clerks' Dispute Ties Up 15 Ships in Sydney

    SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The shipping clerks' week-old dispute has now tied up 15 oversea and interstate ships in Sydney. The ...

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  7. Terms Reached In Burgowan Coal Dispute

    BRISBANE, Wednesday. — A basis of a settlement for the Burgowan coal dispute was reached after a three-hour conference of ...

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  8. "U.N.O. LOSING CONTROL"

    LONDON, Jan. 12.—One of the greatest dangers of the present situation was that the United Nations Security Council had been losing control over events, said a British Foreign ...

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  9. No Resumption Before Monday At Open-cuts

    SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The executive of the Combined Mining Unions' Council decided to-day against a resumption of work at ...

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  10. U.K. Officials Suspended

    LONDON, Jan. 12. A.A.P.—Three junior officials of the import licensing department of the Board of Trade have been ...

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  11. T.A.A. Convair Crashes In Iceland

    LONDON, Jan. 12. A.A.P.—The last of the five Convairs which Trans-Australia Airways bought in America and was ferrying to ...

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  12. May Ask Police To Attend Labour Council

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday. — Police might be asked to attend the meeting to-morrow night of Melbourne Trades Hall Council, ...

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  13. SHUNTER FATALLY CRUSHED

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.— Raymond John May, 26, shunter, of Herne Bay housing settlement, died in Balmain Hospital to-night from ...

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  14. 'Flu Spreading In Europe, But Not Serious

    LONDON, Jan. 12. A.A.P. —The influenza epidemic is spreading in Europe, but in a mild form, and the situation is not alarming, ...

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  15. PREMIER AWAITS RAIL REPORT

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Premier (Mr. McGirr) is expected to announce within the next few days action he intends to take in the railway administration crisis. ...

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  16. Woman Hanged in Britain

    LONDON, Jan. 12. A.A.P.—Margaret Allen, a 42-year-old spinster, was executed at Strangeways gaol, Manchester, to-day. ...

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  17. Some Furniture Profit Margins To Be Reduced

    SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Mark-up margins of new furniture have been reduced by 7½ per cent. in a number of cases. ...

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  18. Police Recapture Escapee

    A 22-year-old escapee from Macksville lock-up was recaptured by police nine miles away, at Nambucca Heads, yesterday, after an ...

    Article : 71 words
  19. £250,000 DAMAGE IN COWRA FIRE

    COWRA, Wednesday.—Damage estimated at £250,000 was caused this afternoon when fire almost completely destroyed one of the biggest country stores in New South Wales, at Cowra. ...

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  20. Quarantine Officers On Watch For 'Flu

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Quarantine officers are keeping a close check on all passengers arriving by air, to safeguard against ...

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  21. SWITCH IN JAPAN'S 5-YEAR PLAN

    TOKYO, Jan. 12. A.A.P.-Reuter. —Modifications in the targets fixed by the five-year national recovery programme have been made by ...

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  22. Airlines Seek Field for New Big Aircraft

    NEW YORK, Jan. 12.—With double-decker 75-passenger Boeing strato-cruisers ready for delivery, three of America's major airlines ...

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  23. DEATH FOR THE WOMAN WHO SEES THE FISH

    LONDON, Jan. 12.—A carved Melanesian flying fish with a six-foot wing-span, which was believed to bring death to any woman who ...

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  24. Stormy Meeting For Attlee

    LONDON, Jan. 12. A.A.P.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Attlee) met a barrage of interruptions when he made his first speech in the ...

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  25. Rector Charged With Irregularities

    LONDON, Jan. 12. A.A.P.—Rev. Launcelotte Bernard Zacchacus Davis, 46, Rector of Claxby (Lincolnshire), appeared at Brentford ...

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    Seaman P. Lynch is making his first trip to Newcastle on the steamer Goulburn. He comes from Gore, in the South Island of New Zealand, and formerly was engaged in vessels trading between New Zealand and Great Britain. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  27. New Clue in Windsor Jewel Hunt

    LONDON, Jan. 12. A.A.P.—The hunt for £20,000 worth of the Duchess of Windsor's jewels, which were stolen in October, 1946, has ...

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  28. Pathans See First Films

    PESHAWAR, Jan. 12. A.A.P.—Using tribal fortresses hidden away in the hills of the Khyber Pass as cinemas, a mobile film unit has ...

    Article : 81 words
  29. £1500 Robbery From Hotel

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday. — Jewellery, money and Commonwealth security bonds valued about £1500 were stolen from ...

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  30. Damages Against Pedestrian

    DUBLIN, Jan. 12. A.A.P.—A judge awarded a 60-year-old woman £68 damages, and costs, for a broken arm received in a collision ...

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  31. "Dead" Man May Be Alive: Funeral Postponed

    LONDON, Jan. 12. A.A.P.—The funeral of Jean Clobours, 61-year-old Belgian farmer, of Lesves, has been postponed till a special panel ...

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  32. Pay Mr. Ward's Costs If Cleared

    CANBERRA, Wednesday—The Commonwealth Government will bear legal costs of the Minister for External Territories (Mr. Ward) if ...

    Article : 74 words
  33. Live Mortar Shell Found In Rubbish

    AUCKLAND, Jan. 12. A.A.P-Reuter. —A boy aged 11 who rode a bicycle on the footpath outside Palmerston North police station was ...

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