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  3. COMMUNISTS TAKE FOOCHOW

    CANTON, August 18. A.A.P.—Reuter.—Victorious Communist armies under General Chen-yi have turned south towards Amoy following the capture of Foochow, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. Power Blackouts Likely Again

    Electricity blackouts may occur again in Newcastle when industries reach full-scale operations next week. Officials expect the blackouts ...

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  5. Took Year To Fly Round World

    REYKJAVIK (Iceland), August 18. A.A.P.—The British woman flier, Mrs. Morrow Tait, who has taken a year to fly ...

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  6. ARMY RETURNS MINE GEAR TO SYDNEY

    Earth-moving equipment used by the Army on open-cut mining operations returned in Sydney yesterday. This section of a long ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. Oil Was Too Fierce For Furnaces

    THE BURNING of oil instead of coal has damaged the furnaces at Zara-street power-house. The extent of the ...

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  8. Farmer Aged 144 "To Have A Rest"

    MOSCOW, Aug. 18. A.A.P.—Vassili Sergeyevich Tishkin, a 144-year-old collective farmer, and his 95-year-old wife ...

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  9. Rioting In Chile: Seven People Killed

    SANTIAGO (Chile), August 18. A.A.P.—Disagreement over a half cent boost in bus fares has caused bloody rioting here, costing seven ...

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  10. Armed, Masked Man Gets 30/ In Cafe Hold-up

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—An armed and masked bandit to-night held up a cafe at Lindfield, and escaped with 30/, the contents of the cafe ...

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  11. Forest Fires Encircle French Town

    PARIS, August 18. A.A.P.—Forest fires have encircled the small town of Losse, in the Landes area of south-western France. ...

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  12. R.S.L. Approves Wider Membership

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—A motion that some men who had not served abroad should be admitted to the Returned Servicemen's ...

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  13. European Move To Protect Human Rights

    STRASBOURG, August 18. A.A.P.—Forty-seven representatives to the European Assembly tabled a resolution calling for the ...

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  14. Death Sentences In "Lonely Hearts" Murder

    NEW YORK, Aug. 18. A.A.P.—The "Lonely Hearts'" trial ended after nearly 11 weeks in the conviction of Martha Beck, 29, and ...

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  15. Australia, N.Z. In Pacific Defence Talks

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—Security measures required in the South-west Pacific area will be discussed at a conference of ...

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  16. AIR MAIL JETTISONED BY PLANE

    AUCKLAND, August 18. A.A.P.—Reuter.—Mailbags containing 1000 letters from Suva were jettisoned yesterday when a New Zealand Air ...

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  17. Commonwealth Petrol Figures 'Sound'

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—Figures presented at the Premiers' Conference showed that Commonwealth estimates were sound—that an ...

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  18. Atlantic Yachtsmen Plan Model Village

    LONDON, Aug. 18. A.A.P.—The brother Stanley and Colin Smith, who crossed the Atlantic in a 20ft. yacht, said ...

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  19. Many Open Cuts On Three Shifts

    About half of the 15 open-cut mines in New South Wales are working, multiple shifts to help overtake production losses caused by the seven-week coal strike. ...

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  20. Road Deaths Last Year Increase By 56

    SYDNEY Thursday.—Road accident deaths in N.S.W. for the year ended June 30, 1949, were 56 more than the previous year. ...

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  21. Woman Killed In Collision

    A woman was killed and three people were injured yesterday afternoon when two cars collided on Lookout-road, New Lambton. ...

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  22. Thief Escapes In Daylight Chase

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—A thief, disturbed while, trying to rifle a till at Baker's Garage, Parramatta-road, Auburn, this afternoon, ...

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  23. Man Stabbed at Texas Reserve

    Ronald Hardy, 26, pensioner, of Texas Reserve, Carrington, was admitted to Royal Newcastle Hospital last night with a wound in the left ...

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  24. Help from N.Z.

    WELLINGTON, Aug. 18. A.A.P.—Reuter.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Fraser) announced in the House of Representatives to-day that, at ...

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  25. Dockers' Strike Opens Finland Wages Offensive

    HELSINKI, August 18. A.A.P.—Strikes broke out throughout Finland to-day, the first day of a wages offensive launched by eleven ...

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  26. Women Burn To Death In Smash

    NEW YORK, Aug. 18. A.A.P.—Six women were burnt to death near Hopkinsville (Kentucky) to-day when their car was pushed into ...

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  27. Customs Use Radar Against Smugglers

    LONDON, August 18. A.A.P.—The Customs cruiser Vigilant has been fitted with radar, says Reuter's. ...

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  28. Mineworker On Shooting Charge

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—Police at Hermidale, 130 miles from Dubbo, arrested a mineworker to-day and charged him with shooting with ...

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  29. U.S. Investors Have Money For Overseas

    NEW YORK, August 18. A.A.P.—The Secretary for the Interior (Mr. Julius Krug) said United States businessmen were prepared ...

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  30. Admiral Eccles New Flag Officer

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—Rear-admiral J. A. S. Eccles had been appointed Flag Officer Commanding H.M. Australian Fleet for two ...

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  31. Eight Killed By Rebels In Korea

    SEOUL, Aug. 18. A.A.P.—Reuter.—Rebel activities in South Korea have caused eight deaths over the past three days, according to a ...

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  32. B.W.I.U. To Leave State A.L.P

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Building Workers' Industrial Union as decided to cancel its affiliation with the New South Wales branch ...

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  33. Convention Called On To Aid Migrants

    CANBERRA, Thursday—To launch a nationwide movement for the speedy assimilation of migrants into the Australian community a ...

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  34. British Ships Being Laid Up

    LONDON, Aug. 18. A.A.P.—For the first time since the early 'thirties British ships are being laid up for lack of profitable ...

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  35. Polish Envoy Seeks Asylum In U.S.A.

    A.A.P.—Tudeusz Rakowski, Poland's Consul-General in Montreal has resigned, and has asked for political asylum in the United ...

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  36. U.S. Army Rule In Germany To End

    BERLIN, August 18. A.A.P.—It as officially announced that the United States Military Government would cease in Germany on ...

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  37. Leader Of Syrian Coup May Be Dead

    CAIRO, August 18. A.A.P.—Unconfirmed reports reaching Cairo say a civilian killed the leader of the recent Syrian coup, Colonel ...

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  38. Record Unemployment in West Germany

    FRANKFURT, Aug. 18. A.A.P.—The German Bizonal Labour administration announced that unemployment in the Anglo-American ...

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