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  2. WAILING WALL CEREMONY PREVENTED

    Jerusalem, August 6.—The British curfew imposed on Palestine after the King David Hotel outrage for the first time in living memory prevented a mass pilgrimage of Jews to the historic "wailing wall." British authorities turned down an ...

    Article : 310 words
  3. BIG CAMPAIGN FOR DR. EVATT

    Sydney, August 6.—Labor Party managers tonight expressed the opinion that the Minister for External Affairs (Dr. Evatt) would be a trump card at the Federal Elections scheduled for September 28. ...

    Article : 263 words
  4. NO DECISION ARRIVED AT

    Paris, August 6.—The Rules Committee of the Paris conference adjourned without reaching a decision on the knotty problem of voting procedure. The committee sat for nine hours in a discussion on the two-thirds versus a simple majority ...

    Article : 327 words
  5. URGENT WHEAT MAY BE LEFT

    Sydney, August 6.—Unless supplies of railway coal are greatly augmented in the next few months the railways may not be able to handle either the wheat that Australia proposes sending overseas to offset hunger in Europe or even that ...

    Article : 203 words
  6. The Locksmith Liked It

    Auckland, August 5.—A long standing quarrel over the appointment of a Vicar at St. Aldan Church, Hamilton, led to the lock of the church door being ...

    Article : 176 words
  7. Sickness On Tramways Mentioned At 40 Hours Inquiry

    Melbourne, August 6.—Because many of the tram contars who were returning from the services suffering malaria and other war disabilities, the incident of sickness among tramway employees might not decrease, said the manager of the ...

    Article : 312 words
  8. Peasants Defy Police

    Rome, August 6.—A battle between peasants and police, which began yesterday near Palemero, is still raging. The trouble began when the ...

    Article : 85 words
  9. Story Of Explosion Of Ammunition On Railway

    Brisbane, August 6.—The story of a fire in a goods train which caused ammunition in a military waggon attached to a train to explode was told in the ...

    Article : 210 words
  10. VALUABLE CONSIGNMENT OF STUD STOCK

    Sydney, August 5.—The most valuable consignment of stud stock to arrive from England since the war was car-ried by the cargo steamer "Diante" ...

    Article : 67 words
  11. Police Victory Ball

    The Police Victory Ball, held at the Palais last night, scored a tremendous success and the crowd exceeded the most hopeful expectations, 1,100 people ...

    Article : 371 words
  12. Disquieting Analysis Of Coal Position

    Sydney, August 6.—The Prime Minister, Mr. J. B. Chifley, has been told by leaders of the Transport Unions that trastic measures will have to be taken to avert a total collapse of the N.S.W. Railways. Mr. J. Harrison, M.L.C., secretary of the ...

    Article : 350 words
  13. More Accidental Deaths In Last War

    Melbourne, August 5.—Although considerably fewer soldiers were killed or wounded in Word War II compared with the 1914-18 war, accidentally killed ...

    Article : 82 words
  14. Pinned Under Truck

    Sydney, August 6.—Gordon Irwin (20), soldier attached to the transport unit, suffered intense agony for halt an hour while pinned under an upturned ...

    Article : 112 words
  15. Building Program Shows Enormous Lag

    Melbourne, August 6.—Government sponsored houses completed in Victoria between July, 1945, and May this year numbered 919—little more than ...

    Article : 249 words
  16. Assault And Robbery

    Sydney, August 6.—Stanley Benjamin Fogarty (20), soldier, and Arthur John Hansen (20), laborer, were sentenced to three years' imprisonment at ...

    Article : 69 words
  17. Old Bombers To Fly Fruit To Britain

    Hobart, August 6.—Old Halifax bombers will soon be used to fly fruit in England from Europe and Africa, according to information received by Mr. ...

    Article : 111 words
  18. American Freighter That Foundered

    London, August 6.—The American freighter "American Farmer," which was taken in tow after an expected founder in the Atlantic, is making good ...

    Article : 247 words
  19. Crawled Through 18 Inch Window

    Auckland (N.Z.), August 6.—Three prisoners, who escaped naked from Dunedin Prison early today, enjoyed only a few hours liberty before their ...

    Article : 75 words
  20. Typhoid Epidemic

    London, August 5.—Ice cream has been diagnosed as the source of an epidemic of typhoid fever that has broken out in the crowded Welsh ...

    Article : 95 words
  21. Queus At Divorce Courts In Britain

    London, August 6.—Divorces, from 6,500 in 1911, have jumped to 10,000 this year. They constitute one of Britain's greatest war-stimulated problems. ...

    Article : 320 words
  22. Attack On Truman

    Auckland (N.Z.), August 6.—The Minister for Works (Mr. R. Semple) to-day apologised without reservation for his attack on President Truman in a ...

    Article : 132 words
  23. Mass Execution In Shanghai

    Shanghai, August 6.—Twenty-five men and one woman, former members of the Chineses National Army, who turned traitor during the concluding ...

    Article : 79 words
  24. Arrested In Stolen Car

    Sydney, August 6.—Edna Grant (20), and Joyce Reade (19), were committed for trial at the North Sydney Court today on charges of illegally using ...

    Article : 80 words
  25. ROWDY TIME FOR CANDIDATE

    Brisbane, August 6.—When he referred to the present time as "an age of great [?]traval." Mr. Max Julius, Communist candidate for Wide Bay in the Federal ...

    Article : 146 words
  26. Basic Wage Revision

    Canberra, August 6.—The Government proposes to do nothing about a conference of employers and employees on the revision of the basic wage as ...

    Article : 78 words
  27. FLYING DOCTOR AT QUORN

    The Flying Doctor, Dr. J. G. Woods, flew from Moree to Hawker and Quorn yesterday in the aerial ambulance and spent last night at Yundnspinna. He ...

    Article : 50 words
  28. MR. KEAST AND COAL CONTROL

    Canberra. August 6.—The Government has opened negotiations to secure Mr. A. J. Keast, chief General manager of the Zinc Corporation Ltd., as chairman of ...

    Article : 42 words
  29. 'Quake Damage

    Miami, August 6.—A fresh tremor shook the Dominican Republic, but the intensity was slight. Meanwhile high waves resulting from a big earthquake ...

    Article : 84 words
  30. May Marry In Hospital

    Sydney, August 6.—Permission to be married in the Auburn District Hospital may be sought by Miss Elsie Polglase (30), who suffered severe scalp injuries ...

    Article : 61 words
  31. MALICIOUS WOUNDING ALLEGED

    Sydney, August 6.—Douglas Linsham (29), wood carter, was remanded to August 29 at the Picton Court this morning on a charge of having maliciously ...

    Article : 76 words
  32. ENGLISH COLT ARRIVES

    Sydney, August 6.—Prominent bookmaker Arthur Browning denied today that he had purchased the English colt. Clemfel, for 6,000 guineas. The colt ...

    Article : 80 words
  33. UNRRA WORKER SAVES WOMAN OF 115

    The repatriation of a Russian woman of 115 years of age and her 80-year-old son 13 one of the many incidents of a well-filled year which stands out in the ...

    Article : 177 words
  34. Cocky Lays Egg At 75 Years

    The Beallba cockatoo which laid an egg last week at the age of 36 had nothing on the 80-year-old Major Mitchell cockatoo owned by Mrs. R. J. ...

    Article : 183 words
  35. Shock May Relieve Asthma

    Melbourne, August 6.—Any shock—electrical, psychological or financial — could relieve asthma, according to one of Melbourne's leading allergy specialists, but ...

    Article : 138 words
  36. POPE AND ARAB DELEGATION

    London, August 4.—The Pope in a private audience with the Arab, delegation condemned the acts of violence in Palestine, says Reuter's correspondent ...

    Article : 103 words
  37. MR. MAKIN LEAVES FOR U.S.

    Sydney, August 6.—The newly appointed Ambassador to Washington (Mr N. O. Makin), with Mrs. Makin and their son Lloyd, left for America this ...

    Article : 39 words
  38. AUSTRALIAN STEEPLE DISCUSSIONS

    Melbourne, August 6.—It was decided today that First Aid would not run in the Australian Steeple. The horse is fit, but his owner would like ...

    Article : 90 words
  39. Increase In Divorces

    Sydney, August 6.—Stating he was alarmed at New South Wales divorce figures, the Attorney-General (Mr. C. Martin) today told the Australian ...

    Article : 69 words
  40. FLAHERTY'S FUNERAL

    Sydney, August 6.—There was a complete absence of underworld characters it the funeral yesterday of Thomas William Flaherty (28), whose murdered ...

    Article : 71 words
  41. ACCIDENTAL FALSE ALARM

    At 8.31 a.m. yesterday the Fire Brigade answered an accidental false alarm on the corner of Argent and Kaolin Streets. The alarm was sprung ...

    Article : 34 words
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