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  2. Advertising

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  3. A LITTLE COERCION AND MUCH CO-OPERATION TO SOLVE U.K. CRISIS

    LONDON, August 11.—Broadcasting, the Prime Minister (Mr. Attlee) to-day said that the Government introduced the Supplies and Services Bill to enable the greater powers to be applied to the present crisis, ...

    Article : 568 words
  4. BRITAIN'S NEWEST GIANT OF THE SKIES

    [?]TASK OF CONSTRUCTING Britain's biggest flying boat, the Shott-Saro Shetland, is almost finished, and the boat is expected to [?]unched this month. This huge flying boat will be twice as heavy as anything yet constructed in Britain; it is 110 ft. long, wing[?] 1150 ft., it can carry 70 passengers, plus a crew of 11, and the four Bristol engines give a maximum speed of 207 m.p.h. over a range of 4650 miles. The picture shows the interior of the cockpit, showing its spaciousness. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 94 words
  5. Insufficient Ore To Reopen Chillagoe

    TOESSVILLE, Aug.11.—Any hope of the Chillagoe smellers being re-opened by the government has been ...

    Article : 105 words
  6. MATERIALS ARE KEY TO HOUSING PROGRAMME

    CANBERRA, August 11.—The battle of materials production must be won if the country was to carry out its programme of home and other essential building construction, the Minister for Housing (Mr. Lemon) told a conference ...

    Article : 350 words
  7. Circled World Alone In Record Time Of 73 Hrs.

    CHICAGO, August 11.—Triumphant but haggard from lack of sleep, Captain William Odom landed in Chicago yesterday, at 2.58 p.m., having gone round the world faster than any man before. He created a new round the world record of 73 hours 5 minutes. ...

    Article : 871 words
  8. [?]llegedly Tried To Disfigure

    [?]BANE, August 11.—A [?] constable said in [?] police court to-day that [?]Alfred Mathews (43), ...

    Article : 294 words
  9. SHIPPING FREIGHTS SUBSIDY

    BRISBANE, August 11.—The Federal Government will subsidise to an estimated 70 per cent. the recent shipping freight increases approved by the ...

    Article : 157 words
  10. GREATER PRODUCTION

    Mr. Attlee said the essentials for the immediate emergency and Britain's economic future were Increased production and ...

    Article : 406 words
  11. Java Truce Called Fraud On Free Peoples' Self Respect,

    NEW YORK, August 11.—The Chicago Tribune in an editorial says the so-called truce in Java is a fraud on the self-respect of free people throughout the world and not solely because it is being violated. The truce would still be a fraud if it were effective. What people of Java and their Republican Government demand and should have as a right is ...

    Article : 323 words
  12. Socialism In Burma

    LONDON. August 11. —The A.A.P. correspondent at Rangoon says that the Burmese Const[?] Assembly unanmously decided to melide in the ...

    Article : 51 words
  13. NATIONALISATION OF U.K. STEEL INDUSTRY

    LONDON. August 11.—Cabinel has decided to carry on with a full programme of nationalisation at the next session of the House ...

    Article : 128 words
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  15. Son Charged With Shooting At Mother

    [?] August 11. —Allan [?] Newton (23),[?] of the Tamworth [?] Hospital appeared In the ...

    Article : 132 words
  16. Woman Burnt To Death In Her Bedroom

    SYDNEY, August 11. —Mrs.Lily Huntley (77). was burnt to death in her home in Wambool-street,Tarramurrs. at 2.30 a.m. to-day. ...

    Article : 122 words
  17. MERCHANT LEFT WIFE 1/- OUT OF £32,000

    MELBOURNE, August 11.—[?] Brana a Melbourne [?] his [?] only one shilling in [?] £32,000 will out ...

    Article : 86 words
  18. Peace Move Follows Australian Demand

    Holland accepted a U.S. offer at the UN Security Council meeting recently to mediate in the Indo- ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 51 words
  19. Latin American Upheaval

    NEW YORK. August 11.—The United Press Bueno Aires correspondent says a report from the [?] side of the Paraguayan ...

    Article : 64 words
  20. LABOUR SHORTAGE ON SYDNEY WATERFRONT

    SYDNEY, August 11. —Forty-seven ships applic[?] for labour or Syoney [?] to-day —the largest demand for several weeks ...

    Article : 92 words
  21. Five-Day Working Week Sought For Shops Here

    BRISBANE, August 11.—A 40-hour week to be worked between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. in five days,Mondays to Fridays has been applied for to the State Industrial Court by the Queensland Shop Assistants' Union, in the Central and Southern Divisions of the State. ...

    Article : 189 words
  22. Migrants Cannot Come By Air

    [?]BERRA, August 11.—The possibility of using aircraft to ferry immigrants from Eng-[?] land to Australia was virtually rated out to-day by the British Minister for Civil[?] Lord Nathan. He said that there was not a great number of aircraft available [?] that most of those in use were converted from wartime uses. ...

    Article : 293 words
  23. More Endowment Claims

    CANBERRA, August 11.—Children for whom endowment was paid by the Commonwealth Government increased from ...

    Article : 62 words
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