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Advertising : 27 wordsLONDON, May 7.-- With only 17 votes against it, the Government carried in the House of Commons its-revised proposals for the National Service Bill, setting 12 months as the period of service for conscripts instead of the 18 months ...
Article : 725 wordsBRISBANE, Thursday,--The court inquiry into the Camp Mountain railway disaster on Monday will be presided over by Mr. Justice Mansfield, who will have with him as assessors Professor Hawken, Professor ...
Article : 609 wordsWomen of the Soviet Union literally pull their weight with the menfolk in rebuilding the war-ravaged cities. Housing, a problem facing all European capitals, claims many women laborers in the Union. Photo shows two ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 54 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.--Twenty-eight thousand cigarettes, 211b. of pipe tobacco and nine dozen ...
Article : 131 wordsTOWNSVILLE, Thursday. --A sailor approached two men on the Townsville wharf at 1 o'clock this morning and offered to sell them a case of ...
Article : 245 wordsLAKE SUCCESS, May 7.-- The United Nations Political Committee's decision to-day to call an emergency session of ...
Article : 228 wordsNEW YORK, May 7.--Russell L. Brines, the Associated Press Tokio correspondent, says General MacArthur's reported assurance that the United States will guarantee Japan's protection, ...
Article : 320 wordsNEWCASTLE, Thursday.--The crew of the wooden steamer Boambee, 200 tons, had to battle against inrushing water while their ship limped, ...
Article : 216 wordsBRISBANE, Thursday.--Disaster faced the painting industry with a further cut in linseed oil supplies, said the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 64 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.--special meeting of the Labor Caucus next Thursday will discuss proposals for a salary ...
Article : 179 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.--The Government was determined to establish a permanent shipbuilding industry in Australia able to ...
Article : 52 wordsWASHINGTON, May 7.--Administration supporters and Republicans from the New England area are leading a strong behind-the-scenes fight in the House against the Agriculture Committee's Wool Bill, which ...
Article : 431 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.--Nearly 200,000 British people had applied for immigration to Australia ...
Article : 76 wordsBRISBANE, Thursday.--Beginning Monday and continuing till nearly the end of the month, grocers, pointers and boot and ...
Article : 118 wordsNEW "YORK, May 7.--The British playwright, Noel Coward, filed a suit in the Federal Court against the Taxation Bureau for a refund ...
Article : 125 wordsBRISBANE, Thursday.--Eventual air control of insect pests on farms and orchards is the major objective of a recently ...
Article : 223 wordsLONDON, May 7.--The 'Daily Express' Cairo correspondent quotes the Finance Minister as saying ...
Article : 63 wordsLONDON, May 7--The 'Daily Express' says that Colin Wyatt, entomologist, and formerly British ski-ing champion, has received ...
Article : 53 wordsBUENOS AIRES, May 7.--The crews of the Paraguayan gunboats, Paraguay and Humaita, exchanged gunfire in this Argentine port ...
Article : 63 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.--A cry of "Liar" was hurled across the House of Representatives to-day during a bitter debate in which Opposition members unsuccessfully attempted to secure an investigation into the activities of the Commonwealth Literary Fund. Opposition speakers branded the fund ...
Article : 616 wordsLONDON, May 7.--The King is suffering a slight chill which has confined him to the Royal apartments for two days, states Reuter's ...
Article : 33 wordsOKLAHOMA CITY, May 7.--State Senator Tom Anglin (63) was shot in the back on the floor of the Senate this afternoon. Senator Tom Finney said that Representative Jimmie Scott fired the shot. ...
Article : 428 wordsWASHINGTON, May 7.--Opponents of the Greek- Turkish Aid Bill to-day fought what became clear was a losing battle as the House general debate on the measure moved into the final hours. ...
Article : 304 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.--Safe-blowers who have operated every night, in Sydney and the suburbs for the past 10 days operated ...
Article : 71 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.--Although the Government Intended to control the Importation and distribution of petrol, no decision ...
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Daily Mercury (Mackay, Qld. : 1906 - 1954), Fri 9 May 1947, Page 1
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