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  2. Advertising

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  3. Bill For Secret Ballots is Unnecessary, Says Evatt

    CANBERRA, Thursday.-- The Government had not presented a single fact to show the necessity for the "provocative and rather pettifogging" Bill to provide secret ballots for trade unions, the Deputy-Leader of the ...

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  4. DISSOLUTION "A FOREGONE

    CANBERRA, Thursday.-- The Commonwealth Government is confident of securing a double dissolution of Parliament next week, and has set down April 28 as a tentative election date. The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) to-day asked the Governor-General (Mr. McKell) for a dissolution. He will call on Mr. McKell again to-morrow morning, and will present him with printed reasons supporting the Government's claims that the Senate ...

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  5. Serious Cleavage in Labour Ranks

    CANBERRA, Thursday.-- A serious cleavage in Labour ranks on the eve o£ a probable election developed at a ...

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  6. NATIONAL SERVICE BILL PASSED

    CANBERRA, Thursday. -- The National Service Bill, authorising the Government to call un 18-year-old youths ...

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  7. CONCLUSION"

    CANBERRA, Thursday.-- The Commonwealth has decided to grant an additional £15.000.000 to the States to, assist them in meeting budgetary difficulties. With £70,400.000 nrovided under the tax reimbursement formula for ...

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  8. AUSTRALIA DEFENDS NEW GUINEA CONTROL

    LAKE SUCCESS, Thursday.-- Australia, in a report to the United Nations' Trusteeship Council, defended ...

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  9. U.N. ARMY SWEEPS THROUGH "VACUUM"

    TOKIO, Thursday. -- The United Nations' 8th Army again drove forward yesterday unopposed all along the ...

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  10. WATERSIDE WORKERS APPLY FOR REVIEW OF AWARD

    SYDNEY. Thursday. -- The Waterside Workers' Federation to-day applied 'to the Federal Arbitration Court for a review ...

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  11. DEBATE ON LIVING COSTS REFUSED

    CANBERRA, Thursday. -- A Labour Opposition attempt to initiate a debate on the cost of living and price control was ...

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  12. ELECTRICITY BOARD'S MANAGER DISMISSED

    KINGAROY. Thursday.-- The South Burnett Regional Electricity Board has dismissed its manager. Mr. A. H. Wright. ...

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  13. PROPOSED VISIT TO POPE CRITICISED

    LONDON, Thursday. -- A meeting of 20,000 National Union Protestants last night expressed "grief at the ...

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  14. PLANS FOR NOXIOUS WEED ERADICATION

    BRISBANE, Thursday.-- The State Government is planning a campaign for the eradication of noxious weeds ...

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  15. PLAN TO EXTEND WHEAT STABILISATION SCHEME

    CANBERRA, Thursday. -- Further steps towards an extension of the wheat stabilisation scheme will be taken when ...

    Article : 86 words
  16. REPLY TO PAKISTAN VISITOR'S COMPLAINT

    BRISBANE, Thursday. -- It would almost appear that Mr. T. H. Mumtaz, of Pakistan, was ignorant of some Australian ...

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  17. "STRONG ACTION" THREAT BY PETROL RETAILERS

    BRISBANE, Thursday. --Brisbane petrol retailers threaten to take "strong action" unless a percentage of ...

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  18. FIRE 20 MILES WIDE IN CHARLEVILLE AREA

    BRISBANE, Thursday. -- A large bush fire was burning through Bronte Station, 80 miles north-west of Charleville, ...

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  19. FEDERAL AUTHORITY FOR CALLIDE AGREEMENT

    CANBERRA, Thursday. -- The Minister for Fuel (Senator McLeay) has authorised the signing of the Callide coal ...

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  20. MAGUIRE REMANDED ON FORGERY CHARGE

    BRISBANE, Thursday. -- In the Police Court to-day, the State Principal Electoral Officer, Bernard Joseph Maguire (53), ...

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  21. EARLY START OH JUDGING IN DAIRY EARN CONTEST

    BRISBANE, Thursday. -- Departmental officers would make an early start on the first judging of the 104 entries ...

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  22. TOOWOOMBA MAN'S DEATH IN KOREA FIGHTING

    CANBERRA, Thursday. -- The names of 35 members of the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment-- 13 killed ...

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  23. SHIP FREIGHTS FROM BRITAIN INCREASED

    MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Shipping freights from Britain and many Continental ports to Australia would rise 15 per ...

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  24. N.Z. SERVICEMEN KEEP PORTS WORKING

    WELLINGTON, Thursday.-- Servicemen are keeping New Zealand ports working. Exploratory talks on means of ...

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  25. STATE MINERS DECIDE TO END STOPPAGES

    IPSWICH, Thursday. -- Aggregate meetings of coal miners at Ipswich and Rosewood to-day decided by ...

    Article : 114 words
  26. BILL TO AMEND EIGHT LAND ACTS

    BRISBANE, Thursday. -- Shortening the appraisal periods from 15 to seven years, would result in a general rent ...

    Article : 211 words
  27. JAP NAVY MAN'S EVIDENCE AT LOS NEGROS

    LOS NEGROS, Thursday. -- Australian prisoners of war who were captured by the Japanese on Ambon in 1942 had ...

    Article : 173 words
  28. BLACK OUTS BLAMED FOR SHORTAGES

    CANBERRA, Thursday. -- Blackouts in capital cities were largely responsible for shortages of motor tyres, ...

    Article : 107 words
  29. URGENT BOOKINGS MADE AT NORTHERN HOTELS

    BRISBANE, Thursday. -- Bookings which have been made at hotels at Gladstone, Rock-hampton, Mackay and ...

    Article : 251 words
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  32. OLD-AGE PENSIONERS' RAIL CONCESSIONS

    BRISBANE, Thursday.-- During question time in the Legislative Assembly to-day the Minister for Transport (Mr. ...

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  33. EXTERMINATION ORDERED OF CZECH "CONSPIRACY"

    LONDON, Thursday.-- Reuters representative in Prague says the Minister for Defence (General Cepicka) has ordered ...

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  34. ELECTORAL RETURNING OFFICERS RESIGN

    BRISBANE, Thursday. -- The resignation of Mr. L. Powell, returning officer for the electoral district of Cook, ...

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  35. TOURIST SHIP IN BRISBANE

    BRISBANE, Thursday.-- The tourist ship Manunda arrived in Brisbane this morning with 285 passengers on board. ...

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  36. LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT PASSES ALL STAGES

    BRISBANE. Thursday. -- The Bill amending the Local Government Acts and the City of Brisbane Acts passed all ...

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  37. BOY'S NARROW ESCAPE IN FALL DOWN CLIFF

    SYDNEY, Thursday. -- A nine-years-old boy lay in the darkness on a narrow 'ledge 200 feet above the sea at Bondi for ...

    Article : 95 words
  38. New Portable Flame-thrower

    Britain's latest flame-thrower-- the Mark V portable-- being demonstrated by an Army instructor. Ignited petroleum jelly is expelled from the flame-thrower at a pressure of 2001b. per square inch. ft ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  39. HOSPITAL TO RENDER ACCOUNTS TO PATIENTS

    CAIRNS, Thursday. -- A direction from the Department of Health and Home Affairs that the Cairns Hospitals ...

    Article : 139 words
  40. U.K. INCREASES PRICE FOR AUSTRALIAN LAMB

    CANBERRA, Thursday.-- The Government of the United Kingdom would increase contract prices for all first-quality ...

    Article : 95 words
  41. QUEENSLAND'S WOOL PROCEEDS MAY EXCEED £100,000,00 THIS YEAR

    BRISBANE, Thursday.-- The Slate's woal cheque tor 1950-51 will exceed £100,000,000 if the improved wool prices established this week hold until the end of June. This I figure is more than half the whole of Australian earnings ...

    Article : 158 words
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