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  3. LAST-MINUTE APPEALS FAIL TO AVERT STRIKE

    MELBOURNE.— Last minute appeals to prevent a paralysis of 700,000 tons of shipping have failed and the first resignations of engineers from interstate vessels ...

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  4. LEADER FOR SIKHS?

    Handsome Sardar Baldev Singh, Indian Defence Minister, who may join with the Maharaja of Patiala in forming a separate state for the Sikhs. these two leading Sikhs are reported to have had secret consultations with the Indian Cabinet on the possibilities of forming such ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. TRANSFER OF OIL STORES TO NORTH?

    The fear that oil companies might transfer their installations from Hobart to Northern Tasmania was expressed by a meeting of the Hobart Marine Board yesterday. ...

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  6. FLYING BOAT LAUNCHED

    The Shetland, Britain's largest flying boat, was successfully launched at Rochester, Kent, last week, With a wing span of 160ft., and a lenght of 110ft., the Shetland has an all-up weight of 130,000 lb. It can carry a payload of 7620 lb for 4560 miles at a cruising speed of 184 miles an hour. It carries 70 passengers and a crew of 11. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. DAWSON SNR. CHARGED

    SYDNEY. — Prosecution of Stewart Stewart Dawson, city businessman, was authorised yesterday by the ...

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  8. JEWS LEAVE FRANCE FOR AUSTRALIA

    MARSEILLES (A.A.P.).—The steamer Tidewater left yesterday with 305 Jewish refugees for Sydney, reports the British United Press correspondent. HE SAYS that the Jews were the ...

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  9. MORE PRE-SCHOOL CENTRES NEEDED

    Launceston's outlying suburbs were begging for pre-school kindergarten centres, but lack of finance to provide a trained staff made it impossible to increase the number of centres. ...

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  10. CRITICISM OF TAX METHODS

    CANBERRA.—The appointment of a Royal Commission to investigate ways of simplifying the Australian method of assessing taxation was urged by Mr. Francis ...

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  11. NEW STATUE OF KING

    CANBERRA. — A 16ft. high bronze statue of the late King George V. will be added to the present memorial to that of the ...

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  12. Federal Members May Get Pensions

    CANBERRA.—A proposed pension scheme for members of the Federal Parliament to provide them with £8 a week after nine years of parliamentary service is now under consideration. ...

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  13. STOLEN GOLD FOR ITALY

    WASHINGTON (A.A.P.). — America and Britain propose to turn over to Italy within a week about 23 million dollars in gold ...

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  14. MILK PRICES UP TO-DAY

    Milk will be 2d a gallon dearer in Tasmania as from to-day. This follows advice received by the Premier (Mr. Cosgrove) last ...

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  15. Election Success for de Gaulle

    PARIS (A.A.P.).—A De Gaulle candidate yesterday won the by-election at a constituency near Cherbourg for a seat on the ...

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  16. New Arbitration Court

    CANBERRA. — The Commonwealth Arbitration Court will clear its decks of all matters before its new streamlined ...

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  17. MILLIONAIRE MIGRANT

    The Marquess of Tavistock, 30-year-old heir to the millionaire Duke of Bedford, hopes to emigrate to South Africa with his ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  18. Big New York Wharf Fire

    NEW YORK (A.A.P.). — One of the most destructive wharf fires in New York's history was brought under control last night after 125 ...

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  19. Earl Nelson Dead

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—The death occurred yesterday of Thomas Horatio Nelson, fourth Earl of Nelson, and great-great-nephew of ...

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  20. Moslem Refugees Die in Floods

    LAHORE (A.A.P.).—The West Punjab Government announced yesterday that floods from the River Beas, near Lahore, had ...

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  21. TRUMAN "INSULTED" BY RED WRITER

    WASHINGTON (A.A.P.). — America has made a vigorous protest to Russia against a "wantonly libellous" article by Boris Borbatov in the Moscow magazine, "Literary Gazette," in which President Truman was ...

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  22. No American Aid for Britain, But Dollars for European Nations

    WASHINGTON (A.A.P.).—Britain will have to rely on her own and the Empire's gold resources and her ability to borrow from the International Bank and Fund to keep herself "dollar solvent" between now and March ...

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  23. REGULAR ARMY RECRUITING

    MELBOURNE — Since recruiting began last month for Australia's regular army, 677 enlistments had been made, Army Headquarters ...

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  24. Attempted Coup Frustrated

    HAVANA, Cuba (A.A.P.) — The Army authorities announced last night that they had smashed an amphibious expeditionary force ...

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  25. TROOPS ARRIVE

    MELBOURNE — The majority of the 481 passengers on the steamer Manoora, which arrived at Kure on her last trip to Japan on ...

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  26. DIGEST OF THE LEADERS

    THERE will be endorsement of the Mayor of Launceston's hope that when the Council alters the ...

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  27. ANTARCTICA RICH IN MINERALS, SAYS BYRD

    WASHINGTON (A.A.P.). — "Eventually someone may make money out of the Antarctic Continent," says the famous polar explorer, Rear-Admiral Byrd, in an article in the National Geographic Magazine. ...

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  28. Princess Ignores New Fashion Decree

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—Princess Elizabeth ignored the new skirt-length decreed by Paris when she made a shopping tour in the West End yesterday. She wore a blue suit with a knee-length skirt. ...

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  29. Jap. War Trials Providing "High Wages, Cheap Living"

    TOKIO (A.A.P.).—"Almost everyone agrees that the Japanese war trials will continue for another six months of very cheap living and high salaries for those concerned," says the correspondent of the North American Newspaper Alliance. "With that thought in mind, ...

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