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Advertising : 149 wordsOn receiving an undertaking from the Premier (Mr. Cosgrave) and the Minister for Lands and Works (Mr. Brooker) in the House of Assembly last night that all future positions would be advertised, Mr. Townley ...
Article : 847 wordsMELBOURNE.—The first grey to score in the big race for 82 years, Hiraji took the lead less than two furlongs from home to hold off a strong challenges from ...
Article : 651 wordsThe grey Phraji, a Sydney horse unlucky to be bearen in some big races, including the Caulfield Cup, broke the hoodoo yesterday when he won the 1947 Melbourne Cup. Upper picture shows the hard-fought finish of the race, with the 11/2 favourite, Fresh Boy, in second place, Red Fury third and the 6/1 second favourite, Proctor, fourth. Lower left: Mr. R. Turnbull, chairman of the Victoria Racing ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 123 wordsLike most Australians, Launceston people yesterday took time off to listen to the broadcast of the running of the Melbourne Cup. There was a large crowd at the Bookmakers' Club, where operators had a busy time as last-minute bets were laid (upper). Lower: The crowd ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 58 wordsMELBOURNE— A V.R.C. official estimate of the crowd at Flemington yesterday was 84,000. This was. ...
Article : 60 wordsCANBERRA.—The second reading debate on the Banking Bill in the House of Representatives was expected to end by Friday or, at the latest, by Tuesday of next week. ...
Article : 641 wordsCALAIS (A.A.P.).—Three British colonels and two majors were arrested in France on Monday and charged with, a series of alleged frauds and other offences in connection with part of the 258 million. British currency de[?]cit. ...
Article : 342 wordsBALTIMORE (A.A.P.)— General MacArthur is planning "a triumphal return to U.S. in the spring to capture the Republican ...
Article : 95 wordsLEXINGTON, Kentucky (A.A.P.). — Race goers on courses throughout U.S. were asked to observe one ...
Article : 72 wordsTHE HAGUE (A.A.P.). — The Prime Minister of England (Mr. Attlee) arrived at Schipol air port in a R.A.F. York on Monday night ...
Article : 65 wordsLONDON (A.A.P.).—Cheers came from all parts of the House of Commons on Monday when it was announced that the leader of the Polish Peasant Party (Mr. Mikolajczyk), who recently disappeared from Warsaw, ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 243 wordsCANBERRA.—A bill to extend the Defence Transitional Act and to continue 50 wartime controls until the end of 1948 was introduced in the House of Representatives yesterday by the ...
Article : 306 wordsBOSTON (A.A.P.). — A massive semi-underground network of organisations, extending from the smallest villages in Japan to the highest echelons of the national government, threatens American democratic aims in ...
Article : 206 wordsSYDNEY.—Central Council of the Miners' Federation decided yesterday to consider an Australia-wide coal stoppage early in the New Year unless Queensland handed over its coal mines for control by the Joint ...
Article : 229 wordsSo long as Socialism remains a theory it has its attractions for many. But the people of the western ...
Article : 119 wordsCONCORD, New Hampshire (A.A.P.).—Mr. John G. Winant, 58-year-old millionaire and U.S. wartime Ambassador to England, committed suicide at his palatial mansion on Monday night. CONCORD police said that Mr. ...
Article : 293 wordsLONDON (A.A.P.).—The Queen Elizabeth, three steamers and an U.S. Coast Guard ship yesterday raced to the aid of a 230-ton ...
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Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), Wed 5 Nov 1947, Page 1
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