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  4. VICTORIAN TRANSPORT STOPPAGE EXTENDED TO COUNTRY AREAS

    MELBOURNE, April 27.—Entering the third week of suburban rail transport disruption, Victoria now faces a complete stoppage of country rail services with the ...

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  5. NEW OUTBREAKS OF RIOTING IN INDIA ALARM LEADERS

    LONDON, April 27.—Party leaders in the Bengal Legislative Assembly held an emergency meeting today to confer on the serious deterioration of the Calcutta ...

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  6. Russian Delegation Tours London

    Members of the Russian delegation touring England as guests of the Houses of Parliament were shown some interesting armour when they visited the Tudor room of the Tower of London under the guidance of a Beefeater. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. Girls Boarded Ship As Drunken Sailors

    SYDNEY, April 27.—Three Sydney girls dressed as men, and posing as drunken sailors, got aboard a ship bound for America. The girls stowed away on the U.S. freighter, Ephraim ...

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  8. RUSH FOR SUNDAYBAKED BREAD, BUT LAW BANNED SALE

    BRISBANE, April 27.—The secretary of the Queensland Bread Manufacturers' Association (Mr K. Shaw) said tonight that the rush on bakehouses for bread ...

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  9. Britain Bans Plant Moves To Dominions

    LONDON, April 26.—Firms all over Britain are seeking to avoid a repetition of this winter's fuel losses by ...

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  10. CHINESE CHEER EXECUTION OF JAP

    NANKING, April 26.— Thousands of Chinese onlookers cheered today when a firing squad executed ...

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  11. U.S. GIFT OF NAVAL VESSELS TO CHINA

    WASHINGTON, April 26.—President Truman, acting under an extension of lend-lease authority, has instructed the Navy Department to transfer to China 271 ...

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  12. B.M.A. DEMANDS ON SOUTHERN LODGES

    BRISBANE, April 27.—Severe new conditions have been served on friendly societies in the south by the British Medical Association, ...

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  13. PRICE INCREASES FOLLOW WAGE RISE IN U.S.

    NEW YORK, April 27.—Wage increases have been granted by three big companies, but with the announcement in one case of an ...

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  14. Ballarat Move To Check Street Larrikinism

    BALLARAT, April 27.—Alarmed at nocturnal prowlings of young "wolves," the Ballarat Trades Hall Council has decided to call a ...

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  15. QPP CHARGE OF ABUSE OF GOVT. POWER

    BRISBANE, April 27.—The QPP president, Mr Alan Hulme, today accused the Labour Party of abusing its power by using ...

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  16. East's Hostility To Whites

    SYDNEY, April 27.—Feeling against the white man in China was increasing, said men who returned from China today, ...

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  17. YOUTH'S ARM SEVERED IN CAR SMASH

    BRISBANE, April 27.—In a head-on smash between two cars near Chinchilla early this morning six people were injured and ...

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  18. AMERICAN IMPORT FEE ON WOOL "STARK MADNESS"

    BOSTON, April 26.—Attacking the recent action of the House Agriculture Committee in adding a provision for imposing an import ...

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  19. N.S.W. TO ABOLISH DEATH SENTENCE IN ASSAULT CASES

    SYDNEY, April 27.—The Attorney-General (Mr Martin) said today that legislation had been prepared to abolish the death penalty for ...

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  20. Thugs Batter And Rob Elderly Sydney Woman

    SYDNEY, April 27.—Nine C.L.B. detectives are leading a search for three bandits who battered and robbed an elderly woman and her ...

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  21. House Destroyed As Family Was Farewelled

    LANDSBOROUGH, April 27.— While T. Bachman and his wife and members of their family were attending a farewell function in thier ...

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  22. URANIUM PRODUCTION FROM SLATE PLANNED BY SWEDEN

    LONDON, April 26.—The Associated Press correspondent at Stockholm states that the Swedish Atomic Commission has revealed ...

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  23. Wealthy Recluse Raked Dustbins

    CAPE TOWN, April 26.—An Edinburgh-born linotype operator, Alexander McIntosh, who became a recluse after his retirement, died ...

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  24. SEATS DESTROYED IN THEATRE FIRE

    BRISBANE, April 27.—A fire, probably caused by the dropping of a cigarette butt on a seat, destroyed about 120 seats in the ...

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  25. DOG THEFTS IN SYDNEY MADE BY SMUGGLERS?

    SYDNEY, April 27.—Two valuable dogs bave been found swimming in Sydney Harbour in an exhausted condition in the past 12 ...

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  26. Church Wreckage Mystery

    ADELAIDE, April 27.—The Kongorong Methodist Church, near Mount Gambier, has been mysteriously reduced to rubble. ...

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  27. PLAN TO MAKE BURNETT RIVER FLOOD PROOF

    BUNDABERG, April 27.—The Bundaberg Harbour Board has applied to the State Government fo[?] a £50,000 loan to make the ...

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  28. Family Misfortunes Of Hope Diamond Owner

    WASHINGTON, April 26.—The death is announced of Mrs Evelyn Walsh McLean, 60, a leading Washington hostess and owner of the reputedly ill-omened Hope diamond. She was ill for several ...

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  29. Social Democrats Strongest Party In New Diet

    TOKYO, April 26.—A surprise voting swing in the Japanese Lower House elections will make the Social Democrats of the mildly ...

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  30. SWEDEN SEEKS LINK WITH JAPAN

    LONDON, April 26.—The Stockholm Radio today announced that Sweden was seeking to resume friendship with Japan and would ...

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  31. AUSTRALIAN BRIDE'S PLEA FOR PASSAGE HOME ANSWERED

    DETROIT, April 26.—Mrs Marie Wolverton offered today to pay the £188 needed for a steamship fare to Australia for Mrs Phyllis May Wood, 29, an Australian war bride, who yesterday said she ...

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  32. FORMER M.H.R. FOR RICHMOND DEAD

    SYDNEY, April 27.—Roland F. Green, former member of the House of Representatives, died in hospital today. He was 61. ...

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  33. DUTCH SHIP BAN HITS INDONESIANS

    LONDON, April 26.—The Hilversun radio states that the Australian ban on Dutch shipping threatens to starve 15,000 ...

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  34. NEW WYANGRA POWER STATION IN OPERATION

    SYDNEY, April 27.—By pressing a button, the Minister for Works (Mr Cahill) yesterday set in motion the turbine at the new ...

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  35. 4000-Mile Raft Trip Test

    CALLAO (Peru), April 26.—Six Norwegian scientists will sail from Callao on Monday on an 18ft by 45 ft balsa wood raft, in an attempt to show how ancient Peruvians could have crossed 4000 miles of the Pacific to reach South Sea islands. ...

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  36. HOPE ABANDONED FOR ENTOMBED MINERS

    MALABTIC (Quebec), April 26.— All hope was abandoned today fo[?] the 11 men who have been trapped in the burning, smoke-filled ...

    Article : 103 words
  37. WEATHER FORECAST

    BRISBANE, April 27.—The following weather forecast was issued by the Weather Bureau at 5 p.m. today for the ensuing 24 hours: ...

    Article : 73 words
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