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  3. BLAIR ATHOL BILL PASSES FIRST READING IN ASSEMBLY

    BRISBANE, December 2.—Described by the Leader of the Opposition (Mr Nicklin) as one of the most momentous proposals ever considered by the Legislative Assembly, the Blair Athol Bill passed the first reading in the House today. ...

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  4. Hearing Of Banks' Case In February?

    SYDNEY, December 2.—The Commonwealth had abandoned any hope of a hearing by the full High Court of the banking case this year, Mr Barwick, KC, senior counsel for the Australian private trading ...

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  5. WORLD'S LARGEST CABLE SHIP

    The British Postmaster-General has just "received delivery" of the new Telegraph Ship "Monarch," the largest, cable-laying and repair, ship in the world. She is 475 ft. long and of 8050 gross tons. When laying cable, she can carry a total complement of 160 men. The main body of the vessel is taken up by four cylindrical cable tanks, each 41 ft. across, with a total coiling capacity of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. RUSSIAN AID TO CZECHS

    LONDON, December 1.—The Prague correspondent of the Associated Press states that the Czech Premier ...

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  7. Bad Weather Delays House

    CANBERRA, December 2.—Bad weather prevented aircraft from landing at Canberra for five hours today. The delayed arrival ...

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  8. INQUIRY INTO ALLEGED BRIBE

    HOBART, December 2.—The royal commission which has been appointed to inquire into the allegations that £5400 had been ...

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  9. FURIOUS ARABS START RIOTING IN PALESTINE

    LONDON, December 2.—Reuter's Jerusalem representative stetes that Reuter's office in Princess Mary Avenue, in the heart of Jerusalem, became the centre of a pitched battle this morning between police and Arab rioters. ASHER LAZAR, correspondent of ...

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  10. 23 KILLED IN PLANE CRASH

    LONDON, December 2.—Reuter's Belgrade correspondent states that all 23 occupants were killed when a two engined ...

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  11. PLANS FOR NEW TOWNSHIPS

    THE Premier said that towns established along the route would be excluded from local authority control. They would be controlled by a town commissioner and must be developed on a proper town plan. The commissioner would be responsible to the Governor-in-Council. THERS would be towns at the ...

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  12. MARVELS OF ATOMIC ENERGY

    Atomic energy can fulfil the dream of the mediaevel alchemists —turn base metals into gold—but there is a catch in it, states the ...

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  13. BANK ADVANCES TO COMPANIES

    CANBERRA, December 2.—Bank advances had been made for the production of certain commodities to a degree far beyond the ...

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  14. Chifley On Coal Dispute

    CAMBERRA, December 2. — The Prime Minister (Mr Chifley) has asked the Premier, (Mr Hanlon) to clarify some aspects of his ...

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  15. Britain Plans More Savings

    LONDON, December 1.—Capital expenditure in the United Kingdom will be reduced from about £1,600,000,000 to about ...

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  16. SYDNEY WHARFIES IN FILM

    NEW YORK, December 1.—A documentary film, "Indonesia Calling," which was directed in Sydney by a Dutchman, Joris ...

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  17. Find-The-Ball Game Of Chance

    A Judge Blair, in the Supreme Court today, dismissed appeals by New Zealand Newspapers Ltd, publishers of the "Auckland Star," ...

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  18. STOPWORK MEETINGS ILLEGAL, SAYS COURT

    BRISBANE, December 2.—A warning that stopwork meetings were illegal was given today by the full bench of the Industrial Court in answer to a reported statement by the State secretary of the ...

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  19. No Five-Day Week For Banks

    BRISBANE, December 2. — The trading hours of banks in Queensland will not be affected as the result of the introduction of ...

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  20. Clothes Rationing To Continue

    CANBERRA, December 2.—The Federal Government had no intention of ending clothes rationing, the Prime Minister (Mr ...

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  21. MINISTER RETICENT

    CANBERRA, December 2.—The Minister for Air (Mr Drakeford) in the House of Representatives today refused to amplify the ...

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  22. FARM PLANT IN DOLLAR CUTS

    CANBERRA, December 2. — The Prime Minister (Mr Chifley) said in the House of Representatives today that Cabinet ...

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  23. EGG BOARD BILL

    CANBERRA, December 2. —"A miracle," commented Mr Abbott (C.P., N.S.W.) in the House of Representatives today, when the ...

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  24. SCHEME TO ALTER PANAMA CANAL

    WASHINGTON, December 1.—The Governor of the Panama Canal zone (Brigadier-General Joseph Mehaffey) proposed to Congress today that under a 10-year programme the canal be converted to an atom-bomb proof sea-level waterway at a cost of 2,483,000,000 dallars. ...

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  25. States Want Financial Conference

    MELBOURNE, December 2.—The State Government would not abandon the idea of a special conference of Premiers with the ...

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  26. MOST TAXPAYERS GOT REFUND

    CANBERRA, December 2. — At least 60 per cent of taxpayers received refunds from the Taxation Department, the Prime Minister ...

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  27. N.Z. Paralysis Cases

    AUCKLAND, December 2.—The cases of positive infantile paralysis reported in Auckland remain at 17. The suspected cases ...

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