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  3. 100 M.P.H. ON WATER BY JET SPEEDBOAT

    SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL'S new speed boat, Bluebird II, travelling at 100 miles an hour on Conision Water, North Lancashire, England. The Bluebird is powered with a jet engine, and is being prepared for an attack on the world's water speed record of 141.7 m.p.h. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 95 words
  4. INDONESIAN RETORT SURPRISED U.N.O

    NEW YORK, August 3.—The "New York Times" Lake Success correspondent says the announcement by Jogjakarta radio that Indonesia will cease fighting provided the Dutch troops return to their former positions, and ...

    Article : 580 words
  5. 7-POINT PLAN TO SPEED UP OUTPUT

    CANBERRA, August 3.—A seven point programme to accelerate production and to improve industrial relations was framed at the two-day conference between the Commonwealth Government, Associated ...

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  6. WAR MATERIAL CONFISCATED

    LONDON, August 3.—The Associated Press Berlin correspondent says the American Military Government has arrested six leading ...

    Article : 236 words
  7. HARD LIVING IN U.K. TILL CRISIS PAST

    LONDON, August 3.—The "Sunday Times" political correspondent says: "The statement on the country's economic position and the Government's measures to meet it, which Mr. Attlee will make in the House of ...

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  8. TWO-DAYS DRIFT FROM MAGNETIC

    INGHAM, August 2.— Tossed about in a turbulent sea with their rudder and anchor lost and power neutralised through a broken fuel ...

    Article : 265 words
  9. EVATT PEACE PLAN PLEASES JAPS

    TOKIO, August 3.—The Japanese, who always expected Australia's attitude to be vicicus, vindictive, and harsh are overjoyed to discover that ...

    Article : 278 words
  10. Life for Life Threat by Terrorists

    LONDON, August 2.—Reuter's Jerusalem says Irgun Val Loumi terrorists who hanged the two British sergeants distributed ...

    Article : 300 words
  11. SYDNEY POLICE RAID GOLF CLUBS

    SYDNEY, August 3.—Legal action to ascertain how far the provisions of the Liquor Act apply to registered social and sporting clubs, is expected ...

    Article : 121 words
  12. WOMAN LEAPS TO ESCAPE FIRE

    BRISBANE, August 8.—A woman leapt 15 feet from the top floor balcony of a boarding house at Wynnum, to escape a fire which destroyed the ...

    Article : 173 words
  13. Airports Alert For Missing Fighter Planes

    TAMPA (Florida), August 2.— The Collector of Customs (Mr. A. J. Angle) has asked all airports to be on the alert for a reported ...

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  14. EMERGENCY OP. AT LIGHT HOUSE

    BRISBANE, August 3.—Using a scalpel captured from the Italians in the Western Desert, Dr. K. J. Whitehead, of Mackay, yesterday ...

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  15. MOTHER AND CHILD FOUND DROWNED

    LISMORE, August 3.—The bodies of Mrs. Elizabeth Boucher, 43, and her daughter Christine, aged four, were found in a deep swimming pool ...

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  16. R.A.A.F. 'HOUDINI' DOES IT AGAIN

    SYDNEY, August 8.—Recaptured only last week after his sixth escape from Air Force custodym 21-year-old Leading ...

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  17. TWO MEN KILLED IN GLIDER CRASH

    SYDNEY, August 3.—Two men were killed instantly when a glider crashed late to-day at Fleur's airstrip, about 10 miles from Liverpool. ...

    Article : 94 words
  18. FALLING TREE KILLS LOGGER

    ROCKHAMPTON, August 3.—William John Clayton, 35, Yeppoon, timber getter, was killed this afternoon, when struck by a falling tree at ...

    Article : 66 words
  19. TWO ARRESTS IN ST. KILDA CASE

    MELBOURNE, August 3.—Detectives to-night, charged two men with having shot at Keith Kitchener Hull, 30, St. Kilds, with intention to ...

    Article : 143 words
  20. 50th CHARGE OF ASSAULTING POLICE

    SYDNEY, August 3.—Kenneth Dear, 53. was sentenced to four months' imprisonment at the Central Police Court on Saturday, on each of two charges ...

    Article : 148 words
  21. SPORTING

    BRISBANE, August 3.—Hiraji, one of the most fancied candidates for the Ascot Handicap, six furlongs, first leg of the Q.T.C. Exhibition double to be ...

    Article : 171 words
  22. TWO INJURED BY OIL TANK BLAST

    SYDNEY. August 3.—Men, women, and children were blown off their feet in Bourke Street. East Sydney, to-day, when a 500 gallon petrol tank ...

    Article : 285 words
  23. RISE IN SHIPPING FREIGHTS LIKELY

    MELBOURNE, August 3.—Freight increases of about two-thirds are expected to be ratified by the Commonwealth Prices Commission when ...

    Article : 109 words
  24. PLANE SEIZED BY REBEL OFFICERS

    LONDON, August 3—The Associated Press' Istanbul representative says the newspaper, "Gece Postasi," reports three army officers who were ...

    Article : 84 words
  25. Mr. CHIFLEY ON BLAIR ATHOL

    CANBERRA, August 2.—Mr. Chifley said on Friday that he had promised Mr. Hanlon all possible Federal assistance to develop the Blair Athol ...

    Article : 186 words
  26. SLAUGHTERMEN BAN MEAT FOR JEWS

    LONDON, July 3.—Reuters says 50 slaughtermen at Kirkenhead abattoir decided as a protest against the treatment of British troops in ...

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  27. FAMILYOF FOUR DIE WHEN HOME BURNT

    SYDNEY, August 3.—A man, his wife and their two children were burned to death when their weatherboard home of six rooms was destroyed by fire in Coraki, near Casino, last night. They were John Olive (39), his wife ...

    Article : 285 words
  28. SEAGULL GROUNDS AIRLINER

    OAKLAND (California), August 2.— A collision with a seagull grounded an Australian National Airways plane to-day for repairs. ...

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  29. DARBY MUNRO TO RIDE GOOD IDEA IN KING'S CUP

    BRISBANE, August 3.—Good Idea, favourite for the King's Cup to be run at Eagle Farm on August 13. will be ridden by Darby Munro. ...

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  30. FRENCH ARMY IN TRAINING

    M. PAUL COSTES-FLORET, French Minister for War, with Gen. de Lattre de Tassigny, which a training demonstration by French Army recruits, advancing under barbed wire obstacles. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  31. SHANNON MAY NOT START IN EPSOM HANDICAP

    SYDNEY, August 3.—Shannon is likely to miss the Epsom Handicap, and in his absence, Native Son, who has been doing well on the tracks, and ...

    Article : 229 words
  32. MAN KNIFED IN BRISBANE TRAIN

    BRISBANE, August 3. — Walter Thomas Hatchman. 27, of Lincoln Street, Stone's Corner, was slashed with a butcher's knife in a second class ...

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  33. BULL ANTS ON TEST FLIGHT

    SYDNEY, August 3.—En route to America by A.N.A. Skymaster. a consignment of 3455 live bull ants and one dead one, left Sydney to-night. ...

    Article : 193 words
  34. EVATT SATISFIED ON JAP MISSION

    TOKIO, August 2.—Dr. Evatt last night described his mission to Japan as “completely successful.” He told British correspondents this ...

    Article : 147 words
  35. FAREWELL NOTE FROM "MONTY"

    CANBERRA, August 3.—Field Marshal Montgomery in a farewell message to Mr. Chifley, stated he felt he bad gained an experience that would ...

    Article : 77 words
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