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  2. TIDES, SUN AND MOON

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  3. MAILS CLOSE TODAY

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  4. Signature On Letter Not Minister's

    CANBERRA, January 1.—Inquiries by the Commonwealth Investigation Branch into alleged irregularities concerning certain New Guinea timber ...

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  5. Grasshoppers Descend On Adelaide

    PLAGUE: These chidren are almost knee-deep in swarms of grasshoppers on the oval at St. Peter's College, Adelaide. The Zoo, where animals ate the grasshoppers, was the only place where the grasshoppers did not swarm in millions. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. FIGHTING IN GREECE

    ACTION: Part of Greek Army platoon is action against guerilas last week ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. 3M. TONS 4P.C. COPPER AT ISA

    MT. ISA, January 1.—The existence of more than 3,000,000 tons of 4 per cent, copper ore at Mt.Isa has been proved, but it is ...

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  8. 35 HOURS, AIM OF MINERS

    SYDNEY, January 1.—A 35 hour week will be the major [?] of the Miners Federation in 1948, stated the general secretary (Mr. Grant) ...

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  9. ROMANTIC MIX-UP, 450 FIANCES ARRIVE

    MELBOURNE, January l.—The presence of 450 young women among the immigrants from Italy, Malta, Palestine, Syria, Cyprus and ...

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  10. NEW CAR PERMITS ADVISED BY WIRE

    MELBOURNE, January 1.—People who gained permits for new cars might be advised in future by Telegrams like lottery ...

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  11. PICKING MACHINE FOR COTTON NEEDED

    BRISBANE, January 1.—On his return from the north. the Minister lot Agriculture (Mr. H. H. Collins) will take up with the Federal Government ...

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  12. SINO REBELS MORE BRUTAL THAN JAPS

    HONGKONG, December 31. (A.A.P. -Reuters).—"The purpose of our eight years of long war was to safeguard our national ...

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  13. Education, First Govt. Dept. Decentralised

    BRISBANE, January 1.—The , State Government is expected to proceed this year with its plan for decentralising administration, ...

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  14. 2 Men Shot In Sydney Flat, Woman Charged

    SYDNEY, January 1.—Police tonight arrested and charged a 23-year-old woman with attempted murder, following a double ...

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  15. REFRIGERATED RAIL MILK TANKER

    BRISBANE, January 1.—The Transport Minister (Mr. Duggan) said today that the Government was cooperating with the North Queensland ...

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  16. MORE GREEK ARMY TROOPS IN KONITZA

    LONDON, January 1.—Reuters Athens correspondent says an official report states strong sections of Greek Government relief ...

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  17. 6 YEAR-OLD'S SIT-DOWN STRIKE

    SYDNEY, January l.—A member of the French Consulate was called in to-night to break a [?] down strike by a six-year-old ...

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  18. 2 CONVICT ESCAPEES SHOT DEAD

    CANON CITY (Colorado), December 31.—Only one of 12 convicts who escaped Cram Colorado State prison yesterday, is still at large. Two have ...

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  19. R.N. ORDERS JEW SHIPS TO CYPRUS

    LONDON, January 1.—The British United Press jerusalem representative says Haganah says the Royal Navy boarded the Pan ...

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  20. STAND BURNT OUT DURING RACE

    MELBOURNE January. 1—The entire section of the wooden hill stand at Flemington race course was destroyed by a fire which began during ...

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  21. 5 RESCUED AT MACKAY BEACH

    MACKAY, January 1.—A disastrous end to a happy beach picnic at Sheal Point, Mackay, to-day, was averted by the resource of a ...

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  22. 17,800 CIGARETTES SEIZED ON SHIP

    BRISBANE, January 1.—Customs officers seized 17.800 contraband English and U.S. cigarettes, found on the freighter Empire Kirk which arrived ...

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  23. YACHT CREWS [?] OF GRUELLING RACE

    HOBART, January 1.—Most of the yatchts which arrived at Hobart [?] day after completing the 680 [?] voyage from Sydney, reported ...

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  24. CALOUNDRA AGAIN CLEARED BY SHARKS

    BRISBANE, January 1.—Bathers at Caloundra to-day were kept out of the water for two hours by two sharks which have been hanging around the ...

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  25. 400-YEAR-OLD VAULT SPRING-CLEANED

    LONDON, January 1.—Because he thought his four centuries old ancestral vault was too untidv, the seventh Earl of Spencer had all his forbears ...

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  26. NORTH QUEENSLAND PIONEER PASSES

    BRISBANE, January 1.—The [?] of William Charles Clifford, was one of the pioneers of North Queensland took place in a hospital ...

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  27. 4 KILLED ON SHIP BY FRUIT GAS

    SINGAPORE, December 31 A.A.P.- Reuter).—Carbondioxide, believed to have been generated by oranges contained in the hold of the Narbada, ...

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  28. BRIGHT SECONDARY INDUSTRY FUZURE

    BRISBANE, January 1.—That the State has bright prospects for the development of secondary industries was emphasised to-day by Mr P. Ross ...

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  29. IMPORT TRADE QUOTAS OPPOSED

    MELBOURNE, January 1.—Australia is opposed to including in the charter of the I.T.O., permission to me import quotas for protective purposes ...

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  30. RETALIATION RAIDS ON ARAB VILLAGES

    JERUSALEM, January 1.—Clashes in various parts of Palestine ushered in the new year. Haganah shock troops, in the biggest ...

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  31. EMMANUEL GIVEN MILITARY FUNERAL

    ALEXANDRIA, December 31.—ExKing Victor Emmanuel was burled in: the precincts of Saint Catherine's Cathedral, with full military honours ...

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  32. JOINT ACTION ON TAX CERTAIN

    MELBOURNE, Jan. 1.—Joint action by Victoria, South Australia and West Australia against uniform taxation teems certain if the ...

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  33. POPE CONVINCED OF PEACE

    LONDON, December 31.—His Holliness the Pope told diplomats at the Vatican that clear-sighted, free men of every party were convinced of ...

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  34. 4 Main British Ra[?] Companies Nation

    LONDON, December 31.—Without cere[?] change in the routine of 600,000 employees,[?] main railway companies and 54 other railway [?] takings at midnight to-night became nationalised ...

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  35. ANTI-REFERENDUM CASE CLOSED

    MELBOURNE, January 1.—Official argument against the rents and prices referendum, which is now in the hands of the chief Commonwealth electoral ...

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  36. PUBLIC WILL PAY £80,000 IN NEW TAX

    BRISBANE, January 1.—The travelling public will pay the State Government at least £80,000 a year as a result of the new ...

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  37. £8M. B.O.A .C. LOSS LAST YEAR

    LONDON, December 31.—The "Daily Telegraph" states that B.O.A.C. accounts next week are expected to show about £8,000,000 loss for the first. ...

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  38. REPATRIATION OF CHINESE WELCOMED

    HONGKONG, January 1.—(A. A. P. -Reuters): "The Chinese Government welcomes seamen being repatristed from Australia." said ...

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  39. NO MORE STATE EXPERTS FOR C.S.I.R.

    BRISBANE. January 1.—The State Government has asked the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research not, to take any more State agriculture ...

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  40. SLAVE CONDITIONS IN JAP MINES

    TOKIO, January 1.—Seventy-five thousand Jap miners are working as slaves under conditions unbearable for animals in the Hokkaido mines, ...

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  41. MICHAEL FORCED BY REDS TO ABDICATE

    LONDON, December 31.—The "Evening News" says Dmitri Dimancesco, second Senior Councillor at the Rumanian Embassy in London ...

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  42. JET FIGHTER PILOT AWARDED A.F.C.

    CANBERRA, January 1.—Squadron Leader Cyril William Stark of Brisbane the pilot who carried out the test of the firsts Australian built ...

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  43. BIG TASKS AHEAD IN INDUSTRY

    LONDON, January 1.—Reuter states Sir Stafford Cripps in a New Year message to industry, said during the closing months of 1947, industry and ...

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  44. BRITISH COAL 3M. TONS OFF TARGET

    LONDON, December 31.—It is officially reported the coal output to December 27 totalled 196,584,400 tons leaving only 3,415,600 tons needed to ...

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  45. ONLY CENSORSHIP IN CHINA AT MUKDEN

    HONGKONG, January l.—(A.A.P. -Reuters): China has no censorship except that imposed at Mukden, where military hostilities are in progress said ...

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  46. 33 DEAD IN U.S. TORNADO

    SHREVEPORT (Louisiana), December 31.—Officials at the sanitarium at Minden, Louisiana, said to-night they had received an unconfirmed report that 33 were killed and approximately 200 injured when a tornado struck ...

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  47. Major Extensions At Dittmer Mines

    An important extension programme is in hand at the Dittmer Gold Mines, in the Proserpine district. Un till now all are raised from the mine has been bagged and sent away for smelting. The company, headed by Dr. Felix Dittmer, has now decided to instal a crushing and ...

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  48. ESCAPE FROM LONG BAY DURING RAIN

    SYDNEY, January 1.—Heavy rain aided a 38-year-old housebreaker. Crofton Edward Barnes to make a gateway after a mystery escape from ...

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  49. SURVEY OF ALL INDUSTRIES URGED

    MELBOURNE, January 1.—A running survey of every industry to estimate Australia's potential production and so gear it to consumption capacity ...

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