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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 152 words
  3. FURTHER TRIMMING OF DOLLAR IMPORTS

    CANBERRA, December 8.—The Federal Cabinet to-night ordered further drastic cuts in Australia's dollar imports to limit the total dollar expenditure for 1947-48 to about £90,000,000 in Australia currency. ...

    Article : 710 words
  4. BRITAIN'S LUXURY AIR LINER IN FLIGHT

    "STAR LION", first of the Avro "Tudor" air linen to operate on scheduled services, has just made its inaugural filial to South America. The Avro "Tudor" have been the subject of much discussion between the Avro company, the Government, and British Overseas Airways Corporation, and a committee, appointed by the Minister of Supply, is now sitting to make an inquiry into the development of production of these aircraft. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 142 words
  5. PARACHUTISTS DROP IN LONDON

    LONDONERS had a close-up view of parachute jumping when officers and men of the 16th Territorial Airborne Division gave a demonstration in Hyde Park, London. All jumps were made from a cage attached to captive balloon. Matt of the officers and men making the jumps are members of he ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 178 words
  6. RUNAWAYS SET UP HOUSE IN BATHING BOX

    MELBOURNE, December 8.—A policeman to-day knocked politely on the door of bathing box at Sandringham, a Melbourne ...

    Article : 271 words
  7. A.R.U. OFFICIALS CONTEND SPEECHES NOT CONTEMPT

    BRISBANE, December 8.—Judgment was reserved by the Full Bench of the Industrial Court to-day in complaints against Michael O'Brien, State President, and Francis George Nolan, State Secretary of the Australian Railways Union, by the Commissioner for Railways, that on or about November 18 last they contravened an order of the Court ...

    Article : 1,514 words
  8. Unified Coal Jurisdiction Chifley's Aim

    MELBOURNE, December 8.—A single unified Australia-wide jurisdiction of the coal mining industry was the Commonwealth's ...

    Article : 148 words
  9. HOPES FADE FOR FRENCH SETTLEMENT

    LONDON, December 8.—Reuter Paris correspondent reports that hopes of an early settlement of the strike position in France faded ...

    Article : 182 words
  10. New Clashes In Palestine Battle Area

    LONDON, December 8.—The Associated Press Jerusalem representative says that new clashes were reported this morning in the ...

    Article : 274 words
  11. V.D.C. PATIENT FINDS FRIENDS

    BRISBANE, December 8.—John Bell, 26-year-old ex-Volunteer Defence Corps member and inmate of Greenslopes Military Hospital, advertised in ...

    Article : 142 words
  12. FARMER KILLED BY HARVESTER

    SYDNEY, December 8.—George Stanyer, 40-year-old farmer, was killed to-day when preparing to harvest wheat on bit Oak Hills property at Old ...

    Article : 69 words
  13. LOW C.C.S. FROM NORTHERN CROPS

    CAIRNS, December 8.—The late growth of cane in various mill areas, due to abnormal weather conditions after planting, caused a low ...

    Article : 230 words
  14. IMMIGRANT SHIP DUE TO-DAY

    CANBERRA, December 8.—The liner Asturias is due to arrive at Fremantle to-morrow with 1612 migrants from Britain and Europe, announced ...

    Article : 78 words
  15. PRICE OF COAL AGAIN RAISED

    BRISBANE, December 8.—The latest increase in the price of coal—the fifth this year will cost the biggest users in the State ...

    Article : 286 words
  16. COSTLY STRIKE BY TALLY CLERKS

    MELBOURNE, December 8.—Hops for a settlement of the tally clerks dispute is now centred on union talks to-morrow, between the Emergency ...

    Article : 192 words
  17. PARLEYS OPEN IN INDONESIA

    BATAVIA, December 8. (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Negotiations to settle the Indonesian dispute between the Dutch and the Indonesian ...

    Article : 208 words
  18. A.W.U. ATTITUDE ON BLAIR ATHOL

    BRISBANE, December 8.—The chairman of directors of the Blair Alhol Open Cut Collieries (Mr. D. M. Corrie) had no authority whatever to say that ...

    Article : 103 words
  19. CABINET TOLD OF OFFER TO PREMIER

    HOBART, December 8.—The Royal Communication inquiring into the charges relating to the alleged payment to the Premier. Mr. ...

    Article : 342 words
  20. BLAIR ATHOL AGREEMENT

    BRISBANE, December 8.—The Blair Athol Agreement between the Government and the Electric Supply Corporation would be ...

    Article : 123 words
  21. TROOPS COMPLETE SHIP'S LOADING

    SYDNEY, December 8.—Occupation force troops completed the loading of the Westralia this afternoon. when wharf labourers ceased ...

    Article : 185 words
  22. LONG FLIGHT BY AIR AMBULANCE

    CAIRNS, December 8.—The Cairns Aerial Ambulance made a mercy flight to-day to Carpentaria Downs and Georgetown to bring to Calms two ...

    Article : 193 words
  23. NORMAL LIFE GRADUALLY RETURNS IN GERMANY

    LIFE GRADUALLY returns to normal in many parts of Germany. A well attended open-air service held by the Salvation Army in Bedfeld, north-west Germany. The big air-raid shelter in the centre of the Square now used by the children as a grand-stand. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 90 words
  24. Port Newry Inspected as Likely Coal Outlet

    MACKAY, December 8.—Mr. Theodore J. Hirst, a representative of the English Electric Supply Corporation, which has an agreement with the Queensland Government to develop Blair Athol coalfields, under ...

    Article : 326 words
  25. ACQUITTAL ON UXORICIDE CHARGE

    SYDNEY, December 8.—David Frederick Perkins (32), engineer, was acquitted in the Central Criminal Court to-day on a charge that on September ...

    Article : 103 words
  26. GOLDEN CASKET 1186 DRAWN

    BRISBANE, December 8.—Golden Casket No. 1186 was drawn to-day and resulted: First prize, No. 2644, Mrs. J. H. Williams, A. Moffat, G. Leggett. ...

    Article : 85 words
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