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  3. Jockey Finds New Mount

    GORDON RICHARDS, Britain's champion Jockey, tried oat m new mount when he took a ride on Rosie., two-year-old elephant star appearing at the Christmas Circus in the Harringay Arena, London. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. BRISBANE EXPLOSION

    BRISBANE, December 25.—An explosion in J. Jackson's produce store, in Petrie Terrace, City, shortly before noon on Wednesday, cost four lives, while three people were injured. ...

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  5. German Women Help at the Job

    STREET SCENE in shattered Berlin, showing a gang of German women acting as labourers, digging trenches for laying heavy new electric power cables. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. EXPORT SUGAR INCREASE OF £3/15/- PER TON

    BRISBANE, December 25.—The British Ministry of Food has agreed to pay an additional £3 (£3/15/- Australian) per ton on raw sugar exported after January 1 next Announcing on Wednesday that ...

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  7. TROOPS WIL BE EVACUATED FROM PANAMA

    WASHINGTON, December 21.—The State Department announced to-day that the United Stales would evacuate all troops from the ...

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  8. NO ENDING TO IMBROGUO IN KASHMIR

    LONDON, December 24.—A settlement of the Kashmir imbroglic was still as far off as ever, after yesterda'y two hour meeting in ...

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  9. GERMANS HAD BLEAK CHRISTMAS

    LONDON, December 24.—The British United Press Hamburg correspondent says the Germans faced a bleak Christmas, where the only Sign ...

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  10. WOMAN, GIRL DROWNED IN RIVER

    GBAFTON, December 25.—A woman and a young girl were drowned while playing ring a rosy on a sandbank in the Clarence ...

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  11. His Holiness Warns Against Insincerity

    LONDON, December 24.—Reuter's says his Holiness the Pope, in a Christmas broadcast, said the world was further than ever from true peace. He warned against insincerity in public life, in which lies and cheating had ...

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  12. U.S.'s EXPENSIVE CHRISTMAS

    NEW YORK, December 24.—When the frantic rush Christmas shopping ended last night, Americans had spent 10 per cent more than the record figures ...

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  13. SHOT IN CHEST AFTER ARGUMENT

    SYDNEY, December 25.—During an argument outside a shop at Minmi near Newcastle, early this morning, Thomas Keating 26, was shot in the chest with ...

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  14. ANTARCTIC MEN REPORTED WELL

    CANBERRA, December 25.—All mem ben of the Australian Antarctic expedition were well and looking forward to a boisterous but exciting ...

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  15. U.S. STEMS HAND ON DEPORTATIONS

    NEW YORK, December 24.—The Dated States Government has postponed deportation proceedings two foreign newspapermen ...

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  16. PANAMA CUTTER REACHES AUCKLAND

    AUCKLAND, December 25 (A.A.P-Reutert.)—With long matted hair, in blue sweater dungarees, a lone sailor, William Weld. 34, of Maine. United ...

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  17. COMMISSIONER MISSES ARAB AMBUSH

    LONDON, December 24.—Reuters [?] correspondent says the High Commissioner (Sir Alan Cunningham), with a British ...

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  18. NO TRUCE HELD IN PALESTINE

    LONDON December 25.—Reuter's Jerusalem representative cays there was no Christmas Day truce in Palestine ...

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  19. M.L.A. HAS NARROW ESCAPE IN PLANE

    DALBY, December 25.—Mr. C. W. Russell, M.L.A. narrowly escaped death yesterday when his plane crashed while taking off from Jimbour ...

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  20. BURIED ALIVE FOR 4½ HOURS

    LONDON, December 23.—The "Dally Mail" says that Charles O'Brien. M. of Liverpool, said "thanks chums." when he was hauled to the surface, after he ...

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  21. KING WILL SPEAK FROM SANDRINGHAM

    LONDON, December 24.—His Majesty the King, broadcasting to the Empire at 3 p.m. (C.M.T. on December 25) will speak from ...

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  22. WOMAN RETURNS FROM AUSTRALIA

    LONDON, December 24.—Mrs Annie Britton, 53, returned to England after six weeks in Australia, because:— There is so much food in Australia ...

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  23. MANY ENZEDS SHORT OF PETROL

    WELLINGTON, December 25.—(A.A.P.-Reuters); Amazing scenes bordering panic were witnessed in Wellington yesterday, when petrol ...

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  24. MOTHER'S DASH TO SAVE SON

    SYDNEY, December 25.—A mother fought ber way through a smoke filled room to rescue her four-year-old ion when a mattress caught fire in a room ...

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  25. COLD CHRISTMAS IN SYDNEY

    BRISBANE, December 25.—While Brisbane people sweltered in damp beat to-day Sydney and the Blue Mountains and Melbourne spent a cold ...

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  26. OPIUM SMOKERS SEEK SUPPLIES

    SINGAPORE (A.A.P.—Reuter). December 24.—Nine hundred opium smokers have petitioned the Governor or Singapore (Sir Franklin Gibson) ...

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  27. BRITAIN TRIUMPHS OVER SHORTAGES

    LONDON, December 24.—Britons, dsepite a super-austerity 1947 and a 1948 that promised little better, are determined to let themselves go and ...

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  28. WOMAN DIES FROM FALL FROM WINDOW

    SYDNEY, December 25.—Falling 30 feet from a bathroom window at her home in Redfern. during a party last night. Doris Glover, 21, married. ...

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  29. U.K. MINERS RECORD COAL OUTPUT

    LONDON, December 24.—British miner present, to the nation was 4,400,000 tons of coal produced in the week ended December 20. which is ...

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  30. NO POWER TO GRANT 38-HOUR WEEK

    MELBOURNE, December 25.0-The Conciliation Commissioner. Mr. Murray Stewart, ruled yesterday that he could not reduce the hours of Railway ...

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  31. GUNFIRE RAGES IN JERUSALEM

    LONDON, December 24.—The Associated Press Jeruslaem correspondent says that gunfire raged again on Wednesday morning in the old walled city ...

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  32. WET CHRISTMAS IN MELBOURNE

    MELBOURNE, December 25.—Wet windy weather spoiled Christmas day for campers and holiday makers at beaches and hill resorts. ...

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  33. ANZAC FLAME GOES OUT IN RAIN

    BRISBANE, December 25.—The "eternal" flame at Anzac Square went out again to-day during a sudden gust of wind and a shower of rain. ...

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  34. Plans For Effective Truce For Indonesia

    BATAVIA, December 24—(A.A.P. and Reuter).—Details of its plans for achieving a speedy, effective truce in Indonesia by the creation of demilitarised zones, submitted on December 3 to die Dutch and Republicans ...

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  35. TWO REPORTERS FIRED ON

    LONDON, December 24.—The "Time" Jerusalem correspondent says that two journalists, an American and a Swede, who landed at Lydds ...

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  36. BOY DROWNED IN CREEK

    SYDNEY, December 25.—Robert Casey, 14, of Cabramatta, was drowned in Ophan Creek. Canley Vale, yesterday. while swimming with other boys. ...

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  37. FLYNN'S SALARY £78,168 PER ANNUM

    HOLLYWOOD, December 24.—Errol Flynn has signed a 15-year contract with Warner Brothers studios, which is believed to be one of the richest ...

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  38. CHINESE REPUBLIC WITH WORLD DEMOCRACIES

    NANKING, December 24 (A.A.P. and Reuter).—Christmas Day for Chinese Christians will have a double significance. On that day, the new constitution of the Chinese nation, CMA, adopted a year ago by the first ...

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  39. GEN. McNICOLL DEAD AT 70

    SYDNEY, December 25.—Brigadier-General Sir Walter McNicoll died at his home at Rose Bay to-day aped 70. He was administrator of New ...

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  40. BOY OF 8 DROWNED AT BELMONT

    SYDNEY, December 25.—Kivin Johnson (8) or Cessnock, was drowned in the surf at Belmont to-day after a huge wave had wrenched him from the ...

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  41. ADVICE NOT TO EAT STRANGE FISH

    BRISBANE, December 25.—Doctors yesterday warned holiday crowds to avoid Christmas poisoning by not eating or even touching strange fish they ...

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  42. BRITISH MINER BEATS THE RECORD

    NED GRLENSLAND. 37-year-old miner, of Pontycymmer, South Wales, recently broke all British records by digging 120 tons of coal in a week of six shifts, at the international Colliery, Bleangarw, Greenslade used a pneumatic pick and worked on [?] 4 feet 5 inches seem of medium dry ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  43. NINE KILLED IN CLASHES

    LONDON, December 25.—The British United Press Jerusalem representative says that nine were killed and eight injured, including a British police ...

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  44. BOY STRANGLED IN AIR RAID SHELTER

    LONDON, December 25.—Scotland Yard detectives are investigating the death of an eight-year-old boy. Ronald Varley. who was found stranded in an ...

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  45. ILLEGAL SHIP TAKEN TO HAIFA

    JERUSALEM, December 24.—A naval party boarded the illegal Immigrant ship Lo Tathidunu without opposition, taking her to Haifa. ...

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