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  2. MAILS CLOSE TO DAY

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 122 words
  3. TIDES, SUN AND MOON

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 94 words
  4. "DUMBO" GETS A NEW COAT

    "Dumbo," the baby elephant at the London Zoo, has been presented with a nice woollen coat to protect her from the winter winds. Unused to such luxury however, "Dumbo" who now weighs 7 cwt. protested strongly during the fitting by her keeper. In our picture the cost is on, but in the scuffle "Dumbo" knocks over the keeper. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 121 words
  5. TACTICS OVER BURDEKIN DAM

    BRISBANE, January 17.—Criticising the tactics the Premier (Mr. E. M. Hanlon) had adopted over the Burdeldn dam project, the leader of the Liberal Parliamentary Party, Mr. T. A. Hiley, described them ...

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  6. West Drenched By Cyclone Rain

    With the hurricane that battered Hughenden in October last vividly in memory, residents of Richmond, a township on the western line, 307 miles from Townsville, were nervous last evening ...

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  7. THE RISE IN PRICE OF BREAD

    BRISBANE, January 17:—Bread prices increased from a farthing to a halfpenny in 140 Queensland towns from centres ...

    Article : 383 words
  8. DEWEY HITS AT GAMBLING

    NEW YORK, January 16.—Governor Dewey, in a message to the State legislature, described the proposal by the ...

    Article : 266 words
  9. SOCIALIST P'GRAMME OF BRIT. GOVERNMENT

    LONDON, January 16.—The socialisation of sugar, steel , meat wholesaling and cement; the ownership of assurance by policy holders, and the transfer to public ownership of "any appropriate sections" of the chemical industry, are among the socialisation ...

    Article : 481 words
  10. Motorists Must Dip Headlights

    BRISBANE, January 17.—Glaring headlights on cars will be eliminated when the new traffic laws come into force next ...

    Article : 165 words
  11. SUDDEN STORM SHAKES BEGA

    SYDNEY, January 17.—Lightning split trees and 131 points of rain fell in less than 30 minutes at Bega on the south coast, 277 miles ...

    Article : 111 words
  12. MYANECIN SAVES ANOTHER LIFE

    MELBOURNE, January 17.—Injections of the little known drug, myanecin, were used by doctors at Cohuna Hospital to ...

    Article : 178 words
  13. BAD WEATHER TAKES HUGE TOLL IN U.S.

    NEW YORK, January 16.—A severe cold wave force mach of the United States to-day Blizzards continued in some ...

    Article : 325 words
  14. THE NEST IS VERY EMPTY

    TOKIO, January 17.—The French sloop, La Grandiere, arrived in Tokio to-day to pick up 37,000,000 dollars worth of Japanese gold in ...

    Article : 112 words
  15. ASIAN DISEASE WARNING

    MELBOURNE, January 17.—Asians suffering from diseases which might be a source of danger to Australian would not be ...

    Article : 148 words
  16. PREMIER UNMOVED W N.Q.L.P.

    BRISBANE, January 17: The Premier (Mr. Hanlon) to-day said that he did not know the "North Queensland ...

    Article : 80 words
  17. PEACE MOTION CLOSES MEETING

    SYDNEY, January l7.—Conflict over a motion on peace broke up a meeting at the Congress of the National Union or Australian ...

    Article : 221 words
  18. EVERYTHING STOPS FOR TEA

    SYDNEY, January l7.—Over 870 tons of coal was lost to-day because the miners in two pits did not get their morning cup of tea ...

    Article : 168 words
  19. AUST. WHEAT AND FLOUR FOR INDIA

    MELBOURNE, January 17.—The British Food Ministry has bought 100,000 tons of flour from Australia and negotiations for the sale ...

    Article : 122 words
  20. OPIUM BRINGS £100 FINE

    SYDNEY, January 17.—A Chinese ship's cook was fined £100 in a special Federal Court to-day a few hours after customs officers ...

    Article : 81 words
  21. CASKET INQUIRY OPENS TO-DAY

    BRISBANE, January 17.—The Royal Commission into the Golden Casket which opens on Wednesday is expected to last at least until ...

    Article : 96 words
  22. BOY'S PRANK MAY COST £5000

    LONDON, January 17.—The adventure of John Guthrie (14) who, last week took the fishing boat Girl Jean 200 miles across ...

    Article : 142 words
  23. PAGE STATES POLICY ON HOSPITALS

    MELBOURNE, January 17: It was fundamentally wrong that the whole responsibility of private and hospital services ...

    Article : 261 words
  24. WANTS TROOPS OUT OF EGYPT

    LONDON, January 16.—The announcement in King Farouk's speech from the throne, which was read by Nahas Pasha at the ...

    Article : 159 words
  25. 1,000 TIMES STRONG AS ATOM BOMB

    NEW YORK, January 16.—President Truman would probably decide within two or three weeks whether the U.S.A ...

    Article : 238 words
  26. CHURCH DENIES RED INFLUENCE

    MELBOURNE, January 17.—Suggestions that the American Church of Christ was "purely Communist" was also a ...

    Article : 150 words
  27. ORANGES COMING TO THE NORTH

    BRISBANE, January 17.—The orange "drought" in Brisbane and Queensland's country areas was temporarily relieved to-day when ...

    Article : 79 words
  28. RAIL MOTOR HITS MEAT WAGGON

    ROCKHAMPTON, January 17.—Though the motor of the Rockhampton Gladstone rail motor was derailed to-night at T o'clock when ...

    Article : 119 words
  29. SELECTIONS NEAR MORELLA OPENING

    BRISBANE, January 17.—The Lands Minister (Mr. Foley) stated to-day that two portions of Evesham sheep holding, about 12 miles ...

    Article : 79 words
  30. REFERENDUM ON PRICES SOUGHT

    MELBOURNE, January 17.—The interstate executive of the A.C.T.U., at its meeting in Melbourne on February 27. will ...

    Article : 44 words
  31. INDONESIA'S PRESIDENT

    IN CELEBRATION of the birth of the United States of Indonesia, the new President held a reception in the Koningsplein Palace at Batavia now renamed Jakarta. Photo shows President Snekarno joking with his wife as he rearranges ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 94 words
  32. MASKS TO SELL RADIO SETS

    A German manufacturer took a new line in street advertising when he hired men wear comic masks made in the shape of radio values to advertise radio sets. Picture shows the men in a Berlin street. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 80 words
  33. SUGAR ITEMS

    Bingers (Bundaberg) mill cane suppliers at a general meeting decided that in the event of the Bundaberg sugar mills being ...

    Article : 149 words
  34. MERINO FLEECE IN BIG DEMAND

    SYDNEY, January 17.—Wool selling rates have risen up to 20 per cent, on the closing rates of 1949 during the past two days of ...

    Article : 106 words
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