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  2. Classified Advertising

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  3. ECONOMIC OUTLOOK GOOD, PROVIDED ALL STAY ON JOB

    President Truman told a Press conference yesterday that the economic outlook for 1947 is good—if everybody stays on the job. The statement followed a prediction by his Council of Economic Advisers that a ...

    Article : 275 words
  4. Rajah of Sarawak Wants Cession Revoked

    The British Government in Sarawak has prohibited Mr. Anthony Brooke from entering Sarawak in order to ensure that ...

    Article : 117 words
  5. PORTUGUESE GOA TO HAVE STATUS AS PROVINCE

    During the Japanese occupation of Hongkong the Japanese, on one occasion herded 700 men, women and children, mostly ...

    Article : 119 words
  6. CHINESE CIVIL WAR A THREAT TO WORLD

    The war in China is a threat to world stability and peace, and China has a clear responsibility to the United Nations to restore, internal peace, declared President Truman when defending the United States action in ...

    Article : 376 words
  7. Stowaways from Spain Were 'Ghosts' on Hulk

    Four "ghosts" with bleeding feet were found in the sloop Aberdeen at Plymouth when a search party went aboard to ...

    Article : 139 words
  8. BYRD LOCATES UNDERSEA'S RANGE IN ANTARCTIC

    An uncharted undersea's mountain range, rising almost vertically from the Pacific floor, represents the first discovery made by ...

    Article : 131 words
  9. Commission Investigation of Greek Charges

    Russia's views have still to be stated on a resolution submitted by the United States to the Security Council asking that a Commission of seven—the Big Five plus Poland and Brazil— be sent to the Balkans to investigate the Greek charges against ...

    Article : 195 words
  10. CHINESE PLAN TO LAUNCH DRIVE ON COMMUNISTS

    Commanders of Government forces yesterday concluded a military conference at the provincial capital of Taiyuan, at which agreement was ...

    Article : 112 words
  11. RUSSIA TO GAIN OIL CONCESSIONS IN PERSIA

    A proposal for a Russian oil concession in five Northern Persian provinces, including Azerbaijan, will be presented to the ...

    Article : 81 words
  12. JAPS TURNED INDIANS ADRIFT IN ROUGH SEAS

    Aware of the wishes of the colony of Goa, the Portuguese Government has granted Portuguese India a special political ...

    Article : 77 words
  13. ANTI-CANCER CAMPAIGN

    In a 'letter to the British Empire Anti-Cancer Campaign the Duke of Gloucester, as President, expressed the hope that within a measurable ...

    Article : 63 words
  14. COMMONS APPROVE ON TRANSPORT NATIONALISATION

    By 362 votes to 204 the House of Commons last night approved of the second reading of the bill to nationalise transport in Britain. ...

    Article : 90 words
  15. CONGRESS DEFERS CONSIDERATION OF REPUBLIC BAN

    The Working Committee of the Congress Party decided last night that the discussion on the republic proposal of Pandit Nehru should be ...

    Article : 56 words
  16. BRITISH SERGEANT KILLED IN DUEL WITH ARAS GUNMAN

    A British police sergeant was shot dead at Jaffa in a duel with an Arab gunman who was escaping after killing an Arab landbroker. ...

    Article : 91 words
  17. ASHES OF U.S. AUTHOR SCATTERED OVER NEW YORK SQUARE

    The ashes of Damon Runyon, the famous columnist and author, were yesterday distributed over "The Times" square from an aeroplane, ...

    Article : 114 words
  18. SECRETARY REPEATS CHARGES OF SENATOR ACCEPTING BRIBE

    Giving evidence before the Senate War Investigating Committee, Mr. Edward Terry, former Secretary, to Senator Bilbo (Democrat) reiterated ...

    Article : 98 words
  19. BIG IRRIGATION WORKS FOR MEXICO

    Costing 300 million dollars an irrigation programme to reclaim 345 million acres of land over the next six years will be inaugurated on ...

    Article : 65 words
  20. PROFESSOR JOAD DENIES SLIGHTING AUSTRALIA

    The first London newspaper to mention the protest of the Australian Minister to London (Mr. Beasley) about Professor Joad's "slighting" ...

    Article : 82 words
  21. REPATRIATING JAP NATIONALS.

    Under an agreement signed by General MacArthur and Lieutenant-General Derevyanko, 50,000 Japanese war prisoners and nationalists who ...

    Article : 80 words
  22. SANTA CLAUS FAITH OF GIRL REWARDED

    A sentimental postman at Basle, Switzerland, with an eye to national prestige, delivered to the local Red Cross a letter addressed to "Saint Nicholas Father Christmas, Fairyland, Switzerland." It came from Fat Johnson, 8, Sheffield. ...

    Article : 103 words
  23. ITALIAN PACT WITH VATICAN

    The All-party Constitutional Subcommittee upheld the pact with the Vatican, which had been signed by Mussolini which ended the voluntary ...

    Article : 39 words
  24. BRIDE MAY FLY TO AUSTRALIA

    Mrs. Pamela Ward-Smith, who returned to her parents by air after she had reached Port Said by ship, because she was homesick on the ...

    Article : 116 words
  25. JAP CRUELTIES AT SINGAPORE CAMP

    W/O William Hector Stipwick, of Newcastle, who was captured by the Japs in Singapore but escaped in 1945, described to the War Crimes ...

    Article : 118 words
  26. ITALY DEFERS CUT IN BREAD RATION

    To avoid aggravating the unrest which is spreading throughout Italy owing to the scarcity of basic food-stuffs and also soaring prices, the ...

    Article : 88 words
  27. BRITISH LOAN TO AUSTRIA FOR WOOL PURCHASE

    Britain is making available a grant of £8,500,000 and a credit of £1,500,000 to Austria to finance wool purchases after U.N.R.R.A. relief had ...

    Article : 73 words
  28. FRENCH MINISTER TO VISIT INDO CHINA

    The Colonial Minister in the Blum Cabinet is to fly to Indo-China to study the situation there. This follows reports from ...

    Article : 105 words
  29. CANADA MAY REVISE VALUE OF DOLLARS

    Ignoring previous official denials, the Ottawa correspondent of the "Wall Street Journal" repeats the rumour that the ...

    Article : 143 words
  30. AUSTRALIAN BRIDE ON FORGERY CHARGE

    Charged with forgery, an Australian war bride, Iris A. Kemble, 22, formerly Abrett, of Melbourne, was remanded in the felony court until ...

    Article : 116 words
  31. U.S. DEFENCES WEAK

    A high-ranking army spokesman said that in the event of an attack the United States would have only four divisions in which to meet an ...

    Article : 80 words
  32. MILLION YEN PROFIT FROM DOPE WHISKY

    Eleven Japanese bootleggers confessed to the police they had made a profit of 1,000,000 yen by selling 10,000 bottles of "whisky" which ...

    Article : 50 words
  33. AUSTRALIAN NAVAL SHIPS TO LOCATE BASE IN ANTARCTIC

    Cabinet decided last night to despatch an Australian naval ship equipped with suitable aircraft on a short reconnaissance voyage to the Antarctic this summer to locate a suitable ice-free base, and instructed the departments concerned to proceed immediately ...

    Article : 191 words
  34. SOVIET NAVAL OFFICER CHIDED FOR ATTACK ON BRITISH CONVOYS

    The newspaper "Pravda" administered a sharp rebuke to Captain V. Andreev, a Soviet naval officer, for an article which had appeared in the ...

    Article : 72 words
  35. MINISTER APPOINTED TO WASHINGTON

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) announced yesterday that Cabinet had approved the appointment of Mr. A. T. Stirling, at present High ...

    Article : 54 words
  36. JEWS MURDERED TO COMPLETE SKELETON COLLECTION

    Evidence of a Nazi plan to complete the Jewish skeleton collection at Strasbourg University was given by a French ex-prisoner of war, ...

    Article : 90 words
  37. TRADE COMMISSIONER FOR CEYLON

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) announced that Cabinet had decided to appoint an Australian Trade Commissioner to Ceylon. ...

    Article : 101 words
  38. NO SETTLEMENT IN GAS STRIKE

    The gas strike remains unsettled and present negotiations give little hope of an early settlement. The State management committee ...

    Article : 101 words
  39. RECORD BREAK IN SNOOKER

    Playing against his brother Joe at Blackpool last night, Fred Davis, made a snooker break of 139 which is one more than the world record. ...

    Article : 86 words
  40. CLOTHES RATIONING TO CONTINUE

    Stating that clothes rationing in Britain will, end just as soon as production rose to post-war levels, the President of the Board of Trade (Sir ...

    Article : 69 words
  41. RECORD CHANNEL FLIGHT.

    LONDON, Thursday.—A new record for a flight from Le Bourget, Paris, to Croydon, was established yesterday when a Gloster Meteor ...

    Article : 33 words
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