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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 32 words
  3. SIX PIRIEANS IN TEAM TO MEET ENGLISH TEST CRICKETERS SERVICES OF ADELAIDE OVAL CURATOR FOR PREPARATION OF WICKET

    For the two-day cricket match on Memorial Oval in October between the English Test cricket team and a combined South Australian country side six players, including the twelfth man, will be drawn from Pirie. ...

    Article : 346 words
  4. TANKER STRUCK BY LIGHTNING

    THE 10,000-ton tanker Homestead caught lire and exploded today when it was struck by lightning as a cargo of petrol was being unloaded. ...

    Article : 54 words
  5. "ATTEMPT TO DICTATE TO PEACE CONFERENCE"

    The question of voting at the Peace Conference still remains unsettled and appears to be becoming more involved each day. When the rules committee met this morning Mr. Byrnes (United States), in an electrical atmosphere, said that Russia since the ...

    Article : 255 words
  6. CARPETS FOR POST-WAR HOMES

    So long ago as the end of last century Britain was exporting nearly £1,000,000 worth of carpets annually. Factories are now getting into their stride again. This United Kingdom Information Office picture shows bales of finished carpets being stencilled. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. 11 Towns Damaged

    AT least two persons are dead and 11 towns have been damaged in the Dominican Republic (West Indies) as a result of an earthquake and ...

    Article : 162 words
  8. Executive Officers Re-Elected

    At the annual meeting last night of Pirie District Cricket Association Mr. H. A. Calnan was re-elcctcd president and chairman. Mr. E. S. Scott ...

    Article : 117 words
  9. TERRORIST MURDER ATTEMPT FOILED

    AN attempt by members of the infamous Jewish Stern Gang to murder two senior British officers last night was foiled by dogs, one of ...

    Article : 139 words
  10. ENCOURAGING PRODUCTION OF TOBACCO IN AUSTRALIA

    Mr. J. B. Chifley (Prime Minister) announced today that Cabinet had decided to make a grant, on a pound for pound basis, of £10,000 a year for five years to the States for experimental and demonstration work in connection with tobacco leaf production. ...

    Article : 124 words
  11. MICA CONTROL TO CONTINUE

    The Commonwealth Government would continue to control mica production and distribution until the end of 1947, said Sen. W. P. Ashley. (Minister ...

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  12. CHILD ENDOWMENT DEBATE

    EXTENSION of child endowment to cover the first child would cost the Commonwealth another £19,500,000 annually, ...

    Article : 124 words
  13. "ARABS HAVE HAD RAW DEAL"

    "The average British soldier in Palestine is of opinion that the Arabs have had a raw deal, and he is strongly pro-Arab in sentiment." said Capt. D ...

    Article : 194 words
  14. WAR COSTS FALLING

    Mr. J. B. Chifley (Prime Minister) today introduced in the House of Representatives a Bill to grant the Government supply of £45,030,000 to the end of ...

    Article : 137 words
  15. SMUGGLED GOODS TO PRISONERS

    Three women members of the Quaker community at Birmingham were summoned for allegedly supplying German prisoners with blankets, food. razor ...

    Article : 99 words
  16. NORTHERN TERRITORY ADVISORY COUNCIL

    Mr. J. B. Chifley (Prime Minister) announced today that Cabinet had decided to set up an Advisory Council for Northern Territory consisting ...

    Article : 160 words
  17. PETROL HOPES DISPELLED

    HOPES of early lifting of petrol rationing were dispelled by Mr. J. B. Chifley (Prime Minister) today. He said in the House of ...

    Article : 146 words
  18. POWER CUTS MAY BE LIFTED

    So soon as the collier Empire Cowdray berths tomorrow Mr. P. G. Bice (chairman of South Australian Coal Committee) will confer with Mr. T. ...

    Article : 115 words
  19. PERSONAL

    An excellent recovery in health is being made by Mr. A. W. Lacey (member for Pirie), who collapsed while lunching at Parliament House last week. His ...

    Article : 441 words
  20. PUNCHED TRAIN GUARD

    [?]ow a train guard was knocked about by a passenger who demanded a receipt for his fare on a journey between Warnertown and Pirie was ...

    Article : 315 words
  21. FINED £2 10/ FOR KILLING CAT

    An unusual case was heard by Mr. W. C. Gillespie, S.M.. in Pirie Police Court yesterday, when Arnold Westley Bowley, of Simpson street, Solomontown, was ...

    Article : 427 words
  22. CAFE PROPRIETOR ON LIQUOR CHARGE

    Con Salagaras, proprietor of Sports Cafe, Alexander street, pleaded not guilty before Mr. W. C. Gillespie, S.M., in Pirie Police Court yesterday to a ...

    Article : 581 words
  23. Pails Defeats Drobny

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  24. SAFETY MOVEMENT IN PIRIE

    Organisers of various committees in connection with the newly-formed local branch of National Safety Council were appointed at a meeting in the ...

    Article : 380 words
  25. Aged Pirie Man Dies From Burns

    Mr. Martin Lind, an aged Pirie man who received severe burns to the body, face, and arms at his hut in a lane off Florence street early on Sunday ...

    Article : 75 words
  26. INDIAN OFFICIAL TO VISIT PIRIE

    Sir Raghunath Paranjpye (Indian Trade Commissioner to Australia), accompanied by his daughter. and secretary. will arrive in Pirie on August ...

    Article : 112 words
  27. FROM DAY TO DAY

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 80 words
  28. Train Delayed By Engine Fault

    When a mechanical defect, affecting the braking system, occurred on an engine hauling Monday's 6.30 p.m. Adelaide-Pirie passenger train ...

    Article : 63 words
  29. Parts Taken From School Wireless

    Following a welcome home social to former servicemen at Napperby School on Saturday night members of the committee found on Sunday ...

    Article : 106 words
  30. SO NEAR AND YET SO FAR!

    When the Wilhelm Wilhelmsen passenger motorship Tai Shan, which arrived at the anchorage outside Pirie from Europe via South Africa on Sunday afternoon, continued her voyage to Melbourne. without having entered the harbor plans for a surprise reunion between a military ...

    Article : 781 words
  31. £40 Raised For Pirie Benevolent Society

    The annual street appeal of Pirie Ladies' Benevolent Society on Friday had realised £40 3/3. Mrs. R. L. Forgan (secretary) announced last ...

    Article : 94 words
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  33. CYCLISTS FINED

    Cyclists who were fined by Mr. W. C. Gillespie. S.M., in Pirie Police Court yesterday for having ridden without lights were Charles Albert Furmark ...

    Article : 43 words
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  35. ALPINE SCENE AT TOWN HALL

    Members of Pirle Y.M.C.A. Ladies' Social Service Committee held a successful Snow Ball in the town hall last night. The function, which was opened by Mr. ...

    Article : 228 words
  36. £2 Fines For Drinking Near Dance Hall

    For having consumed liquor within 300 yds. of Parish Hall while a dance was in progress Thomas Wilson, of Senate road; and a juvenile ...

    Article : 101 words
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