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  2. LETTERS TO EDITOR

    Sir,—I refute statements that Cr. Simm and I supported a recommendation for increases in bus fares. The facts are: We both opposed the ...

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  3. 24 Men In Commonwealth Steel Strike

    Fourteen bricklayers and 10 carpenters went on strike at the end of shift at Commonwealth Steel yesterday afternoon. They will meet at the ...

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  4. CHILDREN LEAVE NEWCASTLE SOON

    Christmas holidays at Waratah Deaf and Dumb Institute, usually happy affairs, have a less cheerful tone this year. Twenty-five of the students, ranging from small children to 15-year-old, and coming from South Australia, Western, Australia, Tasmania and Victoria, will not come back when institute reopens on February 3. The Dominlean Order, which conducts the institute, has opened a school at Portsea, 60 miles from Melbourne, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. Islington Girl In Two Radio Eisteddfod Shows

    Shirley Keith, 18, of Islington, who was a finalist in the variety section of the first broadcast of the Australian Broadcasting Commission National ...

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  6. Gold Pass Story False, Says Mr. Blain

    CANBERRA, Friday.—In the House of Representatives to-day, Mr. Blain (Ind., N.T.) said that an allegation made yesterday ...

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  7. PREDICTS GOVERNMENT DEFEAT

    Sir,—Members of the Opposition in Federal Parliament are finding themselves powerless and without privilege as are Opposition representatives in ...

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  8. CLOSING HOURS OF SHOPS

    Sir.—If shop assistants close shops on Fridays at 5.30 p.m., railway, tram and bus men have the same right, as have cafe, hotel, greengrocery, ...

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  9. Aero Club For Lismore

    Newcastle Aero Club was to open a flying centre at Lismore, the Flight Superintendent (Mr. A. H. Clare) said yesterday on his re[?]urr, to Newcastle ...

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  10. "Mr. X" Appeals To High Court

    SYDNEY, Friday,—"Mr. X" (Sydney Samuel Wilton Davis) lodged an appeal in the High Court to-day against an order of the State Full ...

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  11. WOMEN WAR-SLAVES

    Sir,—"Union Housewife" seems to think Women are not giving the bakers a fair go, but who cares about women these days? They have been slaves ...

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  12. EXTRA FLOOR FOR COURTHOUSE

    A third floor would be added to Newcastle's new courthouse building, the Minister of Justice (Mr. Downing) said yesterday after inspecting the ...

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  13. Three Mines Idle Yesterday

    Yesterday was a good coal production day throughout the State with only three idle mines. Two of the collieries, Pelaw Main in the North. ...

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  14. SUBURBAN AND DISTRICT

    Cardiff Progress Association will ask Lake Macquarie Shire Council that the Engineer inspect the road formation in a subdivision estate between ...

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  15. NEW WEAPONS COULD WIPE OUT ALL LIFE

    Apart from the atomic bomb, weapons exist which could wipe every vestige of human, animal, and vegetable life from the face of the earth. ...

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  16. Against Mayfield Bus Stop Change

    Mayfield South Progress Association will oppose any move to have the terminus of the No. 104 bus route altered from Mayfield tram terminus. ...

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  17. CONTROL OF UNIONS

    Sir.—Why has Mr. London so much say in strikes? It seems that unionists have forgotten the meaning of the word "union." It is fast being ...

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  18. Drank, Ordered To Leave T.B. Sanitorium

    SYDNEY, Friday.—Because five male patients at Bodington T.B. Sanitorium at Wentworth Falls broke a promise not to drink, and had been ...

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  19. BAKERS' WAGES

    Sir.—"Union Housewife" ("N.M.H." 5/11/47) does not know that the bakers are Betting more than my husband, who is in one of the industries. We ...

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  20. Cardiff Stoppage Averted

    A threatened stoppage of work at the Cardiff locomotive workshops was averted yesterday. A lunch-hour meeting of employees ...

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  21. WOMAN HURT IN BUS COLLISION

    A woman passenger suffered a broken leg when two buses collided in Pacific Highway, Adamstown, at 8.15 last night. ...

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  22. OBITUARY

    After a long illness, Mr. William Charles McNeil, 42, died at his home in Railway-street, Newcastle, on Thursday night. He was the only son of ...

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  23. Two Sections For Belmont School

    In the new year the school would be divided into separate departments for boys and girls, the Headmaster (Mr. Forbes) reported to Belmont ...

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  24. COUNCIL ELECTIONS

    Sir,—I agree with the leading article ("N.M.H.," 27/10/'47) that the present Greater Newcastle Council is of middling quality. Our great industrial ...

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  25. COLLAPSED, DIED AT VICTORIA STATION

    While waiting on Victoria-street railway station, Maitland, last night for a Kurri Kurri train, Mrs. Ethel Campbell, 67, of Rous-street, East ...

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  26. Aldermen To Run Team For Maitland

    Majority, at least, of the retiring aldermen of Maitland City Council will form part of a team for the election on December 6. ...

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  27. Crushed Between Rail Waggons

    James Carr, 34, railway porter, of Brooks-street, Cook's Hill, suffered [?]roken ribs, internal injuries and severe shock when he was crushed between ...

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  28. Want Catwalk Across Ocean Baths

    Greater Newcastle Council will be asked to build a board catwalk across the Ocean Baths to separate the Olympic section from the rest of the ...

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  29. Sit-down Strike By Clerks

    SYDNEY, Friday.—A sit-down strike by 35 clerks in the dispatch department of Farmer and Co. Ltd., which started at 8 a.m. to-day, ended ...

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  30. MR. G. S. ADAMS.

    Mr. George Stanley Adams, who lied at his home at Swansea, was born at East Maitland in 1878. In early manhood he was a quarry worker, and ...

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  31. Evatt "Too Busy" For Royal Wedding

    CANBERRA, Friday.—Because of pressure of work on the United Nations Security Council, the Minister for External Affairs (Dr. Evatt) ...

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  32. CARDIFF P. AND C. GIVES £40 TO LIBRARY

    Cardiff Parents and Citizens' Association voted £40 to the library fund at the monthly meeting. The school headmaster (Mr. ...

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  33. MR. J. QUINN.

    Mr. James Quinn, who has died, was born at Barnsley (Yorkshire) in 1872. He was almost 75. He left England as a boy for Australia on ...

    Article : 145 words
  34. Advertising

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  35. TORONTO FETE FOR U.K. FOOD APPEAL

    The Women's Guild of St. Stephen's Church, Toronto, will hold a garden party at the home of the Misses M. and A. Paton, Brighton-avenue, on No. ...

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  36. SMOKING IN TRAINS

    Sir,—A non-smoker, I travel each day to and from work. Although a "no-smoking" notice is plainly shown, it is treated as a joke and one has to ...

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  37. Four Unopposed In Lower Hunter

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  38. New Candidate For North Ward

    Mr. William Harold Bray, of Orrett-street, Mayfield, will contest the North Ward of Greater Newcastle in the December triennial municipal election. ...

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  39. Mayfield Pensioners Arrange Concert

    Mayfield Pensioners' Association at its meeting made arrangements for a community concert, to be held in the R.S.L. Hall, Hanbury-street, Mayfield, ...

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  40. Miners Support Soviet Policy

    SYDNEY, Friday.—The Miners' Central Council, composed of representatives of all mining districts in Australia, carried a resolution— ...

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  41. MRS. L. E. WATKINS.

    Mrs. Laura Elizabeth Watkins, who died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. C. Ball, Charles-street, Blackalls, was 71. ...

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  42. MASTER BAKERS THANKED

    Sir,—”Union Housewife” is presumptuous in assuming that the people of Newcastle are "deluded" into thinking anything at all concerning the master ...

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  43. 150 Children In Junction Choir

    A choir of 150 girls and boys was heard at a concert given at the City Hall last night by pupils of Junction Public School. The children were ...

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  44. 381 Children In 1085 Migrants

    PERTH, Friday.—The Orient liner Ormonde received Fremantle to-day with 1085 passengers, nearly all of whom intend to settle in Australia. ...

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  45. Sweets Contained Cyanide Powder

    SYDNEY, Friday.—The Government Analyst (Dr. Taylor) said to-day that the chocolates sent by post to Miss Brodie, of Auburn, this week, ...

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  46. MR. R. PATTERSON.

    Mr. Robert Patterson, who died at his home in Swansea, was born at Ashington, Northumberland, England, in 1879. ...

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  47. SIR EARLE PAGE FOR SOUTH AFRICA

    CANBERRA, Friday.—Sir Earle Page (C.P., N.S.W.) announced to-day that he intended to visit South Africa to examine its industries. ...

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  48. Threat To Leave U.N. Alleged

    NEW YORK, Nov. 6. A.A.P.—The "Daily News" reports that Prince Faisal of Saudi Arabia told Mr. Andrei Gromyko (Soviet) at a social ...

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  49. TERRY HOWARD DIED OF HEART SEIZURE

    SYDNEY, Friday.—A post mortem examination to-day disclosed that Terry Howard, 29, radio star, who collapsed and died at the microphone in ...

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  50. ALDERMEN HONOUR TOWN CLERK

    The Town Clerk of Maitland City Council (Mr. E. W. Williams) was presented with an eight-day chiming clock, travelling case and tobacco ...

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  51. UNIVERSITY STUDENTS CAPTURE MAN

    SYDNEY, Friday.—A man who tried to climb through a window of the nurses quarters at King George V. Hospital to-day was surrounded by at ...

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  52. COUNCIL TO PAY £500 DAMAGES

    SYDNEY, Friday.—Two brothers were awarded £500 damages in the Supreme Court to-day against Botany Council for flooding of their market ...

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  53. CHURCHES TO OBSERVE REMEMBRANCE DAY

    CANBERRA, Friday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) said that churches were invited wherever practicable to arrange Remembrance Day ...

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  54. FORMER SWISS ENVOY DEAD

    LONDON, Nov. 7. A.A.P.— Mr. Charles Paravicini, who was Swiss Minister to London from 1920 to 1939, died at Geneva. ...

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