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  2. PRIORITIES FOR WAR HOMES

    CANBERRA, Monday.—The Commonwealth will ask State housing authorities to allot up to half of the Homes now being: ...

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  3. Women's News VISIT TO GRAYTHWAITE

    LADY GOWRIE discussed the invasion operations with MR. H. W. WHITE, a veteran of the 1914-18 war, when she visited Graythwaite Red Cross Home for Servicemen yesterday. Other patients and MATRON C. BARCLAY listened with ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. CARGO PLANE OF STAINLESS STEEL

    Made of stainless steel, except for plywood doors and floor, the new Conestoga transport plane produced for the U.S. Navy Air Transport Service carries 10,4001b of cargo or seats 24 men. A twin-engined high-wing monoplane, it has a range ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. PEA-PICKING CHAMPION

    PORT MACQUARIE, Monday. —Miss Thelma Batcheldor, last year's champion, won the Australian women's pea-picking ...

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  6. HIKERS LOST IN MOUNTAINS

    KATOOMBA, Monday.—Four hikers spent 14 hours in darkness in heavy rain and bitter cold in the deep gully of Minne-ha-ha ...

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  7. MR. FALSTEIN, M.P., SUED

    MELBOURNE, Monday.—Sydney Max Falstein, M.P. for Watson, N.S.W., was sued in Bairnsdale Petty Sessions Court ...

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  8. MEMORIES OF LAST WAR

    "You, and the other men in this home, have indeed done great things for your country," Lady Gowrie told Mr. John Hill, ...

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  9. M.B.E. AWARDED TO MRS. RALPH SMITH Australian in England

    An Australian, Mrs. Ralph Smith, has been awarded the M.B.E. in the King's Birthday honours' list in Britain. ...

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  10. PARTIES PREPARE FOR REFERENDUM

    Federal Opposition members in Canberra today will discuss their campaign against the Powers referendum which will be taken on August 19. Plans for the Government's campaign for a "yes" ...

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  11. FOOD CRITICS ATTACKED

    CANBERRA, Monday. — The Controller-General of Food, Mr. Murphy, said in a national broadcast to-night that certain ...

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  12. DRAGON FESTIVAL BALL

    No more tickets are available for the Dragon Festival Ball to be held at the Sydney Town Hall next Saturday in aid of Madame Chiang ...

    Article : 161 words
  13. BABY HUNT IN CANBERRA

    CANBERRA, Monday.—When Dr. Edith Summerskill, British M.P., and Dame Enid Lyons visited a baby clinic to-day there ...

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  14. MENTAL HOSPITAL ESCAPEE

    The body of William Butler, 26, who escaped from Milson Island Mental Hospital, Hawkesbury River, on June 4, was found ...

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  15. MOST MINES WORK ON HOLIDAY

    Only three coal mines were idle in New South Wales yesterday—two in the north and one in the south. All the mines on the western field ...

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  17. ADMITTING MILITIA TO R.S.L. QUEENSLAND SUPPORT

    BRISBANE, Monday.—State Congress of the Returned Soldiers' League resolved yesterday that militia troops who have ...

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  18. THREAT TO USE RAZOR

    Two men who held up an Allied soldier in King Street, Newtown, last night, threatened to cut his throat with a razor if he called out. ...

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  19. ZOO FERRY TRAFFIC DIVERTED

    For about a month, starting to-day, ferry traffic from Circular Quay to the Taronga Park wharf will be diverted to Mosman, and passengers ...

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  20. UNITED NATIONS FLAG DAY

    CANBERRA, Monday.—United Nations Flag Day will be observed next Wednesday. The Acting Prime Minister, Mr. ...

    Article : 109 words
  21. EDUCATION FOR WAR ORPHANS

    CANBERRA, Monday.—War Cabinet decided to-night to extend the benefits under the repatriation children's education ...

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  22. INTERFERENCE IN INDUSTRY

    Interference with private enterprise was justified when it was in the public interest, the Director-General of Post-war ...

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  23. VICTORIAN AND N.S.W. OPPOSITION

    Queensland and Western Australian branches of the R.S.L. have long favoured admission of militia members who have served in operational ...

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  24. COMPANY TO MAKE HELICOPTERS

    NEW YORK, June 12 (A.A.P.).— Mr. Victor Bendix, well-known motor car and aircraft manufacturer and inventor, and [?] other industrialists ...

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  25. BOY SHOT DEAD IN BUSH

    Losing his balance as he was about to fire at a wallaby in the bush at Yellowin, about 25 miles from Tumut, on Sunday, Kevin William Halpin, 14, ...

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  26. LUNATIC P.O.W. ESCAPES

    MELBOURNE, Monday.—Last seen in the grounds of Sunbury Mental Hospital about 1 p.m. yesterday, Salvador Salciccia, 33, an Italian prisoner of ...

    Article : 56 words
  27. 100 FUNERALS TO-DAY

    Because undertakers' assistants, grave-diggers, and crematorium employees were on strike yesterday, there will be more than 100 funerals in ...

    Article : 76 words
  28. STOP PRESS FEROCIOUS TANK BATTLE

    LONDON, June 12 (A.A.P.).— British tankmen are fighting a battle to-day that has been continually increasing in ferocity in ...

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  29. PLANE CRASH INQUIRY

    CANBERRA. Monday.—The Minister for Aircraft Production, Senator Cameron, said to-day that an inquiry would be held into the aircraft ...

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  30. INTERIM REPORT ON CENSORSHIP

    CANBERRA, Monday.—The first interim report of the Committee of Parliamentarians on censorship will probably be completed at a short meeting ...

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  31. D.F.C. FOR PILOT

    The Distinguished Flying Cross has been awarded to P.O. Ronald Layh, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Layh. of Coonabarabran. ...

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  32. LIME SCARCITY DISHEARTENS HOME GARDENERS

    Although lime or dolomite is needed for home vegetable growing, particularly on the coast or in other areas where the average rainfall exceeds 25 inches a year, neither is now easily obtainable. ...

    Article : 314 words
  33. WORK ON SERVICE HOSTEL TO BEGIN SOON

    Renovations to Menzies Private Hotel, Elizabeth Street, to turn it into a Service hostel probably will begin in a few weeks. This was announced last night ...

    Article : 273 words
  34. BATTLE AT CHANGSHA

    CHUNGKING, June 12 (A.A.P.).— A Chinese communique says that Changsha, capital of Hunan Province, is encircled by Japanese forces who ...

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  35. FIGHTER ACE'S SIXTH DECORATION

    LONDON, June 12 (A.A.P.).—The 24-year-old ace intruder, Wing-Commander John Braham, who is one of the top-scoring R.A.F. fighter-pilots ...

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