Mrs Anslow, of Clapton, England, receiving a food parcel from the secretary-general of the Australian Red Cross Society (Mr A. G. Brown). Clapton was affected very seriously by floods. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 36 wordsLONDON, Wed. —Because they may be needed for an emergency meeting on developments ...
Article : 297 wordsSYDNEY, Wed.—By a five to one majority the Full High Court in Sydney today declored invalid Section 48 of the Banking Act compelling local government authorities to trade solely with the Commonwealth Bank. The Court held that it violated the constitutional rights of the States, and ordered the Commonwealth Government to pay the costs of the action. ...
Article : 761 wordsNEW YORK, Wed.—Complete failure of its efforts to agree on the Balkan issue, involving Greece, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Albania, was reported to the United Nations Security Council yesterday by the ...
Article : 264 wordsNEW YORK, Wed.—Appointment of a United Nations Commission to report to the Security Council on the situation in Indonesia was moved by the Australian delegate (Mr Hodgson) in the Council yesterday. ...
Article : 271 wordsSYDNEY, Wed. — Flown from Tasmania, 300,000 trout ova have been delivered to the Central Acclimatisation Society's hatchery at ...
Article : 29 wordsNEW DELHI, Wed.—Indians, rich and poor alike, are taxing their ingenuity to devise something wonderful enough to celebrate the beginning of independence in Pakistan tomorrow and India on Friday. ...
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Advertising : 64 words"THE Man of Destiny." presented by the Launceston Players, was awarded the prize in the British Drama League's ...
Article : 50 wordsMELBOURNE, Wed—The dispute at the State coalmine at Wonthaggi has been settled. This was announced tonight by the arbitrator, ...
Article : 44 wordsSYDNEY, Wed.—Pearls valued at more than £20,000 were seized today in Sydney's biggest smuggling haul for 26 years, ...
Article : 112 wordsTHE Australian delegation to the Youth Festival being held in Prague (Czechoslovakia) is led by Ronald Gates, son of Mr and Mrs L. Gates, of Launceston. A FORMER Launceston Church ...
Article : 217 wordsSYDNEY, Wed.—Porty thousand tons of cargo has been frozen by two waterfront disputes which have tied up the Sydney waterfront. ...
Article : 91 wordsSYDNEY, Wed. — Miss Helen Adams Keller, the deaf and blind authoress and musician, will visit Australia in March, 1948. ...
Article : 26 wordsMELBOURNE, Wed. — The appointment of Col C. E. Davis, [?] solicitor, of Sydney, as chairman of a new repatriation assessment ...
Article : 94 wordsTHE British Minister for Civil Aviation (Lord Nathan), who is visiting Australia, will arrive at Hobart on Monday. He will be in the State until Friday. He will be given a State Government luncheon at Parliament House ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Thu 14 Aug 1947, Page 2
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