CANBERRA, Wed.—Labour's decision to increase the number of parliamentarians from 111 in both Houses to 182 was estimated today to increase the cost of running Parliament to about £1,000,000 a year from the ...
Article : 504 wordsCANBERRA, Wed.—If certain plant can be obtained, considerable supplies of petrol may be available from ...
Article : 213 wordsThe second heat of the Forster Cup contest, won by Dolphin (Q.), was sailed in a 50 mph north-westerly gale on the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 42 wordsLONDON, Wed.—The British Medical Association's plebiscite among British doctors shows that 25,340 voted against accepting service under the National Health Service Act, and 4,084 in favour. ...
Article : 212 wordsThe Transport Bill to be debated by Parliament this session will provide for the Transport Commission to conduct road ...
Article : 119 wordsLONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.).—British troops hurled tear gas bombs and then opened fire to disperse rioting mobs yesterday in Tripoli, ...
Article : 124 wordsDUBLIN, Wed. (A.A.P.).—Mr John A. Costello (Fine Gael) will be elected as Prime Minister of Eire today. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 118 wordsMembers of the Returned Servicemen's League, who were not meeting their obligations in regard to membership were "riding on the ...
Article : 124 wordsAustralian National Airways began four new daily air services on Monday. Two services are between Melbourne and Sydney, and two ...
Article : 31 wordsSYDNEY, Wed.—The P. and O. line will convert two ships—the Ranchi and Chitral—to bring British settlers to Australia, the managing ...
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Advertising : 116 wordsCANBERRA, Wed.—The Federal Government has no intention of reducing the Australian meat ration at present. HIGH Government sources stated this tonight, in commenting ...
Article : 172 wordsSHORTAGE of building materials and the uncertainty of securing satisfactory tenders delayed the work of the War Service Homes Commission during the year ended June 30, 1947. THE commission's report, which ...
Article : 338 wordsNEW YORK, Wed.—Ralph Abbott, 32, of Framingham, Massachusetts, has been asleep for exactly a year—and doctors ...
Article : 125 wordsCOLOMBO, Wed. (A.A.P.).—Thirteen are believed to have been killed and 22 seriously injured in an explosion yesterday at a fireworks ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Thu 19 Feb 1948, Page 2
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