Alarm at the condition of camping areas throughout the State as a potential bush-fire risk was expressed on ...
Article : 190 wordsUrgent requests have been made by representatives of the canned fruit industry to the Government and Colonial Sugar Refinery to ensure sufficient sugar being available to can the large harvest of apricots, peaches ...
Article : 295 wordsWith two people killed and more than 40 injured in road accidents en Wednesday and Thursday, the road toll up to last night was considerably heavier than last year. Most of the accidents, however, occurred on Christmas eve and yesterday was exceptionally quiet for hospitals ...
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Article : 79 wordsContinuance In a permanent form of the present Maritime Industry Commission Is being seriously considered by the Federal ...
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Article : 276 wordsTwo arrests have followed investigations made by Brunswick detectives into damage estimated at £1000 caused to goods and ...
Article : 191 wordsPolice last night reported the quietest Christmas for crime In the city and suburbs for years. Few thefts were reported, and ...
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Article : 117 wordsPreliminary examinations of the 280 children who attended the first Portsea holiday camp conducted by the Lord Mayor ...
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Article : 48 wordsPERTH, Thursday.--The Egyptian steamer Misr. which berthed at Fremantle this afternoon carried 767 migrants, ...
Article : 63 wordsWith the holiday season in full swing every care should be taken on the roads and at the beaches. The following safety suggestions from the National Safety Council and other ...
Article : 406 wordsThe Equity Trustees Company and Mr. Rex Oldham; as trustees of the estate of the late Mr. Ephraim Yoffa, are making the ...
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Article : 62 wordsSydney Howard, the comedian, who died in June last, left £70,000. He bequeathed £200 to my friend, ...
Article : 78 wordsFour people were hurt, one seriously, In falls,from trams In the city and suburbs on Christmas eve. ...
Article : 279 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.--Christmas was ushered in by snow storms on Heard Island, where the Australian scientific ...
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Article : 47 wordsFirst Constable T. F. Elliott, who was recently awarded a Royal Humane Society medal for saving people from a burning house, was ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Fri 26 Dec 1947, Page 3
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