MORE THAN 1,166,000 miniature paper flags were sent out by the Empire Day Movement to be worn by Australian school children to commemorate Empire day. At Moorabbin State school, a teacher (Mrs. McCauley) is shown pinning one of the flags on the jumper of her daughter Helen. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 334 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.--The Joint Coal Board today intervened at talks on the mining unions' claims for a new award by submitting proposals as a basis for discussion. It is believed that before the board intervened the talks appeared likely to fail. ...
Article : 390 wordsNURSES at Queen Victoria Hospital yesterday had a let up from duty when they conducted a market fair in the Outpatients' Hall, during the hospital's one-day appeal for funds. Here Nurse N. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 62 wordsBecause Christmas day and New Year's day will fall on Sundays, the Food Trades Federation is ...
Article : 174 wordsADELAIDE, Tuesday.--To avoid delay at Port Adelaide to the liner Mooltan, in which a case of smallpox has been ...
Article : 152 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday. --An Auckland-bound Tasman flying boat which left Rose Bay at 6 a.m. today with 20 ...
Article : 99 wordsA £250,000 scheme to divert Elwood Canal by a closed drain emptying into the Bay near Head-street has been approved by the water supply committee ...
Article : 397 wordsIn an Empire day speech to 2000 people last night, the Leader of the Federal Opposition (Mr. Menzies) attached the new Empire formula produced recently by the Prime Ministers in London. ...
Article : 543 wordsThe Leader of the Labor party (Mr. Cain) last night described Mr. McBrien, M.L.C., Independent member for ...
Article : 199 wordsWhile an 18-year-old girl was singing at Christchurch competitions festival, her mother sat dying in the ...
Article : 75 wordsBrief interruptions to electricity supply in some residential areas are almost certain this morning. ...
Article : 101 wordsThe Australian Council of Trade Unions yesterday decided to make a number of minor adustments in the ...
Article : 115 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday. -- Mr. Ferguson, M.L.A., in a report to the State council of the Australian Railways Union, today ...
Article : 212 wordsCANBERRA, Tuesday.--Mr. Fritz Fink, a German specialist in the fields of optics and X-ray, is due to arrive in ...
Article : 90 wordsAn investigation of allegations that a number of ballot papers were interfered with at the 1947 branch elections is to ...
Article : 129 wordsBALLARAT, Tuesday.--Cr. N. T. Callow, a member of Ballarat city council, has lodged his nomination as a candidate ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 110 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.-- Strong opposition by country Labor members of the Legislative Assembly today forced the ...
Article : 109 wordsFor a purchase price of about £50,000 the old-established retail butcher's and small goods business of James Gilmour Pty. ...
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Article : 176 wordsHospital extensions now being carried out by the State Government will cost more than £7,500,000. The Minister for Housing ...
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Article : 173 wordsThe Victorian branch of the Australian Institute of International Affairs with other State branches is making a ...
Article : 91 wordsThe plastics Industry in America is making, great strides, both in manufacturing methods and the quality of ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Wed 25 May 1949, Page 3
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