Victoria will experience more stringent electricity restrictions from March to help conserve fuel for the ...
Article : 191 wordsMr. N. T. Jewell has been appointed head of the State Electricity Commission electrical ...
Article : 125 wordsBANDOENG, Jan. 25 (A.A.P.-Reuter).--Darul Islam posters proclaiming an Orthodox Islamic State have appeared on the walls in this city which was entered earlier this week by Captain (Turko) Westerling's forces which later suddenly withdrew ...
Article : 415 wordsTHIS POLAR BEAR at the Zoo yesterday essayed to create a "wave." He is seen splashing away at the water's edge to cause an object (arrow) to float within his reach without the necessity of going in after it. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 44 wordsINTRUDERS on the river vessel Mississippi, while it lay moored during the night at Princes Bridge, damaged electric fittings and smashed the piano. Insufficient lighting at the mooring stage is said to ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 42 wordsRevaluation of the Australian pound will provide one of the major items for discussion at the Victorian Country party ...
Article : 174 wordsToo many teachers had to make toast or heat a pie over the schoolroom fire in winter--in summer they could not ...
Article : 208 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.--The Joint Coal Board will conduct an experiment at Bellbird Colliery which, if successful, could ...
Article : 179 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.--Two boys, aged 14 and 18 were drowned this evening in Duck Creek, Granville. ...
Article : 168 wordsThe president of the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (Mr. V. R. McBride) yesterday appealed for caution in increased police action to reduce road ...
Article : 368 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.--Three hours after they had eaten a picnic lunch at Newcastle gas employes' picnic ...
Article : 175 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.--The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) announced today his Government was evolving a "precision policy" on subsidies. He was referring to ...
Article : 369 wordsA minimum taxi fare of 2--an increase of 8d. on the first flag-fall--is being sought by the Victorian Road Transport ...
Article : 91 wordsPostponement of the date for the introduction of the 40-hour week for firemen is to be sought by the Fire Brigades ...
Article : 183 wordsGEELONG, Wednesday.--Geelong detectives now consider the mysterious disappearance of a Geelong chimney-sweep, George Henry, late in 1947 has been solved. ...
Article : 260 wordsTwenty planes from H.M.A.S. Sydney will fly over Geelong this morning. They will take off at 8.30 ...
Article : 128 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.--Production of the first full length film in technicolor in Australia will begin in July. ...
Article : 120 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.--Stephen Laws, 3 12, of Weyland-avenue, Lidcombe, was admitted to Auburn Hospital ...
Article : 63 wordsThe Prices Decontrol Commissioner (Mr. J. F. Waldron) has officially confirmed a statement in "The Age" that ...
Article : 91 wordsTwo cyclists were seriously injured in road accidents last night. Robert Hooper, 22, of ...
Article : 68 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.--Detectives investigating the disappearance of jewellery valued at £2000, found it ...
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Article : 373 wordsDRAMATIC AND MOVING scenes were witnessed during the rescue work of the men hurt in the explosion on H.M.A.S. Tarakan. This picture shows a badly injured rating being attended by a Naval first-aid man, while sympathetic dockyard workers--many of whom assisted in the rescues--look on. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 51 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.--Payment of child endowment for the first child is expected to start on July 1. ...
Article : 99 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) came to Melbourne last night to spend the holiday week end at his home in ...
Article : 98 wordsA woman's keen eyesight and a 50-yard swim by a man at Black Rock saved the life of five-year-old Robert Hugo ...
Article : 123 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.--The Truscott Flying Club's plane Robin was wrecked when it made a forced landing in a ...
Article : 107 wordsA United States stamp worth £750 was discovered by Mr. F. H. Feibes, a Swanston-street stamp dealer, when looking through a collection owned by a Kew ...
Article : 187 wordsThe Minister for Lands (Mr. Guthrie) has ordered a departmental investigation into allegations that Crown lands are ...
Article : 150 wordsBRISBANE, Wednesday.--An 11-year-old boy, Greville Robert Lawson, lost his life at Charters Towers last night ...
Article : 100 wordsUnless the Bunyip South drain was cleaned out immediately, Bunyip and Kooweerup residents health would be ...
Article : 104 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.--Reginald James Hodges, 45, of Foster-street, Leichhardt, disappeared in deep water off ...
Article : 81 wordsJohn Harold Banfit, 26 years, Ryan-street, Coburg, was fatally injured when he fell 20-feet from a ledge at the ...
Article : 43 wordsChildren who return to State schools on Tuesday may find among the teaching staff some old friends whom they ...
Article : 59 wordsWorld Scout Camp Chief (Mr. John Thurman) wishes to meet as many of Victoria's Scout leaders as he can. ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Thu 26 Jan 1950, Page 3
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