SYDNEY, Thursday.—Ships were available to take food to Britain from Australia and New Zealand, but no cargoes were offering, said Mr. W. Bankes Amery, leader of the British Food Mission ...
Article : 294 wordsA REQUEST for an increase in the salaries of City Council aldermen has been made to the Local Government Minister (Mr. Bruce) by a majority of aldermen concerned. ...
Article : 485 wordsLord Louis Mountbatten (centre), Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in the South-East Asia sector, is greeted by General Kenneth B. Wolfe, commander of the 20th Bomber Command (hands on hips) as he arrived in his American [?] ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 119 wordsThis is what happened to film star Bob Hope when he held a Press conference in Sydney. Bob, naturally, is the harassed (?) central figure in the picture. Yesterday he went to an undisclosed "hide-out" to get some much needed sleep. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 87 wordsGraziers' organisations are trying to induce the Government to remove the penalty freight rates on goods carried by rail between ...
Article : 269 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—The full Cabinet will have to consider the imposition of coal rationing at its meeting on ...
Article : 536 wordsTHE Australian Workers' Union did not control the Federal or State Labour Governments, the branch secretary of the A.W.U. (Mr. Fallon) said yesterday. He was commenting on a He was commenting on a ...
Article : 292 wordsTHE Governor (Sir Leslie Wilson) became first member of the Red Cross 20,000 Club yesterday, and was presented ...
Article : 533 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—Imputations contained in statements by the South Australian Crown Solicitor (Mr. A. J. Hannan) that he ...
Article : 327 wordsCOUGHING discreetly behind my hand, I apologise for placing Bob Hope "In Town," when he's not, and never is likely to be ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 324 wordsFAILURE of the State Government to consult sugar industry organisations on appointments to a reconstituted Sugar Board was criticised yesterday by the Australian Sugar Producers' Association president (Mr. Brand ...
Article : 480 wordsWith improved weather, the full-scale air attack an the Japanese 2nd Army on Vogelkop, Dutch New Guinea has been resumed, it ...
Article : 214 wordsAUSTRALIAN reputation for improvisation was strikingly demonstrated at a recent service wedding at Port Moresby. ...
Article : 85 wordsAll officers of No. 1 Garrison Battalion who have reached the retiring age have been notified of their impending demobilisation ...
Article : 141 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.—"There is only one issue at this referendum" said the Federal Attorney-General (Dr. Evatt) to-night. ...
Article : 137 wordsMELBOURNE, Thursday.—Australian air crews in the Mediterranean are playing an important part in smashing Hitler's ...
Article : 82 wordsThe "Quota Sold" Commissioner (Mr. Bradley, K.C.) said yesterday that business men should keep hammering at departmental doors ...
Article : 155 wordsVOTING at the referendum to-morrow is compulsory. The polls will open at 8 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. Polling places will be practically the same as those used ...
Article : 380 wordsTen State social service fellowships will be awarded to students in the Faculties of Medicine and Dentistry in the new University ...
Article : 344 wordsSMOKESCREEN.—I challenge Mr. Curtin and Dr. Evatt to deny that the threats, promises and doubts concerning child ...
Article : 298 wordsTHE ballot paper will be In this form: Submission to the electors of a proposed law for the alteration ...
Article : 129 wordsTenders for 63 of the first 100 Queensland houses for letting under the Federal War Housing Plan, have been accepted. This ...
Article : 139 wordsNew types of desks were being introduced gradually Into State schools, but the old ones could not be discarded at once, said the ...
Article : 117 wordsMELBOURNE, Thursday.—Major decisions on the Commonwealth's State postwar housing programmes will be made at the Premiers' ...
Article : 156 wordsBecause of manpower difficulties the police force was now 11 men short, the Home Affairs Minister (Mr. Foley) said last ...
Article : 55 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) said to-night he had no doubt that Australian churches' would be glad ...
Article : 47 wordsThe Executive Council approved yesterday the expenditure or £3715 on improvements and repairs to State buildings, nearly all of ...
Article : 106 wordsTOOGOOLAWAH, Thursday.—A canning machine requisitioned from America for a Darling Downs co-operative concern had been ...
Article : 139 wordsNEAR LAST Before embarking for overseas recently these R.A.A.F. men were inspected in Sydney by Group-Captain L. Ellis, attended by Sir Donald Cameron, chairman of the New South Wales Recruiting Drive Committee. It has now been announced that no more fully-trained pilots will leave Australia for the United Kingdom, the Middle East, and India, and the last ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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