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  2. TRAILER PUMPS IN PRODUCTION

    AUXILIARY FIRE-FIGHTING trailer pump being checked over at Eastern Hill fire station today. This is one of hundreds of similar pumps now being produced for issue to auxiliary fire-fighting units. The trailer can be towed behind any car. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. FOOD PRODUCTION TO BE STEPPED UP

    Big increases in production of essential foodstuffs to meet national requirements are being planned in Victoria, where farmers are now being asked to expand the acreage of a ...

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  4. 31ST TIME IN HOSPITAL

    TODAY'S PICTURE of L. Miller, well-known jumping rider, in St. Vincent's Hospital. On Saturday he suffered ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. CLOTHING KUSH EASES

    A substantial falling off in the clothes-buying rush was reported by big city stores today for the first time since ...

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  6. NO TUESDAY CUP FIXTURE

    CANBERRA.--It was made plain by the Prime Minister (Mr Curtin) today that Federal regulation definitely eliminates midweek racing even in the case of such an historic fixture as the Melbourne Cup. ...

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  7. Non-Essential Workers Should Spend Holidays Aiding War Effort

    CANBERRA. -- People engaged in non-essential industries, who will observe the usual holidays, should perform some useful task relating to the war effort on such days, preferably through the civil defence organisations. This request was made by the Prime Minister (Mr Curtin) today. ...

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  8. 12 Killed In Army Crash

    ALICE SPRINGS--Carrying 10 members of the U.S. Air Corps and two members of the R.A.A.F.. £15,000 in ...

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  9. U.S. Soldier In Close Confinement

    Still being held in close confinement under a strong armed guard, an American soldier who is to be tried by a ...

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  10. SEVEN IDLE MINES

    SYDNEY. -- About 2000 miners are on strike at seven collieries in the north, south and west today, ...

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  11. OVERTIME PAY TO CONSTRUCTION MEN

    Members of the Civil Constructional Corps engaged on the Allied Works Council's big construction programme will be paid overtime and will receive one week's annual leave. ...

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  12. GOVERNMENT CRITICISED

    SYDNEY.--During discussion in the Arbitration Court today on the employment of women in industry, the Federal Government was ...

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  13. Trade Union Congress Date Change

    The date for the All-Australia Trade Union Congress, tentatively fixed for Monday, June 8, in Melbourne, is ...

    Article : 244 words
  14. 16-FOOT NETTED AT PORTLAND

    PORTLAND.--A diamond tooth shark 16ft. long was caught in a fisherman's net here. When fully opened the Jaws were wide enough ...

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  15. MEALS TO FIT IN POCKET

    SYDNEY. -- Enough vegetable to provide an outsize vegetarian dinner for an average family can now be carried in the waistcoat ...

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  16. NOT ONCE IN 100 WOULD JOCKEYS TRY TO LOSE

    SYDNEY.--Not in one case in a hundred would a jockey deliberately lose a race. Jockeys were like barristers. Just as barristers wanted to win their cases, so do jockeys want to win their races. This was said by the Crown ...

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  17. A.R.P. WARDEN RESIGNS

    Mr James F. McNair, Deputy District Warden of the City of Melbourne, has resigned. Mr McNair refused to discuss the ...

    Article : 182 words
  18. Advertising

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  19. Best Air Fighting Bracket -- "Spitfires - Australians"

    BEING in a dog fight is "great fun." People talk "a lot of rubbish" about taking risks, but it is ...

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  20. PRIORITY IN FIREWOOD

    The chairman of the Power and Fuel Committee (Mr Old) said today that under the new firewood regulations wood merchants ...

    Article : 166 words
  21. Funeral Of Mr A. Crofts

    Employes of Croft's Stores lined the path from the funeral chapel to the hearse at the funeral today of Mr A. Crofts, M.L.C., ...

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  22. Italians Admit Albanian Unrest

    ISTANBUL (Turkey), Monday. --A wave of unrest is sweeping Albania, according to Tomori, official Italian newspaper in Tirana, ...

    Article : 111 words
  23. SAFE, £300 STOLEN FROM DAIRY

    An iron safe with about £300 with notes, silver and cheques in it, was carried off early today from Fergus's Dairy and Ice Works in ...

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  24. RATION BOOK ISSUE

    Church halls used as polling booths for Federal and State elections may not be available for the issue of ration books on ...

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  25. "STAGGERED" LEAVE NOT FAVORED

    Trade union officers today questioned the wisdom of the suggestion by the Lord Mayor (Cr. Beaurepaire) yesterday that ...

    Article : 74 words
  26. Wharf Charges Dismissed

    The hearing was resumed today in the City Court of charges against Charles Stanley Askell, of James Street, Richmond, ...

    Article : 107 words
  27. DRINK AMONG MEN AT MUNITIONS

    Drink among soldiers was not the worst feature of drinking today; among munition workers it was worse. Mr W. H. Finlayson, ...

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  28. PHONE BREAKDOWN IN SYDNEY

    SYDNEY. -- The most serious breakdown in the city telephone service for many years occurred at 1.15 a.m. today, when a fault ...

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  29. C.B.E. FOR CHINESE GENERAL

    LONDON, Monday. -- The King has conferred on General Li Tsung-jen, distinguished Chinese soldier and chairman of the ...

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  30. MELBOURNE'S BIRTHDAY

    The 107th anniversary of Melbourne's birthday will be celebrated with a Pioneer Evening at Central Hall on Wednesday. A ...

    Article : 29 words
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