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  2. POWER IN INDIA.

    LONDON, Feb. 21.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Attlee) announced in the House of Commons [as reported briefly in the second edition of "The West Australian" yesterday] that the present state of uncertainty between the parties ...

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  3. GOVERNMENT WINS.

    CANBERRA, Feb. 21.—The debate in the House of Representatives on the no-confidence motion by the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Menzies) collapsed suddenly just before lunch today after Opposition members had ...

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  4. PARLIAMENT OPENED.

    CAPE TOWN, Feb. 21.—In a speech when opening the fourth session of South Africa's Ninth Union Parliament today, the King ...

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  5. U.S. HOLOCAUST.

    LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21.—At least 15 persons were killed and 138 injured, with two others missing, in a tremendous ...

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  6. THE WAY BACK.

    LONDON, Feb. 21.—"Exports must be raised to 140 per cent of the 1938 level by the end of 1947," declares the long-awaited White ...

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  7. MOVE FOR ACCORD.

    NEW DELHI, Feb. 21.—Within two hours of receiving the British Government's policy statement. Mr. Nehru (the leader of the ...

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  8. U.N.R.R.A. FOOD SALE.

    SHANGHAI, Feb. 21.—A highly-placed U.N.R.R.A. official told a representative of the United Press yesterday that the plan ...

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  9. THE DISPLACED VICEROY.

    Field Marshal Viscount Wavell, who will be succeeded as Viceroy of India by Viscount Mountbatten and who has been given an earldom, conferring with British staff officers on the eastern frontier of India during the war. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  10. DECISION CHALLENGED.

    LONDON, Feb. 21.—The first challenge to the Government's decision on India will come in the House of Lords next Tuesday (says Reuters ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  11. FAMINE DEATHS.

    BUCHAREST, Feb. 21.—Thousands have died and hundreds of thousands are on the verge of death in the famine on the plains ...

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  12. LONDON BREAKFASTS BY CANDLELIGHT.

    It was breakfast by candlelight for guests in London hotels when electricity was cut off in accordance with the Government's plan to deal with the national fuel crisis. The picture shows a waiter at the Cumberland Hotel, London, bringing candles for the guests at table. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  13. WARTIME CONTROLS.

    WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—President Truman in a message to Congress declared: "The progress of reconversion now makes ...

    Article : 165 words
  14. "GRAVE DANGER."

    LONDON, Feb. 21.—"The Times," in a leading article on India, says: "The Government plainly hopes to inspire the Indian parties to ...

    Article : 263 words
  15. WHARF HOLD-UPS.

    LONDON, Feb. 21.—"Surely there is a way to settle disputes without delaying the movement of foodstuffs. To impose further hardships on the ...

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  16. BRITAIN'S BURDEN

    HERFORD (Germany), Feb. 21.—Well-informed sources disclose that the British Government, to cut down occupation costs, will ...

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  17. FRANCE AND POLAND.

    PARIS, Feb. 21.—France and Poland on Wednesday signed a five-year "friendship and cultural agreement." ...

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  18. SIXTY MILES UP.

    WHITE SANDS (New Mexico), Feb. 21.—A container laden with delicate scientific instruments and cameras was ejected by an ...

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  19. FASTER VOYAGE.

    LONDON, Feb. 21.—Refitted and refurnished at a cost of more that £500,000 (£A625,000), the Orion will sail on Tuesday on her first ...

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  20. SOARING PRICES.

    NEW YORK, Feb. 21.—Government and private surveys report a "bewildering rise" in food prices in the past few weeks led by butter ...

    Article : 90 words
  21. AUSTRALIA'S LINKS.

    CHICAGO, Feb. 21.—The Australian Ambassador to Washington (Mr. Makin), addressing the English-speaking Union, said: "We-firmly ...

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  22. UNIQUE ULTIMATUM.

    NEW YORK, Feb. 21.—"Mr. Attlee's declaration is an ultimatum, though of a kind never before issued by a Power so often accused of being imperialistic," says the "New York Times," in a leading article on the British Government's decision regarding India. "It is ...

    Article : 290 words
  23. FORMER P.O.W. IN JAPAN.

    OTTAWA, Feb. 21.—Government officials said today Canada had reserved the right to make representations against Japan on behalf of ...

    Article : 111 words
  24. SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATES.

    NEW YORK, Feb. 21.—Mr. E. B. White, writing in the "New Yorker" on the Security Council disarmament debates, says the first applause ...

    Article : 77 words
  25. INDO-CHINA.

    PARIS, Feb. 21.—The French High Commissioner for Indo-China (Admiral d'Argenlieu) left Saigon by plane yesterday for Paris for ...

    Article : 41 words
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