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  3. FLOOD LEVEL IN 1918

    With cyclones and floods so mach in the news, these marks on an iron fence in East Street, off Derby Street, near the Melbourne Hotel, bring back memories of other floods. Kevin Stock points to the mark which indicates the peak of the 1918 flood ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. Schoolboys' Exhibition In London

    The annual Schoolboys' Exhibition opened at the New Horticultural Hall, London, recently. John Cobb's car, the Railton Special, which did 403 miles an hour last summer, was on show. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. VITAL DEFENCE DISCUSSIONS

    CANBERRA, January 12.—Matters vital to the future defence of Australia were discussed by the Federal Cabinet today. ...

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  6. CONGRESS PRESENTED WITH RECORD BUDGET

    WASHINGTON, January ll.—President Truman today presented Congress with a record peacetime budget of 39,669,000,000 dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949. The budget includes 11,000,000,000 dollars for national ...

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  7. LOTTERY RAMP IN BROOKLYN

    NEW YORK, January ll.— The police announced today the arrest in four week-end raids in Brooklyn of 10 ...

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  8. INTRASTATE SHIPPING SUBSIDY REFUSED

    BRISBANE, January 12.—A reply has been received by the Leader of the Federal Country Party (Mr Fadden) in response to the representations be made after the announcement that the Commonwealth ...

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  9. Counter To Tram Strike

    MELBOURNE, January 12.— The State Parliament has been called together from its recess and will be asked to give the ...

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  10. VARIETY THEATRE CRITICISED

    SYDNEY, January 12.—Before returning to America, Bobby Baxter, American comedian, criticised the Australian variety ...

    Article : 120 words
  11. State Population Trend To South

    BRISBANE, January 12.—The increase in Queensland's population from the 1933 census to the 1947 census was much more marked in South Queensland than in Central and North Queensland, ...

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  12. CAMPAIGN TO BAN FILM

    BRISBANE, January 12.—A campaign to ban the film, "The Outlaw," from the suburb of Coorparoo, where it is ...

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  13. TROOPS IN JAPAN "BEWILDERED"

    SYDNEY, January 12.—Criticising conditions in the BCOF in Japan, the Federal president of the Australian Legion of ...

    Article : 257 words
  14. BRITISH OFFICERS TO FIGHT FOR ARABS

    LONDON, January ll.—Three British ex-Indian Army officers have left by air to fight for the Arabs in Palestine, says Reuter's correspondent. The officers would ...

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  15. "BLACK" DEALS IN REAL ESTATE

    BRISBANE, January 12.—"It is a well-known fact that for a considerable time the majority of land and property sales have ...

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  16. POLAR TRIP NOT POSTPONED

    CANBERRA, January 12.— There was no possibility that the Antarctic expedition would have to be postponed until next year ...

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  17. "SOUATTERS" RESIST IN HONG KONG

    HONG KONG, January 12 (AAP-Reuter).—The Hong Kong police and Chinese "squatters" in the former walled city of ...

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  18. Striking Dockers Picket Waterfront

    MELBOURNE, January 12.— The striking dock workers today sent 150 men to picket the waterfront after attempts had been ...

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  19. Vandals Cause Railway Damage

    SYDNEY, January 12.—Armed railway guards will patrol the line between Portland (near Lithgow) and Cullen Bullen from ...

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  20. 85-YEAR-OLD ON MURDER CHARGE

    SYDNEY, January 12.— Harry Elrington, 85, crippled pensioner, was charged in the Balmain Court today with having murdered his ...

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  21. GREEK ECONOMY CRUMBLING

    LONDON, January 12.—The Athens correspondent of "The Times" states that the head of the American division of the ...

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  22. NEW AIRLINE PAYS

    LONDON, January ll.—First accounts of the British-South American Airways are expected to show a profit of about £40,000 ...

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  23. U.S. BUYING OUR WOOL

    SYDNEY, January 12.—United States buyers took part in the keen, general competition for wool when the Sydney auctions ...

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  24. Proposed New U.S. Meat Ration

    WASHINGTON, January ll.— Senator Ralphin Flanders (Republican, Vermont) revealed today that the Bill for a standby ...

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  25. QUEENSLAND DISPOSALS SALES

    BRISBANE, January 12.—The realisations from auctions and other sales by the Queensland branch of the Commonwalth Disposals Commission since its inception approximately two years ago totalled £12,964,124. Releasing these figures today, ...

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  26. STRIKERS RESUME

    SYDNEY, January 12.—The striking meatworkers resumed work at the Homebush abattoir today after a week's strike. ...

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  27. SINGAPORE STRIKE SETTLED

    SINGAPORE, January 12.— Singapore's seventh strike of dock workers since the liberation ended this morning after only ...

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  28. DUKE LIKES SHORT SKIRTS

    MIAMI, January ll.—Reuter's correspondent states that the Duke of Windsor indicated that he did not like the new long ...

    Article : 67 words
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