HOBART, Thursday.—Main and secondary roads to be taken over by the Transport Commission on July 1 next comprise 326 miles. ...
Article : 219 wordsAustralian troops bring signal equipment ashore at Labuan in British North Borneo. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 12 wordsNEW YORK, Thursday.—Details of how H.M.A.S. Australia survived five suicide plane attacks in the Philippines were released to-day when Captain John Armstrong held a largely-attended press conference in the cruiser's wardroom. ...
Article : 521 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—No Government could hope to spend the amount of money in peace that had been spent during the war, Mr. Menzies said in the House of Representatives to-day. He was resuming the debate on the Banking Bill, which seeks to ...
Article : 744 wordsWASHINGTON, Thursday.— A 20th Air Force communique reported that Tuesday night's attacks on Fukuoka, Toyohashi ...
Article : 58 wordsMELBOURNE, Thursday. — Forward infantry of the 3rd Australian Division, pushing along the Buin road in south ...
Article : 409 wordsHOBART, Thursday.—"The converted Army huts which I saw at Sunshine (Victoria) on Wednesday impressed me as being reasonably ...
Article : 334 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—The Government's proposed child endowment increase of 2/6 per week would do little more than compensate for the inflated cost of living, said Mr. Holt (Lib., Vic.) in the House of Representatives to-day. He was speaking during the debate on the Child Endowment Bill, ...
Article : 691 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—After legislation had been approved by catieus, the subsequent debate in Parliament became a mere ...
Article : 143 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday. — The production executive of Federal Cabinet to-day decided to leave it to War Cabinet to determine the ...
Article : 197 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday. — It would be contrary to the whole spirit of the lend-lease agreement to think in terms of an ultimate cash settlement of any ...
Article : 88 wordsLONDON, Thursday. — Mr. James Turner, who recently headed a National Farmers' Union delegation to Australia, New ...
Article : 230 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday. — Mr. Haylen (Lab., N.S.W.) suggested to the Labor Caucus to-day that one Government factory be diverted to ...
Article : 144 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday. — An inquiry was being made into the allegation that a W.A.A.A.F. car-driver had been on duty for 18 hours before being ...
Article : 121 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday. — Mr. Abbott (C.P., N.S.W.) said in the House of Representatives to-day that a mother had written to him stating ...
Article : 148 wordsLONDON, Thursday. — Ten thousand SS men, the greatest collection of thugs in history, are concentrated behind electrically-charged barbed wire ...
Article : 143 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday. — The C.S.I.R. is investigating the use of earth tor the construction of homes in inland areas where the cost of other material ...
Article : 74 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.—Representing 16,000 dairy farmers, the executive of the Primary Producers' Union to-day decided ...
Article : 81 wordsLAUNCESTON, Thursday. — In a fervent plea for a chance, Freyne Darrell Claridge, in the Police Court yesterday, told Mr. R. K. Green, P.M., that he had ...
Article : 582 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday. — Bren gun carriers are now being offered to the public by the Disposals Commission for £50 each, plus freight. The Minister ...
Article : 124 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—Objection to the term "old-age pensioner" was taken by Government members during the second-reading debate on the ...
Article : 103 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday. — Pollowing representations by Senator Aylett (Lab., Tas.) 100 per cent. increase will be made in the ...
Article : 111 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday. — Essential users of imported utility trucks released by the Government had not yet been told the price of ...
Article : 113 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday. — About 2000 homes in Lismore were flooded and between 6000 and 8000 people were temporarily evacuated ...
Article : 85 wordsMELBOURNE, Thursday.—When they saw their relatives at the platform entrance, R.A.A.F. men who arrived at Spencer street to-day from service ...
Article : 121 wordsLONDON, Thursday. — Lieut-General Sir Edward Spears, in an interview, described as nousense General de Gaulle's assertion that the British ...
Article : 202 wordsLONDON, Thursday. — Belgrade Radio, quoting an official statement, says the civil authorities in Gorizia (Italy) appointed by Marshal Tito ...
Article : 207 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday. — Service pensions payable to certain classes of service men and women under the Repatriation Act would be increased by ...
Article : 60 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday. — It would not be practicable to lower the tax rate on overtime, the Treasurer (Mr Chifley) said to-day. He told Mr. ...
Article : 146 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday. — The world's food demands seriously exceed ed the supply, the acting Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) disclosed to-day ...
Article : 127 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—If security conditions permit, it is possible arrivals of Australian prisoners of war from abroad will be publicised some days ...
Article : 122 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—Opposition members of the House of Representatives to-day protested strongly that their amendments to ...
Article : 321 wordsHOBART, Thursday.—In some quarters the view had been expressed that there was a great deal of labor in rural work which could ...
Article : 309 wordsOTTAWA, Thursday. — Mr. Mackenzie King, who lost his seat in the recent election, said he had received several offers of Parliamentary seats. ...
Article : 115 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday. — The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Scully) said to-day it was incorrect to say serious deterioration was taking place in Bismarck potatoes held in Tasmania. The Deputy Potato Controller in Tasmania kept the position constantly under ...
Article : 349 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday,—Australia came very close to another disastrous cereal year, but now she could look forward to reasonable crops and perhaps a good season, the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Scully) told the House of Representatives to-day. ...
Article : 382 wordsWASHINGTON, Thursday. — The War Production Board has authorised the manufacture of 691,018 passenger motor-cars between July 1 and March ...
Article : 74 wordsLONDON, Thursday.—Reuter's Brussels correspondent says it is authoritatively learned that the leaders of the Catholic Conservative Party have ...
Article : 41 wordsMELBOURNE, Thursday.—Reginald Mark Vincent Blakemore (41), solicitor, of Middle Brighton, was sentenced to-day to 2½ years' ...
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