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  2. MR. CHIFLEY NEW, PRIME MINISTER

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—Joseph Benedict Chifley (aged 60) was to-day elected leader of Federal Parliamentary Labor Party, and will become Australia's 16th Prime Minister when he is sworn in to-morrow. He succeeds the late Mr. John Curtin. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. WHEAT FARMERS PLAN WORLD TOUR

    SYDNEY, Thursday. — A steamer will be hired to take 600 N.S.W, farmers, their wives and. families on a world tour ...

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  4. FIGHTING OVER WIDE AREA IN NEW GUINEA

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Over a wide area of the interior of New Guinea, Sixth Division troops are meeting resistance from eight separate Japanese groups. A banzai charge on one Australian out. post in the Wewak sector was beaten off, said the Army Department ...

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  5. HOMEBUILDING SPEEDUP

    MELBOURNE, Thursday,— Six thousand homes will be built in Victoria during "the financial year which began on July 1, 3000 by the ...

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  6. JAPS ENTRENCHED IN SITTANG RIVER BEND

    KANDY, Thursday.—In heavy rain the Japanese are digging in at several points in the Sittang River bend between Nyaungkashe, 25 miles east-north-east of Pegu, and Myitkyo, the terminus of the Pegu-Sittang canal, 10 miles to the north. ...

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  7. ENGLISH BATSMEN GO CHEAPLY

    LONDON, Thursday. — At Bradford this morning the Australian Services eleven added 58 runs to their overnight total of 140, completing the ...

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  8. Successful New Method Of Using Penicillin

    CHICAGO, Thursday.— The American Medical Association journal reports the successful treatment of serious limb infections by ...

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  9. BANNED FROM THE AIR

    SYDNEY, Thursday.— Radio comedian Al Thomas was served with a notification from the Postmaster-General (Senator Cameron) to-day that he ...

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  10. A.C.F. Parcels Pillaged

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—Cases of A.C.F. parcels in the holds of a ship now in Darling Harbor have been pillaged. The parcels came from South ...

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  11. U.S. HAS NOT ENDORSED THORNTON'S PASSPORT

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—Although the Commonwealth Government has granted a passport to Mr. E. Thornton to attend the trade union congress in ...

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  12. Friendly Relations Between Soviet And Australia

    CANBERRA, Thursday. — By developing and strengthening their mutual relations, the Soviet Union and Australia could assist ...

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  13. SPECIAL GUARD FOR PRESIDENT

    BRUSSELS, Thursday.—President Truman when he shortly arrives in Europe will, at his special request, have a guard of honor ...

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  14. Stench of Starvation on Japanese Ship

    GUAM, Thursday.—The stench of starvation nauseated the American boarding party which intercepted a Japanese hospital ship off Wake ...

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  15. Chinaman Found Hanged

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—Chan Boon Kait (63), a Chinese, seaman who had been under the delusion that 20 men were waiting downstairs to assault him, was found ...

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  16. RELEASE OF DOCTORS

    HOBART, Thursday.—Further representations for the release of doctors for Tasmania are to be made to the Prime Minister by the ...

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  17. NOT TOO YOUNG AT 6 MONTHS TO BE IMMUNISED

    HOBART, Thursday.— The Minster for Health (Mr. Howroyd) said to-day that the suggestion by Dr. P. Rorney at the W.E.A. meeting at Hobart that ...

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  18. GOOD MAINLAND RAINS

    MELBOURNE, Thursday. — There were'fog, mist and rain throughout Victoria to-day, but temperatures were higher than in the past few days. ...

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  19. Option Of Discharge For Long-Service Personnel

    CANBERRA, Thursday.— Instructions have been issued by the military authorities that members of the Army who have completed ...

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  20. SHIPPING SPACE GREATER THAN AVAILABLE CARGO

    LONDON, Thursday.— The shipping position has improved to such an extent since the European war ended that there is more cargo-carrying space ...

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  21. AIR SERVICES CANCELLED

    LAUNCESTON, Thursda.— For the first time for some years all air services between Tasmania and the mainland were cancelled to-day ...

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  22. Court-Martial Temporarily Prohibited

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—In High Court Chambers to-day, Mr. Justice Rich prohibited temporarily a court-martial from continuing the trial of ex-Pt, ...

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  23. Miners Declared "Black"

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—Miners who had previously declared deputies "black" were in turn declared "black," and the Invincible colliery was idle again to-day. Three ...

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  24. SATURDAY CLOSING

    HOBART, Thursday. — A further effort to introduce Saturday morning closing throughout Tasmania is almost certain to be made by the State ...

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  25. CLEARING W. AUSTRALIAN CARGO

    CANBERRA, Thursday. — Additional ships have now been allocated by the Shipping Control Board to West Australia, where they are loading. The ...

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  26. NEW WOOL BOARD

    CANBERRA, Thursday. — Personnel of the new Australian Wool Board will be gazetted in the next few days. The new board will "comprise three ...

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  27. CIVIL ALIENS' CORPS REING DISBANDED

    CANBEKBA, Thursday.—The Civil Aliens' Corps was being disbanded the Minister for Works (Mr. Lnzzarini) said to-day. This action was being ...

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  28. Police Force Understaffed

    HOBART, Thursday.—The AttorneyGeneral (Mr. M'Dumihl) said to-day it was not anticipated that the Tasmanian Police Force could be brought to ...

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  29. Governor-General Tributes H.M.A.S. Australia

    CANBERRA, Thursday. — The Govornor-Genernl, the Duke of Gloucester, has sent a message to the commander of the H.M.A.S. Australia, Capt. J. M. ...

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  30. Former Governors Among Unsecured Creditors

    ADELAIDE, Thursday. — Lord Gowrie, former Governor-General, and Sir Malcolm Barelay-Harvey, also a former governor of South Australia, are ...

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  31. Meat-Rationing Scheme Said to Be Breaking Down.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.—'Chaotic conditions under which the whole meat-rationing scheme is breaking down are developing in the Victorian meat trade, according to leaders of the meat trade and meatcontrol officials. ...

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  32. RED CROSS ASSISTING CLOTHING APPEAL

    LAUNCESTON, Thursday. —At the monthly meeting of the executive committee of the Northern Section of the Red Cross Society it was reported the ...

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  33. LATE NEWS

    LONDON, Thursday. —Brussels Radio says a bill proposing a popular, secret vote on whether King Leopold should abdicate was this morning ...

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