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  2. T.B. PATIENTS DISCHARGED HALF CURED

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—- Tubereulo>[?]is patients in Victoria were being discharged from hospitals half cured because of an acute shortage of ...

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  3. STRIKE POSITION MORE SERIOUS Desperate Need for Coal Supplies

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Although the trams and buses resumed running and disputes on two of the ships in Melbourne were settled, the general strike position to-day was more serious than ever. The Nairana and other vessels were still held up, and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. ALTERATION OF COUNCIL BOUNDARIES AND FRANCHISE

    HOBART, Thursday.—The setting up of l8 single-member electorates for the Legislative Council, extension of the franchise to persons paying a weekly rental of 10/, and a change in election day from Tuesday to Saturday were provisions in a bill to amend. ...

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  5. Over 1000 Ex-Prisoners Reach Brisbane

    BRISBANE, Thursday.—More than 200 prisoners of war from Singapore and veterans returning from the islands reached here to-day in the ...

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  6. FEDERAL GRANTS STATES APPEAR IN ROLE OF BEGGARS

    CANBERRA, Thursday.— Tasmania and West Australia were sometimes regarded as mendicant States because they approached the Commonwealth Government for grants the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Menzies) said in the House of ...

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  7. Widows' Pensions to Be Increased

    CANBERRA. Thursday.—Legislation to increase widows' pensions and allowances by 5/6 weekly, involving an additional appropriation of £624,000 ...

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  8. Mi Beasley May Continue as High Commissioner

    CANBERRA, Thursday—The Minister for Defence (Mr. Beasley) will either return to Australia for the next elections, or will forfeit his portfolio ...

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  9. LIMBLESS SOLDIERS WORKED BY JAPS

    LAUNCESTON, Thursday.— How limbless and convalescent soldiers were taken under false pretences to British North Borneo and made to work on ...

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  10. WAGE-PEGGING AND HIGH TAXATION BLAMED

    CANBERRA, Thursday—The present high taxation and wage-pegging were named by an A.C.T.U. delegation which waited on the Prime Minister ...

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  11. HEATED CLASHES IN THE SENATE

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—There were heated clashes in the Senate to-day following revelations by Senator Dorothy Tangney (Lab., W.A.) of the standard ...

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  12. DEMOBILISATION OF R.A.A.F.

    CANBERRA, Thursday.— Demobilisation of 20,000 R.A.A.F. personnel serving in Borneo and the Netherlands East Indies had begun, the Minister ...

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  13. SLOW RESPONSE TO LOAN APPEAL

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.— Only slight improvement was noted to-day in applications lodged in the Fourth Victory Loan, and the ...

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  14. Ship's Officer on Charge of Murder

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Thurston Joseph Gates, chief officer of the U.S. tanker Sheldon Clark, was remanded until October 11 by ...

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  15. Air Force Pilot Killed in Crash

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.— An Air Force pilot was killed when the Spitfire he was flying crashed on the Geelong Grammar School's playing fields ...

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  16. Unloading of Potatoes in Sydney

    He was aware that strikers in Sydney had refused to handle thousands of bags of potatoes from the North-West Coast and other parts of Tasmania and that ...

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  17. WAR CABINET MEETING

    CONBERRA, Thursday— General Sir Thomas Blamey to-day discussed with War Cabinet the despatch of the Australian Brigade Group to form ...

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  18. Hume Reservoir For Generation of Electricity

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Commonwealth and the Governments of Victoria, N.S.W. and S.A. are examining a draft agreement for the use of ...

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  19. Plane Finds Missing Launch

    MELBOURNE, Thursday— Guided by an R.A.A.F. plane to-day, the Queenscliff lifeboat rescued a £500 21ft fishing launch, which had been ...

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  20. Action Against Indonesian Seamen

    MELBOURNE, Thursday—Ninety-seven Indonesian seamen from the Dutch ships Merak and Karsik who were charged in the City ...

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  21. Reinforcements Reach Saigon

    SAIGON, Thursday— French and British reinforcements arrived here to-day. They found the city outwardly quiet and orderly, ...

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  22. Do Not Wish to Return to Poland

    ROME, Thursday.— Most of the Poles in Italy do not wish to return to Poland, according to a statement by Lientenant-General Anders, ...

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  23. HIGH APPLE PRICES DO NOT GO TO GROWERS

    SYDNEY, Thursday.— Apples for which the Tasmanian grower receives 4/6 per case are being sold in Sydney for 25/6 per case, Mr. P. S. ...

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  24. Underhand Dealings Alleged

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—Alleging underhand dealings within the Munitions Department, the Deputy Leader of the Opposition (Mr. ...

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  25. PUNISHMENT OF JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—National Military Courts for the trial of war criminals are proposed in the War Crimes Bill which passed all stages in the House of Representatives to-day. The Minister for Defence (Mr. Beasley) said the bill provided for ...

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  26. NURSING SCHEME FOR A.A.M.W.S.

    CANBERRA,Thursday— War Cabinet to-day endorsed a scheme drawn up in 1942 for training a limited num ber of A.A.M.W.S as nurses. It was ...

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  27. JAPAN WANTS FOOD FOR SILK AND RAYON

    TOKIO, Thursday.— The Dom[?] Agency reports that Japan will soon ask the Allied Command for permission to exchange silk and rayon for food ...

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  28. JAPS USED "HUMAN TORPEDOES"

    TOKIO, Thursday—The nesrspaper "Asahi" says that the Japanese used "human torpedoes" fired from the decks of submarines in a futile effort ...

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  29. RECIPROCAL AID TO UNITED STATES FORCES

    CANBERRA,Thursday.—Australian reciprocal aid to the U.S. forces engaged in the Japanese war amounted to £253,500,000 to June 30, 1945. On the basis of the official exchange rate of 3.2 dollars to the £Al, this represents 113 dollars per head of population. ...

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  30. NATIONALITY BILL

    CANBERRA, Thursday.— The Nationality Bill, to enable Australian women marrying aliens to retain their British citizenship wile still resident ...

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  31. WINE FLOWED DOWN HILLSIDE

    ADELAIDE, Thursday.—Three thousand gallons of wine flowed down the hiillside below the Woodley wine cellars, Glen Osmond, early to-day when ...

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