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  2. REVISION OF UNIFORM TAXATION REJECTED

    CANBERRA, Tuesday. — The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) flatly rejected the proposal put forward by the States at the Premiers' conference to-day for revision of the uniform taxation scheme to restore State control over State income tax. Warning the conference that income tax in future would have to be considerably higher ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. 1945 AGRICULTURAL SHOWS MOST SUCCESSFUL

    LAUNCESTON, Tuesday.—Thirteen agricultural shows in Tasmania las year were attended by 155,614 persons, and gate receipts approximated £8000 These figures were given by the president of the Agricultural Show Coun cil of Tasmania (Mr. G. Green) at the annual meeting in Launceston this ...

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  4. MILITIAMAN WINS AUSTRALIA'S 20th V.C.

    CANBERRA, Tuesday.—A N.S.W. militiaman, Pte. Frank John Partridge, of Upper Hewed Creek, via Macksville, has been awarded the ...

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  5. ALUMINIUM INDUSTRY

    CANBERRA, Tuesday. — The Acting Minister for Munitions (Mr. Dedman) said to-day that he had no objection to making public the ...

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  6. MASS PRODUCTION OF PRE-FABRICATED HOUSES POSSIBLE

    CANBERRA, Tuesday. — A steelframed prefabricated house would soon be on view in the Treasury Gardens (Melbourne), said the Minister for ...

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  7. SEPTEMBER 2, 1945, REGARDED AS DAY WAR CEASED

    CANBERRA, Tuesday. — The Commonwealth Government believes that September 2, 1945, should be regarded as the date on ...

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  8. RUTHERGLEN BUGS ATTACK HUMANS

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Despite recent rain, the Rutherglen bug had increased in several districts, the Government Biologist (Mr. S. Fish) said ...

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  9. 2-lb. PREMATURE BABY STiLL ALIVE

    SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Weighing only 2 lb. 1 oz., a premature baby girl at the Crown Street Women's Hospital is believed to ...

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  10. N.S.W. WANTS STATEOWNED AIRLINES

    SYDNEY, Tuesday. — State ownership of airlines, to be operated under a Federal co-ordinating authority, will be advocated ...

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  11. Menial Patients Padlocked to Walls

    SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Patients in straight jackets have had to be padlocke[?] to the walls of the Gladstocke Mental Hospital because of the ...

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  12. DURBAN CASTLE'S "MIXED" PASSENGER LIST

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The biggest mixed collection of passengers brought from England since the end of the war arrived here in the Durban ...

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  13. FLEET AIR ARM PLANES OVER MELBOURNE

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday. — A large formation of Fleet Air Arm planes flew over the city late to-day to herald the British carriers that will arrive ...

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  14. TROOPSHIP STRIKES MINE

    SINGAPORE, Tuesday. — The troopship Highland Brigade carrying 2000 Indian troops, struck a mine off Singapore on Friday. ...

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  15. AUSTRALIANS AND THEIR SLANG GET ON HIS NERVES

    NEW YORK, Tuesday. — The Hearst newspapers' columnist, Westbrook Pegler, discussing misuse of the expression "double ...

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  16. TRAPPED FOR 4 HOURS WITH ARM IN ROLLERS OF MACHINE

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday. — Great fortitude was shown by a machinist. Harry Just (40), of St. Kilda, who was trapped for nearly four hours to-day ...

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  17. UNLICENSED PILOT KILLED IN CRASH

    SYDNEY, Tuesday.—An unlicensed pilot, Eric A. Hurst (30), of Lyndhurst, was killed when his aircraft crashed into the sea 300 yards off Tamara ...

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  18. Another Coal Hold-up Threatened in N.S.W.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Another holdup of northern N.S.W. mines may occur unless a dispute at the two Hebburn collieries be settled soon. ...

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  19. 7 MORE PARALYSIS CASES

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Seven more infantile paralysis cases were reported to-day, bringing the total for the year to 47. Since June 30 last year 280 cases ...

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  20. Did Not Authorise Issue of Passports

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Minister for Immigration (Mr. Calwell) arrived unexpectedly in Melbourne to-day from Launceston and will fly to ...

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  21. COMMONWEALTH'S PROPOSALS FOR GRANTS TO STATES

    CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The keynote of the Commonwealth's proposals for continuance of uniform income and entertainment taxation, placed before the Premiers' conference to-day, was a scheme for the automatic variation of reimbursements to the States, based on the level of State expenditure on ...

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  22. DAMAGES CLAIM SEQUEL TO SHIPPING COLLISION

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A writ has been issued on behalf of the Royal Norwegian Government under the Admiralty jurisdiction of the High Court, ...

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  23. CAPITAL ISSUES CONTROL

    CANBERRA, Tuesday. — State Governments may establish, their own capital issues control when Commonwealth control lapses. ...

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  24. Primary Producers' Council to Meet

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday. — An important meeting of the Primary Producers' Council of Australia is to be held in Melbourne on ...

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  25. RUSSIANS TAKE OVER HUNGARIAN BANK

    LONDON, Tuesday.—Reuter's Budapest correspondent says turee members of the Russian Commission, acting under authority signed by Marshal Voroshilov, to-day ...

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  26. IN AMERICA FOR RARE OPERATION

    SAN FRANCISCO, Tuesday.—Cherylene Robinson has arrived by plane from Australia with her mother for a rare cranial operation, necessary to save ...

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  27. To Move No Confidence in S. African Government

    CAPE TOWN, Tuesday.—After General Smuts had given notice at the opening session of Parliament that he would to-morrow move the ...

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  28. HUGE TOTALISATOR TURNOVER

    LONDON, Tuesday.—The totalisator turnover in England in 1945 ' was £7,140,995 l'or only 170 days' racing, compared with the record ...

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  29. THREAT OF WIDESPREAD INDUSTRIAL UNREST IF 40-HOUR WEEK NOT GRANTED

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday. — Despite a rebuke by the president of the A.C.T.U. (Mr. Clarey, M.L.C.) yesterday trades union officers ...

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  30. GRATUITIES FOR HOME FURNISHING

    HOBART, Tuesday. — The Minister for Repatriation (Mr. Frost), has pass, ed on to the Federal Treasurer (Mr. Chifley) a request that gratuities be ...

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  31. ADVOCATES SEX BROADCASTS

    CANBERRA, Tuesday.—"It may be that radio will [?]end to foster family life and counter the disintegregation brought about by the automobile," ...

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  32. NO EARLY LIFTING OF MEAT RATIONING

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday. — Because Britain was still asking for Australian perk, there was no immediate possibility of lifting the restrictions on the ...

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  33. FIELDS BACK AT WORK

    CANBERRA, Tuesday. — Ernest Cyril Fields, central figure in the Schreiber case, resumed work to-day in the almost-empty bar of the ...

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  34. TO RELIEVE STEEL SHORTAGE

    LAUNCESTON, Tuesday.—To relieve the serious shortage of steel in Tasmania for reconstruction work, the Minister for Lands and Works (Mr. ...

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  35. U.N.R.R.A. Chief Appeals

    LONDON, Monday. — It was an nounced in London and Washington yesterday that Lieut.-General Sir Frederick Morgan had appealed to the ...

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