CANBERRA, Wednesday.—As the principal power and member of the British Commonwealth in the Pacific, Australia must be prepared to shoulder greater responsibilities for the defence of that, area, including the upkeep of our bases, which was ...
Article : 631 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—At trie Prime Ministers' conference in London, the United Kingdom asked Australia' and the other Commonwealth countries to give the highest priority to the development of heavy industry, particularly shipbuilding and aircraft construction, said the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 447 wordsAfter expressing disquiet because of the extended delay in the provision of the long-promised public hospital in the town, the Burnie Hospital Committee last night was seriously alarmed by the announcement of Dr. W. A. Fleming that because of unsurmountable staff and financial difficulties, Sister ...
Article : 1,182 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—A Qantas Lancastrian airliner arrived to-day with a record air mall load from the United Kingdom. The ...
Article : 47 wordsLONDON, Wednesday.—From all parts of England 55 members of the Australian Victory contingent converged on London billets ...
Article : 261 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Postmaster-General (Senator Cameron) said in the Senate to-day that supplies of telephone equipment were being ...
Article : 64 wordsHANOVER, Wednesday.—One hundred German workers and displaced persons are feared to have been killed yesterday in an ...
Article : 154 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—A Royal Navy sub-lieutenant was killed yesterday afternoon when his plane, a Firefly, crashed in an attempt to land on the ...
Article : 72 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Federal Parliamentary Labor Party to-day failed to endorse the recommendation of its special sub-committee for ...
Article : 358 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—After five hours' debate, the Senate tonight passed the three bills under which the Government seeks to hold ...
Article : 127 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—Australia had until December 31 to decide whether to participate in the Bretton Woods Agreement, said the Prime ...
Article : 133 wordsMELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Because of coal shortages, goods train services will be reduced to-morrow. Country passenger train service ...
Article : 178 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—What was described by delegates as a now deal for women was unanimously' adopted at the convention ...
Article : 190 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Liberal Party to-day deferred a decision on the launching of apjournment metions of censures until the views of the ...
Article : 67 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—"We think Communists should he dealt with as breakers of the general law, and not merely as Communists," the Leader of ...
Article : 88 wordsHOBART, Wednesday.—A Conference of school authorities, parents and others may be convened shortly by the Minister for ...
Article : 311 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—In the House of Representatives to-day the Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) said Army deserters were entitled to ...
Article : 52 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—A direct appeal to the Commonwealth Government for intervention to settle the Brishnne meat strike was made this evening by the ...
Article : 115 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Minister for Migration (Mr. Calwell) said to-day that Australia would welcome American families especially those of ex-servicemen, as immigrants. Australia could easily absorb more than 250,000 families. ...
Article : 84 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—The nursing and domestic staffs of the MacLeay District Hospital, at Kempsey, struck in protest against the dismissal of Sister ...
Article : 71 wordsMELOBURNE, Wednesday.—Plans are being made for a new industry in Australia which, will manufacture ball-point fountain pens. These pens ...
Article : 127 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—The suggestion that the Disposals Commission make available motor vans, lorries and parts at standard prices to ...
Article : 93 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Minister for Shipping (Senator Ashley) said in the Senate to-day that the Government had been informed that the Dutch ...
Article : 329 wordsAUCKLAND, Wednesday.— World record prices for rabbitskins were paid at the Dunedin sales to-day. Best grades ranged from ...
Article : 35 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—Use of a suitably-equipped service aircraft by the P.M.G.'s Department for the delivery of mails to the outback districts ...
Article : 83 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. Charles Chauvel, the Australian film producerdirector, has bought the film and television rights of Will Lawson's "When ...
Article : 137 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—Southern New South Wales is again in the grip of a cold spell. In some districts the heaviest fall of ...
Article : 120 wordsMELBOURNE, Wednesday—Members of the Communist Party who also belong to a trades union affiliated with the A.L.P. are eligible in Labor pre-selection ...
Article : 99 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Meat Control from July till October would continue to purchase at prices related to the ceilings, all surplus carcase meat ...
Article : 146 wordsADELAIDE, Wednesday.—In the Australia-wide check by hundreds, of Prices Commission investigators into the prices of millinery goods, which ...
Article : 55 wordsMELBOURNE, Wednesday.—M[?] than 550 wives and children of Australian ex-servicemen were being brought to Australia by the steamers ...
Article : 102 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Federal-Government had no intention of interfering with the distribution to growers of profits from wool sold under the ...
Article : 55 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—Between 3000 and 4000 Australian civilians who had been stranded in Englaud during the war should all be back ...
Article : 79 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Minister for Supply (Senator Ashley) said to-day an increase of 33 1-3 p.c. in the petrol ration for ...
Article : 160 wordsHOBART, Wednesday.—Nearly £7000, an increase of £1000 on yesterday's figure, was realised on the second day of the Commonwealth ...
Article : 160 wordsHOBART, Wednesday.—The condition, of Venus May Parcell, married, of Hobart, who was admitted to the Royal Hobart Hospital on Monday in a critical ...
Article : 85 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) introduced in the House of Representatives to-day a bill to grant supply to carry on the normal services of the Government for the first two months of 1946-47. The amount was £43,826,000. ...
Article : 192 wordsMELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Mr. D. Thompson, secretary of the Building Trades Federation, stated in the Arbitration Court to-day that he considered ...
Article : 120 wordsMELBOURNE, Wednesday.—What was described by one of the men as an "unofficial" visit by railway workers at the Jolimont workshops to the Full ...
Article : 116 wordsBRISBANE, Wednesday.—A threat to cease work at midnight to-night was dropped by the State branches of the Australian Federated Union of ...
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Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954), Thu 20 Jun 1946, Page 5
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