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  2. Seeking More Equitable Distribution of National Income

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—In a vigorous defence of the Social Services Consolidation Bill In the Senate tonight, Senator Collings declared the, Government was out ...

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    Mr. E. E. Smith proudly presents his champion bulldog "Leodride Air Marshal" to interviewer Bob Dougal (left) and to all British Broadcasting Corporation Television viewers. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. TIME FOR SHOWDOWN ON PRICE OF PETROL

    CANBERRA, Wednesday. —"The time has arrived for a showdown on the price of petrol, with the cards face ...

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  5. BURNIE "LET DOWN" IN EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

    lt was statad it a general meeting of the Burnie Chamber of Commerce last evening that In regard to educational facilities Burnie had been "let down" for years. Surprise was expressed at the attitude of the Minister for Education (Mr. E. R. Howroyd) to a ...

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  6. REGIONAL STATION FOR NORTH-WEST

    CANBERRA, Wednesday. —Provision has been made In the programme of works for the Postmaster ...

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  7. "Adequate" Roads. In Sparsely Populated Areas

    CANBERRA, Wednesday. — Winding up the second reading debate on the Aid to Roads Bill In the House of ...

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  8. TO HEAR CLAIMS BY F.E.D.F.A.

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Federal Government to-day agreed to transfer the powers of the Central Coat Reference Board to the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. H. Gallagher). The Attorney-General (Dr. Evatt) said the Government had acted ...

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  9. PILLAGING OCCURRED IN SYDNEY

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.— Investigations were proceeding into the pillaging of £200 worth of clothing from the Karuah at ...

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  10. Anxious to Come to Australia

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.— There are 196,000 prospective migrants registered at Australia House, London, while U.K. ...

    Article : 148 words
  11. WOMAN GETS £889 DAMAGES FOR DISFIGUREMENT

    ADELAIDE, Wednesday. —When awarding £880 damages to Audrey Elizabeth Rowe, photographic retoucher, of fliudcrs Park, in ...

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  12. No Federal Aid for Fruitgrowers

    CANBERRA, Wednesday. —The Federal Government could not accede to a request by the Tasmanian Government ...

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  13. SHOULD CONTEST TAX ACT

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday. —The view that the time had arrived when the States should contest the Uniform Tax Act ...

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  14. "Engines of Death"

    CANBERRA, Wednesday. —Speaking in the House of Representatives to-day. Dame Enid Lyons said that whatever ...

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  15. Dry Spell In Victoria Causing Anxiety

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday. —The spell of dry weather throughout Victoria shows no signs of breaking. Farmers, particularly in the northern ...

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  16. BRITISH TRADE.

    LONDON. Wednesday (A.A.P.) — The Board of Trade says the value of exports in April was £82,700,000. This is slightly higher ...

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  17. Higher Car Prices Till Productian Increases

    LAUNCESTON. Wednesday. — The trend would be for prices of new cars to increase until the volume of production was greater, ...

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  18. Escapee Arrested

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—At. 4.45 this afternoon police raided a house in Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, and found Maxwell Charles ...

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  19. Embezzlement Alleged

    ADELAIDE, Wednesday. — The assistant manager of a city insurance company had embezzled a large sum of money belonging to the ...

    Article : 94 words
  20. Reported Communist Plan to Form Company Ridiculed

    CANBERRA, Wednesday. — The formation of a company by a group of Australian Communists to exploit Australian and Indonesian trade was referred to in the House of Representatives to-day by the Attorney-General (Dr. Evatt) as utterly fantastic. Before such a ...

    Article : 477 words
  21. Transformer Structure Collapses

    LAUNCESTON. Wednesday. — The collapse, of a transformer structure and two poles at midnight, on Tuesday left residents of portion of ...

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  22. RAIL POWER BREAKS DOWN

    MELBOURNE. Wednesday. — An suburban trains were brought to a standstill and all electric signal failed when the suburban ...

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  23. Admiral Nimitz Unlikely to Visit Australia

    CANBERRA, Wednesday. — The Commonwealth Government believes it most unlikely Admiral Nimitz will visit Australia in view of the ...

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  24. £4,680,000 WRUNG FROM LOW PAID SERVICEMEN

    CANBERRA, Wed. — The Government, through its agencies, wrung the huge profit of £4,680,000 from low paid ...

    Article : 230 words
  25. U.S. SAILORS ASSAULTED AND ROBBED

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—In the Hawthorn Court to-day, Ronald Richard Johnson (18), of William Street, Hawthorn, and ...

    Article : 165 words
  26. NO THREAT TO TEXTILE MILLS

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday. — Commenting on a newspaper report that because mills were unable to import British yarn, which was ...

    Article : 101 words
  27. NO ATOMIC CHARGES

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—There was no truth in a report that guided missiles to be tested in Central Australia would carry atomic charges, ...

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  28. Wanted His Wife Ejected from Home

    SYDNEY, "Wednesday — Following a break between them in January. 1943, and pending divorce proceedings. an ...

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  29. MALADMINISTRATION ALLEGED

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) refused, a request in the House of Representatives to-day for the appointment of an all-parties parliamentary committee, presided over by a High Court judge and equipped with a special invesflgational staff, ...

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  30. ATTEMPT TO RESTRAIN JUDGES

    MELBOURNE, Wed. — The Full High Court to-day completed the hearing of an action by the "Sun News-Pictorial" seeking a ...

    Article : 266 words
  31. STRONGER AIR FORCE LIKELY

    CANBERRA, Wednesday. — The Defence Council next week is expected to strike higher strength for Permanent Royal ...

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  32. 15 P. CENT. PRICE RISE WOULD FOLLOW 40-HOUR WEEK

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The total effect of a 40-hour week on prices would probably be between £110,000,000 and £120,000,OOO, equivalent to a 9 p.c. rise in the general price level and a rise of 15 p.c. cent, in the prices of most goods and services provided by ...

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  33. UNECONOMIC TO SEND POWER TO MAINLAND

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.— The large capital cost off transmitting electric power from Tasmania to the mainland and ...

    Article : 138 words
  34. Alternation of Wage-Pegging Formula

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The formula for wage-pegging cases before the Arbitration Court in future will deal in round figures ...

    Article : 66 words
  35. Arrested With Stolen Furs

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Detectives, with revolvers drawn, leapt from a police car in Liverpool Street, City, ...

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  36. ALLOWED TO KEEP FOX FURS

    MELBOURNE, Wed. — The widow of a Polish doctor of philosophy, who was charged with having made a false ...

    Article : 153 words
  37. PRESIDENT'S MOTHER HAS POOR NIGHT

    GRANDVIEW (Missouri), Wednesday (A.A.P.). — President, Truman told reporters this morning that has mother had a poor night, ...

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  38. Triplets Born in Shack

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Mrs. M. Sullivan, who, with her husband and four children left Bendigo recently to visit Melbourne, after ...

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  39. M.C.C. d S. Africa

    LONDON. Wednesday (A A.P.) —Scoring 230 in its first i[?]gs and declaring with 253 for four wickets in its second, M.C.C. ...

    Article : 76 words
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