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  2. MURDER CHARGE FAILS

    PERTH, Monday.—After a 40 minutes' retirement a jury in the Criminal Court to-day acquitted Richard Wheeler, aged 40 years, a half-caste dingo trapper, on a ...

    Article : 175 words
  3. LONG VIGIL WITH A HAPPY END

    Holding a faded photograph, a boy eagerly scanned the crowded wharf as the Moreton Bay, from London, drew into her berth at Victoria Dock yesterday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 235 words
  4. INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS

    "There can be no doubt that the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) was correct when he said in the Federal Parliament that it was the business of no one but himself ...

    Article : 250 words
  5. DIVIDENDS IN TRAVEL

    Carried on through a vast publicity machine, with offices in many countries, the Australian National Travel Association's work of telling the world about our tourist ...

    Article : 218 words
  6. OFFICERS DENY CHARGES

    CANBERRA, Monday.— Charges laid against them by the secretary of the Department of the Interior (Mr. J. A. Carrodus) were ...

    Article : 213 words
  7. DEFENCE WORKS PROGRAMME

    in the current financial year approximately £6,000,000 would be spent by the Department of the Interior on defence works begun ...

    Article : 309 words
  8. MAY STAND FOR CARLTON

    In response to a deputation from a number of Carlton business people Mr. Jack Campbell, company promoter. who was part-proprietor of the Exhibition ...

    Article : 102 words
  9. DO YOU LACK HOT MEALS; WARM CLOTHES?

    Sir,—As I lay in my warm bed this morning and contrasted my lot with that of the homeless and foodless, I read your appeal to the charitable for ...

    Article : 230 words
  10. PREMIER'S SON

    Although applications for selection have not been invited, Mr. M. M. Nolan announced last night that he was applying for endorsement as the Labour candidate ...

    Article : 176 words
  11. CITY COUNCIL ELECTIONS

    Although nominations for the City Council election on August 24 will not close until 4 p.m. to-morrow, 34 forms, each accompanied by a deposit of £10, ...

    Article : 322 words
  12. GIRL STOWAWAY

    AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Monday.—A girl, aged 14 years, whose name was not disclosed, was found occupying a cabin aboard the Aorangi the day after the ...

    Article : 68 words
  13. NEW GUINEA AIR CRASH.—

    —Pilot W. Schafhausen (right) and Father Joseph Kirschbaum, one of the best-known men in New Guinea, were among those killed when a Fokker machine crashed at Sek Harbour, Rabaul, on Sunday. Schafhausen was photographed at Essendon aerodrome with Ray Parer in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 69 words
  14. DEATH OF CORONER

    HOBART, Monday.— When about to leave his home at Mount Nicholas this morning to preside at an inquest the district coroner (Mr. Louis Eugene Ransom), ...

    Article : 41 words
  15. MOSQUITOES ON RAMPAGE NEAR DARWIN

    DARWIN, Monday.— The worst mosquito plague for many years is reported to have descended on the bush country near Darwin, and apparently has narrowly ...

    Article : 164 words
  16. BAKERS' "WHITE" LIST

    The names of 54 bakery establishments situated north of the Yarra in which unionists are employed appeared in a "white" list issued jointly yesterday by ...

    Article : 87 words
  17. ACCELERATING SUPPLIES

    CANBERRA, Monday.—Plans to expedite the delivery of materials purchased by the Federal Government for national defence from private manufacturers will ...

    Article : 234 words
  18. COMEDIAN AT HOSPITAL

    A visit was paid to Caulfield Military Hospital yesterday evening by George Roby, Barney Grant (hill-billy). Al Zimmey (vocalist), and members of the Tivoli ...

    Article : 81 words
  19. NEW JUSTICES

    Appointment of the following Justices of the Peace was approved yesterday by the State Executive Council:—Messrs. L. R. Robert, Lucknow street, Ascotvale ...

    Article : 48 words
  20. TELEVISION IN AUSTRALIA

    In an attempt to develop television in Australia, Mr. M. J. Dvornik, of Jugoslavia, reached Melbourne ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 181 words
  21. DINNER TO ALDERMEN

    As the office of alderman in the City Council will cease to exist this month the Lord Mayor (Councillor A. W. Coles) and other councillors will give a dinner for the ...

    Article : 150 words
  22. VICTIMISATION ALLEGED

    AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Monday.—Four hundred men employed at two mines burned by Glen Afton Collieries, near Huntly, went on strike this morning, ...

    Article : 106 words
  23. TWO FITZROY CONTESTS

    Only two Fitzroy Council seats will be contested at the elections on August 24. In the East Ward, Councillor J. Baker ...

    Article : 77 words
  24. POLICE OFFICE-BEARERS

    Mr. J. E. Hutchinson has been elected president of the Victorian Police Association for 1939-40. Other officers chosen at the annual ...

    Article : 90 words
  25. TRAVELLER MISSES DOG

    Described by his mistress as well educated. bilingual, well-mannered, and widely travelled, Kikita a 12-year-old griffon dog, had to be separated from ...

    Article : 176 words
  26. NO POLITICS IN WORK

    "Politics do not count in the State public service" epitomised the comments of departmental officers, senior and junior, on advice given to members of the public ...

    Article : 178 words
  27. MOTHER CHARGED

    AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Monday.—Mrs. Clare Noreen Hill, aged 24 years, was charged in Auckland Police Court to-day with having murdered her baby boy. aged ...

    Article : 58 words
  28. LOST FROM LINER

    BRISBANE Monday.— During the voyage of the Narkunda from Sydney to Brisbane, George Creig, aged 54 years, quarter-master, who joined the ship ...

    Article : 53 words
  29. N.Z. MINISTERS ILL

    WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday.—The condition of the Prime Minister (Mr. Savage), who recently underwent an abdominal operation, is satisfactory. ...

    Article : 56 words
  30. Advertising

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  31. FRUIT MACHINES

    Because of pressure of other business the State Cabinet deferred last night consideration of proposals submitted by the Chief Secretary (Mr. Bailey) for ...

    Article : 136 words
  32. STRUCK BY CAR

    Struck by a motor-car while he was helping to push another car which had been disabled on the Calder Highway, neal Kellor, at 2 a.m. yesterday, Cecil ...

    Article : 56 words
  33. DANGEROUS CROSSING

    Because of the number of accidents which have recently occurred at the intersection of Bridge road and Burnley street, Richmond, the Richmond Council last ...

    Article : 43 words
  34. Regulations Extend to Making of Beds

    Making beds will no longer be a simple feature of domestic routine in many households in Victoria. It will be a matter of precision and foot rules, because the State ...

    Article : 291 words
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