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  2. LABOUR UNITY MOVE

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—A conference of the Non-Communist Labour party to-day by 104 votes to 26 passed a motion favouring unity ...

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  3. COUNTRY NEWS

    BAIRNSDALE.—Resolutions passed at the annual meeting of East Gippsland district council of the U.C.P. for inclusion on next conference business paper ...

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  4. KETCH WRECKED, MAN LOST

    Driven ashore on a tiny island in Bass Strait on Sunday, January 26, during the terrific gales which swept the southern coast, the ...

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    TWO THOUSAND YEARS OF BRITISH HISTORY were traced in a pageant of Empire at the St. Kilda patriotic carnival on Saturday. Top:—V.A.D.'s in the procession. Lower.—After having signed the Magna Corto along the whole of the procession route King John felt in need of a drink ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. DAILY DIGEST OF WORLD NEWS AND VIEWS

    Poor Petain! The fuss made about his full dress reminds me of a story. When at the beginning of the war of 1914 he was appointed brigadier-general, ...

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    THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED and four others injured in this car smash on the Calder Highway, near Keilor, on Saturday night. When a tube in the broke system snapped the car travelled out of control for 135 yards, leapt a ditch, crashed through a fence, turned two somersaults, and came to rest ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. TOMATO PRICE OFFER

    Tomato processers talked for more than two hours on Saturday morning with Mr. Hogan, Minister for Agriculture, before agreeing on new prices to be ...

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  9. "LIVE AND DIE ON THE LAND"

    The hope that the establishment of the National Catholic Rural Movement marked a new era for Catholic farmers was expressed by Bishop Henschke, of ...

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  10. PETROL TALK BY WAR COUNCIL

    All aspects of petrol rationing in the light of the first three months of its operation will be discussed by the Advisory War Council in Melbourne on ...

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  11. Letters to the Editor NOT DEMOCRACY

    Sir,—Many believe that the Menzies Government has been guilty of an assault on democracy by the regulation under the National Security Act prohibiting any ...

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  12. PISTOL POINT CAPTURE

    With pistol drawn a night watchman captured a man near East Brunswick Club Hotel, corner of Lygon and Albert sts., East Brunswick, early yesterday morning, ...

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  13. SHEPPARTON DECISION

    SHEPPARTON, Sunday.—At a meeting of about 200 tomato-growers at Shepparton yesterday it was resolved to continue to withhold supplies until sauce ...

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  14. MAN HELD AT PISTOL POINT

    Hearing footsteps above him, a watchman at Elcctrolux factory, Chapel st., South Yarra, yesterday afternoon rushed upstairs, covered an intruder with a pistol, ...

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  15. In the Churches CRIME AGAINST ABORIGINES

    If Governments had any regard for the good name of Australia, they would not allow depravity of aborigines to be paraded before ...

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  16. WAR PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN

    CANBERRA, Sunday. — It is believed that a national publicity campaign, which would involve expenditure of a large sum of money, in support of the Government's ...

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  17. ALL IN TO WIN

    Sir, — Every thinking person should read Mr. Lewis's letter (30/1/41), "All In to Win." I do not know the political, industrial, or religious creed of this writer, ...

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  18. NEWSBOY ATTACKED AND ROBBED

    Brutally attacked by two men in a lane off Draper st., South Melbourne, Hart Woolf, 12, newsboy, of Nelson pl., South Melbourne, was robbed of £1/2/ on ...

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  19. MIDGET CAR TESTED

    A midget motor-car experimental chas[?]ts, which turned at top speed within a 23ft. circle, was given a severe test in a demonstration on the roof of a building ...

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  20. GEELONG NEWS

    With the object of giving the children an opportunity to learn swimming, Cr. S. C. Gray (Mayor of Colac), at his own expense on Saturday brought 65 Colac ...

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  21. BALLARAT NEWS

    The sales tax was iniquitous, and should be abolished, said Mr. Pollard, M.H.R., at a meeting held on Saturday at the Ballarat Trades Hall to protest against the ...

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  22. CYCLIST KILLED IN RACE

    Competing in a cycling race with John, his brother, Ronald David Watts, 19, of Yan Yean, was killed when his machine skidded at Whittlesea recreation-ground ...

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  23. INFANT DROWNED

    MINYIP, Sunday.—Robert Edward, two years, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. Coates, of Minyip, was drowned in the swimming-pool on Saturday evening. He wandered ...

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  24. MINISTER TO VISIT N.Z.

    CANBERRA, Sunday. — Mr. Anthony, Assistant Commerce Minister, will visit New Zealand in the middle of this month to confer with members of the New ...

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  25. FRUITGROWERS' COMPENSATION

    CANBERRA, Sunday.—For varieties of apples and pears excluded from marketing under the acquisition scheme this season growers will be paid compensation of 1/ ...

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  26. CANTEEN WORKERS

    Sir,—If women are needed for overseas duty (and there is a big doubt among those who know of the field services rendered last war) will the authorities see: ...

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  27. MAILS

    Letter mails close at Elizabeth st. P.O. as under[?] G.P.O., Spencer st., 20 minutes later, unless marked which indicates same time at both offices. ...

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  28. NO A.R.P. DISCUSSION

    CANBERRA, Sunday.—Promised discussions between the Commonwealth and States on A.R.P. work did not materialise at yesterday's brief meeting of ...

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  29. BENDIGO NOTES

    Major Gorman, honorary commissioner for the Australian Comforts Fund, addressed a large audience at the Memorial Hall on Saturday night. Major Gorman ...

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  30. POULTRY PROBLEMS

    Although there was a shortage of suitable shipping for transport of eggs to England, poultry farmers should see that the normal quantity was produced, so ...

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  31. FRUIT PROBLEM

    Sir,—I feel very grieved to see how unjustly the fruitgrowers are being treated. I do not personally know any grower, but when I and many others saw ...

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  32. INFANT KILLED; FOUR INJURED

    BRUTHEN, Sunday.—An eight-weeks-old baby was killed and four people were injured when a utility truck left the Omeo Highway on a sharp turn near Ghost ...

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  33. FORCED LANDING

    Without injury to the pilot or damage to the machine an R.A.A.F. primary training aircraft, piloted by Leading Aircraft-man G. L. Duffield, made a forced ...

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  34. YOUTH KILLED

    BENALLA, Sunday.—Walter Farr. l8, son of Mr. and Mrs. Farr, of Lima East, was killed this afternoon in a fall from his motor-cycle. ...

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  35. INTRANSIGENT UNIONS

    Sir,—The claim by the New South Wales Trades and Labour Council that they have "the right to strike' may be conceded without argument in peace ...

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  36. Advertising

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  37. Advertising

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  38. WAR VIEWS

    Sir,—I am afraid Mr. Dunstan (1/2/41) has completely misapprehended me. I was not concerned with the merits of voluntary versus conscript armies, nor ...

    Article : 168 words
  39. CONTROL OF MEAT INDUSTRY

    SHEPPARTON, Sunday. — Adoption of some measure of Government control to combat the difficult position in the meut industry caused by drastic ...

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  40. KILLED AT QUARRY

    BEULAH, Sunday. — Alan Molony. 17, night telephone officer at Beulah Post-office, was killed by a fall of sandstone at a quarry known as Sand Pits at the ...

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  41. FATAL INJURIES

    Following a collision with a milk-cart in Pascoevale rd., Moonee Ponds, early on Saturday morning, John Nolan, aged 24 yews, of Bruce st., Coburg, who was ...

    Article : 39 words
  42. ASK A POLICEMAN

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