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  2. STANDARDISING RAIL GAUGES

    Addressing the annual meeting of t[?]e Canberra Division of the Australian Institution of Engineers [?] night, the retiring chairman (Mr. ...

    Article : 572 words
  3. DAY LABOUR FOR HOUSING

    A motion, protesting to the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Forde) against the decision to let contracts for the erection of houses in the A.C.T., was ...

    Article : 392 words
  4. COUNTRY PARTY TO FRAME POSTWAR PROGRAMME

    The Leader of the Australian Country Party (Mr. Fadden) said to-night that a conference would be arranged for the national post-war ...

    Article : 246 words
  5. ACCOMMODATION FOR ALLIED SERVICES ON LEAVE

    The Treasurer (Mr. Chifley) is examining what action can be taken by the Commonwealth Government to protect tenants[?] who are evicte[?] ...

    Article : 272 words
  6. NEWS IN BRIEF

    WASHINGTON, Wednesday.—The New Zealand Legation announced that the Prime Minister (Mr. Fraser) had arrived in San Francisco. The ...

    Article : 348 words
  7. TURKEY PLAYS PUZZLING HAND.

    WHEN the history of the war comes to be written, it may be found that Turkey has been party to more agreements with the belligerents than any other Power. Turkey has been able to avoid becoming a belligerent, and if there has been doubt in the past as to the reliance ...

    Article : 504 words
  8. LAW REFORM BILL

    A bitter attack on the Legislative Council was made in the Legislative Assembly to-night by the Prem[?]er (Mr. McKell) and the Chief ...

    Article : 138 words
  9. EXTRA SUBSIDY PROPOSED FOR DAIRY INDUSTRY

    A new substantial subsidy for the dairying industry to offset production costs, is now being considered by the Commonwealth Government. ...

    Article : 113 words
  10. GYMKHANA AT HALL

    At the committee meeting of the Hall Patriotic Gymkhana last night, the secretary, Mr. O'Sullivan, announced that. with the help of Mr. ...

    Article : 310 words
  11. KINDERGARTEN SCHOOL

    The Canberra Nursery Kindergarten School at Apton opened on Wednesday for a limited number of children. ...

    Article : 257 words
  12. ALLIED POSITION IMPROVING ON BURMA FRONT

    After heavy hand-to-hand fighting the Allied forces in the foothill, north-west of Imphal, captured a polution and maintained contact ...

    Article : 90 words
  13. YEARLING SALES WILL SWELL TAX REVENUE

    The Treasurer (Mr. Chifley) said yesterday the Commonwealth Government was considering whether people who bought yearlings should ...

    Article : 373 words
  14. PRIME MINISTER ALONE SHOULD TELL OF AUSTRALIA'S POLICY

    Attacking the statement made by the Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) to the Victorian A.L.P. conference, Sir Earle Page declared ...

    Article : 84 words
  15. HORSE FLESH SOLD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION

    Meat from T.B. cattle as well a[?] horse[?] was being sold for human consumption. This was stated in a report to the Government by the police ...

    Article : 230 words
  16. CANBERRA LAGS IN VICTORY LOAN RESPONSE

    Figures released by the Country Loan Superintendent (Mr. H. R. Williams) reveal that pr[?]or to Easter the Canberra response to the Victory ...

    Article : 170 words
  17. PRESS HANDICAPPED BY CENSORSHIP

    The President of the Australian Newspaper Proprietors' Association (Mr. Henderson) said that the Minister for Information (Mr. Calwell) ...

    Article : 110 words
  18. MINISTER "TALKING THROUGH HIS HAT"

    It was stated to-day by the Minister for Transport (Mr. O'sullivan) that there would be no further overcrowding on trains, because a plan ...

    Article : 88 words
  19. STATE DEFICIT

    The accumulated deficit on the Consolidated Revenue Fund of New South Wales would have been at least £9,500,000 greater than was disclosed ...

    Article : 78 words
  20. OPPOSITION IN BRITAIN TO PUBLIC OWNERSHIP

    The Leader of the Common Wealth Party told the Overseas Empire Correspondents Association that the main trouble the Party experienced ...

    Article : 111 words
  21. AMERICAN PILOTS [?]ERNED IN SWEDEN

    A number of Swedish, aerodromes are beginning to resemble American bomber bases in Britain, says the Stockholm correspondent of the ...

    Article : 75 words
  22. RAIL SEAT BOOKINGS

    Canberra bureaucrats were forc[?] Queanbeyan people to travel eight miles to Canberra to join the 4.15 p.m. train to Sydney, although the ...

    Article : 110 words
  23. FATAL STABBING IN BRAWL

    Two Allied servicemen were fatally stabbed and seven others had to receive medical treatment foll[?] a brawl at an Australian port ...

    Article : 239 words
  24. PORTUGUESE DRAWS HEAVY ENROLMENT

    Portuguese has now become a popular study in American educational institutions and the enrolment is heavy wherever classes are given. ...

    Article : 140 words
  25. Wills Compulsory for Permanent R.A.N.

    An amending regulation issued yesterday makes it compulsory for officers and men of the R.A.N. who receive rates of pay as permanent ...

    Article : 50 words
  26. DEATH OF MR. A. PRATT

    The death of Mr. Ambrose Pratt, a well-known author and journalist, occurred at the age of 70 years. The late Mr. Pratt was born at ...

    Article : 88 words
  27. ANGLERS MISSING

    Fears are felt for the safety of Harold McLean, 28, Charles Hall, 42, and Wilfred Wiscome[?] 37, of Hurstville, who left Port Hacking ...

    Article : 87 words
  28. NEW ZEALAND AND RUSSIA TO EXCHANGE MINISTERS

    The Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Sullivan) announced that the Governments of Russia and New Zealand had agreed to establish diplomatic ...

    Article : 46 words
  29. CHINESE GAINS B.Sc.

    Victor Chu Kan Boon, 21, who came to Australia from Java in 1941, will to-night receive the degree of Bachelor of Science at the Perth ...

    Article : 48 words
  30. NINE MINES IDLE

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—More than 2,200 man were involved in nine stopp[?] on the coalfields to-day and the production loss for the period was in ...

    Article : 34 words
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