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  2. REHABILITATION BEFORE DISCHARGE

    No member of the services would be discharged under a Country Party Government until adequate rehabilitation facilities had been offered to ...

    Article : 95 words
  3. WELFARE INTEREST DECLINES IN RED HILL-FORREST

    Due, generally, to luck of interest by residents in the area concerned, and specifically to insufficient numbers willing to ...

    Article : 252 words
  4. Picnic Holiday on Re-opening of Parliament

    March 6, the day set for the opening of the Parliamentary session, will be a legal "picnic holiday" for practically all Canberra workers except ...

    Article : 146 words
  5. Display Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 31 words
  6. WEEKEND RAIL EXCURSION FARES RESTORED

    The restoration from this week-end of railway excursion travel, which was withdrawn in March, 1942, to discourage non-essential travel when ...

    Article : 111 words
  7. DUKE OF GLOUCESTER TO VISIT BRAIDWOOD

    The Governor-General and the Duchess of Gloucester will watch the spectacular New South Wales State Championship wood chopping contest ...

    Article : 161 words
  8. 40-HOUR WEEK CLAIM

    Concern was expressed at a meeting of the Ironworkers' Federation, at the failure of the Commonwealth Government to introduce legislation ...

    Article : 177 words
  9. No More Releases on Occupational Grounds

    A clamp-down on the release of low-points servicemen on occupational grounds had been ordered because of complaints from the ...

    Article : 157 words
  10. EVENING DRESSES FOR NURSES FOR JAPAN

    Evening dresses and afternoon frocks will form part of the kit of Australian nurses for Japan. An Army spokesman said to-day ...

    Article : 68 words
  11. GEORGE MEDAL TO SYDNEY RESIDENT

    The award of the George Medal to Mr. George William Knowles, of Rockdale, N.S.W., was announced yesterday. ...

    Article : 174 words
  12. WRECKAGE OF MISSING PLANE FOUND

    The Norseman aircraft, which was missing since last Thursday with a crew of three on board, was to-day sighted in densely timbered country, ...

    Article : 88 words
  13. READERS' VIEWS

    Sir.—As the writer of the original letter in your columns on the liquor abuse in Canberra, I feel I owe an apology to at least a portion of that ...

    Article : 323 words
  14. MR. CHIFLEY TO MEET A.C.T.U. ON 40-HOUR WEEK

    A conference on the 40 hour week question will be held between the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) and representatives of the A.C.T.U. in ...

    Article : 89 words
  15. TEMPTATIONS WORSE IN OTHER CITIES

    "There was more temptation for young girls in Sydney and Melbourne than in Canberra," said the Rector of St. Paul's Church of England (Canon ...

    Article : 89 words
  16. "For the cause that lacks assistance, 'Gainst the wrongs that need resistance For the future in the distance, And the good that we can do." The Canberra Times

    THERE was a time when the most vigilant force for the policing of the law was the coastguard and the exciseman. Those were the days when the smuggler aimed to secure a profitable living by getting ru[?] and other sutiable articles through the net of the law. In these ...

    Article : 393 words
  17. SHIPLOAD OF FOOD FOR BRITAIN

    H.M.S. Granville was to-day loaded with heavy food supplies for Britain, including 150,000 lb. of meat and vegetable stew. ...

    Article : 68 words
  18. BOWLING CARNIVAL

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 207 words
  19. PERMITS FOR BANKING FROM TO-MORROW

    As from February 21, all banks and other organisations except those named in the Banking Act as "authorised banks" will have to secure ...

    Article : 103 words
  20. EAST-WEST EXPRESS FLOOD-BOUND

    The East-West Express from Perth is still flood-bound at Tarcoola with 160 passengers, and the train from Adelaide to Alice Springs is held up ...

    Article : 51 words
  21. MYSTERIOUS LIGHT IN FLAT OF MURDERED WOMAN

    There was a sensation at the Coroner's Court to-day when Counsel for Douglas Ronald Morris asked Detective Constable R.W. Kelly if he ...

    Article : 175 words
  22. TEACHERS WANT £100 SALARY INCREASE

    The State branch of the Teachers' Federation applied to the Full Bench of the Industrial Commission for an average increase of £100 in the ...

    Article : 66 words
  23. BUSES TO REPLACE TRAMS IN SYDNEY

    The Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) announced to-day that New South Wales will probably follow the overseas practice and ...

    Article : 94 words
  24. SALVAGE DRIVE

    The Secretary of the A.C.T. Salvage Committee (Mr. J. V. McCloskey) yesterday issued a reminder to residents on the south side of the city ...

    Article : 83 words
  25. LIBERAL CANDIDATE FOR WATSON

    Dr. C. T. de Monchaux, a radiographer, of Macquarie Street, was selected to-day by the Liberal Party as its candidate for the Watson seat ...

    Article : 52 words
  26. STRIKE AT BREWERY THREAT

    Production at Tooths' Brewery may cease to-morrow if the workshop employees decide to strike. The management has refused a ...

    Article : 59 words
  27. A.W.U. ORGANISER FINED

    Albert Ernest Gardiner, A.C.T. organiser for the A.W.U. and a member of the Canberra Advisory Council, was to-day charged at the ...

    Article : 159 words
  28. SARDONIC SENSE OF HUMOUR

    A married man, the father of 11 children, who inserted an advertisement in the matrimonial columns of a newspaper, was described by Judge ...

    Article : 102 words
  29. FOREIGN AFFAIRS STATEMENTS TO PARLIAMENT

    Both the Minister for External Affairs (Dr. Evatt) and the acting Minister (Mr. Makin) will make statements to the House of ...

    Article : 64 words
  30. PETROL RATION TICKETS

    The Liquid Fuel Control Author ity (Mr. H. R. Waterman) stated yesterday that petrol ration tickets for March will be available at all ...

    Article : 53 words
  31. PLASTIC SHOES SOON

    Plastic shoes, now selling in Melbourne for 42/- a pair, will be available in small numbers within a fortnight, according to an executive of a ...

    Article : 36 words
  32. CLOSE WATCH KEPT IN AUSTRALIA

    There was no evidence to warrant an investigation into possible leakages of atomic bomb secrets from Australia, it was stated officially ...

    Article : 52 words
  33. FORECAST

    South-Eastern Districts: Cloudy at first with showers contracting to the western slopes. Squally S.W. change and cooler temperatures ...

    Article : 34 words
  34. ARSON SUSPECTED IN GUNNING FIRE

    Police consider that suspicious circumstances marked the complete destruction by fire on Saturday of Mr. H. Hagney's homestead, "Oaklands," ...

    Article : 71 words
  35. TYPHUS OUTBREAK IN BERLIN

    Medical authorities have expressed anxiely at the increase of typhus, which refugees from the East are bringing into the city. ...

    Article : 44 words
  36. EXTRA SUGAR FOR JAM

    The Minister for Post-War Reconstruction (Mr. Dedman) announced to-day that a special issue of 4 lb. of sugar will be made immediately ...

    Article : 51 words
  37. CANBERRA WEATHER

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 162 words
  38. A.C.T.U. FEARS BLACK-MARKETING

    The interstate executive of the A.C.T.U. to-day urged the Federal Government to take steps to prevent food being sent to Britain from ...

    Article : 70 words
  39. SCHOOL CHILDREN TO STAGE ONE-DAY STRIKE

    Hundreds of school children will stage a one-day strike from school to-morrow to observe the annual picnic of the Waterside Workers' ...

    Article : 69 words
  40. LINER SOUGHT FOR ENGLISH BRIDES

    It is likely that the Australian Government will ask the British Government to make available either the Queen Mary or Queen Elizabeth ...

    Article : 78 words
  41. LIMITING LUGGAGE ON BUSES

    As from next Wednesday, all luggage of passengers travelling to and from the Canberra Railway Station by buses connecting with the ...

    Article : 97 words
  42. NO RAIL TRANSPORT FOR SUPERPHOSPHATE

    Tens of thousands of tons of superphosphate cannot be delivered to primary producers because of the lack of railway trucks, said the General ...

    Article : 63 words
  43. PREFABRICATED HOUSES FROM BRITAIN

    The Commonwealth Experimental Housing Station at Ryde will shortly exhibit three British-built prefabricated houses, which have arrived ...

    Article : 57 words
  44. TRADE MISSION TO INDIA

    An Australian trade delegation will visit India next October instead of leaving this month. Last December, an invitation was ...

    Article : 55 words
  45. SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY HOTELS

    Five hundred residents Au[?] are supporting a proposal that community hotels be established in every municipality and shire in Cumberland ...

    Article : 35 words
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