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Article : 541 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley), Minister for External Affairs (Dr. Evatt) and Australian Resident Minister in Britain (Mr. Beasley) should ...
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Family Notices : 156 wordsMaxwell Quirk, 25, a lieutenant in the A.I.F., who was arrested in King's Cross while allegedly drunk, damaged fittings in a padded cell, in ...
Article : 94 wordsNEW YORK, Tuesday.—The population of New York on January 1 was 7,760,000 or an increase of 4.2 per cent over 1940. This was stated by the ...
Article : 112 wordsThere is a danger of a grasshopper plague in New South Wales, especially after the winter, said the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) ...
Article : 118 wordsThe brilliant Polish violinist, Szymon Goldberg, who is to visit Canberra on May 4, opened his Australian tour with a recital in Sydney last ...
Article : 71 wordsSugar rationing must continue because of the commitments to the United Nations. This was stated today by the Acting Minister for Trade ...
Article : 148 wordsThe Governor-General the Duke of Gloucester, with the Duchess, Prince William and Prince Richard, returned to Government House, Canberra, ...
Article : 22 wordsIt is expected that the Duchess will leave for Sydney at the weekend to undergo an operation for appendicitis. The Duke will probably ...
Article : 71 wordsThe acting Prime Minister (Mr. Forde) said yesterday that he was well pleased with the results of the A.L.P. conference in Melbourne at ...
Article : 100 wordsThe appointment of Sir john Lavarack as Governor of Queensland is expected if the State Government follows the lead of New South Wales. ...
Article : 67 wordsA nurse in the infantile paralysis ward of the Prince Henry Hospital is being treated as a suspected infantile paralysis case. ...
Article : 61 wordsForemost English stars may visit Australia now that it is possibe to reach the Commonwealth in three days by air, said the famous actor, ...
Article : 96 wordsOutstanding in the Anzac Day ceremonies at Canberra this year is expected to be the dawn service, which was inaugurated by the Returned ...
Article : 389 wordsShop assistants, without war service, were gradually joining the ranks of the unemployed because many retail firms had a policy of ...
Article : 75 wordsThe Inter-Allied Reparations Agency announced that Australia was to receive.19 per cent and New Zealand.14 per cent of Germany's merchant ...
Article : 39 wordsA severe electric storm, which struck Sydney this morning just after daylight, caused a disorganisation of the city's transport. ...
Article : 174 wordsTwo youths, who went hunting in the Wellington Zoo, escaped capture by zoo keepers and disappeared in the bush. ...
Article : 70 wordsThe question of extending the tour of the Australian contingent to the Victory March in London to cover other parts of the world would be ...
Article : 238 wordsWhen the Minister for Lands (Mr. Tully) visited the Wombeyan Caves he expressed astonishment that such a, fine tourist attraction had been ...
Article : 58 wordsOnly one bookseller in Canberra had handled supplies of Robert Close's contentious novel "Love Me Sallor," but all copies ha been sold ...
Article : 128 wordsMiss Harmey, 68, and her nephew were rendered homeless to-day when a fire destroyed their two-roomed weatherboard cottage in West ...
Article : 64 wordsThe Acting Police Commissioner (Mr.Scott) is calling for a report on the alleged leakage of information concerning police matters. ...
Article : 71 wordsProfessional footrunning is a cruel sport said Tommy Deane, 1946 winner of the Stawell Gift. He said he would retire after ...
Article : 73 wordsReferring to the holiday road accidents the General Secretary of the N.R.M.A, (Mr. H. I. Johnson) said to-day that a further steep increase ...
Article : 82 wordsA steam navvy will be used to shovel earth into the burning coal pit. The proposal to drop bombs to seal ...
Article : 76 wordsThree shjps will leave Newcastle this week carrying a total of approximately 18,000 tons of coal for Melbourne. ...
Article : 141 wordsSouth-Eastern Districts: Fine at first,and becoming cloudy, with some fogs and frosts on the tablelands. Light to moderate S.W. to S.E. winds. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe acting Prime Minister (Mr. Forde) said yesterday that he had no knowledge of the suggested departure of the Govornor-General and ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 122 wordsThe Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Menzies) to-day criticised Labour's "scandalous" attempt to influence the Arbitration Court by threat. ...
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Article : 92 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—Watersiders began worn on unloading and loading 59 ships in port to-day. There was an accumulation of 100,000 tons of ...
Article : 49 wordsLONDON, Tuesday.—After James Mollison had been reported missing for two days on a flight from Cairo to Karachi he was located at Baghdad. ...
Article : 34 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—Because of the holidays, bottled beer has again become short in supply and it will be at least 14 days before supplies are again ...
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The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Wed 24 Apr 1946, Page 2
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