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  2. POLICE WOUNDED IN BATTLE WITH ARMED BANDITS

    Two armed bandits shot and wounded two police detectives in a street battle near the Cabramatta post office early this morning. ...

    Article : 342 words
  3. "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

    ASTRONOMY is an older science than meteorology and despite the fact that meteorology appears to be more closely related to the earth and human affairs, the trend of recent years has been to demonstrate that astronomy in its various branches is more closely related ...

    Article : 508 words
  4. COMMONWEALTH OBSERVATORY'S ROLE IN ATOMIC STUDIES

    A programme which is being developed in astrophysics at the Commonwealth Observatory at Mount Stromlo, promises to make an important contribution to the study of atomic phenomena. With an exceptionally clear sky for observations and the ...

    Article : 796 words
  5. SHARP DECLINE IN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT

    From a peak wartime figure of 214,691 employees, the Commonwealth Public Service has been reduced to 67,125, said the Prime ...

    Article : 237 words
  6. Family Notices

    {No abstract available}

    Family Notices : 40 words
  7. FINE PROGRAMME BY SYDNEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.

    An audience which filled not more than two-thirds of the Albert Hall last night was delighted with an exhibition of fine, well-balanced ...

    Article : 512 words
  8. THREATENED COAL STRIKE AVERTED

    The threat of an immediate general strike on the coalfields was averted to-day by the Central Council of the Miners' ...

    Article : 125 words
  9. GREATER OUTPUT CLAIMED WITH SHORTER WEEK

    During the hearing of the 40-hour week claim before the Arbitration Court to-day, Mr. R. Loft, general secretary of the Textile Workers' ...

    Article : 221 words
  10. PASTORALISTS. OPPOSED TO FOX-FUR FARMING

    By 28 votes to 11 the annual conference of the Pastures Protection Boards decided to oppose, the suggested establishment of fox-fur ...

    Article : 156 words
  11. VICE-REGAL

    His Royal Highness the GovernorGeneral 'received the Right Honourable J. B. Chifley (Prime Minister) at Government House yesterday ...

    Article : 55 words
  12. Victory Day Carnival 'Organising

    Arrangements are being finalised by a representative citizens' committee' of the carnival at Manuka Oval on Monday, June 1, in connection with the ...

    Article : 283 words
  13. POOR FACILITIES AT MANUKA OVAL ROUSES PUBLIC

    Attention was focussed on accommodation facilities for the paying. public at the Rugby League game between England and Group 8 on ...

    Article : 336 words
  14. HOUSE SHORTAGE AFFECTS STAFF OF PRINTING OFFICE

    Lack of staff at the Government Printing Office is causing concern. The shortage of trained men is the worst in the history of the Printing ...

    Article : 165 words
  15. FINES IMPOSED FOR POSSESSION OF FIREARMS

    Five men and a woman appeared in various courts in the metropolitan area to-day charged with the possession of firearms. ...

    Article : 118 words
  16. SAUCKEL CLAIMS CONFESSION MADE UNDER DURESS

    Glaring angrily through steelrimmed spectacles, Sauckel told the Tribunal that the document, in which he confessed to a 100 per cent, ...

    Article : 118 words
  17. NEWS IN BRIEF

    LONDON, Thursday.— Six of the crew of the tug, Nancy Moran, are feared lost, following the sinking of a tug after a collision with the ...

    Article : 112 words
  18. HIGHER ADVANCES SOUGHT FOR LAND SETTLEMENT

    A deputation from the Returned Soldiers League, representing all States, interviewed the Minister for Post War Reconstruction (Mr. ...

    Article : 145 words
  19. ARMY HUTS AS OFFICES AT ACTON

    The accommodation for essential workers is so acute that the Department of Interior will remove two huts from 2 S.T.T. to serve as ...

    Article : 121 words
  20. DR. IAN CLUNES' ROSS TO BE EXECUTIVE C.S.I.R. OFFICER

    Dr. Ian Clunies Ross has been appointed to the position of Executive Officer of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and also a ...

    Article : 151 words
  21. BODIES OF U.S. SOLDIERS REMOVED FROM CANBERRA

    Bodies of American servicemen previously buried at Canberra had been removed to the Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney, and, accordingly, ...

    Article : 66 words
  22. WOMAN GAOLED FOR VICTIMISING PROSPECTIVE TENANT

    Thomas Tie, a soldier who'brought his furniture from Labourne to take [?] home on which he had paid a rental deposit, found the house ...

    Article : 90 words
  23. FORECAST

    South-Eastern Districts: Cloudy at first with showers on the slopes and tablelands, later becoming chiefly fine except for scattered falls on the ...

    Article : 43 words
  24. DISAVOWAL AWAITED OF MR. WARD'S ATTACK ON JUDGES

    "I have been waiting for the Prime Minister to do something" about Mr. Ward's outburst on High Court Judges," said the Leader of the ...

    Article : 69 words
  25. RAIL COMPENSATION FOR BURNT-OUT FARM

    A verdict for£2,137 was awarded to the four Ronald brothers, of Trinkey, Quirindi, when they claimed £5,000 compensation from the ...

    Article : 116 words
  26. CANBERRA WEATHER

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 119 words
  27. PERSONAL.

    Mr. W..f. Healy, the contributors' representative on the Commonwealth Superannuation Board, will be visiting Cauberra on Monday. ...

    Article : 66 words
  28. 10 YEARS FOR BANK HOLD-UP

    Harry Rose was to-day sentenced to 10 years gaol for attempting, while armed, to rob the Castlereagh Street branch of the Bank of New ...

    Article : 53 words
  29. STATE FUNERAL TO-DAY OF LATE MINISTER

    A State funeral of the late Senator Keane will be held to-morrow at the Brighton Cemetery, leaving St. Patrick's Cathedral af 12.15 p.m. ...

    Article : 45 words
  30. RED CROSS TRACE FATE OF MISSING GERMANS

    The Australian Red Cross has been appointed as a National Tracing Bureau to assist in tracing the fate of German civilians with relatives in ...

    Article : 40 words
  31. SHIP'S FIREMAN ON LARCENY CHARGE

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—Robert Martin, a ship's fireman, was to-day committed for trial at Central Police Court on the charge of stealing a ...

    Article : 41 words
  32. PENAL SERVITUDE FOR GAOL REVOLT

    LONDON, Thursday.—Nine leaders of the mutiny in the North Allerton military prison last March were sentenced to penal servitude, ranging ...

    Article : 33 words
  33. HINDU CLASHES

    BOMBAY, Thursday.—Police twice opened fire this morning during clashes between caste Hindus and Untouchables in the Wirli Mill area ...

    Article : 19 words
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