In a work, programme of £358,400,000 which will be submitted to the National Works Council this week, Commonwealth and State experts believe that they have an effective instrument to cushion the effect, of any financial recession whch may be ...
Article : 165 wordsA crisis in the building construction in Canberra was averted yesterday. Negotiations between the Minister for works ...
Article : 242 wordsState Premiers yesterday refused to transfer to the Commonwealth complete control of civil aviation, including the operation of intrastate ...
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Family Notices : 198 wordsThe Commonwealth Government has made arrangements with the Commonwealth Bank to purchase any bank shares which holders desire to ...
Article : 131 wordsApproval for borrowings totalling £107,431,763 for 1947-48 will be sought by the Commonwealth and States from the Loan Council ...
Article : 275 wordsMELBOURNE, Tuesday—A leading insurance official stated that if any change took place in the rate of motor insurance it would certainly ...
Article : 130 wordsPublic meetings will probably be organised throughout each State to protest against' the Government's proposal to nationalise private trading ...
Article : 329 wordsThe Commonwealth proposals for continuing into 1948 certain provisions of the Defence (Transitional Provisions) Act, embodying national ...
Article : 198 wordsDisappointment has been expressed by service personnel'in the'A C.T. following the announcement by Cabina that 10 per cent, of Canberra 'homes ...
Article : 128 wordsNo doubt, the Commonwealth Government in giving instructions, to the Commonwealth Bank to purchase shares in trading banks from shareholders prepared, to sell at current quotations, is actuated with a desire to avoid loss being occasioned through a disturbing announcement ...
Article : 528 words"A delightful rain" was the comment of a leading A.C.T. grazier yesterday when discussing the break in the weather. ...
Article : 113 wordsState Congress of the R.S.L., opening to-morrow, will consider a readlution that all personne|, who volunteered for active service anywhere in ...
Article : 86 wordsGaiety and merriment were the fare provided by the performance of A. A. Milne's "Toad of Toad Hall" by students and staff of the Canberra ...
Article : 228 wordsThe N.S.W. Minister for Housing (Mr. Clive Evatt) to-day unsuccessfully sought a 12 months' ban on eviction orders. ...
Article : 198 wordsIn the Quarter Sessions to-day, the jury found Phillip Dudleigh Walker 50, city accountant, guilty on a charge of fraudulently ...
Article : 95 wordsOpening the conference of soldier settlement the Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan) said he agreed with Press reports that soldier settlement ...
Article : 111 wordsThe State Government is prepared to subsidise any scheme that will make available domestic assistance, said the Minister, for Labour and ...
Article : 118 wordsBecause he failed to supply the Official Receiver in Bankruptcy with a statement of his assets and llabilities Anthony Fiancis Raper was ...
Article : 136 wordsHis Excellency the Governor-General, Mr. W. J. McKell, gave a dinner party at Government House, Canberra, yesterday, which was attended ...
Article : 28 words(From the Meteorological Station, Fairbairn, for the 24 hours commencing 9 p.m. Tuesday. Fine and cool, broken cloud, light ...
Article : 67 wordsVirtual wartime secrecy will be observed at Parliament House during the British Commonwealth Conference between August 26 and ...
Article : 193 wordsGood, steady, soaking rams fell over most of the State, with the exception of the Riverina and the southwestern slopes where there were ...
Article : 73 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) told Premiers at a private conference yesterday that they could not expect to receive the £25,000,000 increase in ...
Article : 88 wordsA majority of UNRRA employees have cabled the Washington Central Committee urging cessation of relief shipments to China because all of it ...
Article : 58 wordsThe inter-varsity debating contest continued yesterday and resulted in wins for Sydney and Adelaide teams over New England and Melbourne. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 127 wordsKenneth Hunterfield, 24. seaman was charged with robbery on the high seas under a 98-year-old Act and was sentenced to three months' gsol. ...
Article : 98 wordsA loss of £900 was incurred on a recent flight to Singapore by a converted Halifax bomber with a cargo of dogs. ...
Article : 98 wordsLieut-General Robertson, Commander of the Commonwealth occupation troops, will leave to-morrow by air to attend the Empire ...
Article : 67 wordsMr. Macmahon Ball will not attend a meeting of the Allied Council tomorrow. He left Tokyo to-day for the ...
Article : 49 wordsThe Commonwealth Government has decided to retain control over the manufacture of footwear until the States can adopt standard legislation ...
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The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Wed 20 Aug 1947, Page 2
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