There was no move in the Victorian political crisis to-day but it is understood that the Cain Government is considering a proposal for the holding of a referendum on the nationalisation of banking and the reform of the Legilative Council. ...
Article : 287 wordsThe granting by the Full Arbitration Court of increased marginal rates for metal trades last June must not be taken as a guide for ...
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Family Notices : 69 words"Rotary believes that friendship is the greatest gospel of the world today and where it is accomplished all strife will disappear," said Mr. S. ...
Article : 1,539 wordsIN the midst of the doubts and fears concerning the future of the United Nations Organisation, and therefore firm foundations for world peace, a heartening message has been by brought by the President or Rotary International (Mr. Kendrick Guernsey) on his visit to ...
Article : 503 wordsTo-day's Six-Hour Day procession was one of the biggest ever to take place in Sydney. It took 40 minutes to pass a given point. ...
Article : 188 wordsThe visit of Lady Baden-powell to Canberra next week-end will coincide with a drive for membership in the Girl Guide Movement. ...
Article : 177 wordsTrades Union officials announced their intention to ask the Premier (Mr. McGirr) to make the Six-HourDay a close holiday for the trade ...
Article : 97 wordsThe holiday week-end was the heaviest for tourist traffic since 1937. Hundreds of visitors came from as far afield as Adelaide and Brisbane. ...
Article : 204 wordsReferee Billy Munden was in a semi-dazed condition after he had disqualified Dutch Heffner in the fifth round at the Brisbane Stadium ...
Article : 130 wordsThe police to-day arrested a man at Surry Hills for the manslaughter of Francis Bernard O'Donnell, 60, who died in hospital on Saturday. ...
Article : 87 wordsTwo false alarms were turned in at the Canberra Fire Station, during the week-end, one at the Fairbairn aerodrome on Sunday, and a second at ...
Article : 78 wordsReplying to speeches by representatives of citizens at a farewell gathering arranged by more than 100 women, at the Melbourne Town ...
Article : 117 wordsThere would be no change in the coupon rating on cotton goods until Cabine thad reviewed the whole question of clothes rationing, the Minister ...
Article : 190 wordsThe search for the Pereival Q6 aircraft, which disappeared with two men aboard recently, cost the Government more than £ 23,000. ...
Article : 62 wordsThe Sydney cyclist, H. Johnson, was beaten by 5 seconds by J. Welch, of Derby, who covered the 6½ mile course at Macclesfield, climbing 1,600 ...
Article : 38 wordsFour persons were killen and six wounded in political clashes yesterday as Colombian citizens went to the polls to elect a municipal council. ...
Article : 76 wordsThe decomposed body of Mari West, 17, typist, who had been missing since July 7, was found in the scrub a few hundred yards from her ...
Article : 81 wordsThe weather for the holiday weekend was favourable for the holiday makers, except for the sharp shower of rain on Saturday morning, ...
Article : 147 wordsThe Gowrie trustees (Sir John Latham, Sir Robert Garran, Chief Judge H. B. Piper, and Sir Leslie Morshead) announce that they have ...
Article : 157 wordsA tanker with 12,000 tons of petroleum and 3,000 tons of kerosene on board, steamed dramatically into Sydney to-day, after a 13 days' battle ...
Article : 78 wordsThirty thousand bales of wool, are being offered at the sales which commenced to-day. Good clearances were made when ...
Article : 75 wordsDavid Taylor Galt, flock manufacturer and investor, of Brunswick, was ordered to pay £ 11,050 in court penalties and fines and also £ 13,000 ...
Article : 124 wordsSt. George Rugby League Football Club, from Sydney, defeated Brisbane by 22 points to 17 at the Exhibition ground to-night. ...
Article : 64 wordsA special meeting of the Queanbeyan Chamber of Commerce was held to discuss the reaction to the Government's proposal to nationalise ...
Article : 168 wordsAll coal mines in the State worked to-day after a serious three-day strike on the northern fields. Leaders of the mine workers are ...
Article : 68 wordsThe opening by the Poyal Australian Navy of a Commonwealth-wide campaign to obtain recruits for the new carriers and aircraft, that are to ...
Article : 223 wordsA horse shied from fright when a motor cyclist opened the throttle to avoid him. The horse wandered on to the main ...
Article : 71 wordsEvery Catholic had an obligation to his union and no excuse, especially not even the presence of a Communist rabble should keep him from ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 80 wordsMELBOURNE, Monday. —Robert Sparks, who escaped from the Sunbury Mental Hospital, is still at large. The police believe he may be still ...
Article : 97 wordsSpirited competition from Yorkshire, Continental and American buyers and very strong support from local manufacturers resulted in the ...
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The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Tue 7 Oct 1947, Page 2
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