A special meeting of the Advisory Council yesterday concurred in, a draft of the Liquor Poll Ordinance 1947. The draft will be forwarded to ...
Article : 165 wordsJudge Foster in the Arbitration Court this afternoon granted waterside workers two weeks' annual holiday at a rate of ...
Article : 169 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) is understood to be considering the possibility of sending a senior Minister to take part in the latter stages of Empire talks in London and later at Geneva for the International Trade Organisation Conference. ...
Article : 384 wordsComplete economic collapse resulted to-day when the Chinese dollar fell to a new low. The exchange market opened ...
Article : 131 wordsNo more disturbing blow could have been struck at British industry than the disiocation of production throughout the country which has been occasioned by the blizzard, but some, of the elements of the existing crisis have been gathering for some time, and it has only needed ...
Article : 796 wordsIt is too early to prophesy what practical use can be made from making artificial rain and the economic significance of the discovery is still ...
Article : 109 wordsThe Minister for Labour (Mr. McLagian) announced the Government had decided to permit the Federation of Labour to present its case to the ...
Article : 93 wordsReplying to a request for details of the Palestinian semi-autonomous States, the Foreign Office announced that so far they were only unofficial ...
Article : 221 wordsA reduction of the tariff will probably be made, the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) revealed in a letter to the A.C.T.U. to-day. ...
Article : 110 wordsThe International Air Conference had discussed water aerodromes at greater length than at any other regional conference, said the ...
Article : 198 wordsMrs. Iris A. Kemble, 22, formerly Miss Barratt, of Melbourne, was charged with obtaining. 1,150 dollars worth of clothing by forging the ...
Article : 89 wordsFor several hours to-day the interstate executive of the A.C.T.U. discussed the pros and cons of the Bretton Woods agreement. ...
Article : 142 wordsIf price control were lifted from eggs, the bottom would fall out of the market and the stability of the industry would disappear, according to an ...
Article : 93 wordsIt was claimed at the Court of Marine Inquiry to-day that the compass used on the Dee Why was efficient but it was questionable if it was ...
Article : 66 wordsTwo railways unions to-day submitted different claims to the Arbitration Court on the question of pen alty rates for week-end work. ...
Article : 509 wordsA seemingly solid block of wood found by Customs Officers in the, engineroom of the French motorslilp Monkay proved to be a repository for ...
Article : 63 wordsFred Taioli, the American distance swimmer, to-day denied that ho had complained he had been "overworked" in Australia. ...
Article : 126 wordsThe Sydney Turf Club may be asked to extend the programme at Canterbury next Saturday to nine races as 280 horses have nominated ...
Article : 44 wordsIt would not be necessary to raise the full amount of loans budgeted for in 1946-47, said the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) last night. ...
Article : 118 wordsA single-engined monoplane, on a charter flight from Townsville to Ayr to pick up a flood-bound agricultural machinery agent, crashed on a vacant ...
Article : 98 wordsThe Chief Secretary (Mr. Slater) to-day announced that he had been advised by the Inspector-General of Penal Establishments (Mr. ...
Article : 192 wordsThe opening of the law term was celebrated by Red Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral and a special service at St. James. ...
Article : 86 wordsLONDON, Tuesday.—The value of tranractions between the G.P.O. and the general public reached a record of £3,160 millions for the year, ended ...
Article : 124 wordsAverage rainfall for Sydney and many other parts of the State was almost six inches lower for the last 40 years than for the preceding 40 ...
Article : 167 wordsMembers of the Amalgamated Engineering Union are. paid £1 a week above the award rate of £7/3/- but, within the next week, they will be ...
Article : 125 wordsTwo masked men, aged about 19, one of whom was armed with a revolver, baled up John Vincent Carter, an attendant at Narwee ...
Article : 91 wordsFrederick Charles Gouldthorpe, 65, motor driver, whom the police had been hunting since last Friday following the shooting of a woman at ...
Article : 80 wordsThe Greek Minister for Air (Toatos) announced that Greece had signed a contract with Great Britain for the delivery of a number of planes ...
Article : 81 wordsA sharp argument developed between Gusev (Russia) and Mr. M. Clark (America) at the discussions at the meeting of the Foreign ...
Article : 109 wordsGood soaking rains have fallen on the far north-west in the past 48 hours and it is still raining. The Weather Bureau said to-night ...
Article : 133 wordsMr. B. C. Ballard, who came here as political observer for Australia, has been appointed Australian Consul. ...
Article : 46 wordsThousands of small business people would be forced to close their doors if effect is given to the expressed policy of the A.C.T.U. interstate ...
Article : 103 wordsJohn Summers was yesterday sentenced to six months hard labour by Mr. Justice Simpson in the Canberra Supreme Court for having stolen a ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 23 wordsOn his return to London last nignt Viscount Bruce said he had not yet decided when he will be able to take his seat in the House of Lords. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 117 wordsRANGOON, Tuesday—Seven people were killed and about 20 wounded when guards at a prison near Rangoon fired at rioting prisoners. ...
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The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Wed 12 Feb 1947, Page 2
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