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  2. Housing Lag Increased During 1948

    Applicants for houses in Canberra may eventually wait three years if the present rate of registration continues, said a housing ...

    Article : 169 words
  3. COTTER DAM EXTENSION TO BE HIGH PRIORITY WORK

    Work on raising the wall of the Cotter Dam an additional 40 feet will commence early next year said the Director of Works (Mr. W. Potts) yesterday. ...

    Article : 175 words
  4. Vocational Play Centres to Start Next Week

    An expert staff of 15 will supervise children attending the Vocational Play Centres, which will commence in Canberra on ...

    Article : 182 words
  5. MOUNTBATTEN TIPPED FOR CABINET RANK

    Only the King and the Prime Minister (Mr. Attlee) have definite knowledge of the chanes to be made soon in the British ...

    Article : 178 words
  6. Southern Maid Reported Ahead in Yacht Race

    Latest radio communication on the progress of the 680 miles Sydney-Hobart race indicates that the 54ft. ...

    Article : 519 words
  7. "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

    HAPPILY the latest airline accident has not been attended by loss of life, but even if it had assumed the dimensions of a disaster, there would apparently have been no interference with the bureaucratic resistance to a judicial body conducting ...

    Article : 330 words
  8. State Electoral Plan to Reduce Country Seats

    The State Government proposal to change the electoral quota system in N.S.W. would result in the loss of five seats from the ...

    Article : 271 words
  9. MARKET GLUT DROPS PRICES

    Gluts of beans, tomatoes peaches, and apricots forced down Wholesale prices at the City Markets to-day. ...

    Article : 121 words
  10. Elizabeth Leads Laughs at B.B.C. Evening

    Princess Elizabeth made her first evening appearance outside Buckingham Palace since the, birth of Prince Charles, when she ...

    Article : 134 words
  11. English Women Cricketers on February 8.

    The English women's cricket team will arrive in Canberra on Tuesday, February 8, and remain until Sunday, February 13. ...

    Article : 116 words
  12. 400 YEAR SUCCESSION OF FAMILY RECTORS ENDS

    For more than 400 years ancestors of the Rev. Henry Copinger Hill have been rectors of Buxhall, Suffolk. ...

    Article : 125 words
  13. DRY SPELL ENDS IN RAINSTORM

    The dry spell in Canberra was broken yesterday afternoon in a 90 minute downpour which yielded two inches. ...

    Article : 214 words
  14. Watersiders Work Dutch Ships Not For Indonesia

    Decision of Melbourne waterside workers to-day to handle Dutch ships provided none of their cargo went to Indonesia, ...

    Article : 179 words
  15. XMAS RECORDS IN SPENDING AND POSTAL TRAFFIC

    A[?] time records in Christmas spending and mail traffic have been set this year. Commonwealth officials, ...

    Article : 211 words
  16. FAR WEST CHILDREN AT MANLY

    Seeing the ocean for the first time are 120 children who arrived in Manly to-day from inland towns. They will spend three ...

    Article : 99 words
  17. A.C.T.U. OPPOSES INCENTIVE PAY

    Incentive payments had proved a danger to the health, of the worker, and to personal relations on the job, said the, president of ...

    Article : 141 words
  18. Retail Stores Seek Inquiry on Profit Margins

    A deputation from the Retail Traders' Association to-day asked the Minister in charge of Prices (Mr. Finnan) to postpone ...

    Article : 294 words
  19. MURDER ALLEGED OF INDONESIAN HIGH OFFICIALS

    A claim that two high officials of the Republican Government in Indonesia had been murdered by Dutch troops when they entered ...

    Article : 206 words
  20. CANADIAN PAPER ATTACKS BAN ON POLITICAL OPINIONS

    Taking up the cudgels for John Henry Austral—central figure of Australian political broadcasts— the Montreal "Daily Star," in an ...

    Article : 194 words
  21. France to Cut Dependence on Dollar in 1949

    Further reductions in dollar imports, a more intense export drive along the lines followed by Britain, and more vigorous ...

    Article : 190 words
  22. NEW LEAD AND ZINC PRICES TO-DAY

    An announcement concerning the new home consumption price for zinc and lead will be made in all States to-morrow. ...

    Article : 68 words
  23. Quota System For Petrol to Air-Line Operators

    Regulations for the introduction of a quota system for the distribution of aviation spirit to airline operators were announced ...

    Article : 213 words
  24. ORCHID EXPERTS TO EARN U.S. DOLLARS

    Australian orchid growers next winter are expected to ship 20,000 blooms by air freight to the United States each week. ...

    Article : 118 words
  25. Eire To Send Big Food Spplies To U.K.

    Britain will receive £73,750,000 sterling worth of food products from Eir[?] in 1953 out of a total exportable surplus of £79,250,000. ...

    Article : 115 words
  26. EINSTEIN IN HOSPITAL

    Professor Albert Einstein has been admitted to hospital for observation. A spokesman for the hospital ...

    Article : 38 words
  27. STATE LOTTERY

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 136 words
  28. CANBERRA FORECAST

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 36 words
  29. RARE DISEASE FEARED ON GOVT. FARM

    As a result of the death of a stud Guernsey bull imported by the State Department of Agriculture in 1947, the Government ...

    Article : 87 words
  30. FILM CONTRACT TO DECIDE BURNS'S FUTURE

    The Australian welterweight champion, Tommy Burns, will retire from boxing if he secures a film contract when he goes to the ...

    Article : 103 words
  31. RUSSIA CLAIMS NEW WOOL SUPERIOR TO MERINO

    A possible threat to Australia's wool trade is revealed in a report received by the Department of Commerce and Agriculture of ...

    Article : 179 words
  32. DEATH SENTENCES FOR JAP. GENERALS

    The American Eighth Army Military Commission has sentenced nine former Japanese army officers, including three ...

    Article : 150 words
  33. REGIONAL FORECAST

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 23 words
  34. N.S.W. DRIVE TO FINISH 23,000 HOMES

    A drive to complete the 23,000 unfinished houses in N.S.W. has been ordered for next year, the Minister for Building Materials ...

    Article : 143 words
  35. CANBERRA WEATHER

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 138 words
  36. BRILLIANT METEOR SEEN IN QUEENSLAND

    A meteor of unusual brilliance was seen from several areas in South Queensland to-night. It lit up the sky as it swept ...

    Article : 75 words
  37. HURDLER LIKELY FOR AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

    Jim Vickers, who reached the semi-finals of the 120 metres hurdles at the Olympic Games, is likely to come from India for ...

    Article : 56 words
  38. BEER SHORTAGE LOOMS

    A beer shortage is likely in New South Wales during the next two months, according to the president of the U.L.V.A. ...

    Article : 63 words
  39. SKULL FRACTURED BY GOLF BALL

    William Rennie, 18, of Thomas Street, Adamstown, had his skull fractured when struck by a golf ball at Waratoh Golf Club to-day. ...

    Article : 46 words
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