The Prices Minister (Mr. Finnan) stated to-night that a rise in the price of petrol is inevitable. He pointed out that since ...
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Family Notices : 241 wordsThe Page River, which yesterday broke its banks and surged down the main street of Murrurundi, causing £60,000 damage ...
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Article : 414 wordsThe Premier (Mr. McGirr) said to-night that the petrol shortage which he described as a debacle was no tribute to the ability of ...
Article : 281 wordsSome Government officials believe that any Far Eastern policy, based mainly on Japan, would divide the United States from ...
Article : 64 wordsA prominent visitor will be visiting Canberra this week. Mr. S. Hocson, from the Philippine Islands, is touring Australia on a ...
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Article : 131 wordsDr. Hermann Heuss, brother of West Germany's Federal President (Professor Theodor Heuss) has fled from Dresden, in the ...
Article : 62 wordsGottfried von Cramm beat Jack Harper, of Australia, 6/3, 6/4, 6/1, in the single's final of the International Lawn Tennis ...
Article : 43 wordsThe maximum temperature in this State to-day ranged from 59 degrees at Canberra and 63 degrees at Albury, to 82 degrees ...
Article : 109 wordsThe American mofcon picture industry has decided to teach aspiring stars how to behave. It is taking this action for ...
Article : 93 wordsA mile-wide cordon of armed military police will surround Landabcrg prison to-morrow when Ilse Koch, mistress of ...
Article : 102 wordsThe Minister for External Territories (Dr. Evatt) to-night condemned talk about another war being inevitable. He mentioned no one by name but said: "It is a grim and ghastly prospect for the children of the world to think ...
Article : 481 words0Roman Catholic sources reported that the Capon of St. Vitu[?] Cathedral Monsignor Svec) was arrested on Friday. ...
Article : 90 wordsKARACHI, Sunday.—In at new measure, directed against property owners now living in India the Pakistan Government has ...
Article : 41 wordsA last wicket stand of 65 in 41 minutes by the Australian, George Tribe, and George Dawkes, Derbyshire wicketkeeper, ...
Article : 72 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) announced on Saturday that the Commonwealth will grant £2,500 towards the cost of ...
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Article : 38 wordsPaul Robeson, addressing a "freedom rally" in Philadelphia on Friday night, said he would seek the impeachment of Judge ...
Article : 57 wordsThe Australian, R.S.L. Migration Mission has told the General Council of the International Refugee Organisation that ...
Article : 60 wordsThe American "Queen for a Day" Mrs. Evelyn Mortonsen, of Los Angeles, went to Heron Island to-day, determined to ride ...
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Article : 48 wordsLondon travel agents, hotels and stores say 1949 is one of the busiest tourist seasons in Britain's history. ...
Article : 60 wordsRobbers at the border town of ShumcHun yesterday stripped Chinese evacuees to Hongkong of all their valuables. ...
Article : 83 wordsToxic fumes from a fumigant are believed to have killed a man, his wife and their infant child in their home last night. ...
Article : 140 wordsA six-weeks' man-hunt ended yesterday when the escaped criminal lunatic, Pierre Bernard, was caught by police at ...
Article : 79 wordsAfter a post-mortem examination last night on Helen Wallace, 28, her husband, Reuben Thomas Wallace, 63, was arrested on a ...
Article : 50 wordsCaptain John Rcntoll, 35, who wan injured whon at East-West Airlines Anson passenger plane dived into a paddock shortly after ...
Article : 46 wordsClutching a pair of pliers and a roll of flex, George Cook, 28, employee at Donnybrook Springs Hotel, was found dead at the foot ...
Article : 61 wordsSpeaking at,a dinner at the migrant centre to-night General Blamey said that s Australia was on the verge of a transformation ...
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Article : 47 wordsOnly 20,000 paid to seo Ezzard Charles retain his world heavyweight title by knocking out Pat Valentino, in the eighth round. ...
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The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Mon 17 Oct 1949, Page 2
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