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  2. Canberra Shleves Standard Rail Gauge Plan

    CANBERRA, Tues: The Federal Cabinet has decided to postpone indefinitely proposals for the standardisation of railway gauges in Australia. The decision was made on a recommendation by new Transport Minister Beale. He said that the work could not be proceeded with because of shortages of ...

    Article : 438 words
  3. WOOL STAYS AT NEW HIGH

    Yesterday's record-breaking price level was maintained today on the second day of the Perth ...

    Article : 299 words
  4. Man with Mission

    EIGHTY-YEAR-OLD Robert Henry Brown, back in Kalgoorlic with billy, swag and hopes. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 14 words
  5. LUMPERS HALT WORK WHEN ONE ARRESTED

    When a lumper was arrested last night while working in a hatch of an interstate ship, now in Fremantle, six gangs working the ship came out in a two-hour sympathy stoppage. ...

    Article : 145 words
  6. A Drinker Flat Out To Win £5

    SYDNEY, Tues: A 33-year-old man collapsed yesterday after he had drunk 60 10oz. glasses of ...

    Article : 160 words
  7. TB Claims A Quisling

    PARIS, Tues (AAP): Beautiful Corinne Luchaire (above), French film and stage actress ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 88 words
  8. He Has 1900-Mile Walk To His Grave

    KALGOORLIE, Tues: A longing to be buried beside the bones of his parents in a Melbourne cemetery was the driving force behind 80-year-old Robert Henry Brown's recent attempt to walk 1900 miles from ...

    Article : 186 words
  9. Star Separates For Third Time

    HOLLYWOOD, Mon (AAP): Actress Betty Hutton said today that she and her husband Ted Brisken had se ...

    Article : 90 words
  10. Snowslide Hurls Part Of Train Into Lake

    OTTAWA, Mon (AAP): A roaring snowslide today pushed a locomotive and one car of a train off the tracks at Seton Lake, British Columbia, and swept them into the lake below. The driver and fireman ...

    Article : 117 words
  11. U.S. Orders Jet Aircraft

    WASHINGTON, Mon (AAP): The United States Air Force has ordered 683 jet fighters in the financial year ...

    Article : 113 words
  12. Man Swept From Boat

    MELBOURNE, Tues: A 20-year-old man was swept into the sea and drowned when a 35-foot shark boat capsized in ...

    Article : 91 words
  13. Spain Freezes

    MADRID, Tues (AAP): Thirty-six degrees of frost has been recorded irv some parts of Spain. ...

    Article : 17 words
  14. Kidney Operation On Lily Pons

    NEW YORK, Mon (AAP): Metropolitan opera star Lily Pons underwent an operation today for removal of a kidney ...

    Article : 47 words
  15. AGE LIMIT LIFTED OFF BANKRUPTCY

    LONDON, Tues (AAP): The Court of Appeal yesterday decided that a person under 21 can be made bankrupt. The Commissioner of ...

    Article : 110 words
  16. ATOM TALKS

    LONDON, Tues (AAP): Britain, the United States and Belgium are to start talks on "general outstanding questions ...

    Article : 34 words
  17. Tomorrow Will Be Warmer

    Perth's temperature will rise gradually tomorrow when winds back towards the east again, according to the ...

    Article : 66 words
  18. Pipe Smoking Blamed For Many Lip Cancers

    CHICAGO, Mon (AAP): Cancer researcher Dr. Bernard Widmann said today that pipe smoking was a causative factor in at least 40 per. cent of 363 cases of cancer of the lip he had studied. ...

    Article : 120 words
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    BOSTON, U.S., Mon (AAP): Robbers took 1,500,000 dollars in cash and cheques from Binks Incorporated a week ago, but a man expert with a nail file and a penknife can still get into the building. ...

    Article : 90 words
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