Flood Relief For The Mississippi
WASHINGTON, Wednesday.-- President Truman today asked Congress to launch a 10-year programme to end the…
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Tides May Cause Floods
A Government hydrosurveyor last night warned that Sydney tonight might experience high tides…
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When the 300-ton steamer Kooraka was drifting helplessly in a fierce storm off Jervis Bay, the trawler…
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TO help pay a line and thus avoid imprisonment for deserting his ship, British seaman, H. E. Heinson, 36, climbed a 55ft. flagstaff at Waikumete war cemetery…
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RANGOON, Tuesday. -- A howling mob of nearly 5000 besieged the gaol last night, clamoring to lynch U. Saw and his arrested followers. "Tear him to pieces," they shouted…
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RANGOON, Tuesday. -- A howling mob of nearly 5000 besieged the central gaol last night, clamoring to lynch U. Saw and his arrested followers…
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TOKYO, July 23 (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Thirty-nine persons were killed, hundreds injured, and thousands rendered homeless as…
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Hospitality extended to sailors from the Royal Navy First Aircraft Carrier Squadron has been so ready that the British Centre…
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Hospitality extended to sailors from the Royal Navy First Aircraft Carrier Squadron has been so ready that the British Centre…
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PASSENGERS on board a Tasman Empire Airways flying boat had a nightmare experience in terrific weather over the Tasman today…
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PASSENGERS on board a Tasman Empire Airways flying boat had a nightmare experience in terrific weather over the Tasman today…
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PASSENGERS on board a Tasman Empire Airways flying boat had a nightmare experience in terrific weather over the Tasman today…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.— Nearly an inch of rain fell in Melbourne between 7 and 9 o'clock to-night…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday. — At another stormy meeting of the Victorian Health Commission today, a motion was passed…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- At another stormy meeting of the Victorian Health Commission today, a motion was passed…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- At another stormy meeting of the Victorian Health Commission today, a motion was passed…
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Two R.A.A.F. Catalinas and an air-sea rescue launch were sent out yesterday when the commander of a Tasman flying-boat, with 30 passengers aboard, radioed that he was fighting a 70-mile-an-hour gale and was in difficulties…
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The rush is on in the sorting rooms of the Taxation Department, where 250,000 returns --a quarter of the total 1,000,000 expected-- have been received…
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KATOOMBA, Tuesday.--Heavy snow fell at Mount Victoria, Blackheath and Katoomba yesterday and cars coming from Lithgow and Jenolan Caves passed through Mount Victoria last night with snow…
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Proposals by the Assistant Treasurer (Mr. Clive Evatt) to exclude passenger fares from increased railway charges,…
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