T and G Life Society Melbourne Annual Meeting Report
The seventy fourth annual meeting of the T and G Mutual Life Society reported a record volume of new policies numbering 119,887 and total income rising to £12,000,580 with policyholder payments of £400,008. The accident department issued 4,272 policies with £880,172 in accident benefits. Investments remained strong with 78 percent in government and financial institutions. The society highlighted home-purchase plans, substantial reserves, record surplus, and ongoing growth under mutual principles.
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Melbourne
T. & G. Mutual Life Society
J. T. ‘Thoupeon
Fife
Austria
New Zealand
Society
Goa
Rociety
Australia
Itz Ito
Ifm
Accident
Freminia
British Empire
Roart
Amt
Yankee in King Arthur's Court at Northampton West Touring Talkies
The West Touring Talkies at Northampton screen Mark Twain’s A Yankee in King Arthur's Court in technicolor with Bing Crosby Rhonda Fleming William Bendix and Sir Cedric Hardwicke. Supporting bill includes Special Agent cartoon and latest newsreel. The adaptation stays close to the novel setting beginning in 1910.
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Northampton
Mark Twain
Bing Crosby
Rhonda Fleming
William Bendix
Cedric Hardwicke
William Eythe
Iwan
Will Rogers
Edmund Rebin
Twain
Te-Ay
Naturalisation ceremony in Geraldton Courthouse
In Geraldton Courthouse last Wednesday afternoon the resident magistrate Mr. T Ansell presided over the naturalisation of Toanon Athanassioe Hristou Gustave Wilhelm Kempe and Georges Piamires who renounced their nationalities, pledged allegiance to the King and received naturalisation certificates.
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Geraldton
T. Ansell
Toanon Athanassioe Hristou
Gustave Wilhelm Kempe
Georges Piamires
China rejects UN Korea cease-fire terms in broadcast
In a Peking Radio broadcast the Chinese government rejected the United Nations cease-fire proposal for Korea. Foreign Minister Chou En Lai accused the U.S. of aggression and demanded withdrawal of foreign forces from Korea and the Seventh Fleet from Formosa, arguing no real peace while foreign troops remain.
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Hong Kong
Peking
United Nations
Korea
38Th Parallel
T Chou Ea-Lat
China
United States Seventh Fleet
Formos
United Nations Um
Bedser Praised By Eastern Critics In Melbourne
Eastern States critics unite in high praise for Alec Bedser and his bowling on a lively wicket. The English pace bowler is likened to Karnes and Tate at their best, with Australia offering no excuses for its collapse. Beames cites top form for England while Hogan notes Bedser’s postwar excellence and relentless pressure on Australian batsmen.
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Melbourne
Eastern States
Alec Bedser
Hedser
Karnes
Tate
Australia
Percy Beames
Age
Kevin Hogan
Sam Pictorial
Ale Edver
England
Self-Defeating Idea Isolationist Policy Rejected
Washington, December 22. The National Security Council discussed and rejected a self defeating idea of withdrawing American defences from the hemisphere. Secretary of State Dean Acheson told a press conference that the council, led by President Truman, decided the move would invite surrender or reverses. A policy to pull the United States from European troubles could hasten Soviet conquest of Asia.
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Washington
National Security Council
Dean Acheson
Council
Trujan
United States
Asia
Soviet Union
Radio Theatre Talkies at Rado Theatre Tonight
Screenings include The Great Gatsby with Alan Ladd and Betty Field and Tarzan's Magic Fountain with Lex Barker and Brenda Joyce. No show on Christmas night. Tuesday and Wednesday feature Australian Review and Words and Music with Allyson Garland Kelly and others.
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Alan Ladd
Betty Field
Tarsan
Lex Barker
Brenda Joyce
Rado Theatre
Australian Review
June Allyson
Peery Como
Judy Garland
Lona Horne
Gene Kelly
Wathou
Hemar
Laralne Pay
Dane Clark
Franchot Tone
Cornett University
Title Theatre Movement
New York
Broadway
Hollywood
Agnes Moorehead
Bruce Bennett
Lke
Miss Mink
Mims Mink
Lois Collier
Jimmy Lydan
Jimmy
Paul Guilfoyle
June Stores
Grandpa Rhodes
Walter Sande
Mr. Belvedere
Zeon
Calle
Clifton Webb
Laura
Belvedere
Martha Scott
Jeffrey Lynn
Sam Wilson
Sam
Henry Morgan
Kathryn Amery
Richard Gaines
Henry O'Neill
Holiday departures from Geraldton for holidays in Perth area
Mr F Gray of Willocks and his family left Geraldton this morning to holiday in the metropolitan area. Mr J Abbott district Child Welfare Department inspector with wife left Geraldton yesterday for a fortnight in the city. Mr H Hunter Geraldton Motors Pty Ltd manager left for Perth holiday and to return early next week. Mr A H Milford Commonwealth Employment Service with wife left Geraldton to holiday with relatives in the metropolis. T Fitzgerald, who recently printed Piranessa for Sonat Des, of Golden Gleam Fish Processing Ltd, left Geraldton by Marineair for a brief business visit to Tasmania.
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F. Gray
Willocks
Gerdton
J. Abbott
Child Welfare Department
Geraldton
H. Hunter
Geraldton Motors Pty. Ltd
Perth
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Dempster
Commer
P.O
Eleano
R Street
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Geraldton - Meekatharra
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Mac's Motors Pty. Ltd
T. & G. Life Society
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U.S.A
REDS
Europe
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Mirmores
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Forrest Street
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