New Ministers face long hours and petrol crisis in Canberra
Canberra reports say nine new ministers endure up to eighteen hours daily to clear arrears and plan policies. Key figures include Deputy Prime Minister Artie Fadden and Prime Minister Menzies, with debate over petrol imports from dollar and sterling sources and ties to the United States. A parliamentary start is planned for late February with broad reform bills and structure for the new government.
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Artie‘ Fadden
Senaies
Turnament
United States
Americ
Ubimwe
Wirmady
Canberra
Chifley
Wil
Bowsers
Britain
Percy Spender
Colombo
Australis
United Kingdom
Australia
Washington
Artie Fadden
George McLesy
South Australia
Senate
O'Sullivan
Queenslnd
Queensland
Menzies
Potununist
Mick Tyre
Star
Joe Lyons
Old Wheel as Souvenir from Otago Barque Found in Orchard
A ship wheel from the barque Otago, first commanded by Joseph Conrad, was found buried in an apricot orchard in Tasmania. It traveled via the Bugabilla to San Francisco and New York before being carried to Britain, where it is to be placed aboard H.M.S. Wellington in the Thames.
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B.b.c’s
Otago
Joseph Conrad
Christopher Marley
B.B.C
Mr. Hall
Tasmania
Australia
Hobart
Mount Wellington
Derwent
Hall
Cours
San Francisco
Union Pacific Railway
New York
Akipper
H.M.S. Wellington
River Thames
Inverkeithing Shipbreakers Show Navy Giants' End
A BBC report visits Inverkeithing on the Firth of Forth to view aging Royal Navy battleships in the breakers yards. ELMS Rodney and Revenge, veterans of battles and wars, lie stripped to armor plates as workers remove fittings and cannons while preserving the idea they may live again as components in new ships.
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Inverkeithing
Firth of Forth
Scotland
Royal Navy
B.B.C
Colin Nell Mackay
Rodney
Nelson
Revenge
Jutland
Mackay
Britain
A Happy Majority Party Representative Gathering
A celebration gathering for a young guest of honor included relatives and old friends from Laverton and nearby areas. The event featured all local families present, musical and vocal entertainment, a dingbat and an eventful darts competition, and a midnight buffet on the veranda. Mr A Horan of Ogilvie hosted the featured guest and honored guests. Mr C Constantine spoke for his wife and himself, with Mr A Horan speaking for the maternal grandmother.
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Laverton
A. Horan
Ogilvie
A. Rutherford
Geraldton
C. Constantine
Unusual Crime Tropes in Graeme and Grahame Works
A compressed review notes Bruce Graeme and Beda selections in Crime Book Society lists. It highlights Tigers Have Claws by Bruce Graeme as gripping and unusual with a Welsh setting and eighteenth century vignettes, including forgers and theft themes, plus references to John Wilkes and John Wesley influences. It also mentions Corpse Errant with Delilah Gaunt arriving at Gower Court and a corpse discovery in a secretary’s bedroom.
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Beda
Crime Book Society
Bruce Graeme
Bude
Sir David Revell
Major Revell
Hell Fire Club
John Wilkes
George III
John Wesley
Corpes
Delilah Gaunt
Gower Court
Church Services in Wembley and Salvation Army Meeting Schedule
The Church of England holds Holy Communion at 10 am led by the Rector of Wembley, Rev. 8 Fats MA, with other services by Rev. K B Halley and Mr J Poole. Salvation Army lists a prayer meeting at 10 15 am, classes at 11 am, holiness at 2 pm, beach camps at 3 pm, company classes at 6 45 pm, and a gathering at Marine Terrace at 7 30 pm.
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Church of England
Wembley
Fats
K. B. Halley
J. Poole
Salvation Army
Marine Terrace
Salvation Army Hall
Dongara Irwin Race Club Declares Weights For Meeting
The Dongara Irwin Race Club announces weights for its annual meeting at Dongara on Saturday. Events include Victoria District Hack Races with multiple divisions, the open Dongara Irwin Cup, Mingenewe Tack Brace, Morawa Hack Race, and listed thoroughbred entries such as Digger Breakaway Twilight Brit Lady Nardie s L Jewell among others with weights ranging from 0 to 12 stones.
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Dongara-Irwin Race Club
Dongara
Victoria District
Miss Gay
Santo
Rockles
Shocking
Gay Fawkes
Balkan Lou
Nardice L
Junmy
Jewell
Mingenew Tack Brace
Breakaway
Nardie's
Vermin Prosecutions at Three Springs Court
In the Three Springs Police Court on the 13th, before magistrate Bir T. Ansell, four Vermin Act prosecutions were heard. Defendants A Hastian E W Franklin D J Thomson and W N McKenzie were each fined £1 and ordered to pay costs. The magistrate urged stricter farmer cooperation to destroy rabbits and warned heavier penalties for future breaches.
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Three Springs
Bir
T. Ansell
A. Hastian
E. W. Franklin
D.J .Thomson
W. N. McKenzie
Ansell
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Onsieg
Diaspare
Young Motors Pty. Ltd
T el
Telwest
Meekatharra
Murchison
Airlines
W.A.) Ltd
Mac’s Motors Pty. Ltd
AIR SE Piapes
AVICE
Macrobertson-Miller Aviation CO. Ltd
Ceutralisn Farusis Co-Operative Ltd
Tel
Naval Giants
Proud Vessels
Tom Hulks
Fordson
Sd Wea Renke
Nebraska
Division of Snaties, Dept. of Oy
Et Pony
Laos
Ton
Yuna and
Naraling
Nabawa Phillipson & Son
Gold Stream
Bronze Idol
Bril. Peter
Mine Olive
Starbedo
Rival
Red Agrion
Roebuck KW
Morawa
Geraldton Tyre Service
Cive
GeraLdton Tyre Service Pty. Ltd
Cathedral Avenue
Northampton
General Exhibition
Esther Williams
Peter Lawford
Ricardo Montalban
Jimmy Durante
Xavier Cugat
James Craig
Walkaway
Heart of Virginia
Geraldton Newspapers Limited
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