Chifley
Americannoun
noun
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GM Holden began auto production in 1948 with then-Prime Minister Ben Chifley driving the first car off the production line, declaring it “a beauty”.
From Reuters ● Oct. 20, 2017
Taking over the leadership in 1951 at the death of ex-Prime Minister Ben Chifley, Evatt was immediately caught up in a bitter sectarian fight between Communists and Catholic Actionists inside the labor movement.
From Time Magazine Archive
Joseph Benedict Chifley, 65, Australian blacksmith's son who developed a knack for finance, became the Commonwealth's World War II Treasurer, its Labor Prime Minister from 1945 to 1949; of a heart attack; in Canberra.
From Time Magazine Archive
When Chifley, who under the Statute of West minster has the last word, overruled the King, official London was quietly horrified.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the contrary, British Fuel Minister Hugh Gaitskell referred to "this moment of supreme crisis," and Australian Prime Minister Joseph B. Chifley said it was a "pretty desperate situation."
From Time Magazine Archive
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