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  • WAR AT SEA. BRITISH SHIP SUNK. Dutch Shocked at Losses. LONDON, Nov. 28. (A.A.P.)

    The British steamer Uskmouth (2,483 tons) has been sunk. Three members of the crew are missing. The Dutch public is shocked at the ... [Article] (309 words)
  • NAZI POLICY IN POLAND. German Enrichment. SERFDOM FOR POLES. (Published in "The Times.") RIGA, Nov. 28.

    An authoritative statement issued in Berlin explains that German policy in Poland has two aims—firstly, the reduction of Poles to subservience and, ... [Article] (172 words)
  • WAR COSTS. Compulsory Savings. ECONOMIST DEFENDS PLAN FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. LONDON, Nov. 28.

    Mr. J. M. Keynes, the economist in an article in "The Times," answers criticisms of his plan for meeting war costs through compulsory savings, and ... [Article] (312 words)
  • WITHDRAW RESIGNATIONS. Order to Chinese Ministers. CHUNGKING, Nov. 28. (A.A.P.)

    The Chinese generalissimo, General Chiang Kai-shek, has ordered all Ministers to withdraw their resignations It is reliably stated that a new Foreign Trade ... [Article] (48 words)
  • M. MASARYK DENIES NAZI CHARGES. LONDON, Nov. 28. (A.A.P.)

    M. Jan Masaryk, the former Czech Minister in London, yesterday denied German charges that he and other Czechs in London were fomenting a revolution in ... [Article] (64 words)
  • WAR RISK RATES. LONDON, Nov. 28. (A.A.P.)

    War risk insurance rates between the Mediterranean and Australasia have been reduced to 40/ per cent. in the case of ships under Allied flags and to 30/ per cent. in the case ... [Article] (43 words)
  • GENERAL CABLE NEWS. LATE FINANCE. LONDON, Nov. 28.

    Prices of gold and tin today were unchanged. Foreign exchange rates also were unaltered. Rubber was quoted at /11[?] a lb. Mining shares were dull. (Quotations: North ... [Article] (112 words)
  • WEST FRONT. ONSLAUGHT IS AWAITED. Young Britons Dig In. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. LONDON, Nov. 28.

    Shakespeare should report this "war," states an observer on the Western Front, because no lesser writer could do justice to its ever-present farcical ... [Article] (488 words)
  • PEACE AIMS. Chamberlain's "Lies." NAZI FURY AT SPEECH. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT AND A.A.P. LONDON, Nov. 28.

    The broadcast address by the Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, on Sunday evening, in which he spoke of peace and war aims, has been enthusiastically ... [Article] (309 words)
  • IF GERMANY WON. HOW ENGLAND WOULD FARE. LONDON, Nov. 28. (A.A.P.)

    "I do not welcome war, but if Nazi Germany was victorious she would establish her own Governments in conquered territory and England would ... [Article] (381 words)
  • BRITAIN'S MEAT IMPORTS. LONDON, Nov. 28. (A.A.P.)

    The Food Ministry has increased butchers' supplies of imported meat from 40 to 50 per cent, of normal quantities. Imported supplies fell to 20 per cent. of the normal amounts ... [Article] (52 words)
  • ITALIAN PETROL SHORTAGE. ROME[?] Nov. 28. (A.A.F.)

    Motor vehicles in Italy have been laid up because of the petrol shortage. They are allowed on the roads, though petrol is limited to 6[?] gallons monthly for cars and 2[?] gallons ... [Article] (45 words)
  • NEW DEFENCE BOARD. THREE MEMBERS. Business Control. CANBERRA, Tuesday.

    To assist in general defence administration, the Federal Government has created a Defence Board of Business Administration, consisting ... [Article] (285 words)
  • MURDER CHARGE. Poison in Beer Allegation. EVIDENCE OF QUARREL AT CLUB.

    Allegations by the Crown that Mart Pikkur, 55, glass grinder, had been murdered by his friend, Alexander Novad, 51, works manager, following a ... [Article] (228 words)
  • 13 PEOPLE IN A SHACK. Inspector's Report. "UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION."

    Acting on the report of the Health Inspector, Mr. C. A. Lovett, Ryde Council has issued closing orders against two one-room shacks at North Ryde, as ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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  • CENSURED U.A.P. MEMBERS. Luncheon With Premier.

    Mr. J. C. Ross and Mr. S. A. Lloyd, the U.A.P. members who disregarded the U.A.P. council and executive and supported the independent U.A.P. ... [Article] (150 words)
  • MR. CASEY RETURNING SOON CANBERRA, Tuesday.

    The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, told Mr. Sheehan (Lab.[?] N.S.W.) in the House of Representatives to-day that the Minister for Supply. Mr. Casey, who is at present in England, would ... [Article] (80 words)
  • CENSURE OF MR. LANG.

    The Randwick State Electorate Council of the Australian Labour Party last night carried. by eight votes lo two, a resolution endorsing the action of the central executive of the ... [Article] (70 words)
  • GERMAN BATTLESHIP DEUTSCHLAND.

    The German battleship Deutschland T.vhich sank the armed merchant cruiser Rawalpindi off the coast of Iceland. With her 6-inch guns the Rawalpindi engaged the battleship. Top: The Deutschland at sea, showing her powerful forward turret of three 11-inch guns, which outranged the Rawalpindi. Below: A salvo from the Deutschland. ... [ILLUSTRATED] [Article] (55 words)
  • PROPAGANDA BY PLANE. NAZI PAMPHLETS DROPPED. Dr. Goebbels's Address LONDON, Nov. 28 (A.A.P.).

    The latest German pamphlets dropped by planes flying over Prance consist of red booklets, printed in small type on good paper, containing ... [Article] (219 words)
  • KING AND QUEEN ATTEND THEATRE. LONDON, Nov. 28. (A.A.P.)

    The King and Queen, for the first time since the outbreak of the war[?] went to a theatre when, accompanied by the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke and ... [Article] (60 words)
  • CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS FOR GERMANS. LONDON, Nov. 28.(A.A.P.)

    German workers will have their Christmas holidays cut by one day. They will get Christmas Eve, which is a Sunday, instead of Boxing Day, but housewives are comforted by the ... [Article] (58 words)
  • MINISTER'S STRONG LANGUAGE. Document Condemned. AUCKLAND, Tuesday.

    Stiong language was used by Ihe Minister for Public Works Mr. Semple, to-day to criticise views which he attributed to Communists. ... [Article] (153 words)
  • LEATHER APPRAISEMENT COMMITTEE. CANBERRA, Tuesday.

    The Minister for Commerce Senator McLeay, to-night announced the personnel of the appraisement committee to supervise the acquisition of hides and leather in New ... [Article] (94 words)
  • WOMAN FATALLY INJURED.

    Mrs. Mary Lavin, 72, of Capel Street, Belmore, died in Canterbury District Hospital late last night, after she had been I nocked down by A motor cycle in Ganterbury Road ... [Article] (39 words)
  • INFLUENCE OF JAPAN. Air Service with Thailand. TOKYO, Nov. 28. (A.A.P.)

    The Japanese Foreign Office has an nounced the signing of an agreement with Thailand (Siam for a regular air service with Japan ... [Article] (133 words)
  • WHEAT ACREAGE LIMITATION. Marginal Areas. MINISTER'S PLAN. CANBERRA, Tuesday.

    Plans for the inauguration of a longterm programme to discontinue wheat farming on marginal areas may shortly be evolved by the Minister for ... [Article] (107 words)
  • WHEAT FOR POULTRY CHEAPER.

    The Austialian Wheat Board has reduced the price in New South Wales of truck lots of bagged wheat by a, halfpenny a bushel to 3/1 a bushel. ... [Article] (59 words)
  • INSANITY AS GROUND FOR DIVORCE. Society Urges Report.

    The secretary of the Asylum Education and Friendship Aid Society, Mr. C. F. Morton, said yesterday that he had wlitten to the AttorneyGeneral, Sir Henry Manning, asking that the ... [Article] (113 words)
  • PAYMENT OF ALIMONY.

    Miss Nerida J. Cohen, barrister who was one of the speakers at the deputation which waited on the Attorney-General on Monday[?] yesterday amplified statements made at the ... [Article] (158 words)
  • NO SHORTAGE OF SHEEPSKINS. CANBERRA, Tuesday.

    The Minister for Customs, Mr. Lawson, denied in the House of Representatives to-day that the issue of permits for exports of sheepskins had left inadequate supplies for ... [Article] (87 words)
  • NO SECESSION. HERTZOG'S POLICY. Disagreement With Dr. Malan. CAPETOWN, Nov. 28 (A A P.).

    Negotiations for the formation of an Afrikander party in the Union of South Africa have been halted by the refusal of General Hertzog, the former Prime ... [Article] (187 words)
  • SOCKS FOR A.I.F. 6,000 Pairs to Meet Urgent Needs. LORD MAYOR'S FUND.

    The Lord Mayor, Sir Norman Nock, said last night that 6,000 pairs of socks would be sent to the Ingleburn camp to-day to meet urgent needs among ... [Article] (321 words)
  • RECREATION HUT. ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL GROUNDS.

    A large reception hut for the convenience of troops on leave is to be erected almost immediately in the grounds of St. Andrew's Cathedral. ... [Article] (123 words)
  • M.P.s' LETTERS CENSORED. CANBERRA, Tuesday.

    The Minister for Co-ordination of Defence Mr. Menzies, said in the House of Representatives to-day that mail sent by members of the House of Representatives to points ... [Article] (73 words)
  • MANY BUSHFIRES. DRY HEAT IN THE CITY. Squally Westerlies May Continue.

    Yesterday's dry heat in Sydney resulted in the outbreak of bushfires in many suburbs, but prompt action by fire brigades prevented any damage to ... [Article] (358 words)
  • RAILWAY CHIEF REAPPOINTED. Seven Years More. OTHER TERMS RENEWED.

    The State Cabinet yesterday decided to reappoint the Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, and the Assistant Railway Commissioner, Mr. ... [Article] (172 words)
  • NO NEW BUILDINGS FOR A.B.C. Profits of £250,000. INVESTMENT IN WAR LOANS. CANBERRA, Tuesday.

    The Postmaster-General, Mr. Harrison, said to-night that the Government had given an instruction to the Broadcasting Commission that no capital works were to be undertaken ... [Article] (149 words)
  • COMMISSION'S JOURNAL. CANBERRA, Tuesday.

    The Postmaster-General Mr. Hanison replying to a question by Mr. Nairn (U.A.P., W.A.) in the House of Representatives to-day, said that the new journal being published by ... [Article] (142 words)
  • CABINET SUPPORTS MR. DRUMMOND. Conflict With Teachers.

    The State Cabinet endorsed yesterday the attitude of the Minister for Education, Mr. Drummond, in his dispute with the Teachers' Federation. ... [Article] (122 words)
  • "CHANGE OF GROUND."

    The president of the Teachers' Federation. Mr. M. Mackinnon, said last night thal the statement by Mr. Diummond yesterday showed 'a change of ground." ... [Article] (127 words)
  • ABATTOIRS STRIKE. SETTLEMENT IS LIKELY. Work Next Week.

    Resumption of operations at the Homebush Abattoirs on Monday or Tuesday is expected as the result of further negotiations between the ... [Article] (347 words)
  • N.Z. STERLING FUNDS RISE. Butter Sold to Britain. AUCKLAND, Tuesday.

    Explaining a recent use of mote than £1,750,000 in Ness Zealand s sterling funds, the Minister for Finance[?] Mr. Nash, said to-day, that New Zealand butter in store in ... [Article] (111 words)
  • THE CALL-UP.

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  • INDEX. NEWS.

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  • ADVERTISEMENTS.

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  • TO-DAY.

    Minerva Theatre: "Yes M[?] Darling Daughter[?]" 2.15, 8.15. Theatre Royal: "Under Your Hat[?]" 2[?] 8[?] Tivoli Theatre: The Mills Brothers, 2.30, 8. ... [Article] (336 words)
  • SUBURBAN AND COUNTRY PICTURE THEATRES.

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