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  • IMPORTANT DECISIONS ON STRATEGY REACHED Consultations With United Nations NEW DEFENCE BASIS

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.—The Australian Advisory War Council, in consultation with representatives of the United Nations, at the weekend reached a series of important decisions on the principles of high strategy. ... [Article] (798 words)
  • TEA FROZEN: TOBACCO CUT 20 P.C.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday. — The requisitioning by the Commonwealth of all tea held by merchants and traders and ... [Article] (476 words)
  • Anti-Axis Sabotage in France

    LONDON, Sunday.—A despatch to Berlin from Vichy says a Marseilles military court has sentenced to penal servitude for life two students for ... [Article] (76 words)
  • FRENCH FORCES BADLY DISTRIBUTED Contributed to Nation's Downfall

    VICHT, Saturday.—At the resumption of the Riom trial M. Deladier, a former French Prime Minister, declared that bad distribution of the defence ... [Article] (121 words)
  • Size of Newspapers Must Be Reduced To "Irreducible Minimum"

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A warning to all newspapers to reduce their size to "an irreducible minimum," or their newsprint stocks would be taken ... [Article] (515 words)
  • AIRCRAFT GIRLS DEMONSTRATE VERSATILITY.

    Two hundred girls in one section of an aircraft factory in Victoria last week proved to the Minister for Aircraft Production (Senator D. Cameron), on a visit of inspection, that women could take their place efficiently alongside men in aircraft production. In this picture girls ara shown working on the fuselage of a plane. ... [ILLUSTRATED] [Article] (59 words)
  • All A.I.F. Nurses and Many Troops Escaped From Singapore, Says General Bennett

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—Major-General Gordon Bennett, who escaped from Singapore after his surrender to the Japanese, arrived in Sydney to-day, and will reach Melbourne to-morrow. He flew from Jave to Australia in a dutch plane, and will make the trip to ... [Article] (890 words)
  • AUSTRALIAN- N.Z. CO-OPERATION IS VITAL

    CANBERRA, Sunday. — "Our peril is your peril, and your danger is our danger," said Mr. D. G. Sullivan, a member of the New ... [Article] (208 words)
  • NEW STAR 100 TIMES BRIGHTER THAN SUN

    CAMBRIDGE (Massachusetts), Saturday.—The discovery of a remarkable red star, estimated to be 100 ... [Article] (66 words)
  • Some Transport Workers Will Be Reserved "

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—Certain sections of transport employes in New South Wales will be placed on the reserved occupation list, the ... [Article] (192 words)
  • Sunspot Disrupts Radio Telephone

    NEW YOKE, Saturday.—A magnetic storm, apparently caused by a giaut sunspot, disrupted short waye radiotelephone communications between the ... [Article] (79 words)
  • SIAMESE TWINS DIE

    NEW YORK, Saturday.—Siamese twin daughters, joined facing each other, which were born to Mrs. Carmino Picciotto at St. Vincent's ... [Article] (31 words)
  • Losses in Java Sea Battle

    LONDON, Sunday.—It is officially stated that losses in the Battle of the Java Sea are:— ... [Article] (102 words)
  • Australian Kittyhawk Squadron Has First Kill

    MELBOURNE, Sunday. — A new Kittyhawk squadron in the Western Desert, composed of young Australians trained under the ... [Article] (166 words)
  • Bishop of Oslo Dismissed

    LONDON, Saturday.—The Quisling Government has dismissed Dr. Bergera v. Bishop of Oslo, who hitherto was the Nazis' foremost opponent. He was ... [Article] (94 words)
  • Melbourne's A.A. Guns Fire at Training Plane OFF COURSE IN NICHT EXERCISES

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Several shells were fired by anti-aircraft gunsin a defence area at Melbourne about 2.45 yesterday morning at an R.A.A.F. plane which was off its course while carrying out night flying exercises. The Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) said that when the R.A.A.F. ... [Article] (312 words)
  • TWO AIR FORCE CRASHES Office Killed

    MELBOURNE, Sunday. — Two aircraft crashes—one in New South Wales and one in Victoria—were reported by R.A.A.F. ... [Article] (190 words)
  • R.A.A.F. CONTINUES RAIDS Another Enemy Attack on Port Moresby

    MELBOURNE, Sunday. — While bombing squadrons of the R.A.A.F. continued their successful series of raids on Japanese-occupied contres in ... [Article] (245 words)
  • Minor Skirmishes in Philippines

    WASHINGTON, Saturday.—A communique from the Philippines this morning said fighting, had lessened in the Batan area, with operations limited ... [Article] (67 words)
  • SALE OF LIQUOR LIKELY TO BE CONTROLLED

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Prom personal observations, senior members of the Pcderal Government are satisfied that some form of ... [Article] (182 words)
  • Two False Alerts in Sydney

    SYDNEY, Sunday. — Two false air raid alarms in the thickly populated King's Cross and Darlinghurst areas yesterday afternoon provided striking contrasts. ... [Article] (167 words)
  • DARWIN WILL SOON BE BACK TO NORMAL

    DARWIN, Sunday.—Damage fo civilians' property in the Japanese bombing was slight. The town is being cleaned up, and will soon be back to normal. Since I have been back in Darwin I have made a two days' survey of the conditions in the town, and I haye found that, as far as civilian activity is ... [Article] (1048 words)
  • Students to Help Save Scotland's Harvest

    LONDON, Sunday.—The Department of Agriculture for Scotland is arranging for 10,000 schoolboys and ... [Article] (48 words)
  • OVER 100,000 SUBSCRIBERS TO LIBERTY LOAN

    CANBERRA, Sunday. — More than 100,000 applications have now been received for the £35,000,000 Liberty Loan. ... [Article] (523 words)
  • PRICES SOARING IN U.S.

    WASHINGTON, Saturday.—The bureau of labor statistics reported to-day that wholesale prices had reached their highest point since July. 1920. They ... [Article] (40 words)
  • BOWLS Abandonment of Triangular Games

    A suggestion from the Northern Tasmanian Association that triangular matches be abandoned this season, and that the championship games be played ... [Article] (292 words)
  • CYCLING

    ONE HOUR TEAMS' RACE. — A successful one hour teams race was conducted by the riding section of the Devonport Athletic Club on Saturday ... [Article] (209 words)
  • TENNIS

    LAUNCESTON, Sunday. — The "A" prade mixed doubles championship of the Northern Association championship series waa won yesterday by E. C. Stewart and ... [Article] (105 words)

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