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  3. MOVE 2000 A DAY

    SINGAPORE (A.A.P.).—Approximately 14,000 Ps.O.W. have been moved from Singapore, mostly British, which is at ...

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  4. FORTNIGHT OF ADVENTURE

    Amazing persistence and courage was displayed by the crew of a R.A.A.F. Beaufighter, which crashed during a rocket-firing attack on Kuching on August 7, one week before the unofficial end of the war. After a fortnight's adventurous travel, they returned to their home base ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. U.S. SURPRISED BY GEN. MacARTHUR'S OCCUPATION PLAN

    WASHINGTON (A.A.P.).—The State Department fears that an impression may be spread abroad that the U.S. is planning to withdraw from Japan soon, leaving ...

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  6. MOUNTBATTEN AND A.I.F.

    Lord Mountbatten inspects Australian who formed one side of the hollow square within which the surrender ceremony at Singapore took ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. Belsen Horrors Told at Guards' Trial

    LUNEBERG (A.A.P.).—Thirteen thousand corpses were lying unburied at Belsen camp when British troops arrived on April 15, the prosecutor (Col. T. AM. Backhouse) said when opening the case against the "Beast of Belsen" (Josef Kramer) and ...

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  8. Three Tasmanians Survived Atom Bomb

    MANILA.—When the atomic bomb fell on Nagasaki, 24 Australians, including three Tasmanians, who were in a prison camp there, had remarkable escapes. Although they were buried in the wreckage of buildings or hurled ...

    Article : 533 words
  9. TEACHING JAPS.

    NEW YORK (A.A.P).—The U.S. Army plan for re-educating the Japanese is history's ...

    Article : 184 words
  10. AUSTRALIANS NOT ARRESTED

    TOKIO (A.A.P.).—Two Australians who were on Gen. MacArthur's list of people to be arrested in Japan have still not been taken into custody, says ...

    Article : 146 words
  11. Two Men Shot Dead in Sydney

    SYDNEY.—Arthur Joseph O'Keefe (22), wharf labourer, was charged at the Central Police Court yesterday with having murdered Ronald ...

    Article : 189 words
  12. NO AUSTN. FOOD FOR JAPAN

    CANBERRA.—The Acting Minister for External Affairs (Mr. Makin) said in the House of Representatives yesterday that the inordinate desire of some ...

    Article : 166 words
  13. RELIEF STORES REACH BATAVIA

    S.E. ASIA H.Q. (A.A.P.).— The cruiser, H.M.S. Cumberland has landed a small number of Allied personnel and stores ...

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  14. NO LIGHT ON SYDNEY'S FATE

    CANBERRA.—Enquiries made in Tokio at the request of the Australian Government have failed to throw any light on the ...

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  15. ASIATIC IMMIGRANTS

    MELBOURNE.—A resolution declaring that the Presbyterian Church of Australia was in favour of a quota system whereby Asiatic nationals might be ...

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  16. Mr. Churchill May Visit Australia

    LONDON (A.A.P.)—It is believed in Conservative Party circles that Mr. Churchill will winter in Australia. He is expected to leave England on his ...

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  17. "HAW-HAW" WILL NOT GIVE EVIDENCE

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—Defence counsel, Mr. Slade, announced on the resumption of the trial of William Joyce ("Lord Haw-Haw") that he was not calling Joyce as a witness, as he could not possibly give evidence regarding where and when he ...

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  18. Slavs' Claim to Trieste

    LONDON (A.A.P.)—The Yugoslav Government has presented a memorandum to the Allied Council of Foreign Ministers declaring that the ...

    Article : 198 words
  19. GARRISONING OF TIMOR

    CANBERRA.—Mr. James (Lab., N.S.W.) in the House of Representatives yesterday asked if it were a fact that the Portuguese Government was ...

    Article : 106 words
  20. PLAN HUGE PACIFIC EXPOSITION

    CANBERRA.—Proposals for the holding of a huge Pacific exposition in Australia in 1948 are to be considered at the next meeting of Cabinet. This was announced yesterday by the P.M. (Mr. Chifley). ...

    Article : 310 words
  21. Segregating Japs. in China

    SHANGHAI (A.A.P.)—Gen. Ho Ying-Chin has announced that all Jap. soldiers and civilians in China would be deported to Japan as transport ...

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  22. Disbanding Begins Oct. 1

    CANBERRA.—Although the disbandment of defence units begins officially on October 1, centres required to effect complete demobilisation of ...

    Article : 172 words
  23. JEAN PAQUIS TO DIE

    PARIS (A.A.P.)—A purge court yesterday sentenced to death Jean Paquis. Paris radio commentator under the Germans, of collaborating with the ...

    Article : 61 words
  24. SAYS EMPEROR KNEW OF PEARL HARBOUR

    TOKIO (A.A.P.)—Speaking on behalf of ex-Foreign Minister Togo, his son-in-law, who is also his secretary, said the Emperor's rescript declaring war was ...

    Article : 49 words
  25. DIGEST OF THE LEADERS

    THE application of the Tennessee Valley Authority idea to certain areas of Tasmania has been suggested. But why not an ...

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  26. SHATTERING BLAST IN YOKOHAMA IN 1943 SANK GERMAN SHIPPING RAIDERS

    TOKIO.—Two German raiders that were about to set out on a long cruise early in 1943 to prey on Australian shipping lanes were destroyed by a shattering explosion which shook Yoko-hama, the second largest city in Japan, like an Earthquake. THE explosion also wiped out a 19,000. ...

    Article : 292 words
  27. TROOPSHIPS LACK AMENITIES

    CANBERRA.—The use of every available ship to bring servicemen home from the islands quickly must result in more discomfort for ...

    Article : 94 words
  28. NO NEWS OF 364 PERTH MEN

    CANBERRA.—Of the sunken H.M.A.S. Perth's total complement of 676,364 were still unaccounted for, the Minister for the Navy (Mr. Makin) ...

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