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  2. WOMEN TO REPLACE MEN ON MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS

    Recruiting of 1,000 women for the Australian Corps of Signallers will commence at Victoria Barracks on Monday. Recruits must be between the ages of 18 and 30, with no dependants under the age of 16 years. After three months' training they will replace men in vital, military communications in rear areas, thus being the first women to be employed by the Australian Army on operational duties. These pictures show two of the duties which the new unit will ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. CRUISER SUNK Enemy Attacks on Convoys

    LONDON, May 8 (A.A.P.).— During determined enemy attacks to prevent the passage of two convoys in the Arctic, the ...

    Article : 463 words
  4. MIGHTY ARMIES ASSEMBLE Struggle Near in Russia

    LONDON, May 8.—Messages from Russia, Sweden, and Switzerland picture two mighty armies assembling for a life and ...

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  5. TRADE SURPRISED

    Executives of the large retail stores in Sydney said last night that they were surprised that sales had been restricted. ...

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  6. STRONGER IN PACIFIC Washington Views

    WASHINGTON, May 8.—The naval battle in the Pacific bears out forecasts made here that United States warships would be ...

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  7. RUSSIAN ADVANCE IN ARCTIC

    LONDON, May 8 (A.A.P.).— Russian forces on the Murmansk (Arctic) front haye penetrated the German lines distances of ...

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  8. BRITISH SCHEME

    The British clothes rationing system, which began on June 1, 1941, allowed every person 66 coupons for the next 12 months. ...

    Article : 157 words
  9. WIDE FRONT IN SYRIA-IRAN

    LONDON, May 8.—A report that the Germans are massing troops in southern Russia focusses attention on the ...

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  10. LONDON ALERT, NO BOMBS Two of 6 Raiders Destroyed

    LONDON, May 8 (A.A.P.).— An air-raid warning was sounded in one London area early this morning, but no aircraft ...

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  11. R.A.F. FERRYING IN PACIFIC Helps Fly Planes to Australia

    LONDON, May 8.—The R.A.F. Ferry Command is now helping the United States to ferry American-built aircraft to Australia ...

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  12. WARSHIPS TAKE OVER BASE

    LONDON, May 8 (A.A.P.).— British warships are reported to be anchored at the naval base of Diego Suarez (Madagascar) ...

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  13. "ALL MUST RESTRICT SPENDING"

    "We must restrict spending—every one of us," said the Minister for Air, Mr. Drakeford, last night, in a national broadcast, in which he urged ...

    Article : 96 words
  14. FEWER U.S.A. TAX EXEMPTIONS

    WASHINGTON, May 8 (A.A.P.).— Mr. Henry Morgenthau, Jr., secretary of the Treasury, in a letter to the House Ways and Means Committee, ...

    Article : 98 words
  15. RETAIL SHOPPING HOURS

    The Minister for War Organisation of Industry is examining the restriction of retail shopping hours. The Retail Traders' Association has ...

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  16. "MOTHER No. 1" LIKES BRIDGE, RACES

    NEW YORK, May 8 (A.A.P.).—The Golden Rule Foundation has named as "American Mother No. 1 of 1942" Mrs. Elizabeth Vize Berry, 52, of ...

    Article : 55 words
  17. CHURCH HONOURS PIONEERS

    More than 3,000 persons attended a Pontifical Requiem Mass for pioneer bishops and clergy at St. Mary's Cathedral ...

    Article : 229 words
  18. DR. EVATT MAKING GOOD PROGRESS

    LONDON, May 7.—The finest minds in Britain and America are trying to achieve better co[?] ordination of the direction of the ...

    Article : 155 words
  19. MEMORIAL SERVICE

    A memorial service to Brigadier-General John R. Royston, well known to Light Horse men as "Galloping Jack," will be held to-morrow at the ...

    Article : 63 words
  20. WOMAN CLAIMS GREAT AGE

    RIO CUARTO (Argentina), May 8. (A.A.P.).—Camila Rocha de Vasconcellos, said to have been 141 years of age, died yesterday at a San Jose ...

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  22. SERGEANT YORK NOW MAJOR

    NEW YORK, May 8 (A.A.P.).—The War Department has announced that two outstanding heroes of the First World War have been commissioned ...

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  23. AUSTRALIAN PLOUGH FOR BRITAIN

    LONDON, May 8 (A.A.P.).—An astonished group of agricultural experts at the Rothamsted Experimental Station saw a demonstration ...

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  24. VISITING PRELATES AT MASS

    Visiting prelates leaving St. Mary's Cathedral after the Requiem Mass for the pioneers, held yesterday to mark the centenary of the establishment of the Roman Catholic hierarchy in Australia. In front are the Archbishop of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 88 words
  25. APPEAL AIMS AT £100,000

    Next Friday the New South Wales division of the Australian Comforts Fund and the Lord Mayor's Patriotic and War Fund will co-operate in a ...

    Article : 67 words
  26. LORD GORT FOR MALTA

    LONDON, May 8 (A.A.P.).— Major-General Sir William Dobbie, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Malta, has ...

    Article : 184 words
  27. AXIS DIPLOMATS SAIL FROM U.S.A.

    NEW YORK, May 8 (A.A.P.).—The Swedish liner Drottningholm has sailed for Lisbon, with 948 Axis diplomats, including the German Charge ...

    Article : 59 words
  28. DENGUE CHECKED IN NORTHERN N.S.W.

    CANBERRA, Friday.—Reports to the Federal Minister for Health, Mr. Holloway, indicate that the spread of dengue fever in northern New South ...

    Article : 108 words
  29. LIQUOR PROBLEM OF SHIFT WORKERS

    CANBERRA, Friday.—The Minister for Munitions, Mr. Makin, will inquire whether workers in aircraft annexe can get liquor and tobacco when they ...

    Article : 49 words
  30. ASCENSION DAY

    Next Thursday being Ascension Day special services will be held in St. Andrew's Cathedral. Addresses will be given by Archbishop Mowll at 11 ...

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