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  2. ENDOWMENT PLAN.

    The Commonwealth child endowment scheme will be financed by a "payroll tax" on employers—a percentage levy on the wages paid by ...

    Article : 238 words
  3. A.I.F. CASUALTIES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 399 words
  4. CRUMBLING EMPIRE.

    The extent of the crumbling of Mussolini's African Empire is shown by the establishment of two British military administrations, one over the whole ...

    Article : 412 words
  5. GRIM GREEK FORAY.

    A few days ago I watched from the front line one of those "local engagements" which have enabled the Greek Army to push Mussolini's legions ...

    Article : 998 words
  6. H.M.A.S. SYDNEY'S VICTORY PLAQUE UNVEILED.

    The Lord Mayor, Alderman Crick, unveiling the City of Sydney's gift plaque on the after-gun turret of H.M.A.S. Sydney yesterday morning. The plaque commemorates the cruiser's victory over the Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni. Next to the Lord Mayor is Captain Collins, and on the extreme left of the picture is the Premier, Mr. Mair. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 59 words
  7. "BURDEN SHOULD BE SPREAD."

    The leader of the Federal Opposition, Mr. Curtin, said last night that the burden of child endowment should be spread over the whole field of taxation, instead of only on ...

    Article : 165 words
  8. FULL AID TO BRITAIN.

    The U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, when asked yesterday by the Press whether assurances had been given to Britain that she would get ...

    Article : 238 words
  9. IN SEARCH OF THE FRONT LINE.

    To get first-hand descriptions of fighting, one must go to the front line To reach this in Albania it is necessary in most places to climb for two days ...

    Article : 447 words
  10. BRITAIN'S SEA DANGER.

    While Germany's claims in official communiques in the last few days may or may not be true, it is undeniable that long-range Nazi bombers are reaching ...

    Article : 205 words
  11. DIVERSION PLAN.

    Nothing has emanated from Tokyo in the past 48 hours to indicate any imminent Japanese move, despite the gravity of the warnings issued by ...

    Article : 192 words
  12. A.C.T.U. MEN REASSURED ON PLAN.

    The deputation from the emergency committee of the A.C.T.U. undertook to place Mr. Fadden's explanation of the child endowment scheme before representatives of the A.C.T.U. ...

    Article : 142 words
  13. A.I.F. WELCOMED IN BENGHAZI.

    Australian infantry, who had the honour to be the first Imperial troops to enter Benghazi after its capture, were given an amazing reception. ...

    Article : 351 words
  14. EX-SOVIET AGENT SHOT DEAD.

    "Everything looks like suicide," declared Louis Waldman, lawyer for General Walter Krivitsky, following an examination of notes found in a hotel ...

    Article : 303 words
  15. SHIPYARD STRIKE.

    Claiming that their shop delegate had been victimised by dismissal, 40 members of the Boilermakers' Society struck work at the Kangaroo Point shipbuilding yards of Evans ...

    Article : 130 words
  16. JAPANESE AT SAIGON.

    Japan appears to have established a military foothold in Saigon, Indo-China by unheralded infiltrations, declares the Saigon correspondent of ...

    Article : 161 words
  17. LORD LOTHIAN'S ESTATE

    Lord Lothian, who died during his term as British Ambassador to the United States, bequeathed his Blickling Estate, in Norfolk, and practically the whole of the contents of ...

    Article : 75 words
  18. PRESS CENSORSHIP.

    Major J. J. Astor, chairman of "The Times" Publishing Company, moving the adoption of the annual report of the Empire Press Union, of which he is president, drew attention to ...

    Article : 86 words
  19. SITWELLS WIN LIBEL ACTION

    Edith Sitwell, poetess, Osbert Sitwell, poet, playright, and novelist, and Sacheverell Sitwell, lyrical poet, have each been awarded £350 damages against "Reynolds News." ...

    Article : 80 words
  20. INDO-CHINA ARMISTICE PROLONGED.

    The French Consulate announced that Thailand and Indo-China had decided to prolong the armistice f[?] a fortnight, pending the conclusion of peace negotiations in Tokyo. ...

    Article : 35 words
  21. BIG U.S. SUPPLY PLAN.

    When the Lease or Lend Bill is passed, Britain will obtain immediately about 500,000,000 dollars (£A156,250,000) worth of "war tools" states the ...

    Article : 243 words
  22. BERGONZOLI'S STORY.

    General Bergonzoli, who commanded the Italians at Bardia and Tobruk, turns out to be an elfin little man, with a square beard and brown face, and the ...

    Article : 518 words
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  24. ITALIANS FLEE IN DISORDER.

    Athens Radio reports that the Greek forces again repelled an Italian counter-attack made yesterday against newly-won Greek positions in the ...

    Article : 257 words
  25. AFTER THE FALL OF TOBRUK.

    An Australian officer on friendly terms with a captured Italian officer after the fall of Tobruk last month. The medal ribbons worn by his Australian captor aroused memories of the last war for the Italian, who said that he, too, was entitled to wear some of the decorations, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 70 words
  26. HIGHER EARNINGS IN BRITAIN.

    Ministry of Labour statistics show that changes in 1940 raised the weekly full-time earnings of 7,902,000 workers by £2,148,000, states the Labour ...

    Article : 402 words
  27. "ROYAL" SPENDING IN CAPTURED TOWNS.

    Australian troops now in Benghazi and Barce are spending Italian money which they have been collecting from the Bardia victory onwards. Some men ...

    Article : 191 words
  28. MR. CHURCHILL CUTTING TO COMMUNIST M.P.

    The Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, was cutting when Mr. Gallacher (Comm.) asked in the House of Commons to-day that a committee be set up to inquire into the personnel ...

    Article : 105 words
  29. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Tin was quoted to-day at £257/5/ a ton, compared with £257 yesterday. Rubber was quoted at 12 9-16d per lb. Stock Exchange business was on a small ...

    Article : 43 words
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