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  2. REPAIRS AFTER THE STORM.

    An army of house repairers, electric linesmen, and railmen spent yesterday repairing the widespread damage wrought by short-lived tornadic ...

    Article : 584 words
  3. UNSHRINKABLE WOOL.

    Dr. I. Clunies Ross, a former Australian member of the International Wool Secretariat, said yesterday that pressure should be exerted on Australian ...

    Article : 504 words
  4. A.I.F. AS SHOW TROOPS.

    The British High Command's confidence in the standard of training of the A.I.F. is shown by the fact that one of the Australian infantry ...

    Article : 236 words
  5. FUTURE OF FRANCE.

    The French Vice-Premier and Foreign Minister, M. Laval, in an interview before meeting Hitler, declared that democracy everywhere is dead. ...

    Article : 223 words
  6. EYES STILL ON PACIFIC.

    The British Government is not permitting latest developments in the Balkans to blind it to the position in the Far East, which remains ...

    Article : 601 words
  7. LEADING SHIP OF GREECE'S NAVY.

    Greek warships in the Ionian Sea have bombarded Italian land forces. The top picture shows the Greek cruiser Averoff (9,450 tons), the only ship above destroyer size in the Greek Navy. The Averoff was built in 1910, and is armed with four 9.2-inch, eight 7.5-inch, and 16 3-inch and anti-aircraft guns. Lower: Ratings of the Averoff manning the ship as she approaches a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 70 words
  8. HOME RUSH PROBLEM.

    Criticism of London's transport facilities continues, the principal complaint being that the existing bus and underground railway services are not capable ...

    Article : 329 words
  9. WIDESPREAD AIR RAIDS.

    Aircraft of the R.A.F. raided Bardia and Tobruk, in Libya, on Wednesday, says the Air Ministry News Service. At Bardia an attack was made on a stores ...

    Article : 217 words
  10. WHEAT CUT FOR HAY.

    Drought in the north-west has been so severe this year that wheatgrowers have found it more profitable to cut their crops for hay. Many say that ...

    Article : 311 words
  11. DISOBEDIENCE IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    In an address to the Cape Nationalist Congress, the Nationalist leader, Dr. Malan, urged support for an organisation which has been the subject of ...

    Article : 291 words
  12. SHIP ORDERS IN U.S.A.

    The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Henry Morgenthau, has announced that the British Government has placed orders with American shipbuilders for ...

    Article : 262 words
  13. BLIND AND DEAF CHILDREN.

    "We consider it most desirable that the same law should apply to sightless and soundless children as to ordinary children—that they should come under educational influences at ...

    Article : 228 words
  14. ABYSSINIAN REVOLT PLAN.

    The B.B.C. announced to-day that the former Emperor of Abyssinia, Haile Sellassie, is in the Sudan, where he has met a number of Abyssinian chieftains ...

    Article : 135 words
  15. FINE WEEK-END PREDICTED

    A fine, moderate week-end in the metropolitan area was forecast by the State Meteorologist, Mr. Mares, last night. ...

    Article : 193 words
  16. U.S. AID TO CHINA.

    Although official confirmation is lacking, the Japanese Foreign Office Spokesman, Mr. Suma, revealed at a Press conference to-day that he had ...

    Article : 137 words
  17. SAILORS' ORDEAL IN OPEN BOAT.

    Two survivors of the freighter Anglo Saxon (5,596 tons), which was sunk by a raider 500 miles south-west of the Azores on August 21, have arrived at Nassau in the Bahamas. They ...

    Article : 184 words
  18. CONFIDENCE IN BRITAIN.

    The widespread confidence which the population of Holland continues to draw from the fact that the Dutch Government is established in London ...

    Article : 164 words
  19. PRISONER IN SCUFFLE AT COURT.

    A scuffle occurred at the Supreme Court yesterday, when a prisoner whose handcuffs had been removed left an ante-room and walked down a corridor towards a door ...

    Article : 79 words
  20. APPEALS AGAINST INTERNMENT.

    The Minister for the Army, Mr. Spender, announced to-night that he proposed to give immediate instructions that, whether naturalised or not any person interned by the ...

    Article : 207 words
  21. FEWER HOLIDAYS ON MUNITIONS WORK.

    To maintain munitions production at the highest possible level, the only holidays to be taken by employees of the Commonwealth munitions factories during Christmas and ...

    Article : 155 words
  22. BRIDGE FOOTWAY REPAIRS

    The Department of Main Roads announces that from next Monday the eastern footway across the Harbour Bridge will be closed for repairs. The work will take about three weeks. ...

    Article : 46 words
  23. MINISTRY FOR LABOUR.

    The Minister for Labour and National Service. Mr. Holt, who has already called in Mr. Chifley, M.P., as a consultant on industrial problems, will later seek to co-opt ...

    Article : 185 words
  24. NEW ARMY POST.

    The new Minister for the Army, Mr. Spender, announced to-night that a business manager for the Army had been appointed. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  26. GAOL FOR SON OF FORMER N.S.W. MINISTER.

    Keith Vernon Ley, a son of Mr. T. J. Ley, a former New South Wales Cabinet Minister, after a fortnight's trial, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for ...

    Article : 151 words
  27. CHAMBERLAIN "NOT ON WAY TO U.S."

    The British Embassy stated that the reports from London that Mr. Neville Chamberlain was on his way to California were "definitely untrue and certainly premature." ...

    Article : 37 words
  28. N.S.W. WANTS BETTER SHARE.

    Factories were available in New South Wales and Queensland for manufacturing machine tools for defence purposes, said the deputy leader of the Federal Parliamentary Labour ...

    Article : 84 words
  29. RELEASE OF GERMAN MISSION PRIESTS.

    The six German priests and eight brothers at the German missions at Beagle Bay and Lonbardina, about 200 miles north of Broome, who were interned recently, have been released ...

    Article : 74 words
  30. NAZIS CLAIM FREIGHTER SUNK BY BOMBS.

    Informed quarters in Berlin claim that the British freighter Starstone (5,702 tons) has been sunk by a bomb off the west of Ireland. It was announced in Berlin that ...

    Article : 94 words
  31. THE INFORMATION DEPARTMENT.

    The constitution of the Department of Information will probably be altered as a result of the review of the department's activities now being made. ...

    Article : 120 words
  32. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Tin was quoted to-day at £258 a ton, compared with £259/5/ yesterday. Rubber was quoted at 11 21-32d a lb. ...

    Article : 28 words
  33. NEW USE FOR OLD TANK.

    An underground tank, believed to be part of the original construction at Admiralty House, is being used as a supply for garden watering. ...

    Article : 150 words
  34. BAN ON LAND TRANSFERS TO ALIENS.

    National Security Regulations prohibiting land transfers to enemy aliens, naturalised enemy aliens, and subjects of countries occupied by the enemy were to-day extended to ...

    Article : 100 words
  35. PENALTY RESERVED IN SEDITION CASE.

    Delivering his reserved decision to-day Colonel Clark P.M., convicted Redvers Cyril Domeny McVilly on a charge of having published at Crabtree, on September 8, seditious ...

    Article : 78 words
  36. MAN SCORCHED IN GARAGE FIRE.

    Sparks, caused by friction when the belt on an air compressor jammed, set fire to a garage owned by Sydney William Roberts in Edgeware Road, Enmore, yesterday ...

    Article : 151 words
  37. SUBURBAN DAIRIES.

    The secretary of the Metropolitan and Suburban Dairymen's Association, Mr. F. J. Madden, said yesterday that no tangible reason had been given by the Milk Board, ...

    Article : 154 words
  38. DEAF MUTES HURT.

    Two deaf mutes—husband and wife—were injured in their home in Sydenham Road, Marrickville, about 2 a.m. to-day. Police, who investigated the case, had difficulty in finding ...

    Article : 104 words
  39. CUSTOMS REVENUE INCREASES.

    Despite the increasing severity of import restrictions on goods from non-sterling countries, Commonwealth Customs and Excise revenue was higher in the first four months ...

    Article : 87 words
  40. MEN STRIKE AT OLD BULLI MINE.

    Another stoppage occurred at the old Bulli mine to-day. When the men arrived at the pit to start work, the president of the lodge was told ...

    Article : 74 words
  41. YOUTH CRUSHED BY TRAM.

    Norman Silver, 18, of Bligh Street, Milson's Point, fell from a tram and rolled beneath it in George Street, near Goulburn Street, city, last night. The wheels crushed both his ...

    Article : 52 words
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