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  2. RECONSTRUCTION PLANS.

    The Minister for Labour and National Service, Mr. Holt, announced to-day that a reconstruction division of his department would begin operations ...

    Article : 368 words
  3. CHRISTMAS BUYING.

    Leading Sydney retailers expect buying this Christmas to establish a new record, exceeding even what one managing director yesterday called ...

    Article : 601 words
  4. CHANGES IN CABINET.

    Lord Halifax has been appointed British Ambassador to the United States, in succession to the late Lord Lothian. ...

    Article : 561 words
  5. U.S. AID TO BRITAIN.

    Tlie Administration is considering asking Congress for authority to requisition interned foreign ships in American ports and for the repeal ...

    Article : 328 words
  6. PETAIN'S AIM.

    The French Minister for Aviation, M. Bergeret, in a broadcast from Beirut (Syria), said that the Chief of the French State, Marshal Petain, ...

    Article : 211 words
  7. ENGLISH HUNT UNDAUNTED BY BOMBS.

    Hitler's blitzkrieg has not dismayed members of the Aldenham Hunt, Hertfordshire. Led by Major Sir Jocelyn Lucas, they are shown riding past a bombed public house at the start of a recent meeting. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. WARM WELCOME IN ENGLAND.

    Australian naval ratings spending their Christmas leave in London were met by Miss Margaret Baxter, formerly of Sydney, while feeding pigeons in ...

    Article : 242 words
  9. BOY OVER BEN BUCKLER.

    John Ward, 14, of Hastings Parade, North Bondi, fell 80ft down a crevice at Ben Buckler yesterday and escaped with severe abrasions and shock. ...

    Article : 181 words
  10. DEFENCE OF FAR EAST.

    "Substantial reinforcements of all arms for the Far Eastern Command have recently arrived at Malaya," states a Far East Headquarters communique. ...

    Article : 77 words
  11. MINISTER FROM JAPAN.

    It is understood that the Japanese Minister to Australia has been chosen and his name submitted to the Federal Government at Canberra for formal ...

    Article : 113 words
  12. THREATS TO U.S.A.

    Italy has followed np Germany's warning to the United States against any "warlike act" with an implied threat that the pact between Japan ...

    Article : 135 words
  13. ADELAIDE DISPUTE ENDS.

    The tramway dispute in Adelaide has ended. Tramway employees were to-day awarded a 44-hour week and a daily ...

    Article : 166 words
  14. NAME SUBMITTED TO CANBERRA.

    The name of the Minister has been officially notified to the Australian Government, but will not be disclosed until the usual diplomatic procedure has been completed. ...

    Article : 81 words
  15. BRITISH SHIP LOSSES.

    The total British, Allied, and neutral tonnage lost by enemy action during the week ended December 15 was 41,476 tons, consisting of five British ...

    Article : 170 words
  16. JAPAN'S ATTITUDE.

    The head of the Foreign Press Bureau. Mr. Nobofumi Ito, parried questions about Japan's attitude to the German warning to the United States. ...

    Article : 74 words
  17. MAN KILLED BY 10ft FALL.

    Percy Egan, 55, of Pittwater Road, was killed when he fell 10ft through the ceiling of a house at Hill Street, Balgowlah, yesterday. ...

    Article : 66 words
  18. SOVIET VIEW OF THE WAR.

    Russian military experts, duscussing the Middle East victories, consider that, though they cannot be described as turning-points in the war, they are ...

    Article : 219 words
  19. QUALITIES OF LORD HALIFAX.

    To judge by a large cross-section of the British Press, editonal comment on the Cabinet changes is to the effect: (1) That Lord Halifax has all the qualities ...

    Article : 290 words
  20. HOLIDAY TRAM AND BUS SERVICES.

    Tram timetables on Christmas Day will be the same as those on Sundays, except that late trams will run as on week days. Sunday timetables will also operate on all ...

    Article : 165 words
  21. NEW INDIAN PARTY PLEDGED TO FIGHT FASCISM.

    At a conference held in Bombay, under the auspices of Mahendra Nath Roy, a former member of the Committee of the Third International, and Narayan Bhaskar Kare, a ...

    Article : 86 words
  22. SUCCESSION DUTY OF £10,752.

    An appeal by trustees under deeds poll made by the late Sir Langdon Bonython in favour of his daughtet Edith Annie Bonython against a succession duty of £10,752 was unanimously ...

    Article : 148 words
  23. RADIO MEN NEEDED BY NAVY.

    An appeal to radio amateurs to enlist in the navy as telegraphists was made yesterday by the Minister for the Navy, Mr. Hughes. ...

    Article : 150 words
  24. "WAR A REASONABLE POSSIBILITY."

    "I hope the war will never reach the United States. But, whether we like to contemplate it or not, it would be foolhardy not to realise that war is a ...

    Article : 261 words
  25. MINISTER MAY REVIEW CUTS IN FILM.

    The Minister for Customs, Mr, Harrison, may view the film "Forty Thousand Horsemen" to-day, if strong representations are made to him that the romantic scene, the ...

    Article : 115 words
  26. ST. PETER'S CHURCH.

    A large congregation attended the institution and induction of the Rev. Gordon John Shannon King to the parish of St. Peter, East Sydney, last night. ...

    Article : 77 words
  27. DAMAGE TO HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.

    In recent raids damage has been done to the Middle Temple library and to the structure of the Palace of Westminster. Damage to the Houses of Parliament occurred when a ...

    Article : 140 words
  28. AWARD FOR CARTERS AND DRIVERS.

    More than 13,000 employees are affected by the final award for the carters and drivers' section of the Transport Workers' Union which was announced by Judge Piper in the ...

    Article : 138 words
  29. SOFT DRINKS TO BE DEARER.

    An increase of one halfpenny a bottle in the retail price of aerated soft diinks in New South Wales above the rates ruling before the war has been approved by the ...

    Article : 136 words
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  31. WASHINGTON PLEASED.

    Government officials in Washington have expressed deep satisfaction at Lord Halifax's appointment and it is understood that both the U.S. Secretary ...

    Article : 184 words
  32. U.S.A. MAY LICENSE IMPORTS.

    Officials in Washington are reported to be discussing the question of a rigid licence control system for imports, which mainly would be directed against Japan. ...

    Article : 63 words
  33. LORD FURNESS'S ESTATE.

    Viscount Furness, shipbuilder and colliery-owner, who died in October, left unsettled estate valued at £3,661,950. Death duties will absorb £1,850,702. ...

    Article : 63 words
  34. MR. FRASER WARNS N.Z. UNIONS.

    The Prime Minister, Mr. Fraser, said today that if trades unions, or any sections of them, or any other organisations wanted to defy the Government, it would be ...

    Article : 120 words
  35. DECIDING PORT DISPUTES.

    The secretary of the Waterside Workers Federation, Mr. J. Healy, said yesterday that a conciliation committee to deal with waterfront disputes would be welcomed by the ...

    Article : 148 words
  36. R.A.F. CREW INTERNED IN EIRE.

    An official announcement states that an R.A.F. plane, while patrolling the Northern Ireland border on Saturday night crashed in Eire. ...

    Article : 88 words
  37. WAR-TIME STRIKES.

    Criticising the Federal Government for not having declared strikes and stop-work meetings illegal, the South Australian Chamber of Manufacturers' Journal condemns ...

    Article : 185 words
  38. SOVIET PROTEST TO RUMANIA.

    The Soviet Minister in Bucharest has protested at the anti-Soviet campaign in Rumania and at the continued arrests of so-called Communists, says the Belgrade ...

    Article : 89 words
  39. POSE AS WAR HERO ALLEGED.

    The charge against Donald Macdonald, 45, chauffeur, of Nickson Street, city, of having posed as a returned soldier was dismissed at Paddington Police Court yesterday. ...

    Article : 118 words
  40. MAJOR L. T. BURWASH DEAD.

    The death has occuned at Cobourg, in Ontarlo, of the Chief Arctic Investigator for the Canadian Government, Major Lachlin Taylor Burwash, at the age of 66. Between ...

    Article : 52 words
  41. SHORTAGE OF SEAMEN.

    A vessel with a general cargo has been held up at Port Adelaide since Friday for lack of one fireman and three seamen. The secretary of the Seamen's Union, Mr. ...

    Article : 92 words
  42. "GREAT DICTATOR" URGED AS PROPAGANDA.

    Despite the black-out, "The Great Dictator" is proving one of Charlic Chaplin's greatest successes. All three West End cinemas showing it are playing to capacity. Their ...

    Article : 83 words
  43. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Tin was quoted to-day at £257/5/. compared with £257 on Friday. Rubber was quoted at 11 31-32d alb. Mining quotations:—Broken Hill South, 20/; ...

    Article : 42 words
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