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  2. TOLL OF PLANES.

    From the outbreak of war up to midnight last Friday, Britain had lost 1,437 planes, Germany 4,694, and Italy 211. It is authoritatively stated that, during the ...

    Article : 304 words
  3. U-BOATS IN ATLANTIC.

    The menace of U-boats in the Atlantic, as was strikingly underlined in the record bad week ended September 22, when Britain lost ...

    Article : 347 words
  4. GIRL'S TRAGIC DEATH.

    Police yesterday morning found Nancy Patricia Richens, aged 16, dead in her bed at her home at Penshurst Street, Willoughby, with a wound in ...

    Article : 354 words
  5. FREE FRENCH FORCES.

    The London headquarters of the free French forces announces that a number of national committees are being created in all foreign countries ...

    Article : 227 words
  6. STRIKERS OFFER TO WORK.

    The Minister for the Interior, Senator Foll, yesterday announced a decision by the striking Darwin waterside workers to return to work to-morrow ...

    Article : 310 words
  7. YOUTH ON HOLIDAY YESTERDAY.

    Top: A team of junior life-savers at North Bondi being coached by a senior, Colin Johnson (right), yesterday. Because many life-savers have enlisted, juniors are being trained for sur[?] rescue work this season. Lower: Two youthful yachtsmen taking advantage of the light north-easterly breeze at Manly. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 51 words
  8. NEW NORWEGIAN FLAG.

    The Norwegian Nazi leader, Major Quisling, has announced the abolition of the Norwegian flag and the adoption of a new flag showing a golden cross on a red ground, says the ...

    Article : 45 words
  9. RAIN IN DESERT.

    Members of the A.I.F. on Saturday night saw their first rain since April, when an electrical duststorm preceded a heavy downpour on a desert camp. ...

    Article : 106 words
  10. SCHOONER'S LONG VOYAGE.

    A three-masted auxiliary schooner with 17 Americans on board, reached Brisbane to-day after an eight months' cruise covering 11,000 miles. ...

    Article : 171 words
  11. ONE-DAY STRIKE.

    After subjecting Darwin to a one-day general strike to-morrow, Darwin waterside strikers announced to-day, they will return to work on Wednesday. Their intention, however, is ...

    Article : 315 words
  12. THE AUSTRALIAN "TRAGEDY."

    "Australia's tragedy is that it does not realise its true position, and that it refuses any kind of criticism from outside upon it," said Sir Thomas Beecham ...

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  13. EARLY CATCHES IN NEW TROUT SEASON.

    Trout of up to nearly three pounds have been landed from streams in the district since the season opened on Tuesday. Numbers of anglers from Sydney made good hauls in the ...

    Article : 177 words
  14. NEW WORLD ORDER.

    "After this war, the material structure of our life must be rebuilt," said the president of the Trades Union Congress of Great Britain, Mr. ...

    Article : 506 words
  15. MISSION FROM THAILAND.

    Plans for the visit to Australia of a goodwill mission representing the Government of Thailand (Siam) were announced to-day by the Minister for ...

    Article : 245 words
  16. GAOL-BREAKERS TRACED.

    Three of the four prisoners who escaped from Auckland gaol on Tuesday evening were recaptured early this morning, after a search by nearly 100 ...

    Article : 299 words
  17. GERMAN PROSPECTS IN INVASION.

    Declaring that air forces alone cannot conquer an open city, Mr. Hanji Kinoshita, an eminent Japanese authority on international politics, expressed the view, in an article in ...

    Article : 175 words
  18. EARTHQUAKE SHOCK IN NEW ZEALAND.

    A heavy earthquake shook Opotiki to-day. Buildings swayed and people rushed into the streets, but no damage was reported. Wellington reported two shocks. ...

    Article : 43 words
  19. THE CALL-UP.

    A call-up for employment is announced on page 12, column 7. ...

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  20. SUGAR FOR POWER ALCOHOL.

    Canegrowers would want at least £10/10/ a ton for sugar required for power alcohol, said Mr. G. F. Tesch, a canegrower, in evidence before the Power Alcohol Inquiry ...

    Article : 211 words
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  22. DEATH OF MR. E. T. CRUTCHLEY.

    Mr. Ernest Tristram Crutchley, of the headquarters staff of the Ministry of Information, died of a heart attack yesterday while returning from a conference at the Ministry. ...

    Article : 132 words
  23. STOLE £3,073 FROM FARMER.

    A billy-can containing £2,026 in notes which was found at the foot of a gum-tree, and another bundle of notes totalling £1,047 were produced in the Criminal Court to-day, when ...

    Article : 200 words
  24. BUSHFIRE BURNS OUT 10,000 ACRES.

    A bushfire burnt out 10,000 acres on Teviot station, the property of J. Mitchell and Sons. 25 miles from Winton, yesterday. The fire was started by a whirlwind which ...

    Article : 74 words
  25. TRANSPORTING A SCHOOL.

    The Minister for Education, Mr. Drummond, announced last night that, within the next few weeks, teachers and pupils of the boys' school at ...

    Article : 345 words
  26. DEATH AT VICTORY PARTY.

    Mrs. D. Cox was a member of a party at the Hotel Mosman last night to celebrate the double victory at Randwick yesterday of her brother, the well-known trainer, Mr. Bayly ...

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  27. SOLDIER FOR TRIAL.

    Alfred David Southgate, 33, a member of the A.I.F., was charged at Wagga Police Court to-day on six counts of uttering forged £5 notes, and having in his possession forged ...

    Article : 104 words
  28. BOMB DAMAGE AT RAMSGATE.

    Damaged motor vehicles amid the debris of a building at Ramsgate after an air raid recently. The surface of the road was broken up by the explosion. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  29. LARGE WHALER SHARK CAUGHT.

    A 12-feet whaler shark was caught about five miles off Coogee yesterday afternoon. It brought the total catch by members of big game angling clubs in the last three days to ...

    Article : 162 words
  30. MEAT FOR CAMPS.

    The Minister for the Army, Senator McBride, is to investigate complaints by the Mayor of Newcastle, Alderman Wiggins, that meat sent to northern military camps has ...

    Article : 114 words
  31. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Tin was quoted to-day at £256/10/ on the London Stock Exchange. Rubber was quoted at 11¾d a lb. Mining quotations: North Broken Hill, ...

    Article : 61 words
  32. ANOTHER N.Z. PLANE MISSING.

    An Airspeed Oxford aircraft of the New Zealand Air Force, with a crew of two, is reported missing on a training flight over North Canterbury. ...

    Article : 127 words
  33. LOST BOY UPSETS POLICE ROUTINE.

    A small boy who had been lost in the city, cried so loudly when taken to the Central Police Station that the prisoners in the cells complained that their rest was being disturbed. ...

    Article : 132 words
  34. SYDNEY YUGOSLAVS PRAISE RUSSIA.

    The establishment of trade and diplomatic relations between Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union was celebrated by a meeting of the local community of the Yugoslav immigrants ...

    Article : 122 words
  35. WAR-RISK INSURANCE.

    As the result of urgent representations by owners of vessels trading in New Zealand waters regarding the high cost of war-risk insurance on hulls, the Government has ...

    Article : 90 words
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