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  2. RECRUITS FOR NAVY.

    Naval authorities have announced that limitations on the enlistment of Australian yatebsmen with navigation certificates for service with the ...

    Article : 417 words
  3. CAMPAIGN IN AFRICA.

    The war between Britain and Italy in the Mediterranean and in Africa developed greater intensity at the week-end. ...

    Article : 749 words
  4. DEFENCE OF BRITAIN.

    "Not our fighting men alone, but the whole of our people are awaiting the zero hour," declared the Lord Privy Seal, Mr. Attlee, In a broadcast ...

    Article : 605 words
  5. COLLAPSIBLE MILITARY CYCLE.

    A military cycle of the type that would be issued if a cycle corps was formed for home defence in Australia. The pictures show how it can be carried comfortably on a soldier's back and how it unfolds. It can be assembled in 15 seconds. Similar cycles were used by German parachute troops. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 57 words
  6. TENSION IS EASIER.

    Reports from the Far East indicate that the tension on the Hong Kong border has slightly eased, and that there are no further signs of imminent ...

    Article : 540 words
  7. EMPIRE'S TASK

    "It is better that a quarter of a million people in Europe should starve than the British power should be stricken to the ground," ...

    Article : 894 words
  8. AIR RAIDS ON BRITAIN.

    It is officially announced that some intermittent enemy air activity occurred over the south coast of England this morning, during which ...

    Article : 552 words
  9. BRITISH SHIP IN PERIL.

    It Is now revealed that six men on board a British freighter in the Mediterranean signalled a U-boat and then attempted to seize the freighter. ...

    Article : 292 words
  10. BALKAN TENSION.

    The Budapest Radio says that Hungary will wait until after the war for a just solution of her vital pioblems, but that Hungarian military ...

    Article : 364 words
  11. TOBACCO DEARER.

    From to-day, the retail price of tobacco will be increased by ½d a 2oz packet, on brands whose wholesale price was advanced by 3d a lb from Jun 24. ...

    Article : 164 words
  12. JAPANESE APOLOGY TO U.S. AUTHORITIES.

    The Japanese Chief Constable at Shanghai has sent an apology to the United States authorities for the entry of Japanese police into the United ...

    Article : 94 words
  13. MASTER IN EQUITY.

    It is expected that the Master in Equity, Mr. W. A. Parker, who retires from that position on July 26, will be succeeded by Mr. J. R. Hooton, barrister. ...

    Article : 204 words
  14. DEFENCE OF IRELAND.

    The Finance Minister of Northern Ireland, Mr J. M. Andrews, speaking in Belfast, said that, if Northern Ireland joined Eire on Mr. de Valera's terms, ...

    Article : 193 words
  15. BELGIAN OFFER TO HELP.

    The Belgian airline company, S.A.B.E.N.A., has offered all co-operation to the British Overseas Airways Corporation in operating the South Africa-Australian seivice. ...

    Article : 84 words
  16. FEAR OF BOMBS AT FAIR.

    Following the fatal explosion on Friday of a bomb at the World's Fair, a bomb squad was rushed there yesterday to examine two suspicious packages. ...

    Article : 120 words
  17. SYRIAN UNREST.

    A report from Damascus states that the Syrian leader Shah Bandar, has been assassinated. The Istanbul correspondent of "The ...

    Article : 232 words
  18. BRITISH COMMANDER'S GESTURE.

    Air Marshal Sir Arthur Longmore, R.A.F. Commander-in-Chief in the Middle East, sent a personal letter of condolence fiom Cairo to the Italian Commander-in-Chief in Libya, ...

    Article : 62 words
  19. ROMAN CATHOLIC WAR EFFORT.

    In a circular letter from Archbishop Gilroy, which was read In all city and suburban Roman Catholic Churches yesterday, it was announced that the ...

    Article : 142 words
  20. FEDERAL ELECTION DEMANDED.

    "Labour must demand an election, as the people have not had an opportunity of deciding whether the policy of the Menzies Government is that wanted ...

    Article : 154 words
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  22. ORDERS FOR WAR MATERIALS.

    The Ministry for Supply has announced that big new orders for war materials have just been placed with the United States and Canadian Governments. ...

    Article : 92 words
  23. SECRET SESSION LIKELY.

    The Federal Government will probably hold a secret session of Parliament within the next few weeks to discuss the war situation. ...

    Article : 126 words
  24. ANOTHER SOCIETY ILLEGAL.

    The Revolutionary Workers' League—a Communist organisation supporting Trotskyist principles—was yesterday declared illegal by the Commonwealth Govemment, after ...

    Article : 210 words
  25. DEATH FOR TREACHERY.

    The Prime Minister of Canada, Mr. Mackenzie King, will introduce into the House of Commons to-morrow a Treachery Bill providing the death penalty for treachery and life ...

    Article : 44 words
  26. SOLDIER FATALLY INJURED.

    Konsta Airikka, 48, a Finn, and a member of the A.I.F., died in Sydney Hospital yesterday from a fractured skull and other head Injuries. ...

    Article : 132 words
  27. BRISBANE'S BRIDGE OPENED.

    The £1,600,000 Story Bridge over the Brisbane River at Brisbane was opened by the Governor of Queensland, Sir Leslie Wilson, on Saturday. It is the second longest span bridge in Australia. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 34 words
  28. SYDNEY NAVAL DOCK.

    Replying to-day to criticism of his allocation of Certain preliminary work on the new graving dock in Sydney to the New South Wales Government, the Minister for the ...

    Article : 258 words
  29. NEED FOR PENANCE WITH PRAYER.

    National penance—In the form of "public decency"—should accompany prayer in this time of crisis, declared Archbishop Gilroy, speaking at the opening and blessing of a ...

    Article : 216 words
  30. LAUNCH DESTROYED BY FLAMES.

    Firemen in rowing boats tried to save a motor launch which was in flames at its moorings in Double Bay about 6 a.m. yesterday, but the boat, which was valued at ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 328 words
  31. BABY SMOTHERED.

    Judith Ann Wickman, 11 months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wickman, of the London Hotel, Darling Street. Balmain, was found dead In her cot yesterday morning. It is ...

    Article : 46 words
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