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  2. RECRUITING TO-DAY.

    Recruiting for the Second A.I.F., which has been suspended for some months, will begin again in New South Wales to-day, and will probably ...

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  3. BIG STRIKE URGED.

    A general strike throughout Australia as a means of enforcing the introduction of a 40-hour week was recommended by the Federated ...

    Article : 133 words
  4. RED CROSS DAY.

    Huge crowds thronged Martin Place, Macquarie Place, and Circular Quay yesterday, when the Red Cross Society appealed for donations to Lady ...

    Article : 598 words
  5. INSIDE NAZI GERMANY.

    The Anglo-French declaration of determination to uproot Nazidom and conclude no peace with the Nazi Party is well known in Germany, but ...

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  6. SOVIET POWER MAY HAVE BEEN UNDERRATED.

    The question whether Russia's strength as a military Power was underrated as a result of the imposition of a cast-iron censorship on Press messages from Finland is now being discussed. This strength is believed in some quarters to have been ...

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  7. RUSSIA AND RUMANIA.

    "Another disappointment for the Allies"—an impending accord between Russia and Rumania—is being hinted by Nazi spokesmen, according to the ...

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  8. FINNS LEAVE.

    Soviet troops have occupied Viipuri (Viborg), second city of Finland which, under the peace treaty, becomes Russian territory. ...

    Article : 385 words
  9. QUEENSLAND LABOUR STAND.

    The Queensland Labour caucus decided to-day to refuse the request of the Queensland Colliery Employees' Union for co-operation in the strike, and reminded it that the policy ...

    Article : 216 words
  10. U.S. LOAN STILL AVAILABLE.

    Mr. Jesse Jones, administrator of the Export-Import Bank of Washington, announced yesterday that the bank's credit of 20,000,000 dollars ...

    Article : 142 words
  11. TOWN'S LIGHTING THREATENED.

    A decision by the northern district Combined Mining Unions' Committee to-day to refuse to give special permission for the production of some coal at Muswellbrook colliery ...

    Article : 340 words
  12. HIGHER TAXES LIKELY.

    New Federal taxes, which it is estimated would yield several million pounds a year, will probably be considered by the Federal Cabinet after ...

    Article : 273 words
  13. TWO BULLETS IN BODY.

    The inquest on Sir Michael O'Dwyer, 75, a former Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab, who was shot dead at a meeting in the Caxton Hall on Wednesday, was opened at ...

    Article : 152 words
  14. BLOCKADE LEAK SUSPECTED.

    Remarkable increases in the purchases of American cotton by neutrals since the outbreak of the war have resulted in the assumption that they ...

    Article : 136 words
  15. AIR FORCE RECRUITING.

    Owing to a shortage of dentists, the Royal Australian Air Force has decided to recruit qualified men as flight-lieutenants at £1/2/6 a day, plus quarters and a ration allowance. ...

    Article : 178 words
  16. MINERS CANNOT SEEK OTHER WORK.

    The board of management of the Western Miners' Federation has adopted a motion that members must refrain from taking work in any other industry during the strike. A ...

    Article : 72 words
  17. FINANCING WAR.

    A warning that the British Government must find a drastic remedy for its present financial methods in the next few weeks is given by Mr. J. M. ...

    Article : 126 words
  18. MR. BRUXNER'S ATTACK.

    The Minister for Transport, Mr. Brukner, said last night that, although leading officials of large unions had publicly praised Russia and defended ...

    Article : 341 words
  19. SOUTH AFRICA'S DEFENCE.

    A vigorous attack on the administration of the former Minister for Defence, Mr. Oswald Pirow, was made in the House of Assembly by the Prime ...

    Article : 146 words
  20. EFFECT ON RAILWAYS.

    In order to avoid retrenchments caused by the reduction of work resulting from the coal strike, the Commissioner for Railways applied yesterday to Mr. Justice Webb, of the ...

    Article : 191 words
  21. FIGHT FOR LIFE IN MID-AIR.

    A dramatic struggle half a mile above the harbour between the pilot of a training plane and a terror-stricken passenger ended in the latter's death ...

    Article : 244 words
  22. NEW CABINET POSTS.

    The allocation of duties to Assistant Ministers in the new Coalition Govern0 ment was officially announced to-day by the Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies. ...

    Article : 338 words
  23. NAZI OFFER TO POLES.

    The Polish Government in France has issued a White Paper stating that Germany had repeatedly suggested to the Poles that they should join with ...

    Article : 58 words
  24. VICTORIA CURTAILS RAIL SERVICES.

    Victorian railway services may be drastically curtailed if the coal strike is prolonged, according to a statement issued by the Railway Commissioners to-day. ...

    Article : 88 words
  25. CHARGE OF SPYING FOR GERMANY.

    The secret trial has begun of Van Hoeven, a high official of the Ministry of Social Affairs, who is accused of having supplied shipping secrets to Germany. His wife and another ...

    Article : 152 words
  26. REVIEW OF COAL STOCKS.

    The Minister for Works and Local Government, Mr. Martin, said yesterday that he had arranged for a continuous review of the stocks of coal available to the major gas and ...

    Article : 79 words
  27. POOLING OF COLONIAL RESOURCES.

    It is officially announced that the British Secretary for the Colonies, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, accompanied by colonial experts, will arrive in Paris shortly to confer with the ...

    Article : 88 words
  28. FEWER SITTINGS OF COMMONS.

    The Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, announced yesterday that the House of Commons would adjourn for Easter on Thursday until Tuesday, April 2. ...

    Article : 137 words
  29. 667th STATE LOTTERY.

    The 667th State lottery will be drawn at 7 p.m. on Monday at the Australian Hall, and all prize-winning numbers will be published in the "Herald" on Tuesday. ...

    Article : 44 words
  30. EX-SOLDIERS' RESOLUTION.

    A resolution that the Commonwealth Government be urged to declare illegal for the period of the war all Communist organisations, and that any attempt to hold meetings be ...

    Article : 92 words
  31. OVERSEA NEWS.

    Such ol the oversea news in this issue as is headed "From Our Own Correspondent" or "Herald Exclusve Service" is from a service owned and controlled entirely by "The Sydney Morning Herald" ...

    Article : 145 words
  32. MAN KILLED BY LIGHTNING.

    Wellington Charles Edwards, 33, a farmer, of Burekup, about 103 miles south-west of Perth, was killed last night when he was struck by lightning. ...

    Article : 63 words
  33. MR. MENZIES'S ATTITUDE.

    The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, commenting on the peace treaty between Russia and Finland, said to-day: "I think it is a mistake to regard it as of minor importance, ...

    Article : 53 words
  34. BUTTER RATION DOUBLED.

    The butter ration in Great Britain will be increased from ¼lb to ½lb a week from Monday. ...

    Article : 26 words
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