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  2. PENSIONS FOR MINERS.

    The Premier, Mr. Mair, told representatives of the coal miners yesterday that he would pledge his Government to pass legislation after the ...

    Article : 610 words
  3. AXIS SHIPS SEIZED. 65 UNDER GUARD IN U.S.A.

    The United States Government has seized 28 Italian ships tied up in U.S. ports, has placed guards aboard two German freighters and has taken 35 ...

    Article : 908 words
  4. CHEAPER APPLES.

    The State manager of the Apple and Pear Acquisition Committee, Mr. T. Hewson, said last night that the campaign to foster the sale of apples ...

    Article : 630 words
  5. BRITISH SKY INVADERS. PARACHUTISTS IN TEST.

    Parachute troops, flown in heavy transports and released with amazing rapidity, were used last week by the British Army in the biggest military ...

    Article : 309 words
  6. CONVOY WAR. FRENCH FIRE ON R.N. SHIPS.

    A provocative action by French shore batteries and bombing planes in Algeria, in northern Africa, in firing on British naval vessels ...

    Article : 529 words
  7. DUTCH GIFT SHIP REACHES AUSTRALIA.

    The Dutch motor liner Oranje (20,000 tons), which has been made available by the Netherlands East Indies Government for use as a hospital ship for Australian and New Zealand troops, has arrived at an Australian port. She is the fastest and highest-powered Diesel passenger liner in the world and on her speed trials made 26.3 knots. Top: The Oranje in an Australian port. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 79 words
  8. "MUST WIN THE PEACE."

    Although the people who believed in freedom and democracy won the last war they lost the peace. This time they intended to win the war, and win ...

    Article : 305 words
  9. ADMIRALTY STORY.

    Light British naval forces yesterday morning exchanged fire with French shore batteries in Algeria, the French colony in the northern part of Africa, ...

    Article : 363 words
  10. TOBACCO BOARD TO BE SET UP.

    A tobacco board, comprising three representatives each of growers, brokers, and manufacturers with an independent chairman, is to be set up by the Federal Government under ...

    Article : 85 words
  11. EVACUATING CIVILIANS.

    Civilians from all over Abyssinia and Eritrea have been sent to Addis Ababa. It is believed that at least 38,000 women and children are living in camps in the ...

    Article : 599 words
  12. DUTCH HOSPITAL SHIP GIFT. Luxurious Oranje.

    The palatial Dutch motor-liner Oranje (20,017 tons), which the Netherlands East Indies Government has sent to the Australian and New Zealand ...

    Article : 173 words
  13. MERCHANT SHIPS FOR BRITAIN. U.S.A. May Release Over 100.

    "Despite continued denials in Administration quarters, it is authoritatively stated that from 120 to 140 American vessels will be transferred ...

    Article : 244 words
  14. NEW CANBERRA OFFICES.

    The Parliamentary Works Committee which inquired into the proposal to build "temporary" secretariats in Canberra is expected to recommend ...

    Article : 167 words
  15. INVITATION TO DUTCH MINISTERS.

    The Commonwealth Government has invited M. van Kleffens. Foreign Minister of the Netherlands Government in exile in London and M. Welter, the Minister for Colonies, to ...

    Article : 26 words
  16. RECONNAISSANCE UNITS.

    A complete Reconnaissance Corps of the British Army has been formed, and shortly will be permitted to use a special badge. Present suggestions for the design of the ...

    Article : 103 words
  17. AUSTRALIA'S GRATITUDE.

    The Acting Prime Minister, Mr. Fadden, said to-day that the work of converting the Oranje into a hospital ship would begin immediately, and ...

    Article : 218 words
  18. THE CALL-UP.

    A call up for employment is published to-day. Details appear on page 14. ...

    Article : 17 words
  19. "CANNOT BE CONSTRUED AS ACT OF WAR."

    Officials in Washington say that the seizure cannot be construed as an act of war. They assert that it was "merely a police action in exercise of a legal ...

    Article : 208 words
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  21. CONTROL OF EUROPEAN OIL SOUGHT.

    Reports from Berlin announce the formation of the Continental Oil Aktien Gesellschaft, a gigantic company aiming at the control of the entire European oil trade. ...

    Article : 59 words
  22. STRIKES SETTLED.

    The Steelworkers' Organising Committee of the Congress of Industrial Organisations unanimously voted to agree to the settlement of the strike ...

    Article : 104 words
  23. R.A.A.F. RECRUITS. 44,319 Since War Began.

    The Minister for Air, Mr. McEwen, said last night that 44,319 volunteers had joined the R.A.A.F. since September, 1939. Air crew personnel were 13,767 ...

    Article : 166 words
  24. R.A.A.F. TRIUMPHS OVER ODDS.

    Since their first engagement last November, R.A.A.F. pilots have destroyed 18 German and Italian aircraft in Egypt and Libya and have seriously ...

    Article : 103 words
  25. BRITAIN'S HUGE BUDGET. Higher Taxes Likely.

    With the British financial year ending to-day and the presentation of the Budget to be made before Easter financial papers are discussing the ...

    Article : 135 words
  26. "HAD ORDERS TO DAMAGE SHIP."

    The captain of one of the seized ships asserted that 10 days ago be received orders from the Italian Naval Attache in Washington to damage his ship and that he carried ...

    Article : 46 words
  27. LIVERPOOL'S COTTON EXCHANGE CLOSED.

    Members of the Liverpool Cotton Exchange stood bareheaded and sang the National Anthem at the last meeting of the Exchange, which closed down to-day for the duration of ...

    Article : 70 words
  28. NAZI PAGANISM CONDEMNED.

    The Vatican radio yesterday appealed to Roman Catholic Germany to "awake and face the pagan tendencies which the Nazi regime is spreading throughout ...

    Article : 112 words
  29. EXCHANGE OF WOUNDED PRISONERS.

    The Hilver[?]um (Netherlands) radio stated that the representative of the International Red Cross in Moscow announced that negotiations for the exchange of wounded British ...

    Article : 87 words
  30. MEN NEEDED FOR A.I.F.

    The number of men applying for enlistment in the A.I.F. is for short of the weekly total required, and it is likely that a special recruiting drive will be begun after Easter. ...

    Article : 87 words
  31. MR. PERCY JENKIN TO BE FLOWN TO MELBOURNE.

    The Director of Information, Mr. Percy Jenkin, who has been seriously ill at the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, North Sydney, for some time, will be taken to his home in ...

    Article : 46 words
  32. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Tin was quoted to-day at £272/15/ a ton. Rubber was quoted at 14½d per lb. ...

    Article : 23 words
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