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  3. COSTLY JAPANESE RAID

    Eleven Japanese fighters and two dive-bombers were destroyed in air combat on Sunday when 40 enemy bombers, escorted by fighters, attacked the Allied base at Oro Bay on the north-east coast of New Guinea. It was the heaviest raid yet attempted by the Japanese air ...

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  4. COOLIE BOY WANDERS FROM JAP LINES

    Half naked and ravenously hungry, this coolie, aged 13, wandered into the Australian lines neat Wan. He was placed in an Australian hospital somewhere in New Guinea, and became known to everyone as "Bill." One A.I.F. sister made him a shirt, another a pair of shorts, and a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. AXIS FORFEIT MARETH LINE

    LONDON, March 29.—The Eighth Army has broken through the Mareth Line, and Rommel is retreating north with the British in pursuit. Another Eighth Army it pressing the enemy on the flank at El Hamma. ...

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  6. KEITH TRUSCOTT MISSING

    MELBOURNE, March 29.—Squadron Leader Keith W. Truscott. D.F.C. and Bar, famous Australian fighter pilot, crashed into the sea off the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. 4-TON BOMBS ON BERLIN

    LONDON, March 28.—Berlin's thunderbolt raid yesterday reached its climax in hair an hour, between 11 p.m. and 11.30 p.m., with the ...

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  8. 23 KILLED IN AIR CRASH

    MELBOURNE, March 29.—Twenty-three service personnel, including three members of the W.A.A.A.F., were killed when an R.A.A.F. ...

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  9. RUSSIANS AT SMOLENSK

    LONDON, March 28.—The Red Army in the Smolensk province has now encountered the main German defences, strung out for 40 miles around the city of Smolensk. The Russian line runs roughly in an arc from a point 40 miles north-east of Smolensk across the ...

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  10. 9th DIVISION PARADE IN BRISBANE

    BRISBANE, March 29—Vast crowds lined the streets to cheer the men of the Ninth Division, the heroes of Tobruk and El Alamein, when they ...

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  11. THE COAL PROSECUTIONS

    SYDNEY, March 29.—Dr. Evatt and Mr. Ward conferred in Sydney to-day and on a proposal advanced by a conference of miners' officials, that the ...

    Article : 114 words
  12. SOLOMONS AIR ACTIVITY

    WASHINGTON, March 28.—Navy communique No. 326 says: "In the South Pacific on the afternoon of March 25, Wildcats strafed a Japanese ...

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  13. MELBOURNE BAKERS' DISPUTE

    MELBOURNE, March 29.—Judge Kelly has called a conference of the Melbourne and Suburban Master Bakers' Association and Operative Bakers' ...

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  14. C.C.C. ONE DAY STOPPAGE THREATENED

    SYDNEY, March 29.—A one-day stoppage on all civil construction jobs throughout the Commonwealth is threatened as a result of a conference ...

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  15. HEAVY RAID ON ST. NAZAIRE

    LONDON, March 29.—Heavily at tacking enemy held territory in Europe for the third successive night, the R.A.F. bombed St. Nozaire, an ...

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  16. JAPANESE REBUFFS IN CHINA

    NEW YORK, March 28.—The American Press Chungking correspondent says a Chinese communique reports that a fresh Japanese drive in ...

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  17. A.W.C. CALL-UP OF TRADESMEN

    CANBERRA, March 29.—It was announced to-day that the Allied Works Regulations have been amended to enable the Director-General to call-up ...

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  18. DEHYDRATED VEGETABLES:

    Mr. Scully has received letters from Australian troops in advanced stations, expressing appreciation of the high quality of dehydrated vegetables. ...

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  19. AUSTRALIAN V.C. BURIED IN ENGLAND

    Flight Sergeant Rawdon Hume Middleton, first member of the Royal Australian Air Force awarded the Victoria Cross, was buried with full military honours February 5 In a country churchyard near the station, "somewhere in England," at which he had served. Air Vice-Marshal H.N. Wrigley (Air Officer Commanding R.A.A.F. Overseas Headquarters) represented the High Commissioner for Australia ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  20. MUNICH STUDENTS HANGED

    NEW YORK, March 28. — The "New York Times" Stockholm correspondent says it is reliably learned that three students at Munich University ...

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  21. SOLDIER'S FATHER KILLED

    BRISBANE, March 29.— Henry Ricard Kirkham, 48, married, who was in charge of the pilot station at Tweed Heads, was killed at Yatala ...

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  22. GENERAL KENNEY GETS PLANES

    NEW YORK, March 28.—According to a semi-official army and navy journal, General MacArthur's urgent pleas for reinforcements have met with little ...

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  23. "SPANISH SHIPS RECALLED"

    NEW YORK, March 29.—Drew Pearson, in a broadcast, says the Spanish Government has instructed all Spanish merchantmen to return to ...

    Article : 68 words
  24. THE WAR IN BURMA

    NEW DELHI, March 28.—Twelve enemy planes were shot down in a series of fierce air combats yesterday over the Arakan (Burma) front, says ...

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  25. SURVEY OF FOOD PRODUCTION.

    An urgent nationwide survey of Australian agricultural, dairying and pastoral production to be used as a basis for shaping the wartime food policy ...

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  26. GOLDEN CASKET No. 766

    BRISBANE, March 29.—Golden Casket No. 766, was drawn to-night. The major prizes went to No. 69,653, A. Bugler and W. Graham. ...

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  27. MORTAR BOMB EXPLODES

    SYDNEY, March 29.— A mortar bomb found by a civilian on a south coast beach this evening exploded while being removed, killing two ...

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