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  2. BATTLE THAT MAY DECIDE PORT MORESBY'S FATE

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Thursday.—A battle that may well decide the fate of Port Moresby has begun on the southern slopes of the Owen Stanley Range, in New Guinea. General MacArthur's Headquarters announced to-day that ...

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  3. FEDERAL LOAN

    CANBERRA, Thursday. — The Minister for Customs (Senator Keane), on behalf of the Federal Treasurer (Mr. Chifley), said in the ...

    Article : 164 words
  4. RACE CUT TO OPERATE FROM SEPTEMBER 30

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—On Saturday, October 3, no horse race meetings or greyhound races will be held in any part of Australia. National Security Regulations embodying the Federal Government's racing restriction plans, which were gazetted to-day, will operate from September 30, after which date ...

    Article : 979 words
  5. GOODS TRAIN DERAILED

    MELBOURNE, Thursday. — A member of the crew of a N.S.W. goods train was killed when the train was derailed at Wodonga, a ...

    Article : 117 words
  6. Tasmanian Deputation to Prime Minister

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—A deputation of Tasmanian Senators and M's.P. waited on the Brime Minister (Mr. Curtin) to-day to place before him ...

    Article : 138 words
  7. 28,251 A. I. F. MISSING OR PRISONERS

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) to-day gave an assurance that the fullest available information regarding ...

    Article : 129 words
  8. Ton Lots of Super Must Be Declared

    CANBERRA, Thursday. — A National Security Order issued to-night obliges holders of superphosphate above one ton in Tasmania to declare it to ...

    Article : 87 words
  9. Woman's Amazing Escape From Death

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Only the fact that Mrs. Florence Williamson, of Mordialloc, is unusually slim saved her from death as she ran along the ...

    Article : 152 words
  10. COMPULSORY UNIONISM

    CANBERRA, Thursday. — Mr. Menzies (U.A.P., Vic.) alleged in the House of Representatives to-day that the Government was ...

    Article : 916 words
  11. TRIED TO COMMUNICATE INFORMATION

    BRISBANE, Thursday.—Found guilty of an attempt to communicate to Lord Riversdale, of Sheffield, England, information in respect to munition ...

    Article : 95 words
  12. Effect in Tasmania

    Just how the allocating of dates in Tasmania following the further cut in racing will work out is difficult to forecast. During a big portion of the period from ...

    Article : 329 words
  13. BRITISH ADVANCE IN MADAGASCAR

    LONDON, Thursday. — The British advance in Madagascar is continuing pending the outcome of the negotiations with the plenipotentiaries which the Vichy ...

    Article : 61 words
  14. FIGHTING DIES DOWN IN SOLOMONS

    WASHINGTON, Thursday.—The land situation on Guadalcanal, the vital Island base of the Solomons, seems relatively unchanged. The latest news indicates that the Japanese counter-attacks launched during the week-end have brought the enemy no results. Fighting has now decreased, with the ...

    Article : 455 words
  15. MR. DWYER-GRAY DISSATISFIED

    HOBART, Thursday.—The Treasurer (Mr. Dwyer Gray) to-day expressed dissatisfaction with the explanation of the ...

    Article : 416 words
  16. Control of Meat Supplies

    CANBERRA, Thursday. — The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully) to-day announced that a wartime meat control committee would be ...

    Article : 409 words
  17. Nationalisafion of Dairying Industry Opposed

    While those connected with the dairying industry on the North-West Coast do not favor the Commonwealth Government's proposal to take over control of the industry "to rescue it from its present uncertain position and energise it to meet post-war demands," they ...

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  18. JAP. NAVAL LOSSES EXCEED AMERICA'S

    WASHINGTON, Thursday. — A Navy resume states that America hitherto has lost 32 ships in Pacific operations and Japan 59. ...

    Article : 76 words
  19. MINISTER ATTACKS NEWSPAPER

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—Both Mr. Theodore, Director-General of Allied Works, and his aide (Mr. Packer), proprietor of a Sydney newspaper, could ...

    Article : 339 words
  20. SEVERE AUSTERITY IN RUSSIA

    CANBERRA, Thursday. — Russia's brand of austerity is infinitely morE severe than Australia's, according to Madam Vladimer ...

    Article : 174 words
  21. TASMANIA COULD PROVIDE AMPLE POWER FOR ALUMINIUM INDUSTRY

    HOBART, Thursday.—Ample hydro-electric power could be made available in Tasmania to serve an aluminium industry when such could be established said the Premier (Mr. Cosgrove) to-day, replying to the Minister for Supply (Mr. Beasley). ...

    Article : 491 words
  22. A.I.F. ENLISTMENTS 6000 A WEEK

    CANBERRA, Thursday. — The Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) to day revealed that the rate of enlistment from the Militia and Permanent ...

    Article : 96 words
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