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  2. TRAPPED JAP ARMY MASSING FOR LAST STAND

    S. W. PACIFIC HEADQUARTERS, Thursday.—One of the bloodiest battles of the New Guinees war is expectod to develop soon in the Wewak-Aitape sector, where an estimated 45,000 Japanese troops face the alternatives of death from starvation of ...

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  3. MASSING

    Aerial view after an attack by 450 R.A.F. bombers on a concentration of German troops and tanks north of caen, before the assault by the British Secong Army. Lancaster is seen over the target area.—(A.A.P. Overseas picturegram.) ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. REFERENDUM CAMPAIGN Prime Minister Counters Mr. Dunstan's Allegations

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) to-day countered allegations by the Victorian Premier (Mr. Dunstan) that the Referendum proposals, which purported to safeguard parliamentary supervision of government by regulation, would actually enable the Government entirely to ...

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  5. "DELIBERATELY FALSE," SAYS MR. MENZIES

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.—At a meeting enlivened by interjections and applause in the Melbourne Town Hall to-night, the Leader of the Opposition ...

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  6. SAIPAN A PRIZE OF FIRST MAGNITUDE

    WASHINGTON, Thursday.—The Secretary of the Navy (Mr. Forrestal) told a press conference that Saipan was a prize of the first magnitude which the Japanese had developed as one of their most strongly fortified bases. The Japanese task force sent out to defend Saipan was an indication of the enemy's ...

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  7. N.S.W. PAYS DEBTS OF HOSPITALS

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—With a grant of £150,000, the State Government would pay outstanding debts for the past financial year of all public ...

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  8. SPECIAL PETROL ISSUE

    HOBART, Thursday.— In addition to the special petrol ration to be made to members of both Houses of State Parliament for the referendum campaign, a ...

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  9. MR. FORDE TO TOUR MILITARY HOSPITALS

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—To satisfy himself that everything possible was being done for the sick and wounded in the Australian Army, the Minister ...

    Article : 67 words
  10. Need For National Theatre

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—Eugene Ormandy, conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, has telegraphed the Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde), ...

    Article : 68 words
  11. TENDERS FOR STATE HOMES TOO HIGH

    HOBART, Thursday.—Unless co-operation was forthcoming from the building trade, the Government would be forced to consider ...

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  12. Another Unlucky Day For Delegation

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—The 13th day of the month proved to be another unlucky day for the 13 British and Canadian Parliamentarians who are ...

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  13. NINE R.A.N. MEN DECORATED

    MELBOURNE, Thursday. — Nine Australian naval men have received decorations "for great daring and enterprise." Circumstances of the awards ...

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  14. MORBID CURIOSITY AT BURIAL OF "PYJAMA GIRL"

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Fifty-three people, mostly women, attended the burial of the remains of Mrs. Linda Agostini in the Church ...

    Article : 125 words
  15. International Bank Would Avert Chaos

    WASHINGTON, Thursday. — An official spokesman for the Monetary Conference declared that an international bank was the only ...

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  16. RED CROSS 'BUS BOON TO PATIENTS

    LAUNCESTON, Thursday.—At the monthly meeting of the executive committee of the Northern Section of the Red Cross yesterday, the chairman (Mr. ...

    Article : 318 words
  17. EXPERTLY FORGED PETROL TICKETS

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—Printed on official paper and so expertly executed that it is impossible to detect them from the official tickets, thousands of ...

    Article : 95 words
  18. ALLEGEDLY STABBED TWO MEN

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—Patricil Pantojo Delua (22), a sailor, was handed over to U.S. Navy authorities after he had appeared in the Central Court ...

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  19. RAILWAY CLERKS' GRIEVANCES

    LAUNCESTON, Thursday. — Discontent, caused among clerks because of the promotion of junior officers over the heads of senior officers in the ...

    Article : 517 words
  20. WINNING THE WAR AND THE PEACE INDIVISIBLE

    LAUNCESTON, Thursday. — "This is a new world in which we live and a new war which is being fought, a war in which all men are involved and in ...

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  21. REVISION OF BUTTER RATION

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. Scully) said to-day that the question of revision of the butter ration ...

    Article : 129 words
  22. FLAGS TO FLY TO-DAY FOR FRENCH

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) said to-day that the French flag, together with the Union Jack and the Australian flag, ...

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  23. GRAPHIC PICTURE OF LIFE IN WARTIME GERMANY

    HOBART, Thursday.—A graphic picture of life in wartime Berlin and Germany was given by Mr. R. Johnson, of Sydney, in an interview at Hobart to-day. Mr. Johnson, who has been sent to Tasmania by the Department of Information, was repatriated to Australia from Germany last November and ...

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  24. COAL STOCKS DEPLETED BY STRIKES

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—Five northern mines in N.S.W. were idle to-day, the tonnage loss for the day being 6190 tons. To-night the Australian ...

    Article : 105 words
  25. Beer Lounges for Services Suggested

    CANBERRA, Thursday. — The Commonwealth Government is unlikely to act on the suggestion that beer lounges should be established ...

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  26. MANPOWER REALLOCATION

    CANBERRA, Friday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) conferred to-day with the Minister for Labor (Mr. Holloway), the Minister for War ...

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  27. Reduced Rates for Press Cables

    WASHINGTON, Thursday.—The Federal Communications Commission has authorised the Western Union to reduce cable rates on ordinary press ...

    Article : 257 words
  28. LATE NEWS

    LONDON, Thursday.—The Zurich "Neuzuercher Zeitung's" Berlin correspondent says Informed German military circles no longer conceal the ...

    Article : 209 words
  29. CHOPPER AND HAMMER USED IN CHINESE BRAWL

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—Two Chinese Were injured when a brawl in which a chopper and hammer were used broke out among 20 Chinese in a building in ...

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  30. V.D.C. GUNNERS RELEASE MANY THOUSANDS OF MEN FOR COMBAT DUTY

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—Eighteen thousand members of the V.D.C. had been trained in manning Australian coastal defences, thus releasing many ...

    Article : 70 words
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