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Article : 647 wordsTHE new economic policy for Australia decided on by the War Cabinet and announced by the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) on Tuesday night, later may be supplemented by even more drastic economic ...
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Article : 37 wordsMR. HATTON W. SUMNERS, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, in an impassioned outburst in the ...
Article : 176 wordsA MILITARY spokesman corrected yesterday's announcement that married men in Class 3 due for training ...
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Advertising : 100 wordsACCORDING to the "New York Times" Washington correspondent, the danger of an eventual junction between German and ...
Article : 402 wordsCANBERRA. Friday. — Alter a discussion with other senior Cabinet Ministers this morning, the Prime Minister (Mr. ...
Article : 214 wordsMELBOURNE, Friday. — All civilian British subjects aced 16 years and over, male and female, will be required to ...
Article : 223 wordsLONDON, Friday. — Defeat of a Japanese attack against British positions in the Pa-an area, on the Salween River, ...
Article : 190 wordsTHE Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) said today that members of the Volunteer Defence Corp[?] called up ...
Article : 127 wordsCANBERRA, Friday. — The Government's plans it this stage could not be discussed publicly said the Minister for Supply (Mr. Beasley) ...
Article : 62 wordsMELBOURNE. Friday.—Tulagi, in the Solomon islands, was again the target for Japanese bombs today, according to a Department of Air ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Sat 14 Feb 1942, Page 1
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