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  3. AUSTRALIAN FORCES MOPPING UP IN MILNE BAY AREA

    According to the communique issued from General MacArthur's headquarters today our land forces are now mopping up scattered enemy units in the jungle area around Milne Bay, on the south-eastern tip of New Guinea. ...

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  4. Gains at Stalingrad, Rjev Duplicated

    Stalingrad's situation, where the Germans are making slight gains from an enormous effort, is duplicated at Rjev, where the Russians are slowly increasing the area under their control in the face of very tough resistance. ...

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  5. Lae Raided

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Today.—In a surprise attack on Lae, in New Guinea, Allied medium bombers heavily damaged enemy ...

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  6. Personal

    Mrs, H. E. Jens has received a cable from her son. Dr. Jack M. Jens, who has now been promoted to the rank of Lieut.-Commander in the Royal ...

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  7. National Prayer Day

    State-wide observance or Thursday, the third anniversary of the outbreak of war, as a National Day of Prayer and Dedication, i[?] desired by His ...

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  8. Canberra Jubilant at Enemy Reverse

    CANBERRA, August 31.—News of the decisive Japanese reverse at Milne Bay has been received with warmest satisfaction by all sections ...

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  9. NO RAIL STOPPAGE TOMORROW

    By ten votes to five the State Council of the Australian Railways Union decided last night to postpone the State-wide stoppage of rail services ...

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  10. British War Effort Under-rated

    LONDON.—"I am sick and tired of this under-rating of British war effort," said Mr. Tom. O'Brien, member of the Council of the Trades Union ...

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  11. Spring Begins—Officially

    Although to-day, September 1. marked the official beginning of Spring, Mount Gambier is having very wintry weather, with strong ...

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  12. Reply to Critics of W.A.A.A.F. Recruiting

    MELBOURNE,—No women were taken from essential rural industries by the W. A.A.A.F. which, is conducting a mobile recruiting drive in the ...

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  13. Earthquake in North Albania

    LONDON.—According to a Rome Radio, 43 were killed and more than 100 injured in an earthquake in North Albania. About 1,000 were rendered ...

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  14. Funeral of Duke of Kent

    LONDON.—The funeral of H.R.H. the Duke of Kent took place at St. George's Chapel, Windsor, on Saturday morning. The Duchess of Kent wept ...

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  15. Gen. Sikorski on Third Anniversary of War

    LONDON, Monday.—Speaking on the third anniversary of the German invasion of Poland, the Commanderin-Chief of the Polish forces (Gen. ...

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  16. Operations in Solomons

    No communique concerning operations in the Solomons has been issued by the Navy Department in Washington since the one on Sunday mentioning two raids by the Japanese on Allied positions at Guadalcanal Island on Saturday. ...

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  17. Nature Notes

    Spring is here and has been much in evidence lately, but unfortunatel[?] the gales of the past few days have destroyed a certain amount of the ...

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  18. EIRE ELECTIONS

    LONDON, Monday—The results of Local Government elections in Eire show that the Labour and Independent groups have scored big successes ...

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  19. MELBOURNE'S NEW LORD MAYOR

    By 22 votes to 10, Cr. T. S. Nettlefold was this morning elected Lord Mayor of Melbourne in succession to Sir Prank Beaurepaire. ...

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  20. VEGETABLE GROWING ON MURRAY

    The "Murray Pioneer" writes:—"In the Barmera and Loveday districts vegetables are growing everywhere. They grow wonderfully in these ...

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  21. Maids' Shoe Heels Limited

    No shoe which has a heel higher than one inch (including the width of the sole-plece) is to be classed as a maid's shoe. But this does not mean ...

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  22. EGYPTIAN LULL ENDS

    A statement issued by the British War Office says that early yesterday morning enemy forces, including army units, pushed their way against our ...

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  23. Heavy Penalties for Profiteering

    CANBERRA.—Under legislation being prepared by Dr, Evatt, Attorneygeneral, and to be introduced in the impending Parliamentary session, ...

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  24. Ban Lifted on Fur Coats

    The prohibition of the manufacture of fur coats and other fur garments announced last February will be relaxed in order to meet the shortage of ...

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  25. Chess Sets Wanted for Army

    Major C. W. Potter, writing to Mrs. C. L. Spehr, recently asked whether she would ascertain if there wore any sets of chess in South-Eastern ...

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  26. High Priest as Lawyer

    SYDNEY.—High Priest of the Greek Orthodox Church, Mitrofanis Demetrius Nikolaidis, has been admitted by the State Full Court to ...

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  27. Flood Danger in North-East Victoria

    Heavy rain over catchment areas of north and north-western Victorian rivers caused Weather Bureau officials to advise at the weekend that flood ...

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  28. More Women V.A.O.'s Wanted

    The Chief Observer of the Mount Gambler Volunteer Air Observers Corps (Mr. P. C. Addison) said yesterday that more women volunteers to ...

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  29. Two-up a National Sport

    SYDNEY.—Two-up was given official recognition as a "daily recreation" for Australian airmen on a home-coming troopship recently. An ...

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  30. Chinese Forces Re-occupy Sungyang

    CHUNGKING, Monday.—Chinese forces re-occupied Sungyang today destroying half the Japanese defenders and driving the remainder to ...

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  31. DIVERSION OF MANPOWER TO WAR WORK

    Revealing tonight that additional calls on the manpower resources of the nation had been made by the fighting forces and essential war ...

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  32. Police Fire on Indians

    BOMBAY.—A communique issued at Lucknow states that nine people are believed to have been killed, when the police fired on a mob of 200 who were ...

    Article : 84 words
  33. Allied, Neutral Losses in Battle of Atlantic

    NEW YORK, Monday.—The American Associated Press states that tabulations for eight months of the Battle of the Atlantic show hat 449 Allied ...

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