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Advertising : 29 wordsReports from Cairo indicate that yesterday Italian planes dive-bombed the British forces massing in the Bardia area, but, according to front line observers, the attacks were for the most part ineffective, and there ...
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Article : 127 wordsThe public garden areas of Canberra will be pressed into war service next year. Under a scheme being prepared by the S.C. and I.R. and ...
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Article : 121 wordsAlthough counting in the Swan by-election is far from complete, Mr. J. Dinan, Labour candidate, to-day made accusations of negligence, ...
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Article : 243 wordsMr. J. Cranston secretary of the Illawarra Trades and Labour Council, intimated to-night that he expected that the beer strike would be settled ...
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Article : 83 wordsThe Prime Minister of New Zealand (Mr, Fraser) in a Christmas message to Australians said that this Christmas found the people of the Commonwealth ...
Article : 64 wordsA review of the R.A.F. operations in support of the Greek Army and Air Force shows that widespread damage was inflicted by bombers ...
Article : 78 wordsAn electrolytic process perfected by a Czecho-Slovakian refugee is being used in Sydney for the recovery of pure tin frorm empty tins. The ...
Article : 60 wordsSpanish anti-aircraft guns fired on several unidentified planes at 3 p.m. and are reported to have shot one down. This was stated to be ...
Article : 39 wordsDARWIN, Thursday.—Although there had been only six cases of meningitis in the last three days precautions to prevent the spread of the ...
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The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Fri 27 Dec 1940, Page 1
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