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  2. ITALIAN NAVY CHIEF RESIGNS

    Admiral Domenico Cavagnari, Chief of the Italian Naval Staff and Under-Secretary of the Navy, has been relieved of his post, at his own request, it is officially announced in Rome. Admiral Arturo Riccardi has been appointed ...

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  3. RAIDER WAS DAMAGED

    MONTEVIDEO, Dec. 8. A.A.P.—The British battleship Warspite (31,100 tons) and the cruiser Enterprise (7580 tons) are reported to ...

    Article : 978 words
  4. U.S. SUPPORT FOR GREECE

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. A.A.P.—United States support for Greece was pledged by President Roosevelt in an exchange of telegrams with ...

    Article : 765 words
  5. NO RAID CAME

    LONDON, Dec. 8. A.A.P.—For the first time for four months, not a single German plane crossed the British coast on Saturday ...

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  6. PARTIES STILL AT ODDS

    CANBERRA, Sunday.—Although it is considered the compromise reached on the Budget last week has brought an all-party ...

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  7. SALVAGE TUGS STAND BY BRITISH SHIP

    CANBERRA, Sunday.—A British freighter struck an enemy mine in southern Australian waters last night. There is a good chance that the ship, which is still afloat, will be salvaged. ...

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  8. OUTRAGED, THEN KILLED

    HOBART, Sunday.—Marie Verrier, an eight-year-old Hobart girl, whose body was found in a shallow pool of water in Huon road on Friday, was outraged ...

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  9. SAFETY MATCHES DEARER FROM TO-DAY

    CANBERRA, Sunday.—Safety matches will be increased in price on Monday. In New South Wales they will be threepence above pre-war levels, and in other States ...

    Article : 142 words
  10. HONGKONG STILL GAY

    HONGKONG, Dec. 8. A.A.P.—The impression that Hongkong is an island without women and in a state of profound tension is entirely fallacious. The night ...

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  11. SYDNEY ELECTRICITY SUPPLY

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—Sydney's electricity supply is threatened by a dispute at Bunnerong powerhouse. About 40 key men—electricians, boilermakers, add ...

    Article : 202 words
  12. NAZIS' THREEFOLD PLAN

    LONDON, Dec. 8. A.A.P.—Germany apparently has abandoned her short term policy of knocking out the Royal Air Force, states the aeronautical ...

    Article : 372 words
  13. HOPES FOR WHYALLA STRIKE SETTLEMENT

    ADELAIDE, Sunday.—Hopes for an early settlement of the strike of several hundred ironworkers, employed by the Broken Hill Pty. Co. at Whyalla, were ...

    Article : 96 words
  14. APPEAL TO SMALL INVESTORS

    CANBERRA, Sunday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) appealed to-night for active support from small investors for the £28,000,000 Freedom Loan which will ...

    Article : 206 words
  15. BORDER RAIDS

    HANOI, Dec. 8. A.A.P.—That troops and planes on Friday repeatedly raided towns along the Mekong River without causing any casualties. They also twice ...

    Article : 195 words
  16. THREE BROTHERS DROWNED

    MURWILLUMBAH, Sunday.—Three brothers who could not swim were drowned in the Tweed River yesterday. They were—William Roberts 16, Albert ...

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  17. FOUR TO CONTEST SWAN SEAT

    PERTH, Sunday.—There were no surprise nominations for the Swan seat in the House of Representatives when nominations closed at noon on Saturday. The ...

    Article : 152 words
  18. FAMINE PREVENTION

    NEW YORK, Dec. 8. A.A.P.—Mr. Herbert Hoover is Chairman of the "National Committee on Food for Five Small Democracies," that has been formed to ...

    Article : 82 words
  19. AUSTRALIAN AND U.S. IRON EMBARGOES

    TOKIO, Dec. 8. A.A.P.—All the directors of the Japan Iron Workers, the largest in Japan, have resigned as a result of the Australian and the united States ...

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  20. FATALLY INJURED BY HORSE ON RACE TRACK

    ABERDEEN, Sunday.—Mr. William Johnson, a well-known resident of Aberdeen district, was struck by a horse competing in the first race at the patrlotia ...

    Article : 159 words
  21. BARRIER LABOUR VOTE

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Secretary of the New South Wales Executive of the official Labour Party (Mr. W. Dickson, M.L.C.), said that the decision of the ...

    Article : 125 words
  22. U.S. MAY GRANT SPAIN LOAN

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. A.A.P.—The Secretary of State (Mr. Cordell Hall) last night confirmed that the United States is negotiating with Spain for a ...

    Article : 81 words
  23. MILITARY AGE MAY BE RAISED

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Minister for the Army (Mr. Spender) stated to-night that the War Cabinet this week would consider whether the age for compulsory ...

    Article : 69 words
  24. AUSTRALIAN PRISONER OF WAR

    LONDON, Dec. 8.—A German list of British airmen, alleged to be prisoner of war, includes Pilot Officer Basil Virgil Kerwin, son of the late Mr. and ...

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  25. TO SEE HITLER IN BERLIN

    LONDON, Dec. 8. A.A.P.—The Yugoalay Foreign Minister (M. Cinear-Markovic) will go to Berlin shortly to meet Herr Hitler and the Reich Foreign ...

    Article : 43 words
  26. TRANSATLANTIC CABLES INTERRUPTED

    LONDON, Dec. 8. A.A.P.—A alight temporary breakdown of the Transatlantic cable communisations was reported at the week-end. ...

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  27. DUKE OF WINDSOR BROADCASTS

    NEW YORK, Dec. 8. A.A.P.—The Duke of Windsor broadcast extempore from Nassau on Ripley's "Believe It Or Not" radio programme. ...

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  28. SOVIET AND SLOVAKIA SIGN TRADE AGREEMENT

    MOSCOW, Dec. 8. A.A.P.—The Soviet Union and Slovakia have signed a trade treaty. The treaty provides for the exchange ...

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  29. POLICEMEN GAOLED FOR LOOTING

    LONDON, Dec. 8. A.A.P.—Two Portsmouth policemen, Douglas John N. Clark, 38, and Arthur Elmar Beason, 23, were sentenced to 10 year's servitude for ...

    Article : 42 words
  30. CONCENTRATION CAMPS FOR FRENCHMEN

    VICHY, Dec. 8. A.A.P.—Four men had been sent to concentration camps at Toulouse for attempts to reconstitute dissolved political parties. Three others ...

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  31. 10,000 TRAINEES IN CAMP

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—Ten thousand militia trainees from as far south as Griffith and as far west as Parkes entered training camps yesterday. They will ...

    Article : 47 words
  32. DUCE DISCUSSES ITALY'S FOOD NEEDS

    ROME, Dec. 8. A.A.P.—Italy's food and industrial needs for 1911 were discussed by Singer Mussolini with Italian Government lenders, it is officially ...

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  33. DOVER SHELLED AGAIN

    LONDON, Dec. 8. A.A.P.—After three days of silence, the German long-range guns on the mist-veiled French coast were native for a brief, but fairly intense ...

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