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  2. TYPHOONS SMASH NAZI TANKS

    LONDON, August 8. A.A.P.—The most devastating blow ever struck from the air against a tank a tank army resulted in the destruction of nearly a German tank division yesterday during a desperate attempt to split the Allied armies ...

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  3. NEW STRIKE AT PORTLAND

    SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Although the Portland strike collapsed yesterday, there may be another stoppage in 14 days if the Federal Government does ...

    Article : 314 words
  4. Four-masted Barque in Sydney

    The four-masted barque, Lawhill (2816 tons), arrived at Sydney yesterday, 41 days out from South Africa. She has a crew ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. Censorship Controller Says FEW COMPLAINTS OF MAIL BEING OPENED

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—During the five years of war there had been only six complaints about opening of mail, the Controller of Posts and Telegraphs Censorship in Australia (Mr. Phillip Ettelson) said at the censorship inquiry ...

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  6. FIVE NEW DISPUTES

    Continued idleness of Maitland Main colliery and new stoppages at three small mines on the Newcastle field, one at Kurri and another at ...

    Article : 466 words
  7. NO BRITISH MOVE YET

    WASHINGTON, August 8. A.A.P. —The British Government has not taken up with the Government of the United States the question of ...

    Article : 302 words
  8. LABOUR CONTROL FAILS IN PEACE

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The qualities which made the manpower machine suitable for the restriction of production during the ...

    Article : 607 words
  9. "FINLAND MUST FIGHT ON"

    STOCKHOLM, Aug. 8. A.A.P.— "The fight for Finland's existence and future must continue," declared the new President of ...

    Article : 55 words
  10. NAZI OFFICIALS LEAVING FRANCE

    LONDON, Aug. 8. A.A.P.—That the German Army realises it will have to evacuate the greater part of France before long becomes daily ...

    Article : 134 words
  11. WILL REACH COAL TARGET

    SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Acceptance of a production of 1,200,000 tons of coal a month as the minimum target for war purposes as a joint responsibility ...

    Article : 150 words
  12. POLICE SAY BOYS ON WAY TO U.S.

    LISMORE, Tuesday.—New Caledonia as the first leg of an intended trip to America is claimed by police to have been the reason why four ...

    Article : 185 words
  13. CHEERED FOR FIVE MILES

    BRISBANE, Tuesday—The march of the Seventh Division through the city to-day was witnessed by a vast crowd of people, estimated at ...

    Article : 175 words
  14. STIFF FIGHTING FOR FLORENCE

    LONDON, Aug. S. A.A.P.—While an Allied communique reports only active patrolling and gun duels on the Italian front, correspondents say ...

    Article : 214 words
  15. SHIRTS, SHEETS BY YEAR END

    SYDNEY, Tuesday.—By the end of the year, reasonable quantities of urgently needed sheets and towels, good quality print frocks for ...

    Article : 187 words
  16. 23 B.H.P. Moulders Retrenched

    Twenty-three moulders, who received their notice last Friday would leave the employ of the B.H.P. Steer Works on Saturday, the Secretary ...

    Article : 141 words
  17. Must Vote in Both Squares

    VOTING on the Referendum will be by numbers. Electors favouring the proposals will place the number 1 in the square ...

    Article : 68 words
  18. STAR SPONSORS AIR SQUADRON

    SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The American film star Carole Landis found time to-day to become sponsor to a U.S. bomber squadron in Now Guinea. A ...

    Article : 167 words
  19. 2200 MEN THROWN IDLE

    SYDNEY, Tuesday.—About 220 men at Clyde Engineering Works at Granville were thrown idle when engine drivers and firemen in the ...

    Article : 43 words
  20. JAPS ON RUN IN BURMA

    COLOMBO, Aug. 8. A.A.P.— Widespread patrolling in the Kabaw Valley from Tamu (on the Indo-Burmese frontier) has ...

    Article : 207 words
  21. BEFORE BRISBANE MARCH

    Troops of the Seventh Division waiting to form up before their march through Brisbane yesterday morning. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  22. MAY AVERT SHUNTERS' STOPPAGE

    Union officials said they were confident a formula would be arranged to avert the proposed stoppage of work at Port Waratah on Sunday over a dispute ...

    Article : 466 words
  23. STATE HOUSING BODIES MAY GO

    SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A central housing authority will probably be appointed to control home building throughout the Commonwealth. ...

    Article : 93 words
  24. Food Experts to Visit Britain

    CANBERRA. Tuesday.—An Australian food and nutrition delegation would leave soon for Great Britain, said the Minister for Commerce (Mr. ...

    Article : 137 words
  25. MOVE FOR ANTI-LABOUR UNITY

    SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Unity of non-Labour parties, following a discussion between Mr. Weaver, leader of the Democratic Party, and Mr. ...

    Article : 102 words
  26. HENGYANG NOT FALLEN

    NEW YORK, Aug. 8. A.A.P.—In spite of 48 hours of continuous infantry attacks, supported by aircraft and artillery, the Japanese had failed ...

    Article : 97 words
  27. Baptists Consider Postwar Problem

    SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Baptist National Auxiliary Service to-night discussed the rehabilitation of service men and women after the war. ...

    Article : 117 words
  28. Girls Not Wanted in Shearing Sheds

    SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The General Secretary of the Australian Workers' Union (Mr. T. Dougherty) is opposed to girl woolclassers in ...

    Article : 130 words
  29. 16,000 More on Federal Rolls

    CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Since the Federal elections last August more than 16,000 voters have been added to the rolls. Enrolments for the ...

    Article : 120 words
  30. A.I.F. MAN ON BIGAMY CHARGE

    SYDNEY, Tuesday.—An orphan under the age of 21 who had obtained consent to marry from the Newcastle Guardian of Minors had been ...

    Article : 141 words
  31. INFIGHTING AT AITAPE FOLLOWS U.S. ATTACK

    Fierce close-quarter fighting has again broken out in Aitape sector of northern New Guinea, where the Americans have ...

    Article : 212 words
  32. French Paratroops Played Part

    LONDON, Aug. 8. A.A.P.—Algiers Radio revealed that a regiment of French paratroops, dropped in Brittany in June, gathered around it ...

    Article : 89 words
  33. HITLER SALUTE NOT FOR HIM

    LONDON, Aug. 8. A.A.P.—"I am in army man, and this new Hitler [?] we have had to give since the assassination attempt is not for ...

    Article : 105 words
  34. Barmaid Sent to Work in Mental Hospital

    SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Following an unsuccessful appeal against a Manpower direction to transfer to hospital work, a barmaid at the ...

    Article : 87 words
  35. CALVES BY ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—As a result of artificial insemination, experiments conducted by the Council of Scientific and Industrial ...

    Article : 64 words
  36. R-BOATS BROUGHT TO ACTION

    LONDON, Aug. 8. A.A.P.—Light coastal forces early on Sunday intercepted a force of enemy R-boats close to Le Havre and brought them to ...

    Article : 43 words
  37. Late General McNair's Son Dies on Guam

    WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. A.A.P.— The War Department announced that Colonel Douglas McNair, 37, only son of the late Lieut.-General ...

    Article : 42 words
  38. ADELAIDE TO BUILD BIG R.S.L. CLUB

    ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—A club in Adelaide for returned men and women of the services, to cost between £150,000 and £200,000, is ...

    Article : 47 words
  39. SHANGHAI BOMBED

    NEW YORK, Aug. 8. A.A.P.— Tokio Radio said that a single Liberator bombed Shanghai to-day. Very slight damage was done. ...

    Article : 24 words
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