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  2. Streamlined Jeep in New Guinea

    Out of Salvage dumps at an advanced Fifth Air Force base in New Guinea and the collective imagination and mechanical in genuity of four ordnance special ists with the Fifth Bomber Command came this streamlined jeep. The fenders were made out of Thunderbolt belly-tanks. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. "POWERS NEEDED TO AVOID DEPRESSION"

    PERTH, Wednesday.—"The Federal Government wishes to be armed with sufficient authority to prevent a repetition of the terrible and tragic experience of the depression years," said the Attorney-General (Dr. Evatt) ...

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  4. REQUEST FOR CHARGES

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A request that charges (if any) he formulated was made by Mr. W. J. Maund, K.C. (for certain of the former ...

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  5. IN NORMANDY

    From a ditch on a Normandy battlefield a British soldier waits for any sign of attack by the enemy. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. Sydney Coal Position WEEK'S SUPPLIES FOR ESSENTIAL PURPOSES

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.— The Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Forde) disclosed that Sydney had less than seven days ...

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  7. "Pyiama Girl" Trial SAYS AGOSTINI WAS "QUIET MAN"

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.— Antonio Agostini was quiet and well behaved, said Mrs. Doreen Dunn, of Bondi, in evidence at ...

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  8. COLD STORES FOR FOOD

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Action is being taken by Commonwealth departments to augment cold storage facilities throughout Australia by ...

    Article : 219 words
  9. SUITS WOULD LAST LONGER

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The policy on the manufacture of cloth for suits amounted to spoiling the ship for a half-penny of tar, said the ...

    Article : 275 words
  10. RAIN HAMPERING ALLIES IN ITALY

    LONDON, June 21. A.A.P.— Eighth Army troops in Italy have pushed on three or four miles beyond Perugia, despite heavy rain, which ...

    Article : 244 words
  11. WANT UNIFORM LEGISLATION

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Delegates to the conference of friendly societies to-day said that although there was wide divergences in ...

    Article : 199 words
  12. SPEED HOME BUILDING

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Commonwealth Government was determined to proceed with the housing programme to the extent of manpower ...

    Article : 435 words
  13. ALLIED GAINS IN NORTH BURMA

    LONDON, June 21. A.A.P.—Following extensive patrol action in Northern Burma, Chinese and Chindit troops are forming a tight circle ...

    Article : 276 words
  14. Storm of Protest in America Mr. Lyttelton Says He Did Not Mean to Offend

    LONDON, June 21. A.A.P.— The Minister for Production (Mr. Oliver Lyttelton) to-day made a personal explanation in ...

    Article : 710 words
  15. A.W.C. TO BE REPLACED

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Forde) said it would be necessary at an early date to consider conversion of ...

    Article : 444 words
  16. Why British Find Going Tough in Normandy

    LONDON, June 21. A.A.P.—"It is a suitable moment in Normandy for stocktaking in view of the relatively static nature of ...

    Article : 387 words
  17. GERMAN TANKS ARE GOOD

    LONDON, June 21. A.A.P.— "The Normandy campaign has shown that, in spite of technical superiority or equality in most weapons, ...

    Article : 209 words
  18. Japanese Hospital Drugs Good

    Although drugs and equipment in Japanese hospitals generally were good, actual hospital conditions at Hollandia were primitive and ...

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  19. SCORCHED EARTH IN NORMANDY

    LONDON, June 21. Official Wireless.— The Germans are now instructing their troops to adopt a fierce "scorched earth" policy as they ...

    Article : 161 words
  20. Transport Strike May Be Averted

    SYDNEY, Wednesday—The threatened State-wide strike by road transport workers may be averted. The State Council of the union ...

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  21. Mr. Spender Says We Are Isolationists

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Addressing the Australian Natives Association, Mr. Spender, M.H.R., said no country in the world was more ...

    Article : 205 words
  22. Jeep Driver Took Valognes

    LONDON, June 21. A.A.P.—An American jeep driver and a lieutenant with a rose dangling from his month captured Valognes (12miles ...

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  23. RED ARMY FORMED IN ROME

    ROME. June 21. A.A.P.—A leftist military organisation "Armaia Rossa (Red Army) has been formed in Rome, states all American ...

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  24. Talks on Federal Hospital Policy

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Plans allied to the Commonwealth Government's policy of providing hospital and medical services for the people ...

    Article : 129 words
  25. BRITISH SNIPER

    Officer of a Commando unit in Normandy gives instructions to a sniper detailed to watch a house held by the Germans on ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  26. Mrs. Ormandy Helps Husband to Test Hall Acoustics

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mrs. Eugene Ormandy, wife of the American conductor, arrived in Sydney to-day. She immediately went to her ...

    Article : 91 words
  27. Japanese Push on From Changsha

    LONDON, June 21. A.A.P.—It is stated officially in Chungking that the Japanese forces, after capturing Changsha, have crossed the Lu River ...

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  28. ENGLISH PRIEST TO BE BISHOP OF FIJI

    SYDNEY, Wednesdny.—The Pope has appointed an English priest of the Marist Missionary Order, Father Victor Foley, as Vicar Apostolic of ...

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  29. BUTCHERS MUST SEND RATIONING RETURNS

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Deputy Directors of Rationing have been instructed to launch prosecutions against retail and wholesale ...

    Article : 91 words
  30. Death of Canon Garnsey

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Canon A H. Garnsey, former warden of St Paul's College, died to-day at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Canon ...

    Article : 100 words
  31. FREE LEGAL ADVICE FOR POOR DEFENDED

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Act providing for free legal advice to those unable to afford the usual fees was one of the most progressive ...

    Article : 85 words
  32. POPE BLESSES BRITISH SOLDIERS

    VATICAN CITY, June 21, A.A.P. —Four thousand British soldiers, mostly Roman Catholics, cheered the Pope when he reviewed them ...

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  33. PILOT WON D.S.O. ON OFF DAYS

    MELBOURNE. Wednesday.—Immediate award of the D.S.O. to Acting Squadron Leader Charles Curnow Scherf, D.F.C. and Bar, of ...

    Article : 71 words
  34. VICHY POLICE OFFICIAL ASSASSINATED

    LONDON, June 21. A.A.P.—The Vichy Minister of Information (M Henroit) announced that de Gaulists had assassinated a Vichy police ...

    Article : 54 words
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