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  2. RUSSIAN RETREAT ON TWO FRONTS

    The Red Army is now retreating on two fronts, following fierce Finnish counter attacks. The Russian bid to split the country at North Finland's wasp-like waist has been thrust back. The ...

    Article : 998 words
  3. WARSHIPS WAIT

    Several warships are waiting off Port Everglades (Florida), where the German cargo vessel Arauca took refuge after having been ...

    Article : 418 words
  4. BATTLE AT GREAT HEIGHT

    German aeroplanes were sighted over the Firth of Forth to-day. R.A.F. fighters made contact with one Heinkel plane at a ...

    Article : 376 words
  5. COMPANY TO MAKE CARS IN AUSTRALIA

    Australian Consolidated Industries would shortly form a company to make motor vehicle engines and chassis in Australia, the Minister for Trade and Customs (Mr. J. N. Lawson) said to-night. ...

    Article : 697 words
  6. GERMAN TRAIN DISASTER

    Seventy people were killed and more than 100 injured to-day in Germany's worst railway disaster since the outbreak of war. ...

    Article : 220 words
  7. NEWCASTLE DOES ITS SHOPPING

    Everywhere in Newcastle last night there were crowds of people. They milled in the shops, filled the pavements, the tram cars and the buses. The moon ...

    Article : 537 words
  8. Air Battle Reported and Denied

    A BIG AIR BATTLE in reported from Oslo to have been fought outside Norwegian territorial waters. It is claimed that between 40 and 50 ...

    Article : 53 words
  9. BUILD 65,000-Ton BATTLESHIPS

    A Congressional sub-committee is exploring the advisability of the construction of 65,000-ton battleships, says a message from Washington. It is probable ...

    Article : 82 words
  10. MILITARY NURSES' RATES FIXED

    Rates of pay fixed for members of the military nursing service were announced by the Prime Minister (Mr. R. G. Menzies) to-night. ...

    Article : 212 words
  11. Too Much for Air Force Men

    AT THE Western front hard-boiled Air Force men were dumb-founded when a plane pulled up. They saw a dainty shoe and silk stocking ...

    Article : 92 words
  12. BOMBS IN PILLAR BOXES

    Incendiary bombs exploded in pillar-boxes and postal sorting offices throughout the country last night. It is believed that members of the Irish ...

    Article : 75 words
  13. PARK CARS NEAR STATIONS

    The Railway Department in branching into new business activities. In the Government Gazette to-day an announcement was made that parkiing areas ...

    Article : 91 words
  14. GENUINE JAPANESE GESTURE

    A Japanese Foreign Office spokesman confidently predicts that a reply will be received from the United States before Christmas on Japan's notice of her ...

    Article : 189 words
  15. MAGINOT LINE DEFENCES

    The French Prime Minister (M. Daladier) announced that the defences of the Maginot Line were to be further strengthened. ...

    Article : 301 words
  16. HUNDRED MORE WIRRAWAYS

    Approval was given by the War Cabinet this week to an order for an additional 100 Wirraway aircraft and engines from the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation. ...

    Article : 156 words
  17. SNAPSHOTS IN THE STREETS

    HE WAS 10 last birthday: who could expect a man of 10 to carry an inflated balloon for baby sister? Anyway, the balloon was green and big. Gosh, ...

    Article : 319 words
  18. SAFETY OF SECOND A.I.F.

    Consideration had been given by the War Cabinet, said the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) to-day, to many matters relating to the Second A.I.F. These ...

    Article : 188 words
  19. CZECH NATIONAL COMMITTEE

    An exchange of letters took place between the Minister for Foreign Affairs (Lord Halifax) and Dr. Ward Benes, former President of the Czechoslovak ...

    Article : 98 words
  20. The Old Love

    HE TURNED the toys over—a big man with strong hands. A shop assistant hovered nearby. "Can I show you anything?" she asked. ...

    Article : 234 words
  21. PLANE TO DROP GIFTS

    Christmas presents from the air will be received by natives on Mornington Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria on Sunday morning. Qantas Empire ...

    Article : 87 words
  22. RUMANIAN OIL FOR GERMANY

    Germany and Rumania have signed a trade agreement under which Rumania will supply 1,560,000 tons of oil a year to Germany. ...

    Article : 147 words
  23. PLUM PUDDINGS FOR PRISONERS AT MAITLAND GAOL

    EIGHT large Christmas plum puddings have been made for prisons in Maitland Gaol. The pudding were made in the gaol kitchen. They do not contain ...

    Article : 441 words
  24. TYROL GERMANS

    The head of the German Secret Police (Herr Himmler) and the Italian Under-Secretary for the Interior have signed an agreement under which Germans ...

    Article : 114 words
  25. DISCHARGE OF PRISONERS

    The Minister of Justice (Mr. Treatt) announced to-day that all prisoners who entered prisons on or before December 18 and who were due for discharge from ...

    Article : 40 words
  26. FELL THROUGH WINDOW

    Harold Gardiner, 31, a handyman at the Commercial Hotel, Scott-street, Newcastle, was seriously injured early this morning when he fell from a window on ...

    Article : 92 words
  27. Christmas Bush

    "CHRISTMAS BUSH, 6d a bunch." In the city dozens of youngsters were selling Christmas bush. All day long they had voiced that tireless cry. ...

    Article : 269 words
  28. ON OTHER PAGES

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  29. A Matter of Taste

    "I THINK he would like this, my dear. He is awfully fond of reading, you know." He was a gentle-looking man, and spoke ...

    Article : 140 words
  30. KING REWARDS CREW OF SALMON

    The King has awarded the D.S.O. to Lieutenant Bickford and promoted him to be commander. He commanded the small British submarine Salmon, which ...

    Article : 85 words
  31. TELEGRAM TO STALIN STOPPED

    The Dutch Government stopped a birthday telegram to M. Stalin from the Communist newspaper "Volks Dagblad" on the ground that certain phrases were ...

    Article : 48 words
  32. ENLISTMENTS IN NEW ZEALAND

    The Dominion has nearly 20,000 enlistments for the expeditionary force. Of these about 11,000 have been classed fit and [?]00 temporarily unfit. ...

    Article : 29 words
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