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  2. JAPANESE PLANE TORPEDOES U.S. SHIP

    Top: A Japanese torpedo-plane attacking a Liberty ship bound for Leyte, Philippines. Lower: Explosion of a torpedo from the plane, which pressed its attack to the target despite intense anti-aircraft fire. (U.S. Signal Corps photographs.) ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. BATTLE IN SLOVAKIA

    LONDON, Dec. 20 (A.A.P.).— Battles are raging across Czechoslovakia on an ever-widening front, says Reuter's Moscow ...

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  4. PATHETIC SCENES IN BELGIUM

    WITH U.S. FIRST ARMY, Dec. 20.—There were many heart-rending scenes when the German counter-offensive forced us to evacuate a small Belgian frontier town. ...

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  5. DROUGHT NOT STRIKE IS MAJOR TOPIC

    SINGLETON, Wednesday.—The feed position in the Singleton district is so acute that the threat by dairy farmers to strike unless they are paid what they claim is a fair all-the-year-round price for milk is now ...

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  6. 15 Hospital Nurses Suspended

    INVERELL, Wednesday.—Eight trainee nurses were suspended at the district hospital this morning for alleged ...

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  7. CONFERENCE OF BIG THREE

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—No date has been fixed for a meeting of Mr. Churchill, Marshal Stalin, and himself, President ...

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  8. SLOW BATTLES IN ITALY

    LONDON, Dec. 20 (A.A.P.).— "The Battle of Italy is tough, not only because of the terrain and the weather, but we have ...

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  9. Enemy Line on Leyte Being "Rolled Up"

    LEYTE, Dec. 20.—With the capture of Valencia and its excellent airfield the campaign in west Leyte has entered a phase which a communique from Southwest Pacific Headquarters to-day describes as "rolling ...

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  10. EXTENSIVE RAINS FORECAST

    Unsettled weather culminating in extensive rainstorms is forecast for most of New South Wales before the week-end. ...

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  11. FLEET CHIEFS CONFER

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (A.A.P.).—The Commander-in-Chief of the British Pacific Fleet, Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, has ...

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  12. ALLOCATION OF DOCTORS

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.— Terms of reference for the special committee recently appointed by the Federal ...

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  13. PLANS FOR R.N. PERSONNEL

    British Navy authorities in Australia have already prepared for the arrival of Royal Navy personnel by taking over ...

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  14. WATER SCHEMES URGED

    BATHURST, Wednesday.—A proposal from Dubbo that public meetings should be called in every town in western New South Wales to press for ...

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  15. SAFETY SUIT FOR PILOTS

    OTTAWA, Dec. 20 (A.A.P.).— Details of the flying-suit which eliminates "black-out" in highspeed flying, and has been in ...

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  16. NAZIS PREPARE ON SWISS BORDER

    LONDON, Dec. 20 (A.A.F.).— Gangs of impressed labourers are now working to convert the German town of Constance, on the ...

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  17. ARREST OF NAZI PLANE HEADS

    LONDON, Dec. 20.—German frontier guards have arrested two directors of the Messerschmitt aircraft factory at ...

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  18. Commonwealth Replaces Trading Banks

    New branches of the Commonwealth Bank are being opened in two Western Australian towns where trading banks formerly ...

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  19. CHINESE TO FACE MURDER CHARGE

    ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—Two Chinese seamen, Wu Su Ling, 29, ship's engineer, and Low Yung Fui, 36, captain's boy, were ...

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  20. LOSS OF LINER ORFORD

    LONDON, Dec. 20 (A.A.P.).— The Orient Line now discloses that the Orford was lost in May, 1940, while acting as a ...

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  21. £1000 Kick Of Over Seventies

    At the annual dinner of the "Nothing Under 70 Club" last night, the treasurer announced that nearly £1,000 had been ...

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  22. SNAPPING TRAP SHUT

    NEW YORK, Dec. 20 (A.A.P.). —Converging American forces are within six miles of snapping shut a trap on the largest ...

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  23. SEA RAIDS IN ARAKAN

    KANDY, Dec. 20 (A.A.P.).—The advance of the 15th Corps down the Arakan coast towards Akyab has been speeded up by a series ...

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  24. OIL COMPROMISE BY PERSIA

    LONDON, Dec. 20.—Persia has proposed a compromise solution of the dispute arising from her refusal to grant oil concessions ...

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  25. PIGEON'S FLIGHT OF 1,000 MILES

    LONDON, Dec. 20 (A.A.P.).—A young pigeon belonging to the R.A.F. Pigeon Service has flown from Gibraltar to Gillingham (Kent), a ...

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  26. PLANE TOWS MEN TO SAFETY

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (A.A.P.).—The pilot of a small Navy float plane in the Central Pacific taxied up to a flaming ...

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  27. MINE TON JEWFISH CATCH

    LISMORE, Wednesday.—More than nine tons of jewfish were landed in one haul at the entrance of the Richmond River at Ballina yesterday. ...

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  28. ICE DELIVERIES IN HOLIDAYS

    Ice will be delivered on Christmas and New Year's Days. The Deputy Director of W.O.I., Mr. Ifould, has issued directions that ice ...

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  29. Mr. Ward Assails Bank Board

    The Minister for Transport, Mr. Ward, said last night that he believed that the Federal Government should abrogate the ...

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  30. AUSTRALIA SEEKING U.S. BLIMPS

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (A.A.P.).— Columnist Drew Pearson says the Australian Government will ask the United States Government this week ...

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  31. MAN FOUND HANGING

    The body of William John Finlay, 31, who had been missing from his home in Wollongong since Friday, was found yesterday hanging from a tree ...

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  32. Prolonging of War Causes Ship Shortage

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (A.A.P.).—High officials in Washington say that liberated Europe is not getting adequate ...

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  33. XMAS BREAK FOR MUNITION MEN

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The Minister for Munitions, Mr. Makin, said to-day that Government munition establishments will this year observe ...

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  34. CONSPIRACY BY U.S. FIRMS ALLEGED

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (A.A.P.).— The Attorney-General, Mr. Biddle, disclosed that a Federal Grand Jury in New York indicted Norden, Inc., ...

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  35. PLANES CAN NOW PLUCK MAN OFF GROUND

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (A.A.P.).—The War Department has announced that successful experiments have established ...

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  36. INDIAN SEAMEN'S CLUB

    The High Commissioner for India, Sir Ragunath Paranjpye, last night opened the Indian Seamen's Club, which has been organised and is ...

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