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  2. SUSA AND KAIRWAN CAPTURED RAPID BRITISH ADVANCES

    LONDON, April 12.—Susa and Kairwan, principal towns of central Tunisia, have been captured by British forces, says Algiers Radio. Their advance is stated to be continuing. ...

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  3. BURMA KEY TO JAPAN

    NEW YORK, April 12 (A.A.P.). —Commenting on Chinese Press criticism of the United Nations for their failure to accelerate the ...

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  4. RECORD BRITISH WAR EXPENDITURE £15,000,000 EACH DAY

    LONDON, April 12 (A.A.P.).—Introducing Britain's fifth war budget in the House of Commons to-day, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Kingsley Wood, said the cost of the war had reached the ...

    Article : 157 words
  5. BALLOT ON WHARVES

    Sydney waterside workers, decided by secret ballot yesterday to accept the gang system and return to work. ...

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  6. TORPEDOED SHIP

    Ten survivors from an Allied vessel which was sunk by an enemy submarine off the east coast of Australia, have been ...

    Article : 511 words
  7. RECIPROCAL AID UNDER LEND-LEASE

    In his speech, which lasted 2¼ hours, Sir Kingsley Wood said that recently the volume of Britain's exports available for ...

    Article : 511 words
  8. LATE NEWS NEW TAXATION PROPOSED

    LONDON, April 12 (A.A.P.).— Sir Kingsley Wood said in his Budget speech that he proposed to ask for new taxation to raise ...

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  9. HEAVY DAMAGE DONE IN ALLIED AIR ATTACKS

    LONDON, April 12 (A.A.P.).— Fighters continued sweeps and patrols over forward areas in Tunisia yesterday, and many ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  10. BURDEN OF TAXES AND BORROWINGS

    Sir Kingsley Wood said that 44 per cent. of all expenditure since the outbreak of war had been met by current revenue. ...

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  11. A.I.F. RECRUITING AGE NOW 18

    MELBOURNE, Monday.—The age limit for recruits for the A.I.F. has been lowered from 19 years to 18 years. ...

    Article : 331 words
  12. RECORD SALE OF STUD CATTLE

    Record sales were claimed at an auction of stud cattle at Pyrmont yesterday. Values were estimated to be almost double ...

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  13. AXIS PREPARING STAND IN MOUNTAINS

    LONDON, April 12.-Axis forces in Tunisia are preparing to make a strong stand inside the mountain line covering Tunis and ...

    Article : 309 words
  14. ALLIED TROOPS ADVANCE IN ALL SECTORS

    LONDON, April 12 (A.A.P.).— Allied troops advanced in all sectors of Tunisia yesterday, says Morocco Radio. ...

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  15. FRENCH FEELING IN AFRICA

    LONDON, April 12 (A.A.P.).—General de Gaulle presided at a three hours' meeting of the French National Committee, at which General ...

    Article : 126 words
  16. INVASION FEAR IN BULGARIA

    LONDON, April 12 (A.A.P.).—Well-informed quarters in Istanbul (Turkey) believe that King Boris of Bulgaria, when he visited Hitler, pleaded ...

    Article : 164 words
  17. LAND TAX THREAT TO MERINO STUDS

    "Despite all arguments to the contrary, the major merino studs in New South Wales are being threatened with at least partial extinction by the ...

    Article : 149 words
  18. SHELL MISSING

    Sydney police were asked to issue a public warning that somebody has a 5-inch high-ex-plosive shell in his possession ...

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  19. ATTACKS ON AXIS SHIPS

    LONDON, April 12 (A.A.P.).—Naval aircraft on Saturday night attacked a convoy in the Gulf of Hammamet (Tunisia), sinking one enemy ...

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  20. DEATH OF FORMER U.S. MINISTER

    NEW YORK, April 12 (A.A.P.).— Mr. Daniel Raper, U.S. Secretary for Commerce, 1933-38, and U.S. Minister to Canada in 1939, has died, aged 76. ...

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  21. UNUSED COUPON POLICY

    The Government, through the Rationing Commission, had not applied much common sense to the problem of unused coupons, Mr. ...

    Article : 120 words
  22. ITALIAN HEAVY CRUISER SUNK

    LONDON, April 12 (A.A.P.).— The Italian cruiser Trieste (10,000 tons) was sunk by a Flying Fortress raid on La ...

    Article : 75 words
  23. SPITFIRE AS A MEMORIAL

    MELBOURNE, Monday.—As a memorial to the late Squadron-Leader Keith Truscott a Spitfire fighter, bearing his name and financed from a ...

    Article : 104 words
  24. OVERSEA NEWS

    Such of the oversea news in this issue as is headed "From Our Staff Correspondent" or "From Our War Correspondent" is from journalists employed directly by "The Sydney ...

    Article : 136 words
  25. RAIDS ON BURMA

    NEW DELHI, April 12 (A.A.P.).— A communique says: "The R.A.F. yesterday bombed the important Myitkying railway line (Burma), at a ...

    Article : 56 words
  26. GAINS IN NORTHERN SECTOR

    LONDON, April 12 (A.A.P.).— First Army units striking east on the north coastal road have taken a commanding range of ...

    Article : 33 words
  27. CAPTAIN KILLED

    LONDON, April 12 (A.A.P.).—A British captain, E. G. Gibbons who, a few months ago, received an offer of £10,000 for his battalion for Rommel's ...

    Article : 49 words
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