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  2. FIGHTER INTERCEPTION "BRILLIANT"

    Sunday engaged an enemy four-engined flying-boat. In a 35-minutes running duel the enemy craft suffered serious damage. ...

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  3. ENEMY SEEKS TO BAR ALLIES' ESCAPE

    LONDON, May 4.—By wide flanking movements east and west of Mandalay, the Japanese are attempting to set a trap in upper Burma to cut off all retreat by the British and Chinese armies. ...

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  4. Dr. EVATT'S MISSION

    LONDON, May 4.—The next meeting in London of the Pacific War Council is expected to be one of the most important ...

    Article : 304 words
  5. SHIFT WORKERS GET BEER

    WOLLONGONG, Monday.— "The police have instructions that men in essential industries may be served in hotels after ...

    Article : 303 words
  6. BIG CATTLE TREK

    CANBERRA, Monday.—More than 32,000 cattle are on their way from the Kimberleys to slaughtering and canning depots ...

    Article : 386 words
  7. MINISTER DENIES INSTRUCTION

    The Minister of Justice, Mr. Downing, who controls the administration of the Liquor Act, said last night that he had not issued any ...

    Article : 45 words
  8. LATE FINANCE

    LONDON, May 4.—Mining quotations:—Zinc Corporation, ordinary, 32/6; Zinc Corporation, pref., 66/3; Electrolytic Zinc, ordinary, 23/9; ...

    Article : 34 words
  9. CONTROL OF BEER AND RACES

    CANBERRA, Monday —"If something cannot be left to the Premiers, there ought not to be Premiers," the Prime Minister, ...

    Article : 164 words
  10. LATE NEWS

    LONDON, May 4 (A.A.P.).—It is authoritatively stated that the British and Chinese forces in Burma are slowly retreating. ...

    Article : 151 words
  11. MORE RESTRICTIONS FORECAST

    MELBOURNE,Monday.—It is believed that the Government is contemplating restriction of production of commodities such as wheat, apples ...

    Article : 88 words
  12. MODERATOR'S ATTACK

    MELBOURNE, Monday.—"After three years of war, bets and booze are the only two businesses in Australia that are carrying on pretty much as ...

    Article : 95 words
  13. RETAIL PRICE OF TEA FIXED

    CANBERRA, Monday.—Retail prices for tea sold in lots of less than one pound are fixed by an order published to-night in the ...

    Article : 262 words
  14. AUSTRALIANS RAID NORWAY

    LONDON, May 4 —Two enemy ships vere damaged when an Australian Hampden squadron raided Norway last night. ...

    Article : 157 words
  15. JAPANESE CLAIMS

    Tokyo Radio quotes the Dome[?] News Agency as claiming that Japanese bombers "scored devastating hits" on Horn Island (air base for ...

    Article : 116 words
  16. PINT GLASSES IN BROKEN HILL

    BROKEN HILL, Monday.—A dispute, which had threatened to lead to a second beer strike in Broken Hill has been ended by the decision of ...

    Article : 173 words
  17. MARKHAM VALLEY RECONNAISSANCE

    Monday.—Japanese forces that advanced up the Markham Valley and then returned to Lae are considered to have been ...

    Article : 227 words
  18. HAWAII EXPECTS MORE RAIDS

    HONOLULU, May 4 (A.A.P.).— Lieutenant-Qeneral Delos Emmons warned 3,500 air raid wardens here that the strategic location and ...

    Article : 59 words
  19. AXIS SHIP LOSSES IN MEDITERRANEAN

    LONDON, May 4 (A.A.P.).—It is officially announced that more than 1,250,000 tons of Axis merchant shipping has been sunk in the ...

    Article : 181 words
  20. MAY WEATHER WARM

    The first three days of this month were among the hottest Sydney has ever experienced in May, and, when the glass stood ...

    Article : 213 words
  21. GIRAUD FREE

    LONDON, May 4 (A.A.P.).— General Giraud, commander of the Ninth French Army in 1940, who escaped from a German ...

    Article : 177 words
  22. FORTRESS FLAG SAVED AGAIN

    WASHINGTON, May 4 (A.A.P.).— "Gallant American soldiers again rescued the flag at Corregidor (the Island fortress in Manila Bay, ...

    Article : 189 words
  23. R.A.F. GIFT TO BOY KING

    LONDON, May 4 (A.A.P.).—King Feisal the Second of Iraq, had a happy surprise for his seventh birthday yesterday. After a message had ...

    Article : 73 words
  24. MURDER THEORY ABANDONED

    When the body of Sydney Herbert Butler, 86, was found in a room of the Four-in-Hand Hotel, Paddington, yesterday morning, police suspected ...

    Article : 158 words
  25. OVERSEA NEWS

    Such of the oversea news in this issue as is headed "From Our Own Correspondent" or "Herald Exclusive Service" is from a service owned end controlled entirely by "The Sydney ...

    Article : 171 words
  26. MAN ASSAULTED

    Police early this morning were investigating an assault on a man who was found lying unconscious in Langly Street, Darlinghurst, with severe head ...

    Article : 38 words
  27. MAN DROWNED IN HARBOUR

    H. Triggs, a seaman fell from his ship in the harbour last night and was drowned. The body was taken to the Morgue. ...

    Article : 29 words
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