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  2. BRITISH ARMY WASTE.

    Waste in the British Army has led to the appointment of a Controller-General of Expenditure. One example of prodigality is given ...

    Article : 619 words
  3. SEQUEL TO RAID.

    Germany is inflicting savage punishment on the Norwegians who helped the British forces which raided Svolvor, one of the Lofoten Islands, ...

    Article : 243 words
  4. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS SETTLE IN MALAYA.

    Australian troops have quickly adapted themselves to the strange conditions in Malaya, and have settled down to camp life and training. Top: At home in their comfortable quarters. Lower: On their parade ground, in its tropical setting, they are watched with deep interest by inhabitants. (Department of Information pictures.) ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 54 words
  5. GIFTS OF APPLES.

    The Premier, Mr. Mair, announced yesterday that 1,000 cases of apples would be distributed early next week to the unemployed and needy in the ...

    Article : 416 words
  6. USE OF U.S. FORCES.

    Administration leaders, in an attempt to allay the fears of Senators who might hesitate to vote in favour of the Lease-or-Lend Bill, because ...

    Article : 536 words
  7. GLEN DAVIS HOUSING.

    The Minister for Labour and Industry, Mr. Holt, to-day announced a decision to build a "first instalment" of 50 homes at Glen Davis, ...

    Article : 235 words
  8. CONCESSIONS FOR MILITIAMEN.

    The Minister for the Army, Mr. Spender, announced to-day concessions for married militiamen and University and technical school students called-up for ...

    Article : 174 words
  9. DRAMATIC SCENE.

    "Great columns of smoke and flame rose against snow-clad mountains as units of the Home Fleet steamed away from Svolvor, after destroying the ...

    Article : 698 words
  10. EQUIPMENT GAPS.

    "The Army no longer lies under the shadow of inaction, but has emerged into the full light of achievement," declared the Secretary of War, Captain ...

    Article : 750 words
  11. WIDESPREAD RAIDS.

    There was considerable air activity over Britain yesterday by single enemy aircraft. Bombs were dropped at several places in East Anglia and Kent ...

    Article : 358 words
  12. HUNDRED ENEMY SHIPS SUNK.

    The Air Ministry announces that mines laid from the air have destroyed more than 100 enemy warships, troopships, and supply ships since the ...

    Article : 279 words
  13. CROWN PLEA FOR GERMANS.

    Intervening dramatically when the three German internees recaptured last month after escaping from an internment camp appeared in the Criminal ...

    Article : 370 words
  14. AMERICAN AEROPLANE OUTPUT.

    Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, president of Eastern Air Lines, who is steadily recovering from critical injuries which he received in a plane crash at ...

    Article : 179 words
  15. 44,000 AT TECHNICAL COLLEGES.

    The Minister for Education, Mr. Drummond, announced yesterday that enrolments in technical colleges totalled 44,000, compared with 37,264 last year. Technical education was ...

    Article : 93 words
  16. SECRET SESSION EXPLAINED.

    The Acting Prime Minister, Mr. Fadden, said last night that the Government's decision to hold a secret session of Parliament next week was not ...

    Article : 346 words
  17. 748th STATE LOTTERY.

    The 748th State lottery will be drawn on Tuesday at 7 p.m., and a list of the prize-winning numbers will be published in the "Herald" on Wednesday. ...

    Article : 49 words
  18. DELINQUENCY OF JUVENILES.

    Conditions arising from the war had greatly accentuated juvenile delinquency, asserted Mr. Watson Boyce, Probation Officer at the Southwark ...

    Article : 348 words
  19. THE CALL-UP.

    A call-up for employment is announced to-day. The details appear on page 24. ...

    Article : 15 words
  20. CANADA'S GUN PRODUCTION

    Mr. Harry Carmichael, Director-General [?] Munitions, in a broadcast, revealed that Canada, before the end of 1942, would be manufacturing 147,000 automatic guns a year, ...

    Article : 54 words
  21. Advertising

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    Advertising : 85 words
  22. USE OF DANISH SHIPS.

    The Maritime Commission has informed Congressional leaders that it is anxious to take over 36 Danish ships in American ports. Negotiations between private American and ...

    Article : 77 words
  23. FAMILY'S EXAMPLE IN WAR WORK.

    Two men now serving in the A.I.F. are members of a family of 14 children, almost all of whom are serving actively in the war. ...

    Article : 190 words
  24. PLANES COLLIDE IN MID-AIR.

    Parachutes saved the lives of two airmen, when an R.A.A.F. aircraft, in which they were carrying out instructional exercises, collided with another ...

    Article : 108 words
  25. MINERS PAY £163,000.

    The Miners' Federation, as the result of its last strike of members, early last year, was committed to an expenditure of £163,000. This amount has now ...

    Article : 125 words
  26. SCENE OF THE MAELSTROM.

    The Lo[?]oten, a chain of islands on the north-west coast of Norway, in some places present walls of bare rock, rising sheer from the ocean. ...

    Article : 130 words
  27. BOY'S DEATH WHILE SLEEP-WALKING.

    Donald James Davis, 13, walked in his sleep to a balcony, and then dived 20 feet into the street below, according to evidence given at the City Coroner's Court yesterday ...

    Article : 212 words
  28. IMPORTS OUTWEIGH EXPORTS.

    Australia had an unfavourable commodity balance of £stg2,342,000 for the first eight months of the financial year, according to preliminary figures issued ...

    Article : 106 words
  29. FORMER U.S. MINISTER LEAVES.

    An inkstand of marble, inlaid with Australian opal, was handed to the departing United States Minister, Mr. C. E. Gauss, by the Minister for External Affairs, Sir Frederick ...

    Article : 136 words
  30. PLANE DAMAGED IN LANDING.

    The undercarriage and a wing of an Air Force plane were damaged in a forced landing at Bungwhal, 19 miles from Bulahdelah, to-day. The two officers who were in the ...

    Article : 39 words
  31. THEATRE EMPLOYEES TO GET MORE.

    Special rates for theatre employees on duty at midnight performances were fixed by Mr. Justice Piper in the Arbitration Court to-day ...

    Article : 103 words
  32. R.A.A.F. NEEDS CLERKS, STEWARDS, GUARDS.

    Men to perform the duties of mess stewards, guards, and general clerks are urgently needed by the R.A.A.F. Applicants should call at the R.A.A.F. Recruiting Centre, ...

    Article : 112 words
  33. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 34 words
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