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  2. NEW YEAR HONOURS.

    Several knighthoods have been conferred by his Majesty the King on Australians in the New Year Honours Lists. Four residents of New South Wales have received knighthoods. The Commonwealth list issued by the Governor-General, ...

    Article : 231 words
  3. CITY GREETS 1941.

    Huge crowds of revellers, estimated to number 100,000, sang and danced in the streets of the city last night as they greeted the arrival of the New Year. ...

    Article : 590 words
  4. 496 RAIDER VICTIMS RESCUED.

    Nearly 500 men, women, and children, who were put ashore on the tiny island of Emirau (north-east of New Guinea) by enemy raiders which had sunk their ships, have been rescued by an Australian vessel and landed at an Australian port. ...

    Article : 184 words
  5. BOMBERS' TOLL.

    Some of the City of London's most historic buildings were destroyed or seriously damaged in the German air attack on Sunday night. ...

    Article : 546 words
  6. LONDON LEARNS FROM ORDEAL.

    While the German Air Force's attempt to destroy the heart of London by fire on Sunday night by the indiscriminate showering of incendiary bombs is condemned throughout the world as a futile act of barbarism, London has emerged from the ...

    Article : 190 words
  7. HOW TURAKINA FOUGHT RAIDER.

    Mr. Hughes's statement was: "A ship from Australia has rescued 496 persons 'from the Island of Emirau, a small Pacific island, where they had ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 614 words
  8. THE COMMONWEALTH LIST.

    THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM MORRIS HUGHES, K.C., M.P. (AttorneyGeneral and Minister for the Navy). For long and distinguished services to Australia ...

    Article : 828 words
  9. THE EVENTS OF SUNDAY NIGHT.

    It would be foolish to minimise the damage resulting from the raid of Sunday night, but it must not be imagined that the City of London has been wiped ...

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  10. 80,000 AT KATOOMBA.

    The crowds at the New Year's Eve carnival and procession at Katoomba to-night were estimated at 80,000. Thousands of tourists gathered on the route ...

    Article : 57 words
  11. "TWO GREAT FIRES OF LONDON."

    The "New York Times," in a leading article, describes Sunday night's raid on London as Hitler's last attempt before the year's end to destroy the heart of ...

    Article : 91 words
  12. FIRST REPORT OF RANGITANE LOSS.

    The loss of the Rangitane (16,712 tons) had not been previously announced. On November 27, it was reported that a ...

    Article : 420 words
  13. TO-DAY'S ATTRACTIONS.

    The Highland Gathering at the Kyeemagh polo grounds, Brighton, and military sports at Ingleburn, are among the chief holiday attractions to-day. ...

    Article : 375 words
  14. MR. CHURCHILL VISITS THE SCENE.

    Much of the damage was seen by the Prime Minister and Mrs. Churchill when they visited the scene yesterday. When their presence became known. ...

    Article : 120 words
  15. NAZI TANTALUS.

    "Germany at the end of her greatest year of military triumph, stands a mighty Tantalus, poised for a supreme effort to reach the fruits of victory, ...

    Article : 239 words
  16. "PACIFIC SITUATION SERIOUS."

    The "New York Times," in a leading article, urges the United States to watch the Pacific where, it says, the situation already is serious. ...

    Article : 201 words
  17. PLANE LOSSES.

    During the fortnight ended December 28, 109 enemy aircraft were destroyed for the loss of 23 British planes—a proportion of well over four to one. ...

    Article : 96 words
  18. NIGHT RAIDER MENACE.

    "A method has been found to defeat German night raiders," Air Chief-Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding declared yesterday. "I confidently believe that it ...

    Article : 114 words
  19. NEED FOR ROOF WATCHERS.

    The showering of incendiary bombs on the City of London on Sunday evening represents new tactics of the German Air Force, and this is provoking ...

    Article : 454 words
  20. BEER BOYCOTT WEAKENS.

    Hotel keepers on the South Coast reported yesterday that numbers of their customers were returning, and that trade generally was improving. ...

    Article : 207 words
  21. MAN FALLS OVER ECHO POINT.

    An unidentified man fell over a cliff at Echo Point this afternoon. Mr. George Brett, of Grove Street, Leichhardt, who is staying at Katoomba, told the ...

    Article : 144 words
  22. SHOWERS LIKELY

    For the New Year's holiday to-day, cloudy, unsettled weather with showers is forecast by the State Meteorologist, Mr. Mares. There may be some heavy ...

    Article : 188 words
  23. NEW SOUTH WALES RECIPIENTS.

    THE HONOURABLE BERTRAM SYDNEY BARNSDALE STEVENS. C.M.G. (Companion of the Most Distinguished Order ...

    Article : 146 words
  24. BRITISH DIET FOR 1941.

    The Minister for Food, Lord Woolton, in a broadcast to housewives, said that the people of Britain had nearly as much food in 1940 as they had in 1939, but there would not be ...

    Article : 123 words
  25. JAPAN MASSES TROOPS.

    Much speculation has been aroused in Chungking, the Chinese war capital, over a reported concentration of 50,000 Japanese troops in the vicinity of ...

    Article : 102 words
  26. VICTORIA.

    Mr. Bernard Traugott Zwan. C.B.E. (Civil Division.) Mr. Charles Richard Herschell. ...

    Article : 13 words
  27. TASMANIA.

    MR GEORGE EDWARD PARKES, Undersecretary and chief electoial officer. C.B.E. DR. THOMAS HERBERT GODDARD, ...

    Article : 82 words
  28. DUTCH KNIGHTHOOD FOR MR. BARKER.

    Mr. T. Elink Schuurman, Consul-General for the Netherlands, announced last night, that Mr. Anthony Bakker, general manager of (K.P.M.), who will retire on January 5, had ...

    Article : 75 words
  29. 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 and conducted entirely by "The Sydney Morning Herald" ...

    Article : 145 words
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