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  2. CABINET CENSURE OF POLICE.

    The State Cabinet yesterday censured the conduct of the Police Department, but approved the conduct of the Commissioner of Police, Mr. MacKay, during ...

    Article : 488 words
  3. LONG RAID ON LONDON.

    London's three nights' respite from air raids was broken last night, when the Luftwaffe attacked strongly. The "all clear" was sounded soon ...

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  4. PROBLEMS FOR CABINET.

    Next week's meeting of the full Federal Cabinet in Sydney will probably be the last attended by the Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, before he ...

    Article : 514 words
  5. NAZI REBUFF REPORTED.

    Marshal Petain, Chief of the French State, rejected on Wednesday an urgent German demand for control of the French Mediterranean coast, according ...

    Article : 609 words
  6. NAZI THREAT TO EIRE.

    Precisely because Germany pretends to be suddenly anxious about the safety of Eire from British attack, authoritative circles in London are watching ...

    Article : 587 words
  7. REFRESHMENTS IN TUBE SHELTER.

    A woman helper serving refreshments in the underground shelter at Holland Park tube station, London. These light meals are provided for twopence each to people who have to spend long nights—and sometimes days—underground to escape German raiders. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 41 words
  8. THAI CLAIMS BIG ADVANCE.

    The Thailand High Command claims that Thai troops have advanced more than 20 miles into French Indo-China and that the French forces have ...

    Article : 461 words
  9. R.A.F. EXPANSION.

    Under a scheme announced to-day by the Secretary for Air, Sir Archibald Sinclair, about 700,000 youths, aged between 16 and 18, will be eligible for ...

    Article : 277 words
  10. DUTCH GET NEWS.

    Uncensored letters from Holland reveal that the Dutch are listening carefully to broadcasts from Britain, and are spreading: accurate news by secret ...

    Article : 408 words
  11. WOMAN SENT TO GAOL.

    Catherine Frances Curry, an elderly spinster, who declined to give information in the Bankruptcy Court to-day on the statement of affairs relating to the ...

    Article : 188 words
  12. LONDON COMMENT.

    Although the B.B.C. announced to-day that Mr. Menzies would visit Britain at the invitation of the British Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, and that it was rumoured that other ...

    Article : 242 words
  13. NEW FLEET PLANS HAILED.

    The determination of the United States to strengthen resistance to Japanese depredations in the Far East is regarded in London naval circles as ...

    Article : 368 words
  14. BURIAL OF CHIEF SCOUT.

    The World Chief Scout, Lord Baden-Powell, was buried at Nyeri yesterday, in a tiny cemetery under the shadow of Mount Kenya. ...

    Article : 232 words
  15. "BRITAIN HAS SEEN THE WORST."

    In a broadcast to Latin America to-day, the Minister for Information, Mr. Duff Cooper, gave a message of good hope. "We now feel," he said, "that we have ...

    Article : 246 words
  16. N.Z. WAR EFFORT HAMPERED.

    The Dominion's war effort has been retarded because many factory employees did not return to work after the holidays. At Wellington, many factories are seriously ...

    Article : 80 words
  17. PLAN FOR UNIFIED RAIL GAUGE.

    The cost of a unified railway track from Brisbane to Perth, through Broken Hill, is to be investigated by Commonwealth officials following Ministerial discussions in Melbourne ...

    Article : 130 words
  18. SUPPLIES FOR FINLAND.

    The British Embassy has announced that Britain will permit supplies to enter Finland through the blockade, provided Finland abstains from un-neutral acts, such as the ...

    Article : 71 words
  19. JAPANESE RAID WAICHOW.

    The Italian Mission at Hong Kong has announced that Japanese planes raided Waichow, about 75 miles north of Hong Kong, on Wednesday, killing more than ...

    Article : 150 words
  20. SALES TAX ON HOUSE MATERIALS.

    The incidence of the sales tax on building materials may be referred to the Parliamentary Committee which the Federal Government intends to set up to inquire into ...

    Article : 136 words
  21. AMPHIBIAN TANKS POSSIBLE.

    The possibility of the Germans using amphibian tanks in invasion operations was mentioned in a talk to the Press yesterday by the commander of the newly-formed Royal ...

    Article : 166 words
  22. CLASS DISTINCTIONS AT SCHOOLS.

    Addressing the Convocation of York, Mr. P. H. B. Lyon, headmaster of Rugby, said the Public Schools long ago should have welcomed members of every class in England. ...

    Article : 168 words
  23. SHIP SINKS AFTER CARGO SHIFTS.

    Survivors from the Netherland freighter Soemba (6,718 tons), who have been landed at a Canadian port on the cast coast, declare that the vessel sank in the North ...

    Article : 83 words
  24. SAVINGS INCREASE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 92 words
  25. STRENGTHENING JAPAN'S AIR DEFENCES.

    The Japanese Cabinet has approved a Joint plan proposed by the Minister for War, the Minister for the Navy, and the Minister for Home Defence, to ...

    Article : 87 words
  26. THREE-POWER PLAN REPORTED.

    Plans for co-operation between the British, United States, and Netherlands Navies, it is reliably reported, have reached the point where the protection of the interests of the three ...

    Article : 173 words
  27. SYDNEY AIRMAN'S DEATH.

    News has been received from the Air Ministry in London that Squadron-Leader W. J. Hickey, an Australian, who was reported missing, believed killed after action on December ...

    Article : 134 words
  28. TESTS OF CHARCOAL.

    Charcoals from about 25 Australian hardwoods have been examined by officers of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, with special reference to their suitability for ...

    Article : 105 words
  29. MESSAGE FOUND IN FLOATING BOTTLE.

    Last September, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dunne, of Junee, threw a bottle containing a message for his parents over board from a troopship off Fremantle. ...

    Article : 91 words
  30. RESTRICTED MENUS IN BRITAIN.

    Under a new order, eggs and cheese are placed in the same category as meat, poultry, game, and fish, of which only one dish can be included in a meal at a restaurant. ...

    Article : 128 words
  31. LETTER-BOXES "LOST."

    Some postal pillar-boxes in London were buried under so much wreckage after the recent big fire raid that postmen who had been collecting letters ...

    Article : 123 words
  32. COURT HEARS OF NEW WOOL PROCESS.

    Joseph Bailly, a Belgian, was acquitted at Leeds on a charge of having stolen 11 bales of wool entrusted to his company for processing. He was also charged with offering ...

    Article : 223 words
  33. INCREASED JAPANESE TIN PURCHASES.

    The Financial Editor of the "Daily Express" states that the Minister for Economic Warfare, Dr. Dalton, must investigate Japanese purchases of tin in the Straits ...

    Article : 80 words
  34. WAR SAVINGS COUPON SCHEME OPPOSED.

    The Retail Traders' Association opposes the Australian Defence Movement's suggestion that shopkeepers should issue customers with coupons, which could be exchanged ...

    Article : 76 words
  35. INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE FOR MANLY.

    Mr. R. J. Fitzgerald, secretary of Associated Motor Transport of New South Wales, has announced that he will contest the Manly seat at the next State elections as an independent ...

    Article : 74 words
  36. SAMOAN STONED TO DEATH.

    Three Samoan youths are being held on suspicion by the police following the death of a native named Fautaua, aged 36, from head injuries caused by stones which were thrown ...

    Article : 39 words
  37. IMPORT OF WINE TO BE PROHIBITED.

    It is officially announced that shipping licences for the import into Britain of wines, including Empire products, will not be issued for at least three months from January 20. ...

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  38. REPUBLICANS RETAIN SEAT IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    In the by-election in the Winburg constituency, Mr. Swart, the Reunited Nationalist Party's nominee, polled 3,762 votes, and the Government candidate, Mr. Thereon, polled ...

    Article : 69 words
  39. HYGIENE DETACHMENT FOR DARWIN TROOPS.

    As an additional safeguard for the health of troops at Darwin, the Army Medical Corps is sending a small hygiene detachment, with its own health inspectors, for service there. ...

    Article : 74 words
  40. DOCTORATE FOR REV. C. M. CHURCHWARD.

    The degree of Doctor of Literature of Melbourne University has been conferred on the Rev. Clerk Maxwell Churchward, M.A., of Enfield, for a thesis on Pacific languages, ...

    Article : 59 words
  41. MAN KILLED WHEN LORRY OVERTURNS.

    James West Wallis, 33, of Wingham, died yesterday from injuries received when a motor lorry conveying workmen employed on the erection of a new electric power line ...

    Article : 50 words
  42. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Tin was quoted to-day at £257 a ton, unchanged, from yesterday. Rubber was quoted at 12 17-32d a lb. Stock Exchange: Home rails showed ...

    Article : 43 words
  43. ALLEGED SLY-GROG.

    Early this morning, a special squad of police, consisting of Sergeants Jurd and Grigor, and Constables Munro and Cribb, raided a club on the fourth floor of a Castiereagh Street ...

    Article : 61 words
  44. LORD LLOYD TO BE LEADER OF HOUSE OF LORDS.

    The Secretary for the Colonies, Lord Lloyd, has been appointed Government leader in the House of Lords in place of Lord Halifax. ...

    Article : 36 words
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