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  2. HOME FORCE.

    The Federal Government's plans for increased home defence forces, which will be announced by the Minister for the Army, Mr. Street, as ...

    Article : 375 words
  3. GERMAN PARACHUTE TROOPS IN FRANCE.

    Top: German parachute troops descending towards French soil before the armistice. Lower: A close-up of some of the parachutists after they had taken their objective. Their steel helmets are abbreviations of the ordinary German helmets. (These pictures were brought from Berlin to Sydney via New York.) ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 51 words
  4. DEFENCE OF B.E.F.

    A senior staff officer of the British Expeditionary Force, in an interview yesterday, clarified the general character of the operations in which, ...

    Article : 1,473 words
  5. EXPANSION OF A.I.E.

    Figures supplied by Army Headquarters yesterday showed that 65,172 members of the A.I.F. were in camp in Australia on Saturday night. ...

    Article : 381 words
  6. FIGHTING IN AFRICA.

    Although the war between British and Italian forces in Africa and in the Mediterranean is still sporadic, Italian losses have been comparatively heavy. ...

    Article : 284 words
  7. SURPLUS FOR YEAR.

    The Commonwealth financial surplus of receipts over expenditure amounts to £2,928,566 for the year just closed. Revenue reached the ...

    Article : 815 words
  8. QUARANTINE STATION.

    The Federal Minister for Health, Mr. Thorby, said yesterday that arrangements had been completed for the accommodation at the quarantine station at North Head, from to-day, ...

    Article : 79 words
  9. KEEPING PUBLIC INFORMED.

    The Director-General of Information, Sir Keith Murdoch, said yesterday that Australia's war effort was already becoming better known in other parts of ...

    Article : 211 words
  10. DOG RACING TO CLOSE.

    The Chief Secretary, Mr. Tonking, said yesterday that Murwillumbah Greyhound Racing Club was not renewing its licence for the year beginning on October 1, because of ...

    Article : 78 words
  11. SIGNALLERS' COMFORTS.

    Next-of-kin and relatives of A.I.F. Signals personnel are invited to join the unit's Comforts Association, which has headquarters on the first floor of the A.W.A. building, ...

    Article : 63 words
  12. BRITISH WAR PLANES.

    "Our aircraft production in June was a record," the Minister of Aircraft Production, Lord Beaverbrook, announced last night. ...

    Article : 188 words
  13. BROADCAST HOAX.

    A report that the U.S. destroyer Barry had been torpedoed by a German submarine caused considerable excitement in the United States. ...

    Article : 341 words
  14. ROOSEVELT'S FUTURE.

    The national convention of the Democratic Party, which will nominate the party's candidate for the Presidency, will take place in a week, and, in the ...

    Article : 173 words
  15. HIDES AND LEATHER.

    The Hide and Leather Industries Board at a meeting in Canberra agreed to the exportation of all hides not bought by Australian tanners, and the maintenance of the ...

    Article : 62 words
  16. PROPOSED SOLDIERS' MORATORIUM.

    It is expected that the proposal to establish a moratorium for members of the A.I.F. will be considered by the War Cabinet at its sittings in Melbourne this week. ...

    Article : 63 words
  17. DEATH OF MR. CHAFFEY

    Mr. Frank Augustus Chaffey, M.L.A. for Tamworth and a former Chief Secretary, died suddenly at his home at Rose Bay early this morning. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 137 words
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  19. ITALIAN MICA HOLDINGS.

    The Federal Attorney-General, Mr. Hughes, said last night that he would have inquiries made to see whether large quantities of mica, which were valuable for war purposes, were ...

    Article : 174 words
  20. WORK OF FIFTH COLUMNISTS.

    In urging more serious action against defeatists and fifth columnists in Australia, Sir Samuel Cohen said yesterday that the Federal Government should ...

    Article : 256 words
  21. NEARLY, 2,500 PLANES LOST BY NAZIS.

    Official records reveal that Germany, since the outbreak of the war, has lost almost 2,500 planes against BnUin alone, says the Aeronautical Correspondent of "The Times." ...

    Article : 140 words
  22. TYPHOON THREATENS PHILIPPINES.

    A new typhoon, with its centre 120 miles off Samar Island, is threatening the Philippines. Rain has been falling continuously for seven days, and is the heaviest since 1919. ...

    Article : 66 words
  23. INDEPENDENT INDIA.

    The Congress Working Committee has passed a resolution emphatically demanding an unequivocal declaration from Britain according complete independence to India. ...

    Article : 71 words
  24. PROMISE OF RAIN INLAND.

    Although the disturbance which caused the heavy week-end rain in Sydney has passed away to the cast, the State Meteorologist Mr. Mares, said last night that there was ...

    Article : 68 words
  25. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Tin was quoted to-day at £264/10/ a ton, compared with £266/5/ on Friday. Rubber was quoted at 12[?]d a lb. Mining quotations: North Broken Hill. 23/9; ...

    Article : 38 words
  26. BINOCULARS FOR A.I.F.

    Since the appeal for binoculars, was issued fiom Victoria Barracks last Thursday, about 200 paris have been received, and many more have been ...

    Article : 197 words
  27. AIR FORCE RESERVISTS.

    New members of the R.A.A.F. Reserve being sworn in by Flying. Officer E. H. Edge at the Woolloomooloo recruiting depot yesterday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 25 words
  28. FLYING-OFFICER'S KIT STOLEN.

    The full kit and equipment belonging to Flying-Officer Peter KingsleyStrack of the R.A.A.F., were taken from a motor car in Castlereagh Street ...

    Article : 182 words
  29. "NOT IN LABOUR PARTY."

    "There is no doubt in the minds of the Labour movement that there is a fifth column in the Commonwealth, and that its membeis will not be found within the Labour Party" said ...

    Article : 135 words
  30. WAR CABINET MEETS TO-DAY.

    War Ministeis will meet to-morrow in Melbourne to discuss war developments and possible effects on the Commonwealth's war efforts. Progress of the munitions programme ...

    Article : 82 words
  31. AIR MAILS SUSPENDED.

    The air service between Bangkok and Hong Kong has been suspended. This involves also the suspension of the Hong Kong-San Francisco service, which has been used for the ...

    Article : 40 words
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