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  2. "TOTAL" SEA WAR.

    Except for the threat of intensification of unrestricted submarine warfare, Germany's announcement of a "total blockade" does not ...

    Article : 567 words
  3. RATIONING ON OCTOBER 1.

    The Minister for Supply, Sir Frederick Stewart, to-day officially confirmed reports that the petrol rationing scheme announced by the Federal Cabinet on ...

    Article : 135 words
  4. S.O.S. HEARD.

    The Mackay radio picked up an S.O.S. from a vessel which had been torpedoed off the north-west coast of Ireland, a message from New York ...

    Article : 201 words
  5. INDO-CHINA.

    Between 30 and 40 French warships are reported to have arrived at Tourane (or Turane), on the coast of French Indo-China, from an undisclosed base, ...

    Article : 324 words
  6. UNITED STATES JOURNALISTS TOUR N.S.W.

    The party of visiting United States journalists was conducted through munition works at Newcastle and the R.A.A.F. station at Richmond yesterday. Top left: The visitors interviewing the Director-General of Munitions, Mr. Essington Lewis, during a tour of the B.H.P. works. In the group are (from left): Messrs. R. Gunnison ("San Francisco Chronicle"), J. Bassett ("Los Angeles Times"), S. Richards (U.S. Press Bureau of Detroit), C. H. Holmes (General Manager, Australian National Travel ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 106 words
  7. MR. STEVENS'S PLANS.

    At a meeting of the State U.A.P. council last night, it was stated that the former Premier, Mr. B. S. B. Stevens, would contest the Lang electorate ...

    Article : 204 words
  8. CONSUMERS' LICENCES.

    The Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways, Mr. Neale, said yesterday he expected that his department would receive 400,000 applications from the owners of motor ...

    Article : 137 words
  9. UNION DEFENCE PANEL.

    Although the Prime Minister has succeeded in forming a trade union defence panel from individual unions, an invitation to Hie A.C.T.U. to be represented is still ...

    Article : 217 words
  10. RATION TICKETS.

    Hundreds of thousands of one-gallon petrol ration tickets are being printed by the printing branch of the Commonwealth Bank in Melbourne in readiness for the rationing plan. ...

    Article : 112 words
  11. BRITISH AIM.

    "We are preparing for a world offensive when the time comes," declared the Minister, for Supply, Mr. Herbert Morrison, in a speech yesterday. ...

    Article : 190 words
  12. DEFENCE CORPS UNIFORM

    Some areas of the Returned Soldiers Volunteer Defence Corps have decided on a uniform consisting ot khaki slacks shirt of the lumber jacket type, and ...

    Article : 398 words
  13. MINISTER TO TOKYO.

    "In view of the new situation in East Asia, the Japanese Government believes that relations between Australia and Japan will gain in ...

    Article : 89 words
  14. HOME DEFENCE TRAINING.

    To-day is the last day for single men aged 20 to 24 in military training areas in New South Wales to report for militaiy training for home defence. ...

    Article : 363 words
  15. PRODUCTION OF POWER ALCOHOL.

    Terms of reference for the power alcohol committee of inquiry were announced to-night by the Federal Ministry. ...

    Article : 297 words
  16. CHILDREN FROM BRITAIN.

    Slightly mole than 200 of the first catch of British children on their way to Australia will disembark at Sydney. The chairman ol the reception committee, ...

    Article : 94 words
  17. GERMAN BLOCKADE.

    A spokesman of the German Foreign Office yesterday said that Germany's total blockade of England would not be applied to Eire, for which there ...

    Article : 132 words
  18. Advertising

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  19. APPROVAL IN BRITAIN.

    There has been no official comment in Britain on the appointment of Sir John Latham. It is learned, however, that the British Government regards ...

    Article : 186 words
  20. "A WORKERS' WAR."

    Fundamentally this is a workers' war, declared Mr. J. W. Stephenson in his presidential address to-day to the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions. ...

    Article : 79 words
  21. WARNING BY U.S.A.

    The United States, in a tersely worded Note, has formally notified Germany that it expects that the U.S. army transport American Legion ...

    Article : 344 words
  22. LISTS OF WAR PRISONERS.

    The War Office has issued a leaflet assuring relatives of members of the services posted as missing that, without any application on their part, every ...

    Article : 166 words
  23. NEW TALENT IN PARLIAMENT.

    The need for new talent in the Federal Parliament and for a truly National Government is emphasised by newspapers in other States ...

    Article : 468 words
  24. PRODUCER-GAS UNITS.

    Federal Cabinet to-day approved the issue of National Security Regulations to prohibit except under licence from the Director of Substitute Fuels, the distribution or sale of ...

    Article : 161 words
  25. RAIN WATERS GARDENS.

    Rain during the week-end reduced the demand for water for gardens, and contributed largely to a saving of nearly 24,000,000 gallons during the last ...

    Article : 97 words
  26. APPOINTMENT OF COUNSELLOR.

    Mr Keith Office, Australian Counsellor at Washington has been appointed to a similar post at Tokyo and will establish the Australian ...

    Article : 276 words
  27. LABOUR AND THE MINISTRY.

    The Ferderal Labour Leader Mr Curtin said to-day that because the workers were in the majority in Australia he did not consider it necessary ...

    Article : 237 words
  28. SOVIET "AIR TRAIN."

    An "air train" consisting of 27 gliders towed by a plane discharged a swarm of parachutists at the Soviet's annual air show ...

    Article : 100 words
  29. FOUR PERSONS FINED.

    In the Central Summons Court yesterday, Mr Harrison, S.M. fined a number of persons for unlawfully using a nose Mr G M Newman for the Water Board ...

    Article : 178 words
  30. WOMAN LEARNS TO FLY SOLO IN ONE DAY.

    Miss Angel Stevens, aged 24, a stenographer learned to fly solo in one day. She said that she hoped by this feat to have contributed something important to ...

    Article : 45 words
  31. HITLER ON WAY TO ARMY HEADQUARTERS.

    Swiss reports say that Hitler has left Berlin for the General Headquarters of the German Army. ...

    Article : 30 words
  32. H.M.S. GLORIOUS CASUALTIES.

    The Admiralty has issued a list of casualties suffered when the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Glorious was sunk in a naval battle in the Arctic. The list contains the names of 1.2[?]4 ...

    Article : 102 words
  33. HOTEL EXPLOSION IN CANADA.

    The police are investigating an explosion in the basement of the 10-storey Norton Palmer Hotel. One person was killed and 14 were injured ...

    Article : 54 words
  34. HYDE PARK FOUNTAIN.

    A proposal to turn off the Archibald Memorial fountain in Hyde Park until water restrictions were lifted was rejected by the City Council yesterday ...

    Article : 79 words
  35. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Tin was quoted to-day at £262 a ton. Rubber was quoted at 13 l-16d per lb. Mining quotations: North Broken Hill 26/10½; South Broken Hill, 18/1½; Great ...

    Article : 56 words
  36. INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE.

    Mr. J. G. Winant, Director of the International Labour Office, has announced the temporary transfer of the International Labour Office to McGill University. ...

    Article : 31 words
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