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  2. DEFENCE CORPS LEADER.

    Major-General H. Gordon Bennett has been appointed Officer Commanding the Returned Soldiers' League Volunteer Defence Corps in New South ...

    Article : 308 words
  3. CO-ORDINATOR OF WORKS.

    Sir Harry Brown, former Director-General of Posts and Telegraphs, has been appointed Co-oidinator General of Works, the creation of which post was ...

    Article : 292 words
  4. RECORD CALL-UP OF R.A.A.F. RECRUITS.

    More than 300 recruits for the ground staff of the R.A.A F. were called up at the Woolloomooloo recruiting depot yesterday. They were drafted to Air Force establishments in New South Wales and Victoria. Top: Recruits taking the oath of allegiance before a R.A A.F. officer. Below: Some of the recruits being interviewed before being assigned to schools. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 64 words
  5. SHOCK TO U.S.A.

    The feeling aroused in America by the fate of France is indicated by the opening sentences of a leading article in the New York "Herald-Tribune," ...

    Article : 760 words
  6. CONFEDERACY OF SPIES.

    The correspondent of the Associated Press of America with the B.E.F. in France declares that a huge confederacy of spies and fifth ...

    Article : 946 words
  7. ROOSEVELT'S PLANS.

    Efforts in the United States from now on will be concentrated on building a military machine second to none. ...

    Article : 1,038 words
  8. STATE APPOINTMENT.

    The State Cabinet at a meeting today will appoint a Stale Works Coordinator. It is expected the Under-Secretary of ...

    Article : 208 words
  9. SCRAP METAL WANTED.

    The Premier, Mr. Mair, announced yesterday that the State Government supported the Commonwealth Government's drive for scrap metals and other ...

    Article : 192 words
  10. RAIN AND FOG.

    Heavy thunderstorms, the most severe for years, followed by light to moderate falls of rain, occurred in the northeastern quarter of the State yesterday. ...

    Article : 515 words
  11. N.S.W. RECRUITS.

    Recruiting centres throughout New South Wales yesterday reported an undiminished flow of applications. Nearly 700 men were drafted into camp from ...

    Article : 423 words
  12. USE OF STATE FACILITIES.

    The leader of the State Opposition, Mr. McKell, last night urged the Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, to make greater use of the State Governments' ...

    Article : 937 words
  13. BODY ON RAILWAY LINE.

    The body of Stanley Irving Caldwell, 45, a railway employee, of Burwood Road, Concord, was found shockingly mutilated on the railway line between Croydon and Ashfield ...

    Article : 48 words
  14. VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS APPOINTMENT.

    MAJOR-GENERAL GORDON BENNETT, who has been appointed Officer Commanding the R.S.L. Volunteer Defence Corps. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 21 words
  15. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 184 words
  16. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 306 words
  17. "FIFTH COLUMN" IN SOUTH.

    Nine Germans have been arrested for carrying on Nazi activities in Uruguay. Investigators are preparing a report ...

    Article : 114 words
  18. NEW WACKETT TRAINER.

    The first flight tests with a Wackett monoplane trainer, fitted with an American Warner Scarab engine, have been undertaken at Fishermen's Bend, ...

    Article : 216 words
  19. WAR SUPPLIES FROM U.S.A.

    The French liner Pasteur (30,000 tons) has sailed for an unannounced destination, under British orders, carrying trucks and war supplies. ...

    Article : 93 words
  20. LESSON FOR BRITAIN.

    In the second stage of the battle, as in the first, the French Army was defeated, to a large extent, by the clogging of the roads by refugees, by ...

    Article : 242 words
  21. WAR IN AFRICA.

    It is authoritatively stated in Cairo that British troops operating in Libya yesterday took prisoner more than 600 men, including 200 Italians. ...

    Article : 271 words
  22. ITALY'S SEA LOSSES.

    It is announced officially that Italy lost 230,000 tons of mercantile shipping from the time of her entry into the war until June 10. To the same date Germany lost 837,000 tons. ...

    Article : 125 words
  23. TO-DAY.

    Minerva Theatre: "French Without Tears," 2.13, 8.15. Theatre Royal: "H.M.S. Pinafore," 2, 8. Tivoli Theatre: "Oriental Nights," 2.15, 8. ...

    Article : 322 words
  24. TROOPS LEAVE FRANCE.

    Canadian troops who were landed in France recently have been withdrawn A Canadian division which went to France last week was within 30 miles of Paris, when ...

    Article : 131 words
  25. BRITAIN DOES NOT FEAR FOOD SHORTAGE.

    No immediate food shortage is feared in Great Britain. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food, Mr. R. J. Boothby, said yesterday ...

    Article : 114 words
  26. POLICY OF RUMANIA.

    Rumours of an imminent change in the Rumanian Government continue. It is suggested that should the Germans maintain their success. M. Vaida Vocvod, a ...

    Article : 93 words
  27. MAN BURNT TO DEATH.

    The driver of an oil waggon containing 1,350 gallons of petrol was burnt to death when a single-carriage electric train struck the waggon at the Kororoit ...

    Article : 140 words
  28. SOVIET FORCES IN LITHUANIA.

    Russian troops are still pouring into Lithuania, according to Swedish reports. Two thousand tanks have already arrived ...

    Article : 75 words
  29. WAR RISK RATES TO BE HIGHER.

    War risk insurance rates between Britain and Australia have been doubled at 200/ per cent. The rate to America has been raised from 100/ to 150/. ...

    Article : 35 words
  30. £45,000 COLLECTED IN TWO MONTHS.

    Girl Guides had collected £45,000 in two months as a gift to the nation, including £9.753 from the Dominions and colonies. ...

    Article : 30 words
  31. "FITNESS FOR SERVICE"

    The Central Council for Recreative and Physical Training announces the launching of a "Fitness-for-Service" campaign, backed by the Government. ...

    Article : 57 words
  32. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Tin was quoted to-day on the London Stock Exchange at £264 a ton compared with £285/10/ a ton yesterday. Rubber was quoted at 14½d a lb. ...

    Article : 57 words
  33. BRITISH ARMY CALL-UP.

    The Ministry or Labour's calling up of men for the army is being rapidly accelerated. Two further age groups are being registered, including one on June 15 and the other on ...

    Article : 65 words
  34. CHILDREN LEAVING LONDON.

    The last batch of children have left London under the County Council's six days' scheme. It is estimated that only 105,000 have gone of a total child population of 450,000 in the ...

    Article : 42 words
  35. SUBURBAN AND COUNTRY PICTURE THEATRES.

    Programmes of Suburban and Country Picture Theatres will be found in the Amusement Advertisement Section. ...

    Article : 12 words
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