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  2. COST OF WAR EFFORT.

    The House of Representatives to-day passed bills providing for an expenditure for war and defence purposes of £77,740,000, of which £68,740,000 is to ...

    Article : 414 words
  3. RECRUITING IN N.S.W.

    Colonel Somerville, who is organising the recruiting campaign in the Eastern Command, said last night that no man in the city or country need fear that he ...

    Article : 489 words
  4. ARMAMENTS DRIVE.

    The Minister for Laboui and National Service, Mr. Einest Beun announces that the Ministiy intends to train workers for armament industries at the ...

    Article : 430 words
  5. SUCCESS AT NARVIK.

    The share of the Allied forces in the final triumph at Narvik, the iron ore port in Norway, passes almost unnoticed in Britain, as ...

    Article : 657 words
  6. APPEAL TO U.S.A.

    In a broadcast the President of Harvard University, Dr. J. B. Conant, in god that the United States should give immediate aid to the Allies in ...

    Article : 769 words
  7. WITHDRAWAL FROM THE NORTH.

    [?]h Germans have been unable to break the positions protecting the line of retreat of the British and French forces in Flanders towards the North Sea coast. The British Army is now confined to a narrow pocket of flat country laced with canals. The pocket is nowhere 20 miles wide and probably no British troops are more ban 30 miles from the coast from Dunkirk, heroic efforts are still apparently being meade to evacuate the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 115 words
  8. TRADE WITH BRITAIN.

    The Moscow Radio announced yesterday that the Soviet Government had informed Britain that Sir Stafford Clipps's mission was "not acceptable." ...

    Article : 249 words
  9. U.S. EXPORTS TO JAPAN.

    The well-known political gossip column, "Washington Meriy-go-round," states that large orders by Japan for machine tools are now being filled by ...

    Article : 122 words
  10. CURFEW IMPOSED ON ALIENS.

    The Home Office has ordered that horn Monday, all aliens over 16 years of age will be subject to a curfew from 10.30 p.m. to 6 a.m. except in London, ...

    Article : 290 words
  11. AUSTRALIAN SUCCESSES IN LAST WAR.

    The Minister for the Army, Mr. Street, in a nation-wide broadcast appeal for recruits to-night, said that the Empire won the last war, and it was ...

    Article : 218 words
  12. SHIPPING LEAVES CHANNEL.

    The North Sea and the English Channel lately have been almost deseited by merchantmen. The Scandinavian Belgian and Dutch sea trade ...

    Article : 411 words
  13. MORE FINE WEATHER

    Mainly fine weather is forecast for Sydney to-day, with moderate day temperature. A cold, misty night is likely. The weather over the State should be ...

    Article : 114 words
  14. JAPAN'S INTENTIONS.

    Military authorities said heie that Japan was determined to end the Sino-Japanese war very soon to enable hei to turn her attention fully to the Allies' Far Eastern territory. ...

    Article : 58 words
  15. NAZIS BOAST OF MOTOR BOATS.

    Germany, it is reported intends to use hundreds of high-speed motorboats in an attempt to blockade Britain and cripple the Royal Navy. ...

    Article : 222 words
  16. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 178 words
  17. BOMBING RAIDS ON CHUNGKING.

    Japanese planes, for the fifth consecutive day, bombed Chungking, the temporary Chinpse capital. The raids have caused more than 2,000 ...

    Article : 71 words
  18. DIRECTOR-GENERAL'S ADDRESS.

    The Director-General of Recruiting, Brigadier-General H. W. Lloyd. in a nation-wide broadcast over 100 stations to-night, said that the rate of flow of recruits would be governed ...

    Article : 153 words
  19. REFUGEES FROM EUROPE.

    Members of the Government and Allied diplomats are believed to be discussing plans for settling European refugees in Alaska. ...

    Article : 92 words
  20. ARGENTINE SHIP SUNK.

    The Argentine steamer Uruguay (3,425 tons), bound for Ireland with a cargo of wheat, was sunk by a German submarine 130 miles west of Finisterre ...

    Article : 59 words
  21. SHARP SOVIET NOTE TO LITHUANIA.

    The Soviet Premier and Minister for Foreign Affairs, M. Molotoff, has despatched a Note accusing the Lithuanian Government of conniving at the kidnapping and torturing, of ...

    Article : 96 words
  22. QUEEN MARY'S NEPHEW

    Lord Frederick Cambiidge, nephew of Queen Mary, who was reported missing in France, was killed in action Lord Piederlek Cambridge was the brother ...

    Article : 74 words
  23. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 258 words
  24. ARRESTS IN CANADA.

    The organiser of the National Unity Party, Joseph Farr, and a member of the party, John Lorimer, were charged at Toronto under the Defence of Canada regulations. ...

    Article : 157 words
  25. VICTORIAN QUOTA EXCEEDED.

    The Victorian quota of 8,5OO men for the 7th Division and Corps Troops has been exceeded with to-days enlistments. QUEENSLAND ENLISTMENTS. ...

    Article : 125 words
  26. DEFE0RED PAY OF A.I.F.

    The question of dpfeiicd pay continues to gue rise to complaints by officers of the A.I.F., who contend they are unfairly treated in this regard. ...

    Article : 233 words
  27. HOSPITAL SHIPS SUNK.

    The Germans sank two hospital ships some days ag[?] at Dieppe. The ships were clearly marked, and it is impassible Hint the Germans did not recognise them from the air. ...

    Article : 79 words
  28. ATTACK ON TROTSKY.

    A reward of 5,000 pesos has been offered for information as to the whereabouts, of Leon Ttotsky's assailants. Five Mexicans have been arrested and also ...

    Article : 109 words
  29. CLAIMS DOUBTED.

    Two eminent Sydney experts last night commented on the suggested use by the Nazis of a power boal capable of a speed of 80 Knots propelled by a gas operated engine. Their ...

    Article : 240 words
  30. ITALIAN CABINET MEETING

    The Italian Cabinet is to meet on June 4 ...

    Article : 21 words
  31. CANADIAN AIRMEN.

    A further contingent of Canadian airmen reached a British port yesterday. ...

    Article : 18 words
  32. THE RETREAT IN FLANDERS.

    British and French troops are fighting a magnificent rearguart action towards the coast under the most intense artillery and an bombardment. A considerable portion ...

    Article : 345 words
  33. POSITION OF EXECUTORS.

    Mr. Anthony (C.P. N.S.W.) pointed out, in the House of Representative to-day, that ma[?] men who were anxious to enlist were prevented from doing so by their ...

    Article : 90 words
  34. ORDER FOR 49 LOCKHEEDS

    The 49 Lockheed planes which had been ordered by the Commonwealth Government for delivery late this year will be made available to the British ...

    Article : 174 words
  35. BRITISH WORKMEN ANSWER CALL.

    The appeal by the Secretary for War, Mr. Anthony Eden, for volunteers between the ages of 17 and 65 for the Defence Force to Heal with German parachute troops, met with an immediate response. Workmen are shown waiting to register at a police, station al Hendon, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 58 words
  36. TO-DAY.

    Minerva Theatre: "French Without Tears," 8.15. Theatre Royal[?] "The Mikado," 8. Tivoli Theatre: "Oriental Nights," 2.[?]5, 8. ...

    Article : 300 words
  37. OFFER BY TAREE.

    The Minister for Works and Loral Government, Mr. Martin, said yesterday that the Mayor of Taree had asked him to convey to the military authorities the offer of the people ...

    Article : 65 words
  38. PANAMA ELECTIONS.

    The Panamanian Ambassador. Mr. Boyd announced that arrested in the Canal Zone a[?] Panama had thwarted a Communist Socialis[?] plot forelbly to prevent the national [?]ections ...

    Article : 70 words
  39. PERTH BOOKSELLER ARRESTED.

    Detectives visited the Radical Bookshop in William Streel this evening and arrested the manager, William Dean, 43, described as an Englishman, on two charges under the ...

    Article : 121 words
  40. SPANISH NEUTRALITY.

    Sir Samuel Hoare, newly-appointed British Ambassador to Spain, arrived on his way to Madrid. He will continue his journey on June 1. ...

    Article : 83 words
  41. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Tin was quoted to-day at £273/10/ a ton[?] compared with £270 yesterday. Rubber was quoted at 11 11-16d a [?]b. Mining quotations: North Broken Hill, 30/; ...

    Article : 68 words
  42. GUARDING OF POSTAL BUILDINGS.

    An appeal has been made by the Postal Department to employees in the engineering branch to volunteer for service as guards for departmental premises during certain hours. ...

    Article : 54 words
  43. SUBURBAN AND COUNTRY PICTURE THEATRES.

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

    Article : 21 words
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