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  2. PICKETS ACTIVE IN QUEENSLAND.

    The miners' "flying squad" of pickets prevented resumption of work at all except one of the Rosewood collieries to-day. ...

    Article : 372 words
  3. RECRUITING FOR ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE.

    Recruiting for the Royal Australian Air Force is now in full swing at the new recruiting depot at Woolloomooloo, where applicants are enrolled, examined, and immediately either accepted or rejected. These pictures were taken at the depot yesterday. Left: Filling in the enrolment form. Top Right: Sir Donald Cameron, Director of the R.A.A.F. Recruiting Drive, talking to recruits. Lower Right: The sign which attracts the attention of prospective recruits. The depot is a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 104 words
  4. NUDE SCENES ON STAGE.

    Mr. Howard Tyrer, who is retiring after 26 years' service as secretary of the Public Morality Council, said in an interview that the council lately had ...

    Article : 518 words
  5. A.L.P. AND WAR.

    The leader of the Federal Parliamentary Labour Party, Mr. Curtin, said in a short-wave broadcast to South Africa last night that in ...

    Article : 371 words
  6. POTATOES TO BE DEARER.

    Tasmanian potatoes will be 1d to 2d a [?]b dearer in Sydney, as a result of an increase of £6 a ton in the wholesale price yesterday. ...

    Article : 619 words
  7. RAIL MEN RETRENCHED.

    Officials of the Atistialian Railways Union stated last night that further retrenchment had taken place in the railways as a result of the coal strike. ...

    Article : 78 words
  8. 100 SCHOLARS AFFECTED.

    The education of moie than 100 scholars attending the Gosford High School and Primary School may be seriously interrupted by the coal strike, because the Raliway ...

    Article : 118 words
  9. RADIO CONTROLLER "OFF THE AIR."

    Radio features conducted on Sunday nights from commercial stations by the controller, the Rev. C. G. Serimgeour, have been suspended by direction of the Prime Minister, Mr. ...

    Article : 83 words
  10. COUNTRY COAL STOCKS.

    Mr. Scully, M. P., said to-night that Mr. W. Beynon (piesident) and Mr. E. Williams (sccretary) of the Werris Creek Miners' Lodge had assured him that it the management of ...

    Article : 112 words
  11. BRITISH ARMY'S GROWTH.

    The growth of the British Army is praised by Paris newspapers in comments on the announcement that 314,430 men registered in Great Britain ...

    Article : 148 words
  12. MOTH MINORS AS TRAINERS.

    Moth Minor ail craft will in future be used very little for instructing R.A.A.F. recruits. The 46 aircraft of that type which arrived ...

    Article : 284 words
  13. NEW MATSON LINERS.

    The Matson Line intends to proceed with its plans for building two luxurious 35,000-ton liners at a cost of more than £A3,125,000 each, for the service ...

    Article : 327 words
  14. AIR RECRUITING SCHEME.

    Ninety-nine R.A.A.F. recruits were enlisted and sent to the Richmond transit camp yesterday, where they will undergo a short period of preliminary ...

    Article : 327 words
  15. BABY SWALLOWS TACK.

    Colin Foye, aged seven months, the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Foye, of Unanderra, is believed to have swallowed a tack at his home to-day. The baby was in a perambulator, ...

    Article : 90 words
  16. BOOM IN AIR TRAVEL.

    A boom in air traffic is reported because of the curtailment of railway passenger services. Anselt Airways, Ltd., repoited: "We are running a full plane out each day, and have ...

    Article : 128 words
  17. HIGHER EXPORTS FROM U.S.A.

    The U.S. Commerce Department revealed yesterday that exports by the United States in the first six months of the war rose by 33 per cent., ...

    Article : 182 words
  18. BIGGER SUPPLIES LIKELY.

    The rise of £6 a ton in the price of potatoes in Sydney to-day is expected to lead to increased digging by Tasmanian farmers this week. With large carry-overs from last week, ...

    Article : 187 words
  19. SOLDIERS' DAY.

    The Soldiers' Day Appeal organised by the United Returned Soldiers' Fund will be held on April 19. Miniature steel hats will be sold, and the proceeds will be used to ...

    Article : 41 words
  20. THE CALL-UP.

    The call-up for employment is announced on page 18, column 5. ...

    Article : 14 words
  21. RAIL TRANSPORT OF FERTILISERS.

    The ban on the transport of fertilisers by rail has been lifted temporarily and the matter will be reviewed again at the end of the week. ...

    Article : 194 words
  22. INDEX.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 218 words
  23. NEUTRAL LOSSES INCREASE.

    Thirteen hundred neutral lives, and on lowest estimate, 164 neutral ships, have been lost by German action since the war began. ...

    Article : 300 words
  24. CONTROL OF IMPORTS.

    Conferences of representatives of many of Australia's important industries will probably be called by the secretary to the Economic Cabinet, Sir ...

    Article : 211 words
  25. MILITIA CAMPS.

    Within the next few weeks mote than 14,000 militia tiamees will bleak camp, after having complpted a course of training designed to give them a ...

    Article : 226 words
  26. APPOINTMENT TO ADMIRALTY.

    Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey Blake has been recalled from retirement and has been appointed as an additional Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff. ...

    Article : 229 words
  27. TRAGIC DEATH OF CONSTABLE.

    Constable Roderick Hugh McKenzie 31, was found shot through the head in his home in Benvenue Street, Randwick, last night. The Central District ...

    Article : 187 words
  28. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 231 words
  29. FLOODED TOWN.

    Reports reached Brisbane to night that because of record flooding of the Bundekin River, all the people in the town of Homehill, which has a ...

    Article : 179 words
  30. FIVE VEHICLES IN ACCIDENT.

    A lorry two motor cars, and two bicycles were involved in an accident at the intersection of Old Canterbury Road and Parramatta Road, Lewisham, yesterday. First the ...

    Article : 152 words
  31. JAPAN FEARS BAN ON COTTONS, RAYONS.

    The Japanese Government fears that Australian import restrictions may be applied to Japanese cottons and rayons, and has instructed its ...

    Article : 142 words
  32. TO-DAY.

    Theatre Royal: "Trial by Jury," "The Pirates of Penzance," 8. Minerva Theatre: "Twelfth Night," 2; "Let's be Intimate," 8.15. ...

    Article : 322 words
  33. INTERFERENCE WITH AMPLIFIERS.

    It is believed that a deliberate attempt was made last night to disoiganlse the loud-speaker system at the midget car race meeting at Cumberland Oval. Parramatta. The start ...

    Article : 127 words
  34. BLAZE IN STUDIO.

    Fire burned out the premises of the New Vogue Studios on the third floor of the Piccadilly Arcade, between Pitt and Castlereagh Streets, city, last night. ...

    Article : 134 words
  35. ITALY READY.

    "Italy is ready to face whatever this late spring brings," declared Signor Mussolini, in an address at Orvieto to students of the Blackshirts Academy. ...

    Article : 117 words
  36. FIRST GAS-FILLING STATION.

    London's first gas-filling station for motor vehicles using gas as fuel has opened near Hyde Park. A supply of 250 cubic feet of gas, equivalent to a gallon of petrol, costs 1 /8, and is delivered in six minutes. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 43 words
  37. RABBI CYRUS ADLER DEAD.

    The death has occurred of Rabbi Cyrus Adler president of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America since 1924. He was aged 67 years. ...

    Article : 98 words
  38. CONCERT IN VATICAN.

    For the first time within living memory and it is believed, for the first time since the Renaissance, an orchestral concert has been held in the Vatican. ...

    Article : 91 words
  39. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Tin was quoted to-day at £250/10/ a ton, compared with £249/10/ on Friday. Rubber was quoted to-day at 11 l-32d per lb. ...

    Article : 108 words
  40. DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL A. C. TEMPERLEY.

    Major-General Arthur Cecil Temperley, who for several years had been Military Correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," died yesterday, at the age of 62 years. ...

    Article : 102 words
  41. SOCIALIST CANDIDATE.

    The Socialist Party has chosen Mr. Norman Thomas as its candidate for the Presidential election in November. It will be his fourth attempt to become President. ...

    Article : 67 words
  42. NEWSPRINT COST HIGHER.

    An increased cost of £8,200 weekly, because of the new price of newsprint, is estimated by one National daily newspaper in Great Britain. ...

    Article : 65 words
  43. DAUGHTER FOR QUEEN OF EGYPT.

    Queen Farida, wife of King Farouk, of Egypt, has given birth to a second, daughter. [The first child of the marriage was borm in November, 1938. She is named Ferial.] ...

    Article : 40 words
  44. 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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