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  2. UNESCORTED CONVOY.

    How the captain of a British merchant ship decided to bring a convoy of 37 ships across the North Sea without naval escort when he heard of the ...

    Article : 345 words
  3. COMMUNISTS IN BRITAIN.

    The Home Secretary, Sir John Anderson, said in the House of Commons yesterday that the Government was considering declaring the Communist ...

    Article : 324 words
  4. NAVAL EPIC.

    The second battle of Narvik on April 13, in which seven enemy destroyers were destroyed, and shore batteries were silenced, at a cost of three ...

    Article : 942 words
  5. BRITISH MINESWEEPER OFF NORWEGIAN COAST.

    A British minesweeper at work off the Norwegian coast, Left. Dropping the sweep overboard to be towed between two vessels. Top right: A minesweeper destroying a mine with shells from a 12-pounder gun. Lower right: Members of the crew putting out the sinker and floats of a magnetic mine sweeper. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 59 words
  6. TAX YIELD LIMIT.

    "Under war conditions, we could not expect to get from existing taxation what we got before," declared the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John ...

    Article : 472 words
  7. AUSTRALIANS' SUCCESS.

    J. E. Lovelock, the New Zealand athlete, has been admitted as a member of the Royal College of Surgeons. The Fellows elected include P. H. Wood, of Melbourne; G. A. ...

    Article : 96 words
  8. PLANES FROM U.S.A.

    The Allied Purchasing Mission in the United States announces that it has signed contracts for 200,000,000 dollars (£A62,500,000) worth of aircraft and ...

    Article : 245 words
  9. FUTURE OF EAST INDIES.

    It is thought in London that the Dutch East Indies are unlikely to cause immediate concern. Reasons given in support of this view are ...

    Article : 98 words
  10. DRUNKENNESS ON ANZAC DAY.

    "On Anzac Day, I was in town between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m., and never have I seen such an exhibition of drunkenness. It was a disgusting sight—soldiers ...

    Article : 196 words
  11. 100 U.S. SHIPS.

    A committee of the House of Representatives has favourably reported on the Administration's bill to authorise the Maritime Commission to sell to ...

    Article : 101 words
  12. MILK CARTERS' UNION.

    The Milk and Ice Carters and Dairymen's Employees' Union of New South Wales has withdrawn its affiliation from the State branch of the Australian ...

    Article : 102 words
  13. AUSTRALIAN SOPRANO'S. SUCCESS.

    The correspondent, of the "Times" at Rome says that the Melbourne soprano Linda Deli (Linda Hobbs) proved a great success at two concerts. The second concert was attended ...

    Article : 38 words
  14. PLANES AND GUNS.

    "It was inevitable that, with an economic system framed for peace we should be a little slow in starting but we now have been at war for eight ...

    Article : 221 words
  15. THE CALL-UP.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 19 words
  16. SAVING FOREIGN EXCHANGE.

    The Commonwealth Government is trying to make further savings in foreign exchange amounting it is believed, to more than £7,000,000 a year. ...

    Article : 179 words
  17. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 160 words
  18. COUNTRY BRANCHES JOIN PARTY.

    Against the advice of Mr. Clark M.P., a meeting of 14 members of the Dubbo branch of the A.L.P. decided to join the Australian Labour Party (Non-Communist). ...

    Article : 154 words
  19. TAINTED MEAT.

    The High Court delivered judgment for the defendants in a case brought by the owners of a cargo of meat that was laden on the freighter Australia Sta[?] ...

    Article : 179 words
  20. TEMPERANCE PRESIDENTS VIEWS.

    The Rev. Wallace Deane, who is president, of the New South Wales Temperance Alliance, said last, night that he deplored the amount of drunkenness apparent on Anzac ...

    Article : 149 words
  21. CANADA TO SIBERIA.

    Yukon and Southern Airways are negotiating with Russia for the establishment of an airline from Canada to Vladivostok. The new service would bring eastern Canada ...

    Article : 62 words
  22. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 289 words
  23. NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED.

    In a leading article, the "Daily Telegraph" criticises Sir Herbert Williams, M.P. (Con.), who, during the Budget debate in the House of Commons on ...

    Article : 180 words
  24. "DAWN SERVICE NOT DISREGARDED."

    Mr. R. B. King, senior vice-president of the Cronulla returned soldiers' sub-branch, in a statement yesterday, denied that the subbranch had "officially disregarded a dawn ...

    Article : 143 words
  25. WESTERN FRONT.

    The French night communique yesterday stated: "A party of sharpshooters in the Vosges routed an enemy detachment which had laid an ambush near an outpost." ...

    Article : 53 words
  26. PETROL HOARDING FEARED.

    The Service Station Association of New South Wales has asked the Federal Government to issue a warning against the hoarding of petrol in anticipation of a price increase ...

    Article : 80 words
  27. FIVE YEARS' GAOL.

    At the Manchester Assizes Henry Ballantine Best, 24. a clerk, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment on a charge of have attempted to murder Judge Burgis, the chairman of the ...

    Article : 70 words
  28. WAR TRADE PACTS.

    The Ministry of Economic Warfare announces that war trade agreements have, been concluded between Britain and Switzerland and France and Switzerland. ...

    Article : 59 words
  29. BALTIC STATES.

    The Foteign Office has announced that the King has approved of the following appointments:—"Mr. Robert Howe, Counsellor in the Foreign Office, to be Minister at Riga; Mr. ...

    Article : 66 words
  30. NAZIS "HONOUR" BRAZILIANS.

    The form which German propaganda is taking in Latin America, which Americans find unpleasantly provocative, is reported in a despatch to the ...

    Article : 211 words
  31. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Tin was quoted to-day at £255/15/ a ton. compared with £255/5/ yesterday. Rubber was quoted at 11 1-16d a lb. Mining quotations:—Broken Hill, 21/6; ...

    Article : 78 words
  32. MAN PUNCHES SHARK.

    The Premier, General Smuts, has recommended that a young man in Natal should be awarded the King's Medal for his bravery in going to the assistance of a man who was ...

    Article : 71 words
  33. DUKE OF KENT'S AIR FORCE APPOINTMENT.

    The Duke of Kent has relinquished his appointment in the Intelligence Division of the Admiralty and has been appointed staff officer to the Training Command of the R.A.F., ...

    Article : 46 words
  34. U.S. EXPORTS DECLINE.

    United States exports in March were valued at 352,000,000 dollars (£A110,000,000), 16,000,000 dollars (£A5,000,000) below the figures for December and January. ...

    Article : 46 words
  35. R.A.F. PILOTS MISSING.

    Acting Flight-Lieutenant R. P. A. Harrison. who was a participant in the R.A.F. flying-boat squadron's flight to Australia in 1037. is reported missing. ...

    Article : 74 words
  36. HUGE EXPENDITURE BY GERMANY.

    The "Vierjahresplan," the official magazine of the Reich Economic Four-year Plan, says that Germany already has spent £250,000,000 more in the present war than she did ...

    Article : 58 words
  37. MINERS' LEADERS CONFER ON STRIKE.

    Leaders of the mining unions discussing with the Leader of the Federal Opposition, Mr. Curtin, and officials of the Australasian Council of Trades Unions yesterday the Prime Minister's ultimatum that miners must return to work next week. From Left: Mr. T. Hoare (president of the Northern Miners' Federation), Mr. Curtin, Mr. A. Monk (president of the A.C.T.U.), Mr. C. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 96 words
  38. TO-DAY.

    Town Hall: Orchestral concert and Maria Mar[?]an, 8.15. Conservatorium: "High Tor." 8. Theatre Royal: "The Yeomen of the Guard." 2. ...

    Article : 375 words
  39. MORE MEN IN WORK.

    The Commonwealth Government's war effort is rapidly reducing unemployment. Returns submitted by trade unions show that, during the March ...

    Article : 270 words
  40. NEW BISHOP OF AUCKLAND.

    Archdeacon W. J. Simkin has been elected new Bishop of Auckland. ...

    Article : 18 words
  41. NAVAL CASUALTIES.

    The Admiralty has announced the list of casualties suffered recently in H.M. ships Eclipse, Hotspur, Rodney, and Hunter. The Eclipse, which was damaged in ...

    Article : 172 words
  42. TIMBER PRICES FIXED.

    Timber prices for the metropolitan area of Sydney were fixed to-day by the Commonwealth Prices Commission[?]r, Professor D. B. Copland, on the basis of the April price list ...

    Article : 97 words
  43. OIL FOUND IN TURKEY.

    The first rich oil deposits in Turkey have been found in the district of Besiri. Indications [?]tify the hopes that eventually Turkey will be able to meet all her own ...

    Article : 63 words
  44. WOMAN MURDERED.

    Jealousy is thought to be the motive for the murder of a woman at Morningside and the suicide of her husband this afternoon or early to-night. ...

    Article : 81 words
  45. COMMUNIST SPIES IN U.S.A.

    Giving evidence before the Dies Committee on un-American activities, a former Communist organiser, Ezra Chase, testified that the Comm[?]nist Party had planted members ...

    Article : 61 words
  46. U.S. CREDIT TO NORWAY.

    President Roosevelt has proclaimed that a state of war exists between Norway and Germany, and has applied the U.S. Neutrality Act to Norway. ...

    Article : 63 words
  47. SUBURBAN AND COUNTRY PICTURE THEATRES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 26 words
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