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  2. DEATH OF ARCHBISHOP KELLY.

    Dr. Michael Kelly, fourth Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, and the world's oldest prelate in charge of a diocese, died at 12.50 p.m. yesterday. He was 90 years of age, and was ordained priest more than ...

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  3. BIGGER A.I.F.

    All the 90,000 soldiers to be sent overseas in the Australian Army Corps would be recruited by voluntary enlistment on a quota system, the Minister ...

    Article : 609 words
  4. 'COAL STRIKE IS ON.'

    "The coal strike is now on throughout Australia," said the general secretary of the Miners' Federation, Mr. W. Orr, last night. ...

    Article : 861 words
  5. R.A.F. OVER POLAND.

    The longest reconnaissance and propaganda flight of the war—to Posen (Western Poland) and back— was made by the Royal Air Force ...

    Article : 424 words
  6. ANTI-MINE DEVICE.

    The enterprise of American journalists in discovering that the giant Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth was fitted with a non-magnetic girdle on her ...

    Article : 208 words
  7. ALLIES URGED TO FIGHT FOR FINNS.

    Many Paris newspapers to-day urge that the Allies should intervene on a big scale in the war in Finland. The first British volunteers have arrived in Finland and others will soon follow. ...

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  8. LINER GUARDED.

    The close secrecy which marked the liner Queen Elizabeths dramatic voyage to New York is being continued now that she is here, and 157 police ...

    Article : 535 words
  9. TWO MORE HEINKELS SHOT DOWN.

    On two succeeding days R.A.F. planes have shot down Heinkel bombers off the Scottish coast. The Air Ministry announces that R.A.P. ...

    Article : 354 words
  10. "I'M A GUNMAN."

    "I am a gunman," James Savage told Mr. Aitken, P.M., when he was asked his occupation, in the Brisbane Police Court, to-day. ...

    Article : 199 words
  11. U.S. NEUTRALITY.

    The United States Ambassador, Mr. J. P. Kennedy, who has just returned to London, emphasised in an interview that the average American was ...

    Article : 325 words
  12. GERMAN PLANE BOMBS ITALIAN SHIP.

    The Italian collier Amelia Lauro (5,335 tons) was set on fire in the North Sea, after having been bombed by a German plane. ...

    Article : 498 words
  13. NO INCREASES IN BRIDGE TOLL.

    The Minister for Transport, Mr. Bruxner, said last night that the Government had no intention of increasing the toll charges on the Sydney ...

    Article : 101 words
  14. QUEENSLAND DECISIONS.

    Coalminers, at their aggregate meeting to-day, at Scottsville, caried the strike proposal by 80 votes to 8. At Collingsville the vote was 130 to 87 in ...

    Article : 35 words
  15. PROTECTION FOR TRADERS.

    The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, said to-day that the Commonwealth Government had given consideration to the effects of price control on a falling ...

    Article : 304 words
  16. FINE AND WARM WEEK-END.

    Fine and warm weather is forecast for Sydney during the week-end. The Assistant State Meteorologist, Mr. Newman, said last night that he could see ...

    Article : 101 words
  17. SHOT DOWN IN TURKEY.

    It is officially announced that antiaircraft batteries brought down a Bulgarian plane which was flying over Turkish territory. ...

    Article : 54 words
  18. HUGE INSURANCE CONTRACT.

    Every marine underwriting syndicate registered at Lloyd's, all the recognised marine insurance companies in London and Liverpool, and several Scottish ...

    Article : 107 words
  19. NAZI PLANS TO BE EXPOSED.

    The Minister for Information, Sir John Reith, referring to a recent article in the popular German weekly, "Die Woche," describing how a victorious ...

    Article : 111 words
  20. MARTIAL LAW IN HOLLAND.

    The Defence Minister, Dr. van Dijk, told Parliament to-day that a Royal decree was being prepared to extend martial law "to the greater patt of the Netherlands." ...

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  21. CATCHMENT AREA SAFEGUARDS.

    The secretary of the Water Board, Mr. G. C. Hicks, yesterday issued a warning against trespassing on catchment areas. Offenders, he said, would be liable to severe penalties. ...

    Article : 125 words
  22. MESSAGES TO DR. PANICO.

    The Apostolic Delegate, Archbishop Panico, yesterday received the following message from the Governor-General and Lady Gowrie: "Deepest sympathy ...

    Article : 198 words
  23. OVERSEA NEWS.

    Such of the oversea news in this issue as is headed "From Our Own Correspondent" of Herald Exclusive Service" is from a service owned and controlled entirely by "The Sydney Morning Herald" ...

    Article : 146 words
  24. NEW SUBMARINE BASE FOR U.S.A.

    The United States Navy Department has allocated 300,000 dollars (£A93,750) for the immediate commencement of a large submarine base at St. Thomas, in the Virgin ...

    Article : 45 words
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