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  2. COTTAGES FOR WORKERS.

    The Rural Bank has received 2,100 applications from workers for assistance to build their own homes since February 9, when the Government ...

    Article : 296 words
  3. RIGHTS AT SEA.

    The text of the British Government's reply to the Italian Note of March 3 regarding belligerents' rights at sea was issued to-day. An ...

    Article : 738 words
  4. PEACE HOPES GONE.

    The Italian people have abandoned hope that Signor Mussolini's activities, combined with the visit to Europe of President Roosevelt's personal envoy, ...

    Article : 423 words
  5. ARREST OF WITNESS.

    Charles Reginald Donaldson, 42, salesman, a witness in the case at the Central Police Court, in which Ronald Bruce Walker, M.L.A., William ...

    Article : 807 words
  6. WORLD'S LARGEST LINER STARTS SECRET VOYAGE.

    The Queen Elizabeth, 85,000 tons, Britain's new £6,000,000 liner, leaving Brown's Basin, on the Clyde, to start her secret voyage to New York this month. This picture, which arrived by air mail yesterday, was released for publication only when the ship arrived in New York, the whole departure being kept secret. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 58 words
  7. TWO CYCLISTS KILLED.

    Two cyclists were killed instantly when they collided with a motor car in Illawarra Road, Port Kembla, late last night. They were Allen Edward Fitzgerald[?] whose ...

    Article : 98 words
  8. COMMUNIST HUNT IN FRANCE.

    The trial of 44 Communists, former members of the Chamber of Deputies, who are charged with having illegally attempted to reorganise the Communist ...

    Article : 264 words
  9. NEUTRALITY OF JAPAN.

    The British Ambassador to Japan, Sir Robert Craigie, conferred with the Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. Arita, for an hour, and, it is believed, sought ...

    Article : 120 words
  10. EXTREMISTS REBUKED.

    Mr. Gandhi in a vigorous speech denouncing civil disobedience until his condition of "non-violence" had been fulfilled triumphed over the ...

    Article : 159 words
  11. SHIPPING ROUTES.

    An ambitious scheme for an exchange of shipping trade routes by Britain and the United States which the United States Maritime Commission is ...

    Article : 120 words
  12. ANZAC DAY PARTY FOR SOLDIERS.

    Dr. Mary Booth, president of the Anzac Fellowship of Women, yesterday appealed for contributions for the Anzac Day party for soldiers on April 25. ...

    Article : 154 words
  13. SUPPRESSION OF GRAFT.

    The Minister for Supply, Dr. E. L. Burgin, announced in the House of Commons yesterday a new regulation which provides heavy penalties for ...

    Article : 295 words
  14. RENEWED DEMANDS FOR RECALL.

    Isolationists within and without Congress have renewed their demands for the recall of the newly-appointed United States Minister to Canada. Mr. James Cromwell, and ...

    Article : 193 words
  15. YARRA BAY OIL REFINERY.

    The proposal to erect an oil refinery on Crown lands at Yarra Bay, near La Perouse, may be approved at the next mpeting of the Randwick Council. ...

    Article : 149 words
  16. RESOURCES OF AFRICA.

    The Prime Minister of South Africa, General Smuts, in a speech at, the opening of the Johannesburg Agricultural Show, visualised Pan-African ...

    Article : 161 words
  17. LABOUR PARTY EXPELS M.P.

    The national executive of the Labour Party, by 17 votes to three, expelled Mr. D. N. Pritt, M.P. for Hammersmith North, from membership of the Labour ...

    Article : 86 words
  18. PRAISED BY ENEMY.

    Patrick Cummins, wireless operator of the Tairoa, and William Stubbs, captain of the Doric Star, who were both captives of the German "pocket ...

    Article : 236 words
  19. U.S. WAR PLANES FOR ALLIES.

    The inquiry by the Aviation Sub-committee of the House of Representatives, into whether the sale of United States war planes to Britain and France ...

    Article : 107 words
  20. WELFARE OF COLONIES.

    A bill designed to promote the development and welfare of British colonies, it is understood, will be introduced in the House of Commons after Easter. ...

    Article : 287 words
  21. GAS DISPUTE.

    Delegates, representing unions in the gas industry, met at the Trades Hall yesterday. It was decided to call midday meetings of employees at all works and depots one dav next ...

    Article : 81 words
  22. SILVER PURCHASES BY U.S.A.

    Ignoring a plea by the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Henry Morgenthau, jnr., the Senate Banking Committee approved a proposal to repeal the Treasury's authority to ...

    Article : 110 words
  23. CROP CONTROL IN U.S.A.

    The Senate over-rode the economy forces and approved a Farm Parity Fund of 212,000,000 dollars (£A66,250,000) to enable payment to farmers co-operating in the crop ...

    Article : 155 words
  24. INDEX.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 174 words
  25. STRIKE AT NEWSPAPER

    The first and second editions of the "Sun" newspaper were not issued yesterday because members of the Printing Industry Employees' Union employed by Associated Newspapers. ...

    Article : 125 words
  26. ARMAMENT FACTORIES.

    Dr. Burgin announced in the House of Commons yesterday that 37 more ordnance factories were being planned. The majority would be producing in ...

    Article : 152 words
  27. GERMAN PATROL ROUTED.

    Five Germans were killed and one German was captured when a British patrol defeated an enemy patrol in a sharp fight beyond the Maginot Line ...

    Article : 125 words
  28. DAIRYMEN ATTACK USE OF MARGARINE.

    Fears that the increasing use of margarine in wartime would seriously damage the dairying industry of Australia were expressed at a luncheon given by the Producers' ...

    Article : 163 words
  29. KINGSFORD SMITH AIRPORT.

    It is proposed to resume land used by a diary and by the New South Wales Gun Club for extensions to the Kingsford Smith airport[?] Demolition of buildings on the dairy ...

    Article : 292 words
  30. ADVERTISEMENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 244 words
  31. NAZIS ORDER FOREIGNERS OUT OF POLAND.

    Evidence that the German Government is no longer anxious to have foreign observers in Polish and Czech areas is contained in the issue of an order by the Government ...

    Article : 104 words
  32. A.I.F. APPOINTMENTS.

    Major-General 1. G. Mackay (left), Commanding Officer of the 2nd Division (Militia), and Lieutenant-General J. D. Lavarack (right), G.O.C. Southern Command, who have been appointed to command the 6th and 7th Divisions, respectively, of the Second A.I.F. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 39 words
  33. FIVE YEARS' GAOL FOR MANSLAUGHTER.

    James Simpson, 33, of North Melbourne, wharf-labourer, was sentenced in General Sessions yesterday to imprisonment for five years. ...

    Article : 72 words
  34. CASEY FAMILY FLIES TO WASHINGTON.

    The Australian Minister, Mr. Casey, and his family have arrived in Washington by plane. They hope to move into their house within a fortnight. ...

    Article : 73 words
  35. COLOURING PLAN OPPOSED

    The proposed amendment of regulations governing the export of margarine to provide for the inclusion of colouring matter, was strongly opposed at a meeting of the ...

    Article : 147 words
  36. EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS VENUE.

    General Franco announced to-day that the International Eucharistie Congress in 1942 would be held at Seville. ...

    Article : 25 words
  37. BRITAIN'S LIVING COSTS RISE.

    The official general cost of living index since the outbreak of war has risen in Britain by 31 per cent. Food prices have increased 40 per cent., and[?] ...

    Article : 93 words
  38. NEW "HARVEST OF DEATH."

    "While the commission was still finding on the battlefields of the last war the remains of men who gave their lives to end war, it had to prepare for a new harvest of death," ...

    Article : 79 words
  39. TO-DAY.

    Town Hall: "The Messiah," 8. University: Carillon recital, 8. Pitt Street Congregational Church: Sacred concert, 8. ...

    Article : 42 words
  40. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Mr. John Farrow, Australian-born film director, and husband of Maureen O'Sullivan, the film actress, has been given the rank of Lieutenant and assigned to duty as Navy ...

    Article : 39 words
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