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  2. REINFORCING A.I.F.

    Reinforcements for the Second A.I.F. will be enlisted from the beginning of March at the rate of about 2,400 a month They will be trained ...

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  3. WAR POWERS.

    The first use of its wartime powers to declare certain commodities necessary for national defence was made by the Commonwealth Government ...

    Article : 175 words
  4. A LONG WAY TO BROKEN HILL.

    The thirty-five men who have struck on the Broken Hill-Menindee railway line have succeeded in disorganising the transport of a big area of the west of ...

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  5. TERRORISTS HANGED.

    Peter Barnes and James Richards, Irish Republican Army terrorists, were hanged at Birmingham Gaol at 9 o'clock this morning. ...

    Article : 344 words
  6. SAME ARMY POLICY.

    The recent change in Secretaries for War in Britain will not involve any change in Army policy. This statement was made by the ...

    Article : 657 words
  7. "ARMY OF THE DESERTS" ON PARADE.

    Britain's "Army of the Deserts," the second largest force in the Empire, will be on parade in Cairo to-day. General Weygand, the Commander-in-Chief of the French forces in Syria, who is on a visit to Cairo to confer with ...

    Article : 817 words
  8. RETURN OF GERMANS.

    The Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. Arita, told the Diet in Tokyo to-day that the Government had decided to accept Britain's offer to return nine of ...

    Article : 535 words
  9. "CHRONIC SHORTAGE."

    Since the doubling of the militia, early last year, supplies of uniforms have been insufficient. When the war broke out, Australia was without any ...

    Article : 293 words
  10. TRAMP RESCUES MANY.

    The British steamer Munster, 4,305 tons, sank after a violent explosion. All the passengers and crew were saved. A tramp steamer rescued the majority ...

    Article : 558 words
  11. SHARK ATTACKS.

    A public meeting held by the North Brighton Progress Association last night decided to send a deputation to the Rockdale Council urging the ...

    Article : 294 words
  12. JAPAN'S ATTITUDE TO U.S.A.

    The Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. Arita, in the Diet to-day, admitted the legality of the United States' denunciation of its trade treaty with Japan. ...

    Article : 115 words
  13. TALK MAY COST LIVES.

    "Careless talk costs lives" is the motto of posters distributed throughout the country by the Ministry of Information in a "nation-wide ...

    Article : 413 words
  14. LESS MEAT TO EAT.

    The meat rationing plan announced yesterday means that, at present prices, an individual is limited to a lb of steak, or three chops, totalling lib 3oz, ...

    Article : 230 words
  15. BRITAIN'S NEW ARMS PLAN.

    Details of the British Government's new arms programme have not been disclosed, except by the Minister for Labour and National Services, Mr. ...

    Article : 496 words
  16. QUOTA FOR NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Military authorities in Sydney estimate that the quota of A.I.F. reinforcements to be raised in New South Wales will piobably be about 800 a month. The actual numbers to be ...

    Article : 83 words
  17. HUNGARY'S ATTACK.

    The 'Pester Lloyd," the well-known Hungarian newspaper, publishes a Government-inspired attack against Rumania and against the recent ...

    Article : 151 words
  18. AIR RECRUITS.

    If present plans are adhered to, 4,000 members of air crews, comprising pilots, observers, wireless operators, and air-gunners, will be in training in ...

    Article : 122 words
  19. FAIR RENTS.

    State Ministers are surprised that only a little more than 100 applications for the fixing of rents have been made to the Fair Rents Court since the Fair ...

    Article : 162 words
  20. DRUG SHORTAGE.

    The shortage in Australia of a number of essential pharmaceutical preparations for which the Commonwealth is dependent on oversea supplies was ...

    Article : 254 words
  21. LIGHTSHIPS TO BE DEFENDED.

    In the House of, Commons this afternoon, the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Churchill, said that Britain was taking steps to defend lightships off ...

    Article : 272 words
  22. RECORD PRICE OF GOLD.

    The Australian price of £10/13/3 a fine ounce for gold, which was announced yesterday by the Commonwealth Bank, is the highest on record. ...

    Article : 103 words
  23. AGRICULTURAL POLICY.

    Describing the Government's measures to bolster up agriculture as ludicrous, Mr. Lloyd George, in the House of Commons, said it was not enough for ...

    Article : 135 words
  24. PUPPET REGIME FOR CHINA.

    The Premier of Japan, Admiral Yonai, answering members of the Diet, said that Japan was willing to accept members of the Chinese Government, even ...

    Article : 124 words
  25. PLANE MISSING IN QUEENSLAND.

    A Dragon Rapide plane piloted by Captain W. Wiltshire and owned by Airlines of Australia, Ltd, is missing in wild countiy near the Gulf of ...

    Article : 146 words
  26. KANGAROO ATTACKS BOY.

    A kangaroo at bay attacked Lawrence Myers, 14, near his home at Sandy Hollow, and with teeth and claws inflicted serious injuries. ...

    Article : 170 words
  27. DEPARTMENT'S WARNING.

    The Australian Department of information yesterday issued a statement pointing out the dangers of gossip on subjects relating to defence and war activities. ...

    Article : 69 words
  28. DEFENCE OF EAST INDIES.

    The Netherlands Cabinet discussed the defences of the Netherlands Indies and. it is believed, decided to accept the recommendations which a technical ...

    Article : 114 words
  29. REGISTRATION FOR TRAINING.

    Military area officers are now concentrating on the registiation for compulsory training of men who will reach the age of 21 in the second half of this year, and those who will ...

    Article : 154 words
  30. BOMB KILLS POLICE INSPECTOR.

    A German rushed to police headquarters with a package which had been delivered to his hotel, and said: "I think it's a bomb." While an anti-espionage inspector was ...

    Article : 81 words
  31. MINE SHAKES COAST TOWN.

    A German mine exploded and destroyed the middle section of an east coast pier, wrecking a theatre on the pier. The whole district was shaken, and windows ...

    Article : 79 words
  32. OVERSEA NEWS.

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

    Article : 147 words
  33. EXPLOSION IN TRAM.

    An explosion in a Wellington tramrar partially wrecked the front portion of the tram. Boards were torn up. and windows broken, but no one was injured. ...

    Article : 57 words
  34. FIRE DESTROYS BRITISH PLANES.

    Eight aeroplanes and five aero engines were destroyed by fire at a civil aerodrome at Romford, Essex. ...

    Article : 26 words
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