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  2. ARMY TRANSPORT WAGGON CONVOY.

    Members of the Eastern Command Army Service Corps arrived at the Rosebery Racecourse camp yesterday afternoon with a convoy of new transport waggons which they brought from Melbourne. These waggons will be sent overseas with the next contingent of the Second A.I.F. Top: Major J. A. Hill, in charge of the Eastern Command A.S.C., chatting to the men on their ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. COMMUNISTS STONED.

    Several stones were thrown at Communist Party speakers this afternoon, as they drove away on the lorry from which they had addressed a meeting ...

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  4. HARDENING SPIRIT.

    As the time is approaching when some sort of large-scale offensive becomes possible, there are many signs of a hardening of the British ...

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  5. SMALL NET LOSS.

    The Minister for Co-ordination of Defence, Admiral of the Fleet Lord Chatfield, declared in a speech at Cardiff yesterday that the net loss to the ...

    Article : 545 words
  6. PARLIAMENT TO MEET SOON.

    The State Cabinet will consider to day the legislative programme for the State Parliament in the session which will be resumed on February 28. ...

    Article : 588 words
  7. SEA WAR ON NEUTRALS.

    Neutrals are becoming increasingly resentful at German piracy against peaceful merchantmen, and there is a growing agitation for a united ...

    Article : 458 words
  8. BRAWLS IN SYDNEY.

    Soldiers were involved in a number of brawls in Sydney during the weekend. Constable W. Stewart, 29, attached to ...

    Article : 195 words
  9. BRITISH SHIPS.

    The British steamer Baron Ailsa (3,656 tons) struck a mine in the North Sea, and sank in three minutes. The Royal Navy picked up 32 survivors ...

    Article : 403 words
  10. M. BLUM ATTACKS CENSORSHIP.

    The French Socialist leader and former Premier, M. Blum, bitterly attacked the censorship when he opened a debate on the control of the Press in the ...

    Article : 227 words
  11. DETECTIVE INJURED IN ASSAULT.

    Detective Sabine, of Clarence Street police station, received a heavy blow on the head when arresting a man at the corner of Railway Parade and Burwood Road, Burwood, ...

    Article : 98 words
  12. VICTIMS OF GRAF SPEE.

    Mr. Victor Rudolph Phelan, fosterson of Mrs. Alfred Liston, of James Street, Leichhardt, was a member of the crew of the Tairoa when she was ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 337 words
  13. WAR MINISTER AT FRONT.

    The Secretary for War, Mr. Oliver Stanley, who is visiting the British Expeditionary Force, spent all, yesterday inspecting troops in the British forward ...

    Article : 198 words
  14. BRITAIN'S DUAL TASK.

    "I believe that we can maintain our fighting forces at full strength and at the same time expand our export trade," said the Lord Privy Seal, Sir ...

    Article : 206 words
  15. BULGARIA'S CHANGE.

    The change last week in the Bulgarian Cabinet is likely to retard the policy of anti-Parliamentarism, improve Bulgaria's relations with Yugoslavia and ...

    Article : 364 words
  16. FRANCO-BRITISH TRADE.

    The Board of Trade announces that the Governments of Great Britain and France have agreed that effect should be given to the understanding recently ...

    Article : 130 words
  17. THE CALL-UP.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 17 words
  18. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 194 words
  19. FRANCE'S NEW WARSHIPS.

    Although mobilisation has deprived French industry of several million men, French naval construction has not been interrupted, and a large number ...

    Article : 160 words
  20. CLIPPER PASSENGERS.

    Passengers boarding the American "Clipper" flying-boat bound for Europe on Friday were handed copies of the British censorship regulations, informing them that they were ...

    Article : 87 words
  21. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 237 words
  22. WHEAT MARKETS ADVANCE.

    Sydney wheat interests believe that Australia's export prospects have been enhanced considerably by the developments on the oversea grain exchanges ...

    Article : 163 words
  23. TRADE EXPANDS.

    Following the expansion of British trade in December, imports and exports in January rose by nearly £31,000,000 compared with January last. ...

    Article : 63 words
  24. EVASIONS OF BRITISH BLOCKADE.

    Sharp advances in United States shipments since the outbreak of war to five neutral nations accessible to Germany have provoked suspicion in Washington that there are ...

    Article : 201 words
  25. U.S. NAVY APPROPRIATION.

    The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Navy Appropriation Bill of 966,000,000 dollars (£A301,875,000) after eliminating the proposal to spend 1,000,000 ...

    Article : 49 words
  26. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The death has occurred of the Marquess of Hertford, who before he succeeded to the title was known as the "dancing earl" after appearing at Hobart in a skirt dance on behalf ...

    Article : 120 words
  27. PLANE SINKS U-BOAT.

    A Coastal Command plane on patrol of the North Sea is believed to have sunk a U-boat—the sixth destroyed since last Friday week. ...

    Article : 248 words
  28. DRAKE'S DRUM AGAIN.

    For the first time within living memory, Drake's drum was brought out on Friday from its resting-place in Buckland Abbey and taken to the ...

    Article : 148 words
  29. CALL-UP IN BRITAIN.

    Men of the age groups 20 to 23 years, who are liable for military service, registered yesterday at the Labour Exchanges. The registration brought in 257,802 men, ...

    Article : 93 words
  30. TO-DAY.

    Theatre Royal: Russian Ballel 8. Minerva Theatre: "Tony Draws a Horse," 8.15 Tivoli Theatre: "The Hat Trick," 2.15. [?] Century Theatre: "We Are Not Alone," 'The ...

    Article : 307 words
  31. AIRLINER LANDS AT RICHMOND.

    When the hydraulic breaking system of a Douglas airliner from Melbourne failed to operate near Kingsford Smith airport yesterday, the pilot. Captain H. Purvis, flew to ...

    Article : 158 words
  32. MR. ROBERT SMILLIE.

    Mr. Robert Smillie, former leader of the Scottish miners, and founder of the miners' trade union movement in Scotland, has died, at the age of 82. ...

    Article : 95 words
  33. SUPPLY MINISTER TO VISIT CAMPS.

    All military camps in New South Wales will be visited this week by the Minister for Supply and Development, Sir Frederick Stewart. Sir Frederick Stewart said on Saturday that ...

    Article : 118 words
  34. LINK WITH H. M. STANLEY.

    The death is announced of M. Louis Valcke, who was the principal collaborator with the English explorer. H. M. Stanley, in his first expedition to the River Congo, which was ...

    Article : 95 words
  35. FIRST NEWS FOR 20 YEARS.

    Before she was informed to-day, that her son was one of the prisoners taken off the Altmark, Mrs. Margaret Hoban. of Preston, mother of Morris J. Hoban, had not, heard of ...

    Article : 125 words
  36. MR. SUMNER WELLES SETS OUT FOR EUROPE.

    Mr. Sumner Welles, the U.S. Under-Secretary of State, who is to be President Roosevelt's personal envoy on a mission of inquiry in Europe, and Mr. Myron C. Taylor, who [?]as ...

    Article : 88 words
  37. CHARGE AGAINST CAPTAIN DENIED.

    The Japanese Embassy has issued a denial of the charges against the captain of the Japanese liner Ukishima Maru. [The master of the Philippines steamer ...

    Article : 68 words
  38. AUSTRALIAN WOOL FOR JAPAN.

    It is understood that the Japanese and Australian Governments have agreed on a new arrangement concerning wool for the manufacture of exports from Japan, under ...

    Article : 51 words
  39. THREATENED COAL STRIKE.

    The threatened general strike in the coalmining industry will be discussed by the combined mining unions at a meeting in Sydney this morning. ...

    Article : 37 words
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