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  2. COST OF LIVING.

    The Minister for Customs, Mr. Lawson, said yesterday that the decline in the cost of living, as shown by the records of the Commonwealth ...

    Article : 255 words
  3. STATE HOUSE.

    A lengthy programme of legislation to be brought before the State Parliament when it resumes its sittings next Wednesday has been receiving: ...

    Article : 478 words
  4. GAP CLOSED.

    It is reported from Holland that the gap between the Belgian and the Dutch defences has been closed and that the Dutch fortifications now extend to the ...

    Article : 106 words
  5. GOVERNOR-GENERAL TAKES SALUTE OF SECOND A.I.F.

    The Governor-General, Lord Gowrie, talcing the salute at a march past of the 18th Brigade and Divisional troops at Ingleburn yesterday. With him is Brigadier L. J. Morshead, commanding the 18th Brigade. Lord Gowrie also inspected the various units at their training. Other pictures of the Governor-General's visit to the camp are published on the illustrations page. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. SEA LOSSES.

    Shipping losses from enemy action in the week ended February l8 were the highest since the war began. Neutrals were by far the greatest ...

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  7. FATAL ERROR.

    Two lorry loads of poilus going up to the iront line took the wrong turning and drove into the German lines, where they were raked by German ...

    Article : 172 words
  8. POSITION IN STATES.

    Trip average prices of food and groceries in Australia were 0.4 per cent, lower in January than in December. Decreases recorded in individual States ...

    Article : 139 words
  9. MR. CASEY IN U.S.A.

    Mr. R. G. Casey, the first Australian Minister to the United States, was mel by the British Consul, Mr. Holloway, friends, and Australian residents upon ...

    Article : 190 words
  10. FOOTWEAR TO BE DEARER.

    Footwear will be dearer because of an increase of 4 per cent, in the price of leather, which was authorised last week, said the secretary of the Boot and Shoe ...

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  11. LOYALTIES CHANGE.

    The Chinese Government claims thal 1,800 of the Chinese who formed the army of 50,000 supporting Mr. Wang Ching-wei the renegade Nationalist ...

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  12. CENSORSHIP ANOMALY.

    News published in British newspapers which can reach Germany through neutral countries is sometimes being prevented by the British censorship ...

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  13. VITAL EXCHANGE PROBLEM.

    The vital necessity for Australia to co operate with the rest of the Empire in conserving dollar exchange was emphasised yesterday by the Acting ...

    Article : 226 words
  14. TRAINING WAR WORKERS.

    Men not liable to military service women, and perhaps schoolchildren will be embraced by the Governments scheme to train semi-skilled war ...

    Article : 350 words
  15. TRAWLERS ATTACKED BY PLANES.

    A number of trawlers encountered enemy aircraft off the north-east coast of Scotland yesterday. The enemy is believed to have attacked, ...

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  16. TWO YOUTHS INJURED IN CAR ACCIDENT.

    Two youths were injured last night when the steering gear of a motor car locked in Constitution Road. Meadowbank, and the par swerved across the road, ran down an ...

    Article : 82 words
  17. NAZI TRAWLER CAPTURED.

    The British Admiralty announces that the German trawler Herrlichkeit (268 tons), of Cuxhaven, has been captured and taken to a British port. ...

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  18. RED DRIVE.

    The Russians claim that their offensive on the Karelian Isthmus is "developing successfully," but the Finns say it is slackening. ...

    Article : 452 words
  19. THE CALL-UP.

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  20. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 185 words
  21. MANUFACTURERS TO SEE COMMISSIONER.

    The Minister for Customs Mr. Lawson, announced yesterday that the Commonwealth Prices Commissioner Professor Copland, would ask boot manufacturers to confer with him ...

    Article : 68 words
  22. NEW DIVISION OF SECOND A.I.F.

    The question of raising another division of the Second A.I.F., to be known as the Seventh Division, will be considered by the War Cabinet at a ...

    Article : 188 words
  23. SOUTHERN CROSS

    The Director-General of Civil Aviation, Mr. A. B. Corbett, denied to-day that the late Sir Charles Kingsford Smith's famous aircraft Southern Cross ...

    Article : 194 words
  24. DRY BAN PICKETS WERE THIRSTY.

    Barmen in Darwin's leading hotel stopped strike pickets from drinking on the verandah of the hotel to-day, after the building had been declared "black" by the North Australian ...

    Article : 133 words
  25. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 269 words
  26. TROUSERS WITHOUT SIDE POCKETS.

    Principals of the leading boys' schools in Sydney are not impressed by the attempt made by Mr. Neil Macneil, the new headmaster of Wesley College, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 368 words
  27. DEFENCE POLICY.

    Both the Government and the Labour Party's defence policies were condemned by the Leader of the Australian Country Party Mr. Cameron, at a public ...

    Article : 246 words
  28. COST OF CANADA'S WAR EFFORT.

    The Canadian Minister for Finance, Mr. J. L. Ralston, said yesterday that Canada's war effort would cost 500,000,000 dollars (£A142,857,143) in ...

    Article : 141 words
  29. MORE SHOWERS TO-DAY.

    The misty rain in Sydney yesterday totalled 'only 10 points, but did much to refresh suburban lawns and gardens. It is estimated, however, that three or four ...

    Article : 100 words
  30. TAIL MISSING.

    Mr. Corbett has apparently been misinformed, as an inspection of the Southern Cross yesterday afternoon showed that the tail unit is off and the control wires are ...

    Article : 171 words
  31. RIVER PLATE HEROES.

    The matron at the hospital at Falkland Islands, where the British sailors injured in the River Plate battle were taken, in a letter to her parents, praises their heroism, ...

    Article : 164 words
  32. TO-DAY.

    Theatre Royal: Russian Ballet, 2, 8. Minerva Theatre: "Tony Draws a Horse," 2.15, 8.15. Tivoli Theatre: "The Hat Trick," 2.15, 8. ...

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  33. OFFICER OF DARING

    According to the Navy List, Lieutenant W. J. K. Shaxby, who married Miss Anthony Audrey Stanfield Hill, of Sydney, at sea, in 1936, was attached to the destroyer Daring, ...

    Article : 75 words
  34. ENEMY ALIENS.

    In future the regulations for the control of communications sent overseas by enemy aliens will be more strictly enforced It was pointed out yesterday that persons ...

    Article : 198 words
  35. TOO BIG FOR MUSEUM.

    The Curator of the Sydney Technological Museum. Mr. A. R. Penfold, said yesterday that he had hoped that the Southern Cross would be housed in the museum, but the ...

    Article : 88 words
  36. HELP FOR COLONIES.

    It is officially stated that legislation will be introduced, in the British Parliament providing for the payment of upwards of £5,000,000 annually for 10 years for assistance ...

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  37. SOVIET SHIP LOADS METAL FOR NAZIS.

    The Soviet freighter Kim, is loading 20,000 tons of copper and lead, which, it is understood, is consigned to Germany. ...

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  38. IRAQ PREMIER RESIGNS.

    The Premier of Iraq, General Nuri es Said, has resigned, and the former Premier, Rashid Ali Gaylani, is forming a new Cabinet, which may include General Nuri es Said as Foreign ...

    Article : 78 words
  39. EAGERNESS TO JOIN AIR FORCE.

    Sir Donald Cameron, chairman of the R.A.A.F. Recruiting Drive Committee, who returned to Sydney yesterday after establishing branch committees in Adelaide and Perth, ...

    Article : 116 words
  40. TAXATION POLICY.

    The charge by the Acting Federal Treasurer. Mr. Spender, that the leader of the Federal Opposition, Mr. Curtin, was "hopelessly wrong" when he stated that the Federal ...

    Article : 93 words
  41. TYPHOID AT WAUCHOPE.

    One new case of typhoid was reported in Wauchope to-day, and two women suspects were also found to be suffering from the disease. This brings the total number of cases in ...

    Article : 105 words
  42. AUSTRALIA-AMERICA AIR MAILS.

    An alteration in the route taken by the Australia-America air mail service will cut down the original time taken on the service by three days. ...

    Article : 87 words
  43. UNEMPLOYED MINERS.

    The Premier, Mr. Mair, said last night that the Cabinet had decided that legislation should be prepared to protect the compensation rights of mone employees at Broken Hill, who ...

    Article : 51 words
  44. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Tin was quoted to-day at £244/15/ a ton. compared with £242/5/ a ton yesterday. Rubber was quoted to-day at 13¼d a lb. Mining shares were quiet. Quotations: Zinc. ...

    Article : 50 words
  45. MINER KILLED.

    Joseph Tighe 54 minor, was killed when a cage on which he was working al the White Hope gold mine crashed 160ft" to-day. ...

    Article : 28 words
  46. SUBURBAN AND COUNTRY PICTURE THEATRES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 21 words
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