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  2. 'MEN WILL LOSE'

    The Federal Attorney-General, Mr. Hughes, amplifying yesterday his refusal to intervene in the coalmine dispute, said a strike in the coal ...

    Article : 418 words
  3. ANNIVERSARY DAY

    At the Anniversary Day ceremony at Captain Phillip's statue in the Botanic Gardens yesterday afternoon, Mr. S. W. Griffith, chief president of ...

    Article : 729 words
  4. ANNIVERSARY DAY CELEBRATION.

    Australia's 152nd birthday was celebrated yesterday by members of the Australian Natives' Association by a ceremony at Captain Phillip's statue in the Botanic Gardens. The ceremony was attended by the Premier, Mr. Mair (on left) and Air League boys (in foreground). ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 45 words
  5. NO ROOM FOR POLES.

    Stones of ruthless Nazi methods in Poland, most of which emanate from Vatican sources, appear to have created as great an impression in the United ...

    Article : 796 words
  6. VICTORY BY ATTACK.

    The view that the Allies must attack to achieve victory is finding wider support in the comments of public men. "I would rather bomb the Germans ...

    Article : 674 words
  7. ELECTION IN CANADA.

    Four hours after the Canadian Parliament met, the Prime Minister, Mr. Mackenzie King, announced a dissolution as a protest against the ...

    Article : 640 words
  8. SURPRISE ON COALFIELDS.

    Mr. Hughes s statement caused great surprise on the coalfields to-day. Rumours which had been spreading, not only among industrialists, that coal strike ...

    Article : 168 words
  9. FOOD SHORTAGE THREATENED.

    Britain was threatened with serious food shortages in the early stages of the war. This fact was revealed by the ...

    Article : 219 words
  10. HERTZOG'S MOVE.

    The general view in Britain of the clash between General Hertzog and the Prime Minister, General Smuts, is that General Hertzog's attack upon General ...

    Article : 330 words
  11. PLANE BUILDING.

    Sir Frederick Stewart, who to-day succeeded Mr. Casey as Minister of Supply, made a tour of inspection of his department's aircraft construction centres, ...

    Article : 174 words
  12. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 205 words
  13. DOMINIONS' AID.

    German statements that the British Dominions were being forced into the war by Great Britain against their will were denied by the Australian High Commissioner in London, Mr. ...

    Article : 127 words
  14. BRITAIN SURPRISED.

    Ottawa's notice of an immediate dissolution and a general election entirely suipused Britain, but the first reaction is that the election result will ...

    Article : 135 words
  15. RECORD DEPOSITS.

    A big expansion in deposits to a new high record and a sweeping increase in money market assets are leading features of the 1939 balance-sheets of five leading banks, ...

    Article : 114 words
  16. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 304 words
  17. FRENCH MINISTERS' SPEECHES.

    A White Paper issued yesterday contains the texts of speeches by the French Premier, M. Daladier, and the French Minister for Finance, M. Reynaud, in the Chamber of ...

    Article : 97 words
  18. UNIDENTIFED MAN'S DEATH.

    The Regent Street police are trying to identify a man who collapsed and died in Cleveland Street, Chippendale, yesterday. The man was about 35, 5ft 9in, of solid build, with ...

    Article : 85 words
  19. MONDAY'S ARRANGEMENTS.

    Although Anniversary Day fell yesterday, the holiday will be observed on Monday Business places will be closed. No bread will be baked or delivered after ...

    Article : 172 words
  20. SEAGRAVE TROPHY FOR SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL.

    Sir Malcolm Campbell has been awarded the 1939 Seagrave Trophy for the world's water speed record. His speedboat, the Bluebird II., attained the speed of 141.74 miles an ...

    Article : 60 words
  21. AUSTRALIA'S PART.

    "Australia can contribute much to a queer, moody, and turbulent world," declared the Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, to-night, when proposing the toast ...

    Article : 442 words
  22. PLOT TO KILL U.S. ENVOY.

    The Japanese Military Spokesman said yesterday that extraordinary precautions were being taken to ensure the safety of the United States Ambassador ...

    Article : 223 words
  23. BLACKOUT THEFTS.

    A special court at Nuremberg has sentenced to death a 19-years-old youth on fiv[?] charges of stealing money and four bicycles during the black-out. ...

    Article : 52 words
  24. MR. CHURCHILL TO SPEAK.

    A speech by the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Winston Churchill, will be broadcast by the B.B.C. at 2.30 p.m. G.M.T. tomorrow (12.30 a.m. on Sunday, Sydney time). ...

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  25. U.S. UNDER-SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.

    President Roosevelt has named Mr. Lewis Compton, 47, as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Mr. Compton is a native of New Jersey, and was formerly a lieutenant in ...

    Article : 41 words
  26. SPIRITED DEBATE.

    The galleries were packed when the House of Assembly continued the debate on General Hertzog's "stop-the-war" motion with bitter Oppositionist ...

    Article : 313 words
  27. REGULATING COAL PRICES.

    To avoid the periodic issue of specific orders regulating the price of coal, the Commonwealth Prices Commissioner, Professor D. B Copland, to-day issued ...

    Article : 197 words
  28. ATTEMPT ON CYCLING RECORD.

    Hubert Upperman starting on his attempt on the [?] record at the Sports Arena last night. He was started by the Lord Mayor, Alderman Crick, who is seen in the background partly obscured by Opperman. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 41 words
  29. EXPLOSION IN NORWAY

    Poisonous fumes caused a panic among people in the vicinity of an explosion in a cellulose factory near Drammen (Norway), in which two persons are reported to have ...

    Article : 51 words
  30. TO-DAY.

    Theatre Royal: Russian Ballet, 2 and 8. Minerva Theatre: "Quiet Wedding," 2.15. 8.[?] Tivoli Theatre: "Mother Goose," 2.30: "Carry On." 8. ...

    Article : 375 words
  31. DENIAL THAT NAZI PLANES FLEW OVER THAMES.

    The Air Ministry has announced that the reports that anti-aircraft guns were in action along the Thames Estuary at about noon yesterday were inaccurate. ...

    Article : 63 words
  32. GANDHI'S NEW FAST.

    Mr. Gandhi, the Indian Nationalist leader, has undertaken a 24 hours fast on the eve of the Independence Day celebrations, which are expected to serve as a barometer to India's ...

    Article : 78 words
  33. SENATOR BORAH'S FUNERAL

    A crowd of 30,000 people saw the late chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator W. E. Borah, burled on a hillside overlooking the Idaho Capitol. ...

    Article : 38 words
  34. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Tin was quoted to-day at £236/5/ a ton. compared with £234/5/ a ton yesterday Rubber was quoted at 11 31-32d a lb. Mining shares were dull Quotations: ...

    Article : 108 words
  35. MORE HOSPITAL BEDS FOR T.B. CASES.

    The Acting Minister for Health, Mr. Primrose, announced last night that about 150 additional hospital beds would be provided for tuberculosis patients. This would more ...

    Article : 92 words
  36. PEACE CONFERENCE.

    A conference of 11 of the largest feminist organisations in the United States, representing 5,000,000 women, has appealed to the Government to initiate a conference of ...

    Article : 68 words
  37. BUILDING SOCIETIES.

    At a meeting held last night, the board of the Associated Co-operative Building Societies re-elected Mr. J. A. Burke as chairman and Mr. E. J. Hocking as deputy chairman. ...

    Article : 31 words
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