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  2. ALL PETROL ONE GRADE.

    From to-day all petrol distributed from depots at Australian ports will be coloured orange and only one standard grade will be marketed by all ...

    Article : 291 words
  3. FREIGHT RATE INCREASE.

    The Commonwealth Prices Commissioner, Professor D. B. Copland, announced to-night that interstate shipping freights for vessels operated ...

    Article : 425 words
  4. NAVY'S, DEMONSTRATION AT WAR LOAN RALLY.

    Royal Australian Navy ratings assembled beside a float representing a unit of the naval forces, in the Navy Day lunch-hour war loan rally in Martin Place yesterday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 33 words
  5. WAR OF THE SEA LANES.

    The R.A.F. Bomber Command unheralded, is waging an offensive battle in the North Sea and the Atlantic. ...

    Article : 838 words
  6. COAL DISPUTE IN U.S.A.

    An immediate resumption of coal production in the northern mines will follow President Roosevelt's successful intervention in the dispute in the coal ...

    Article : 206 words
  7. GOVERNMENT MOVE.

    The Federal Government has taken over the administration of the strikebound National Steel Car Company, of Hamilton, Ontario, after the passage of ...

    Article : 265 words
  8. USE BY SERVICES.

    The Minister for Supply, Senator McBride, said to-day that no more petrol than was necessary was used by the Army and Air Force, and [?]he Government had no intention ...

    Article : 76 words
  9. PROBLEM OF PACIFIC.

    Informed quarters stated yesterday that the stabilisation of the Pacific situation was not beyond accomplishment, but they saw numerous ...

    Article : 173 words
  10. NO PROGRESS AT UNITY TALK.

    No progress towards an all party Government was made at a conference to-night between the Acting Prime Minister, Mr. Fadden, and the leader of the ...

    Article : 257 words
  11. MR. MENZIES'S PLANS.

    Many members of the House of Commons and sections of the Press are urging that the Prime Minister of Australia, Mr. Menzies, should remain in ...

    Article : 271 words
  12. MORE TAXES IN CANADA.

    The Canadian Finance Minister, Mr. J. L. Ilsley, in his Budget speech in the House of Commons yesterday said that the civilian response to appeals last ...

    Article : 316 words
  13. MANUFACTURE OF GAS UNITS.

    Mr. A. Gorman, managing director of National Fuel Engineers, said yesterday that the Commonwealth Government could best provide for the petrol emergency by keeping ...

    Article : 202 words
  14. MEN NEEDED FOR R.A.A.F.

    The Director of R.A.A.F. Recruiting, GroupCaptain A. H. Cobby, in a broadcast appeal for recruits for the R.A.A.F. last night, said that to win the war it was absolutely necessary ...

    Article : 135 words
  15. U.S.A.'S PART IN WAR.

    "The United States is already locked in mortal combat with Germany It would be most dangerous, therefore to follow a policy of drifting and ...

    Article : 428 words
  16. MAN LOSES MEMORY.

    Police are trying to establish the identity of a man in Hornsby Hospital who can only remember that his name Harry. At 5 a.m. yesterday the man appeared at the ...

    Article : 136 words
  17. TRAINING IN CANADA.

    The Canadian High Commissioner, Dr. C. V. Burchell, told the Royal Empire Society to-day that by the end of this year 72,000 men will have completed their training in Canada under ...

    Article : 60 words
  18. GRANTS FOR UNIFORMS INCREASED.

    The Minister for Air, Mr. McEwen, said to-night that the grant, for unifoim made to members of the R.A.A.F. who graduated as officers under the Empire Air Training Scheme ...

    Article : 49 words
  19. MALAYA'S DEFENCES INCREASING.

    "We shall never stop improving Malaya's defences," said the British Commander-in-Chief in the Near East, Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert ...

    Article : 128 words
  20. RIGHT OF FAIR CRITICISM.

    "We must most carefully and determinedly guard against any "attempt to stifle fair, just, and legitimate criticism in connection with the war effort," said Mr. Beasley. M.P., a ...

    Article : 144 words
  21. FORESTERS' EX-SECRETARY FOR TRIAL.

    At the Central Police Court yesterday. Samuel Rosenthal, 56 cleaner, was committed for trial on a charge of having between January 1, 1937, and January 28, 1941, embezzled ...

    Article : 97 words
  22. CIRCUS PARADE FOR WAR FUND.

    Wirth's Circus will parade through the city to-day in aid of the Lord Mayor's Patriotic Fund. The parad[?], which will include elephants with collection boxes on their ...

    Article : 62 words
  23. COLD CHANGE PASSES.

    The cold spell which brought a sudden touch of winter to Sydney early in the week is passing away. Temperatures were higher yesterday than ...

    Article : 141 words
  24. "PEACE TERMS REST ON U.S.A."

    The "Times Advertiser," which is controlled by the Japanese Foreign Office, in a leading article declared that the possibility of peace terms vested upon the United States ...

    Article : 152 words
  25. MISCALCULATIONS IN WAR COSTS.

    Miscalculations involving millions of pounds [?] revealed in the Auditor-General's report. Many men at the outbreak of war were [?]cepted for the Army after a cursory ...

    Article : 202 words
  26. THE CALL-UP.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 15 words
  27. REPLY TO MR. KAWAI APPRECIATED.

    Appreciation of the statement by the Minister for External Affairs, Sir Frederick Stewart, in reply to "the imprudent remarks of the Japanese Minister to Australia. Mr. Kawai," ...

    Article : 290 words
  28. Advertising

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    Advertising : 111 words
  29. NO CABINET DISCUSSION.

    No further consideration was given by the War Cabinet to-day to action which was thought likely earlier in the week to be taken against certain statements on war matters in ...

    Article : 74 words
  30. NEW THEATRICAL COMPANY.

    The formation of a new theatrical company. Whitehall Productions, was announced at the Minerva Theatre yesterday. The company is headed by Kath[?]een Robinson, the ...

    Article : 219 words
  31. 'THE SAINT'S' ADMIRER GOES TO GAOL.

    An 18-year-old admirer of the suave methods of "The Saint"—Leslie Charteris's fictitious adventurer whose exploits baffle the fictional police—spent to-day in gaol. ...

    Article : 112 words
  32. COLONEL LINDBERGH.

    The United States War Department announced yesterday that Colonel Charles Lin[?] bergh's resignation as an officer of the Reserve Air Force had been accepted. ...

    Article : 132 words
  33. NEW SHANGHAI COUNCIL.

    "The Provisional Council of the Shangha[?] International Settlement, which was elected at a ratepayers' meeting on April 17, has been unanimously approved by the Consular body." ...

    Article : 107 words
  34. CHILDREN SPEAK TO ENGLAND.

    Sitting in a small underground room in Broadcasting House with headphones on, six parents this morning heard their children's voices for the first time since they left England ...

    Article : 152 words
  35. STOLE JEWELLERY FROM REFUGEE.

    In the Quart[?] Sessions yesterday. Frank Edward Walters, 39, tourist agency repretentative, was convicted of having stolen 15 gold coins and jewellery worth about £800 ...

    Article : 98 words
  36. BOMB DAMAGES CHAPLIN'S BIRTHPLACE.

    Charlie Chaplin's birthplace was damaged by a heavy bomb which fell 20 yards away from the house in a recent London raid, killing wardens and three messenger boys. On one ...

    Article : 111 words
  37. ENGLISH TURF CLASSIC.

    The first turf classic of the season, the new Two Thousand Guineas, resulted:- The Duke of Westminster's Lambert Simnel, 1, Morogoro, 2; Sun Castle, 3. ...

    Article : 63 words
  38. C.I.B. OFFICERS PROMOTED

    It was officially announced yesterday that Detective-Inspector s. McCarthy had been appointed first assistant to Superintendent F. Matthews in [?]rge of the Criminal ...

    Article : 162 words
  39. ESTATE OF £4,317,361.

    WalteR Melville Wills, a member of the famous tobacco family, left an estate valued at £4,3l7,361 The death duty amounted to £2,815,284 His children are the main ...

    Article : 54 words
  40. RED CROSS SEARCHERS FOR SOLDIERS.

    To help to trace Australian soldiers missing after the Greek campaign, 10 more Red Cross searchers will be appointed bringing the staff to 15. ...

    Article : 73 words
  41. MAY DAY CELEBRATION ON SUNDAY.

    May Day, which is celebrated throughout the free world as Labour Day, will be commemorated in Sydney on Sunday. There will be a procession from Hay Street ...

    Article : 71 words
  42. JAPANESE BOMB KUNMING.

    Japanese planes bombed Kunming and destroyed the Canadian Inland Mission, damaged the British Consulate, and wrecked buildings surrounding the United States ...

    Article : 34 words
  43. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Tin was quoted to-day at £269/10/ a ton. Rubber was quoted to-day at 14 5-32d a [?]b. Mining quotation: Mount Morgan, 6/6. ...

    Article : 30 words
  44. SYDNEY MAN A CASUALTY.

    A casualty list issued by the Ministry of Shipping contains 107 names, including that of George Edward Thompson, a fireman, of Holdsworth Street, Sydney. ...

    Article : 32 words
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