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  2. PROGRESS OF RECLAMATION FOR GRAVING DOCK.

    Reclamation at the end of Pott's Point as a preliminary to the construction of the graving dock. Temporary offices and storerooms have been built in the garden of Wyldefel Gardens flats; a jetty for use in the construction work is almost complete; and the area which eventually will be the dock basin is being dredged continuously. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 63 words
  3. WAR MYTH EXPLODED.

    Now theif has been time to compare notes on the Gieek campaign one of the most striking facts to emerge is the surprisingly low calibre of the German ...

    Article : 791 words
  4. NEW DILUTION LAWS.

    Dilution of labour in the engineering, boilermaking, and blacksmithing trades will be controlled by central committees for the ...

    Article : 602 words
  5. EDEN WARNS JAPAN.

    The Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Ellen, in the House of Commons today, warned Japan not to expect any help regarding the restrictions under ...

    Article : 413 words
  6. ACTIVE AID URGED.

    The glowing demand foi active participation in the war by the United States was voiced yesterday by promment Americans including ...

    Article : 711 words
  7. NEW IRAQ REBEL LINE.

    Rashid Ali's insurgent forces are now on the 30-mile line between Ramadi (on the Euphrates) and Al Falluja (35 miles west of Bagdad). ...

    Article : 285 words
  8. FIGHTING FIRE BLITZ.

    Britian's fire-fighting organisation which is now controlled by 1,400 local authorities, will be organised on a national basis under the dnect control ...

    Article : 639 words
  9. DAY RAIDS BY R.A.F.

    Biitish bombeis made a lightning suipiisc attack on the naval base and heavily fortified island of Heligoland in daylight yesterday. ...

    Article : 669 words
  10. AUSTRALIA HAS "WAR SENSE."

    "We will leave Austialia certain that there need be no anxiety about Australia's war sense," said the visiting Dutch Foreign Minister, Dr. Van ...

    Article : 309 words
  11. COURT-MARTIAL OF GUARDS.

    As the result of the report of the Court of Inquiiy which investigated allegations of illtreatment to Golman and Italian internees on the liner Dunera, which took them to ...

    Article : 141 words
  12. UNIONS APPROVE.

    Union officials said last night that the unions would approve the new regulations, which would do much to allay the men's alarm about the unrestricted entry of dilutees ...

    Article : 49 words
  13. CANADIAN NEWSPRINT A DEPRESSED INDUSTRY.

    The Canadian newsprint Industry has been deciared a depressed industry for the purposes of the excess profits tax, revenue officials said yesterday, giving the enire newsprint ...

    Article : 61 words
  14. R.A.A.F. MAN WEARS 18½ BOOT.

    The soldier wearing size 16 boots who claims that his foot is the largest in the A.I.F. his a rival in Darwin where a member of the R.A.A.F. wears size 18½. He is Leading ...

    Article : 120 words
  15. RED SEA WAR ZONE.

    The designation by Germany of the Red Sea as a war zone is unlikely to alter President Roosevelt's recent proclamation of that area as being safe for ...

    Article : 89 words
  16. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.d

    Tin was quoted to-day at £270/5/ a ton. Rubber was quoted at 14¼d a lb. The Stock Exchange was exttemelv idle. Mining quotations: Broken Hill, 31/3; ...

    Article : 37 words
  17. ALEXANDRIA RAIDED.

    Enemy planes raided Alexandria, the British naval base in Egypt, early this morning. A number of bombs were dropped, but there was no damage and ...

    Article : 400 words
  18. LOCKED IN OFFICE BY UNION MEN.

    Mr. H. L. Nathan Citizens' candidate for the Wellington Harbour Board, alleges that five union officials locked him in his office, following a comment by him on the number ...

    Article : 148 words
  19. M.P.s DESCEND ON BOOTHBY.

    Though Federal members are already converging on Boothby for the all-impoitant by-election campaign this will not be in full swing until next week. ...

    Article : 133 words
  20. THE CALL-UP.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 14 words
  21. "MINISTER FOR TANKS."

    Lord Beaverbrook's own paper, the "Daily Express," reveals that his new post, although termed Minister of State, is actually "Minister for Tanks." ...

    Article : 227 words
  22. Advertising

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    Advertising : 111 words
  23. MELBOURNE PLAN FOR MERCHANT SHIPS.

    Provision for construction of two 500ft slipways, to take vessels up to 9,000 tons deadweight, is contained in the Melbourne Harbour Trust's plan for merchand shipbuilding ...

    Article : 108 words
  24. N.S.W. CONTINGENT.

    Though municipal by-laws piohiblt street meetings in many parts of the electorate, a large contingent of Labour men from this State will go to Adelaide at the week-end to ...

    Article : 60 words
  25. TOBACCO BOARD MEETS.

    This season's Austialian-grown tobacco leaf will be appraised at Brisbane Melbourne, and fremantle. This was decided at the first meeting of the newly-formed Tobacco Board ...

    Article : 119 words
  26. H.M.S. PARVAT1 SUNK.

    H.M.S. Parvati, 1,548 ons, has been sunk. A warrant-officer and 15 tatings aie missing, believed killed. The commanding officer a warrant-officer, and 12 ratings are wounded ...

    Article : 64 words
  27. BUTCHERS' STRIKE THREAT.

    The decision ol Sydney butchers to threaten a strike unless Saturday morning trading was abolished has been approved by branches in other States and the dispute has ...

    Article : 110 words
  28. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.

    The Chinese Foreign Office issued yesterday a communique regarding the exchange of diplomatic missions between China and Australia. ...

    Article : 133 words
  29. CHANGE IN BRITISH MEAT RATION.

    Restaurants and caterers will be allowed a penny-worth of m[?]at for each main meal served after June 1. This represents a radical alteration of the food arrangements, ...

    Article : 145 words
  30. MAN-POWER INQUIRY.

    The Federal Minister for Labour. Mr. Holt, said yesterday that the oiler of the new New South Wales Premier, Mr. McKell, to put the service of skilled State officers at the ...

    Article : 117 words
  31. PORT HOBART PASSENGERS NOW INTERNED.

    The New Zealand High Commissioner in London Mr. W. Jordan, has received advice that all the passengers aboard the Port Hobart (9,430 tons), which was lost by enemy ...

    Article : 88 words
  32. MERITS OF AUSTRALIAN LEAF.

    A city tobacco retailer. Mr. Andrew McGce, said yesterday that if Australian leaf was left to mature for five years it would compare with any oversea leaf when it was ...

    Article : 82 words
  33. ONE DEAD, THREE HURT IN EXPLOSION.

    One man was k[?] and three injured— two critically—when the boiler of a steam shovel exploded at the outer harbour works at Macleay last night. ...

    Article : 66 words
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