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  2. BRITISH NAVAL UNITS IN BISMARCK ACTION.

    Top: The British battleship King George V (35,000 tons), a sister-ship of H.M.S. Prince of Wales, which took part in the sinking of the new German battleship Bismarck. The Prince of Wales is the latest battleship to be commissioned by the British Navy. Lower: The aircraft-carrier Ark Royal (22,000 tons), from which torpedo-carrying planes attacked the Bismarck. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 63 words
  3. UNITY PLAN REJECTED.

    The Federal Labour caucus, at its pre-sessional meeting this afternoon, unanimously rejected the Governments renewed offer of half the ...

    Article : 1,860 words
  4. DEFENCE BY LAVAL.

    By enjoining France to reject Hitler's outstretched hand, the United States had shown a willingness to see France annihilated, or torn to pieces, declared ...

    Article : 561 words
  5. MIDDLE EAST STRUGGLE.

    Both the British and the Germans are working desperately to prepare bases for air, land, and sea warfare over an immense area in the Middle ...

    Article : 831 words
  6. MORE ITALIAN PRISONERS.

    More Italian prisoners of war have been disembarked in Sydney and despatched to the prison camp, where they will luve in compounds until the ...

    Article : 431 words
  7. N.E.S. COUNCIL FORMED.

    The State Cabinet decided yesterday to create a National Emergency Services Council, and to ask the Public Service Board to arrange for ...

    Article : 352 words
  8. WRECKAGE IN BERLIN.

    One of Britain's new bombs which wrecked the railway station at Berlin blew in windows and damaged many shops within a radius of half a mile. ...

    Article : 303 words
  9. NO CONSCRIPTION IN ULSTER.

    The Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, announced in the House of Commons that there would be no conscription in Northern Ireland. ...

    Article : 388 words
  10. WAR EPISODE IN CRETE.

    Crashing planes and parachutists, constant bombing and machine-gunning, and men burning in the air as they hurtled to death are episodes ...

    Article : 407 words
  11. PART-TIME A.R.P. SUGGESTED.

    Sweeping reforms in the organisation and administration of civil defences, including "a substantial reversion" of the A.R.P. services to the original ...

    Article : 243 words
  12. PRISONERS TO WORK.

    Piisoners of war now arriving in Australia will be put to work, but the nature of the work they will do has not yet been determined. ...

    Article : 131 words
  13. FOOD GIFTS TO BRITAIN.

    The Department of Commerce has been advised that, after June 28. gift parcels of food sent to the United Kingdom must not weigh more than 51b ...

    Article : 91 words
  14. CONSTRUCTION OF CAMP IN l8 DAYS.

    The Minister for the Interior, Senator Foll, believes his department has established a building record in providing an internment camp in Victoria for ...

    Article : 95 words
  15. SIX PERSONS INJURED.

    The five occupants of the car and the driver of the tram were injured when a tram and a car collided in Victoria Road, near the Gladesville Bridge, Drummoyne, yesterday. ...

    Article : 127 words
  16. RIGGERS' STRIKE AT KEMBLA.

    In the Commonwealth Arbitration Court yesterday, Mr. Justice O'Mara said that while the strike bv riggers at the Port Kembla works of Australian Iron and Steel, Ltd., continued, ...

    Article : 42 words
  17. A.I.F. UNITS IN CYPRUS.

    While Australian troops are battling for their lives in the blood-drenched hills of Crete, other units of the A.I.F. are on another Mediterranean island ...

    Article : 287 words
  18. MR. BLAND AS EXPERT WITNESS.

    The representative of the New South Wales Government in London, Mr. H. A. Bland, has been invited to give expert evidence on Friday before a committee which is reporting to the ...

    Article : 176 words
  19. THE CALL-UP.

    A call-up for employment appears on page 19. ...

    Article : 11 words
  20. OPPOSED TO REPRISALS.

    The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Lang, in a speech at the Upper House Convocation, said that air reprisals would not shorten the war, and would ...

    Article : 173 words
  21. YOUTH EXECUTED.

    It is reported from Rome that the Greek youth, Vasail Lachi Mihailoff, who attempted to assassinate King Victor Emmanuel, was executed in Tirana (Albania) prison. ...

    Article : 70 words
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  23. £120,041,000 RAISED.

    The president of the National Savings Committee, Lord Kindersley, in a broadcast, said that London's War Weapons Week had raised £120,041,000—an average of more than ...

    Article : 128 words
  24. THAI-JAPANESE RELATIONS.

    The well-informed Thai daily newspaper "Pramuan Wan," says that the Thai Premier. Luang Bipul Songgram, may visit Japan after the National Day celebrations on June 24. ...

    Article : 68 words
  25. BRITISH ECONOMIC ADVISER AT SINGAPORE.

    Sir George Bailey Sansom, who passed through Sydney last week, has arrived to take up the post of adviser to the Singapore branch of the British Ministry of Economic Warfare, ...

    Article : 75 words
  26. LAMB PRICE CUT.

    The Commonwealth Prices Commissioner, Professor Copland, has given instructions to retail butchers in Sydney that the price of lamb must be ...

    Article : 299 words
  27. NEW GERMAN FIGHTERS.

    Two of the latest type of stratosphere Messerschmitts attacked Dover's balloon barrage yesterday afternoon and shot down a balloon. Anti-aircraft guns drove them off, ...

    Article : 152 words
  28. BISMARCK SUNK BY BRITISH NAVY

    The new German battleship Bismarck (35,000 tons), which has been sunk by British naval units. The picture was taken at her launching at Hamburg in 1939. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 31 words
  29. EX-BOXING CHAMPION NOW A PARACHUTIST.

    The Berlin Radio says that Max Schmeling. former heavyweight boxing champion of the world, was among the first parachutists landed on Crete on Tuesday last. ...

    Article : 173 words
  30. EXTRA DUTCH AIRLINER AT WEEK-END.

    In order to accommodate portion of the long waiting list at both the Netherlands East Indies and Australian end of the route, an extra K.N.I.L.M. airliner is scheduled to fly ...

    Article : 105 words
  31. WOMEN NOW SERVING IN R.A.A.F.

    Twenty-nine members of the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force, who have completed their training, have now been posted for duty at air stations, or at headquarters. ...

    Article : 115 words
  32. BOMB KILLS GERMAN MUSICIANS.

    It is reported from Bordeaux that a bomb burst under the conductor's rostrum and killed 42 members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. ...

    Article : 56 words
  33. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Tin was quoted to-day at £262/10/ a ton. compared with £261/10/ yesterday. Rubber was quoed at 13½d a lb, compared with 13 7-16d. ...

    Article : 37 words
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