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  2. MORE A.I.F. ABROAD.

    It was announced officially last night that further substantial batches of A.I.F. reinforcements from all States had arrived safely at their ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. PETROL POSITION NO BETTER.

    The petrol storage position is not improving, and developments overseas could make further drastic rationing inevitable. ...

    Article : 491 words
  4. EMPIRE WAR CABINET.

    One of the most important results of the Crete campaign is the growing feeling in favour of an Imperial War Cabinet. ...

    Article : 901 words
  5. EVACUATION OF AUSTRALIAN TROOPS FROM GREECE.

    Left: Bearded, with his arm wounded, but still carrying a Tommy gun, Private C. E. Armstrong was still undaunted when he arrived at Alexandria with other A.I.F. troops evacuated from Greece. Top Right: These troops, exhausted after days of bitter fighting, rested on the deck of the steamer that took them from Greece, but they kept their rifles at hand ready for action against dive-bombers. Lower Right: Tea and rations for the troops after landing at Alexandria. This was their ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 106 words
  6. BUILDING OF. SHIPS.

    The Maritime Commission has invoked the Shipping Act of 1916 giving the Commission virtually complete control of the American merchant ...

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  7. GERMAN THREAT TO SOVIET.

    Foreign quarters in Ankara, the Turkish capital, are discussing reports that Germans and Rumanians are massing for an attack on Russia, ...

    Article : 266 words
  8. DAY RAID ON LONDON.

    When an air raid alarm was sounded in London this morning it was the first time the sirens had been heard during the day since April 22. ...

    Article : 344 words
  9. NAZI INVASION OF AMERICAS.

    NEW YORK, June 6. (A.A.P.) The former United States Ambassador to Belgium, Mr. John Cudahy, who is now in Europe, has ...

    Article : 261 words
  10. FAILURE IN CRETE.

    Urging the nation not to tolerate "soporific propaganda aiming at covering the loss of Crete," the former Secretary for War, Mr. Hore-Bellsha, in a ...

    Article : 286 words
  11. PRODUCER GAS UNITS.

    The Premier, Mr. McKell, said yesterday that tenders were being called for the fitting of producer gas units to Government motor vehicles, of which ...

    Article : 97 words
  12. MR. RONALD CROSS DUE IN JULY.

    Mr. Ronald Cross, who has been appointed to succeed Sir Geoffrey Whiskard as High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in Australia, is due to arrive from England ...

    Article : 170 words
  13. GAS-DRIVEN TAXIS.

    The vice-chairman of Yellow Cabs of Australia Ltd., Mr. A. R. Tewkesbury, left Sydney for Melbourne last night, where he will confer with the chairman, Mr. M. Smith, about the ...

    Article : 219 words
  14. REPAIRS TO SHIPS.

    Britain's ship-repairing yards are breaking all records for fast workmanship, states the daily shipping newspaper "Lloyd's List and Shipping ...

    Article : 186 words
  15. THE CALL-UP.

    A call-up for employment appears in today's issue. Details are given on page 25. ...

    Article : 16 words
  16. "DEATH KNELL TO FASHION."

    Clothes rationing sounds the deathknell of fashion in Britain for the duration of the war, and the Queen's cancellation of her summer and autumn ...

    Article : 188 words
  17. 700 SUFFOCATED IN SHELTER.

    It is officially announced in Chungking that when overcrowding of the four entrances of a bomb-proof tunnel shelter prevented ventilation during an ...

    Article : 166 words
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  19. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Tin was quoted to-day at £26[?]/5/ a ton, compared with £266/5/ yesterday. Rubber was quoted at 13[?]d a lb. Mining quotations: Great Boulder, 3/10½: ...

    Article : 36 words
  20. NEED FOR DOMINION STATESMEN.

    The "Manchester Guardian" calls for the formation of an Imperial War Cabinet. In a leading article it states: ...

    Article : 427 words
  21. SOVIET DISPLEASED BY ARTICLES.

    The expulsion from Russia this week of the Moscow correspondent of the "News Chronicle," Mr. John Scott, followed the publication by the "News Chronicle" of a series ...

    Article : 302 words
  22. STRIKES SETTLED.

    Some of the 120 ironworkers employed at the works of O. T. Lempriere and Co. Pty. Ltd., smelters and metal merchants, Alexandria, returned to work yesterday. ...

    Article : 113 words
  23. NAVAL AUXILIARIES SUNK.

    The Admiralty announced that the naval trawler Bengairn and the naval drifter Jewel were sunk. There were no casualties on the Bengairn. but there were some on the Jewel. ...

    Article : 36 words
  24. CRETE ATROCITIES ALLEGED.

    German military courts in Crete will try British and Imperial soldiers on charges of having mutilated,and maltreated German parachutists. ...

    Article : 192 words
  25. FOOD SCHEMES "SABOTAGED."

    Evidence of Czech efforts to sabotage Nazi lood schemes has reached Czecho-Slovak quarters in London. Illicit sales of home-produced rationed ...

    Article : 181 words
  26. 3,000 WOMEN IN MARCH.

    Three thousand women engaged in national services marched through Sydney yesterday with the precision and smartness of a welldrilled regiment. ...

    Article : 107 words
  27. AUSTRALIANS IN CYPRUS.

    The towns and countryside of Cyprus have now assumed a military appearance. The Australians have quickly settled ...

    Article : 159 words
  28. NO CHANGE IN EGYPTIAN CABINET.

    A Cairo report states that the reconstruction of the Egyptian Cabinet has been postponed indefinitely. There have been discussions between the ...

    Article : 69 words
  29. FREE TRAVEL LIKELY FOR SERVICES.

    A uniform system of free rail travel for members of the fighting forces has been accepted by a conference of Commonwealth and State Government representatives, It will ...

    Article : 47 words
  30. RAIN SAVES U.S. CROPS.

    Two days' rainfall has broken the [?] drought, and has saved the farmers from the threatened crop failures. ...

    Article : 32 words
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