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  2. LOSSES AT SEA.

    In the week ended December 2, Britain lost six ships, aggregating 23,282 tons, and neutrals lost six ships of a total tonnage of 30,923. ...

    Article : 868 words
  3. CENSURE OF M.L.A.s.

    The Premier, Mr. Mair, has not yet discussed with the U.A.P. executive the outcome of his interview last week with Messrs. J. C. Ross, M.L.A., ...

    Article : 483 words
  4. CONTRASTING ASPECTS OF YESTERDAY'S HEAT WAVE.

    A fireman, at the left, mopping his brow at a Mascot fire yesterday. More fortunate were Mrs. G. M. Allen and her son John, aged 18 months, who are shown at the Olympic Pool, North Sydney. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 42 words
  5. LORD GOWRIE AT INGLEBURN.

    In scorching heat, the men of the 16th Brigade, Second A.I.F., marched past the Governor-General, Lord Gowrie, at Ingleburn camp yesterday. Lord ...

    Article : 140 words
  6. RECRUITS FOR AIR FORCE.

    The R.A.A.F. recruiting depot, which has been moved from Harris Street, Ultimo, to Erskine House, York and Erskine Streets, will begin calling up on ...

    Article : 386 words
  7. MORATORIUM FOR MEN ON SERVICE.

    Members of the Australian Military Forces serving abroad will be protected by a moratorium when regulations, which are now being prepared for the ...

    Article : 140 words
  8. MR. MENZIES TO MEET MINERS.

    The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, informed the Miners' Federation yesterday that he would meet a deputation from the combined mining unions in ...

    Article : 140 words
  9. CHRISTMAS LEAVE.

    Arrangements are being completed to provide three or four days' Christmas leave for all soldiers of the Second A.I.F. As far as possible arrangements will be ...

    Article : 87 words
  10. AUSTRALIANS IN R.A.F.

    The formation of an Australian squadron for active service with the Coastal Command of the R.A.F. early in the new year will mean that ...

    Article : 360 words
  11. NAZI BOMBERS MASS.

    The Germans are concentrating a great force of bombers on the Western Front, and are constructing many new aerodromes in the Frankfort and ...

    Article : 226 words
  12. BLAZE AT BAG STORE.

    Hemp bags worth £1,500 and other property were severely damaged by a fire which broke out in the bag store of Mr. Benjamin J. Vercoe at 273 Botany ...

    Article : 445 words
  13. MORE CROCODILE REPORTS.

    Since the search began for the crocodile which was seen near Angourie Beach last week, several residents have reported that they have seen a strange ...

    Article : 292 words
  14. VICTORIA OVER QUOTA.

    With more than 5,750 soldiers of all ranks already in camp, Victoria has passed its quota of 5,720 men for the Second A.I.F. Large numbers of men are still enlisting. ...

    Article : 67 words
  15. MAN INJURED UNDER HOT SHOWER.

    While Brian Klime, a member of a visiting cricket team from Balmain, was taking a shower he fall, striking his head. Stunned by the blow, Klime lay for some time under a ...

    Article : 54 words
  16. "CAMOUFLAGING" TARTANS.

    Scottish regiments of the Australian Military Forces are not to be deprived of their kilts, but are to be supplied with khaki aprons to "camouflage" the tartans. ...

    Article : 95 words
  17. WOMAN CENTENARIAN DIES.

    The oldest woman in north-eastern Victoria, Mrs. Charlotte Sammons, died at her home at Chiltern. She was in her 102nd year. Mrs. Sammons was born in London ...

    Article : 53 words
  18. MURDER CHARGE.

    Eric William Franklin, 19, storeman, of Surrey Hills, was committed for trial at an inquest to-day on a charge of having murdered Louis Lockyer De ...

    Article : 242 words
  19. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 144 words
  20. FEDERAL BASIC WAGE.

    A 21 per cent increase in the basic wage to £5 a week will be sought by unions with members employed under Federal awards. This proposal, adopted by the emergency ...

    Article : 112 words
  21. EXTENDING THEATRE OF WAR.

    In the opinion of the Paris correspondent of the "New York Times" if the Allies cannot extend the theatre of war by direct military action their ...

    Article : 98 words
  22. CHUTE USELESS FOR TRAPPING.

    The plan for trapping the crocodile by means of an inclined chute with a bait at the top was doomed to failure, said Mr. D. J. Stead, the well-known naturalist, last night. ...

    Article : 173 words
  23. ROAD WORKER INJURED.

    Michael Carr. 21, of Palace Street, Petersham, was working on the new scenic road along George's River at East Hills yesterday, when he fell from a motor lorry on a stack ...

    Article : 99 words
  24. SECRET RADIO IN COSTA RICA.

    The newspaper "La Tribuna" reports the destruction of a secret radio near San Jose, operated by the subject of a European Power, which had been used, it is alleged, for ...

    Article : 50 words
  25. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 237 words
  26. BUFFET FOR DEFENCE FORCES.

    Tho Health and Recreations Committee of the City Council decided yesterday to recommend that the Lord Mayor's Patriotic and War Fund be granted the use of the Hyde ...

    Article : 214 words
  27. CHILD FATALLY BURNED.

    Donald McColl, 3, was discovered by his parents enveloped in flame from his burning pyjamas at his home in Fischer Street, Kingsford, early yesterday morning. He died later ...

    Article : 62 words
  28. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Prices of gold and tin to-day were unchanged. Foreign exchange rates also were unaltered. Rubber was quoted at 11[?]d [?] 1b. Mining shares were inactive. Quotations: ...

    Article : 87 words
  29. PARENTS VISIT THEIR CHILDREN.

    "Reunion Day" passed off happily and successfully when some 5,000 parents and friends visited children in the safe areas. Many special trains left London, taking visitors to ...

    Article : 121 words
  30. INCREASED DEFICIT.

    Queensland State revenue returns for the five months ended November 30 show a deficit of £761,712, compared with a deficit of £698,276 at November 30 last year. Revenue ...

    Article : 67 words
  31. FOG DETONATORS STOLEN.

    During the week-end, 36 detonator fog signals used by the Railway Department for exploding on lines, were stolen from a signalbox on the goods line near Balmain Road, ...

    Article : 82 words
  32. MR. L. W. MOORE.

    Mr. L. W. Moore, who has been paymaster to the Water Board's staff since 1905, has retired after 46 years' service with the board. He was presented by the accountant, Mr. Ivo ...

    Article : 49 words
  33. HOME AT NEUTRAL BAY DAMAGED.

    Firemen who were fighting a rubbish fire in Bennett Street, Neutral Bay, saw flames burst from the shingle roof of the home of Mr. F. W. Tompson, dentist, in Bertha ...

    Article : 139 words
  34. MEN WHO LEAD RUSSIA.

    M. Stalin (left) in conversation with the Soviet Minister for Defence, Marshal Voroshiloff, who is reported to be commanding the Russian forces. The picture was taken at a workers' conference in Moscow. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 39 words
  35. SECONDARY INDUSTRIES EXPANSION.

    "It is reasonable to suppose that we shall witness, during the war and after it, an unparalleled growth in our secondary industries," said Mr. H. Tindale, president of the ...

    Article : 191 words
  36. COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA.

    Denouncing Communist propaganda, the Railway Commissioner, Mr. J. T. Hartigan, said at a Newcastle reunion of the Railway and Tramway Veterans' Association to-day ...

    Article : 102 words
  37. TO-DAY.

    Minerva Theatre: "Yes, My Darling Daughter," 8. Theatre Royal: "Under Your Hat," 8. Tivoli Theatre: The Mills Brothers, 2.30, 8. ...

    Article : 294 words
  38. REPORT BY WILUNA DIRECTORS.

    The directors' report of the Wiluna Gold Corporation Ltd. includes a statement from the consulting engineer, Mr. Binns, who considers that the Happy Jack deposit is not of ...

    Article : 119 words
  39. THIEVES IN JEWELLER'S SHOP.

    To gain entrance to the jeweller's shop of Mr. Albert L. Roberts, in Botany Road, Mascot, in the week-end, thieves broke into the Ascot Theatre next door and cut a hole through the ...

    Article : 126 words
  40. CHURCH HALL BURNED.

    A weatherboard hall adjoining the Congregational Church at the corner of Church and Penshurst Streets, Willoughby, was practically destroyed by fire yesterday. ...

    Article : 71 words
  41. OPPOSITION TO RELIGION.

    Speaking at the second annual Communion breakfast of the [?]orth Goulb[?]n branch of Holy Name Society, held at St. Joseph's College, Mr. V. Casey, of Goulburn, said that the ...

    Article : 70 words
  42. MOURNING FOR PRINCESS LOUISE.

    The King has commanded the observance of two weeks' Court mourning for the death of Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyle, which occurred yesterday. ...

    Article : 31 words
  43. AUSTRALIAN POLLARD FOR NEW ZEALAND.

    A scheme for the purchase by the wheat controller of Australian pollard, which is now selling cheaply, and its sale and distribution in New Zealand at a stabilised price was ...

    Article : 137 words
  44. CONSTABLE KILLED.

    First-constable Lee Murnane, 40, of Moorabbin, was killed in a motoring accident on the Geelong Road, near Laverton, to-day. Constable Murnane was a passenger in a car which ...

    Article : 43 words
  45. TWO-UP UNDER FLOODLIGHT

    Thirty men were disturbed by police at midnight in a game of two-up under a floodlight at Glen Davis, the new shale oil town. At the Rylstone Police Court John ...

    Article : 85 words
  46. DEAD YOUTH IN DRAIN.

    The body found by the police in a stormwater channel at Marrickville on Gunday after police had chased a number of young men from the premises of [?]ngot Metals, Ltd., in ...

    Article : 88 words
  47. MAYORAL ELECTIONS.

    LITHGOW.—Alderman R. E. Fullagar (reelected): allowance, £200; deputy mayor. Alderman A. E. Roper (re-elected). Burwood.—Mayor: Alderman Wilfred C. Cooper. ...

    Article : 58 words
  48. JUNIOR FELLOWSHIP FOR YOUNG WRITERS.

    A Junior Fellowship for young writers has been formed by the Fellowship of Australian Writers. The Junior Fellowship meets weekly and lectures, discussions, and debates ...

    Article : 63 words
  49. SUBURBAN AND COUNTRY PICTURE THEATRES.

    Programmes of Suburban and Couetry [?] Theatres will be found in the Amusement Ader[?] [?]ment S[?]tion. ...

    Article : 28 words
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