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  2. HOSPITALS FOR SOLDIERS.

    The provision of a 1,200-bed military base hospital in or near Sydney would cost the Federal Government about £300,000. ...

    Article : 343 words
  3. ANZAC BUFFET.

    Plans for opening the Anzac Buffet in Hyde Park before the week-end, so that it can be in use during the New Year holidays, will be made at a ...

    Article : 138 words
  4. U-BOAT SINKS STEAMER.

    A U-boat sank the British steamer Stanholme (2,473 tons), without warning, on the morning of Christmas Day, three hours after the vessel had left a ...

    Article : 225 words
  5. TRIBUTES TO R.A.A.F.

    "The arrival of the Australian airmen is the best Christmas present that Britain has received," states the "Daily Mail" in a leading article, ...

    Article : 518 words
  6. R.A.A.F. UNIT TO MAN SUNDERLAND FLYING-BOATS.

    Top: One of the huge Short Sunderland flying-boats, a squadron of which will be flown by, the Royal Australian Air Force detachment which arrived in England this week. Lower Left: The final parade by members of the unit on board the transport before leaving Australia. (Photograph by the Department of Information.) Lower Right: The tail of one of the flying-boats, showing the revolving gun turret which guards it. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 75 words
  7. HOME LIFE FOR SOLDIERS.

    Encouraged by the success of their efforts in finding home surroundings for members of the Second A.I.F. during the Christmas holidays, two ...

    Article : 211 words
  8. FOUR CLAIMS AGAINST GERMAN MERCHANTMEN.

    The Asiatic Petroleum Corporation, a British firm, has filed a claim for 114,000 dollars (£A35,625) against the German freighter Arauca (5,415 tons), which, about the time of ...

    Article : 112 words
  9. UNEMPLOYMENT INCREASES.

    There has been a great increase in unemployment in belligerent and neutral countries, and a world-wide shortage of skilled labour since the ...

    Article : 157 words
  10. FATHER AND SON DROWNED.

    A man and his son lost their lives at Anderson's Inlet, off Inverloch, to-day, when the boat from which they were fishing was swamped. Two other sons were reseued. ...

    Article : 242 words
  11. "THE CENTURY."

    The annual report of Express Newspapers, Ltd., which controls Mr. Lang's weekly paper, the "Century," shows a loss of £13,433/1/8 for the year ended ...

    Article : 253 words
  12. MORE DIVORCE JUDGES.

    The congestion of cases in the Divorce Court jurisdiction is so serious that the Chief Justice, Sir Frederick Jordan, has made arrangements for ...

    Article : 351 words
  13. ROAD ACCIDENTS.

    When a truck overturned on the main road near Long Jetty, Tuggerah Lakes, early yesterday morning, a girl was pinned underneath and killed, and ...

    Article : 408 words
  14. STATES' WORKS PROGRAMME.

    A considerable reduction next year of ordinary State works programmes, because of defence needs, will be discussed by the Loan Council before the end ...

    Article : 195 words
  15. RUSH TO PLAY CENTRES.

    Though school holidays are in progress, the playgrounds of the Paddington, Enmore, and Gardeners Road (Daceyville) Schools were thronged ...

    Article : 299 words
  16. "STANDING BY BRITAIN."

    The Minister for the Army, Mr. Street, said to-day that the arrival in England of the Australian airmen, who would be taking their place alongside their comrades of the Royal ...

    Article : 133 words
  17. REPATRIATION OF GERMANS.

    The repatriation of Germans from the Italian Tirol under the agreement of October 21 will mean that Italy will incur an indebtedness of more than £65,000,000, and ...

    Article : 100 words
  18. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 163 words
  19. AUSTRALIAN GREETINGS.

    In the Northern Europe transmission of the Australian overseas broadcast this evening a greeting was sent to No. 10 Squadion, R.A.A.F., which is now in England. ...

    Article : 88 words
  20. £700 STOLEN FROM SHOP.

    About £700 in notes and silver was stolen from the Liverpool Street shop of G. J. Coles, Ltd, during the Christmas holidays. ...

    Article : 139 words
  21. ADMIRAL COODE'S DEATH.

    The death has occurred of Rear-Admiral Charles P. R. Coode, who was Senior Destroyer Officer at the landing at Gallipoli in the war of 1914-18, and who supervised the ...

    Article : 68 words
  22. RUDOLPH HESS'S OFFER.

    Herr Rudolph Hess, the Fuhrer's Deputy, has announced that he is willing to become the godfather of illegitimate German children whose fathers ...

    Article : 331 words
  23. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 235 words
  24. COASTAL FREIGHT RATES.

    A wartime surcharge of five per cent. has been added to freight rates for cargo carried in the vessels of James Patrick and Co. Pty., Ltd., on the Australian coast. ...

    Article : 108 words
  25. AL JOLSON DIVORCED.

    Ruby Keeler, who has been granted a divorce from the cinema actor Al Jolson, gave evidence during the hearing of the suit that he ridiculed her until she developed an ...

    Article : 44 words
  26. UNIFORM DAMAGED WITH RAZOR.

    A brawl in the Domain on Sunday, during which a military officer's uniform was slashed with a razor, was described in the Central Police Court yesterday, when George Coutts, ...

    Article : 252 words
  27. FREIGHTER ESCAPES SUBMARINE.

    A British freighter which arrived in Melbourne yesterday with a cargo of explosives was shelled by a submarine during the voyage from England, and escaped without being ...

    Article : 159 words
  28. EARTHQUAKE RECORDED.

    Swiss observatories recorded the most violent earthquake for 20 years at 1.2 a.m. to-day. Scientists at one observatory state that the ...

    Article : 49 words
  29. PLAY CENTRE OPENED.

    Eager children who enrolled at the Enmore National Fitness play centre yesterday. Three centres were opened in school playgrounds to give children between 5 and 16 the opportunity of participating in organised sport and physical culture exercises during their school ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 45 words
  30. NEW RUSSO-GERMAN AIR SERVICE.

    A Russo-German convention has been signed, providing for a daily air service between Moscow and Berlin by way of Minsk (Russia), Bialystok (Poland), and Koenigsberg ...

    Article : 43 words
  31. SAFETY CAMPAIGN.

    The Minister for Transport Mr. Bruxner, said last night that the reduction in the number and severity of road accidents during Christmas showed ...

    Article : 231 words
  32. TO-DAY.

    Theatre Royal: "Under Your Hat," 8. Minerva Theatre: "Gaslight," 8.15. Tivoli Theatre: "Mother Goose," 2: "Carry On," 8. ...

    Article : 296 words
  33. SOVIET EMBASSY OFFICIAL DISMISSED.

    It has been revealed that M. Astakholf, Counsellor to the Soviet Embassy in Berlin, has been dismissed. He was Charge D'Affaires in Berlin during negotiations for the ...

    Article : 39 words
  34. THEFTS FROM WEEK-END COTTAGES.

    The Sutherland police have received complaints recently of thefts from week-end cottages. Detectives Pattinson and Hollingworth ...

    Article : 48 words
  35. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The price of gold and foreign exchange rates were unchanged to-day. Tin was quoted at £250/5/ a ton, and rubber at 11¾d a lb. ...

    Article : 96 words
  36. BALLET DANCE FOR A POLICEMAN.

    Serge Lifar, the dancer, of Colonel de Basil's Russian ballet, gave his first Australian performance to-day in Darwin, with one policeman as his audience. ...

    Article : 132 words
  37. TWO SHIPS FOUNDER IN STORM.

    The Turkish steamer Kizilirmak (2,794 tons), with a crew of 20, and the Dutch steamer Astron (1,406 tons), with a crow of 14, foundered in a violent storm in the Black ...

    Article : 51 words
  38. WOMEN FOUND HANGED.

    Two women were found hanged at their homes in Albury to-day. Mrs. Florentine Emily Feltz. 81. widow, of David Street, was found on the front verandah of her home with the ...

    Article : 74 words
  39. N.R.M.A. COMMENT.

    "The fact that so few road accidents were reported on Christmas Day and Boxing Day is indeed gratifying," said Mr. H. I. Johnson, general secretary of the N.R.M.A., last night, ...

    Article : 71 words
  40. LATE ADMIRAL CUSTANCE.

    It has been revealed that the late RearAdmiral Wilfred N. Custance, whose death occurred recently, and who until last October was [?] command of the Royal Australian Naval ...

    Article : 53 words
  41. ONLY EIGHT FIRE VICTIMS.

    It has now been definitely established that only eight persons perished in the fire which destroyed the Grand Hotel at Goomeri on Saturday. The bones recovered from the ...

    Article : 57 words
  42. FLOODS IN NEW ZEALAND.

    Heavy floods have occurred in Wellington Province. Rongotal Aerodrome is unworkable. Slips have occurred on roads, blocking traffic. ...

    Article : 25 words
  43. SUBURBAN AND COUNTRY PICTURE THEATRES.

    Programmes of Suburban and Country Picture Theatres will be found in the Amusement Advertisement Section. ...

    Article : 21 words
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