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  2. SECOND A.I.F.

    Yesterday's recruiting figures in New South Wales for the Second A.I.F. were the lowest yet recorded. Only 222 men were passed as fit, while 43 failed to ...

    Article : 544 words
  3. CAMP WORK.

    The State management committee of the Timber Workers' Union will meet to-night to discuss plans for giving effect to their threat to declare ...

    Article : 459 words
  4. NEW SLOOPS.

    Although only two of the four new small sloops for the Royal Australian Navy will be built in New South Wales, the work of designing the ...

    Article : 292 words
  5. OBJECTIVES OF AIR RAID AND DEFENSIVE FORCES.

    An air raid by German bombers on the British naval base at Rosyth, in the Firth of Forth, on Monday, was repulsed by R.A.F. fighters and anti-aircraft fire. Top left: A Royal Air Force Hawker Hurricane eight-gun fighter of the type used as interceptors. Top right: The cruiser Southampton, from the bow of which a bomb glanced off. Lower left: The Forth Bridge, which escaped damage despite repeated attacks. Lower right: Twin anti-aircraft guns on the cruiser ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 86 words
  6. U.S. SHIPPING.

    The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is likely to approve to-day amendments to the Neutrality Bill which will exempt U.S. shipping from ...

    Article : 331 words
  7. U.A.P.'s FUTURE.

    "The Labour Party has broken the bonds of dictatorship, and the United Australia, Parly must do likewise if it wants to retain public confidence," declared Mr. A. C. ...

    Article : 233 words
  8. DISMISSALS FROM RAILWAYS.

    The Premier, Mr. Mair, informed the leader of the Opposition, Mr. McKell, in the Legislative Assembly yesterday that, since July 1, 496 men had been ...

    Article : 291 words
  9. WAR AT SEA.

    Messages from Paris state that at least one of the U-boats responsible for the sinkings of French ships during the week-end has been sunk. ...

    Article : 458 words
  10. INDUSTRY IN WAR.

    The vastness of Britain's war-time industrial production is described by a special representative of they Australian Associated Press, after a tour ...

    Article : 413 words
  11. EMPIRE AIR FORCE PLANS.

    Organisation for the training of the vast Empire Air Force, which is to be built up in Canada, is proceeding apace. The Canadian Air Force is immediately ...

    Article : 197 words
  12. PRISONERS SHOT.

    The Germans are reported to have executed Polish prisoners at Ruzomberok (Slovakia), including a woman who was accused of killing a German ...

    Article : 355 words
  13. SHORTAGE OF BEDS.

    Sir Charles Blackburn, giving evidence before the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Hospitals yesterday, said that Sydney had the most shocking ...

    Article : 193 words
  14. CONCESSION FARES FOR RESERVISTS.

    Mr. Tonge (A.L.P., Canterbury) asked the Minister for Transport, Mr. Bruxner, in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, whether he would favour a proposal to allow naval ...

    Article : 123 words
  15. OLYMPIC BRIDGE WINNERS.

    It was announced last night that Messrs. L. J. Thompson and. A. G. Haydon (Adelaide) were the outright winners of the Australian and New Zealand contract bridge Olympic ...

    Article : 59 words
  16. THE CALL-UP.

    A call-up for employment is announced to-day. Details appear on page 22, column 2. ...

    Article : 17 words
  17. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 98 words
  18. POOR RECRUITING FACILITIES.

    There was confusion at the Technical College, Ultimo, yesterday, when the recruiting of instructors and pilots for the Royal Australian Air Force began. ...

    Article : 469 words
  19. BLOC IN EAST ASIA

    Mr. Tatsuo Kawai, the spokesman of the Japanese Foreign Office, has been appointed Japanese Minister-at-Large in the United States and in Europe. ...

    Article : 210 words
  20. STATE TRANSPORT SERVICES.

    The Metropolitan and Newcastle transport services earned a net profit of £14,505 for the year which ended on June 30, compared with a net profit of ...

    Article : 294 words
  21. MILITIAMAN'S DEATH AT CAMP.

    It is stated that rumours that Robert Hunter, the Brisbane militiaman, who was fatally stabbed with a bayonet, at his camp, last night, had failed to reply to a challenge, ...

    Article : 240 words
  22. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 223 words
  23. ECHO OF BOMB OUTRAGE.

    Warren Billings, who, with Tom Mooney, was convicted for complicity in the bombing outrage in San Francisco on Preparedness Day, 1916, when 10 persons were killed, is ...

    Article : 144 words
  24. SOVIET SUBMARINES.

    "In diplomatic quarters it is considered that reports that Russian submarines are reinforcing the Germans in the North Sea are German propaganda ...

    Article : 337 words
  25. ANTI-COMMUNIST PURGE.

    A purge of Communist elements within the Congress of Industrial Organisations is being carried out, with as little publicity as possible, by the president, Mr. John L. Lewis. ...

    Article : 114 words
  26. OUTLOOK FOR THE WAR.

    It was difficult to believe that any military authority would advise that an attack on the Western Front would result in a resounding victory in a ...

    Article : 333 words
  27. OPOSSUMS BLAMED FOR FATALITY.

    Opossums are thought to have indirectly caused the death of Raymond George Carroll, 32, who was electrocuted to-day. It is thought that opossums swinging on ...

    Article : 163 words
  28. HERR HITLER'S FRIEND ARRESTED.

    The Paris radio announces that the Gestapo (German secret police) has arrested Le[?] Riefenstahl, the German film actress, and a friend of Herr Hitler, who chose her to make ...

    Article : 53 words
  29. FIXING RETAIL PRICES.

    Sydney retail traders denied yesterday that there was confusion in the retail trades regarding the prices to be charged for items upon which there have been increases in ...

    Article : 100 words
  30. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 266 words
  31. CAMOUFLAGING EIFFEL TOWER.

    The famous Eiffel Tower is to be camo[?]flaged, for which 80,000 1b of khaki paint will be used. M. Maurice Bolluty, 56, of Bailleu[?], with 10 ...

    Article : 172 words
  32. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Gold was quoted to-day at £8/8/ an ounce fine. EXCHANGE RATES. Foreign exchange rates to-day included: ...

    Article : 181 words
  33. DEFENCE SECRETARY ILL.

    The Secretary of the Defence Department and of the War Cabinet Mr. F. G. Shedden, became suddenly ill to-day. He was taken to his home when a doctor ...

    Article : 85 words
  34. MINISTRY "DESERTS" CANBERRA.

    Protests made in Canberra against the virtual desertion of the national capital for Melbourne by Ministers and heads of Government departments, suice the rising of ...

    Article : 138 words
  35. 38 MEN FOUND NOT GUILTY.

    After a trial lasting nine days, and costing more than £1,200 the 38 men charged with unlawful assembly at Parliament House on August 4 were to-day found not guilty by a ...

    Article : 96 words
  36. HUNGARIAN DEATH LEGION.

    The police have arrested 140 members of the banned Hungarian Death Legion, which, although pro-Nazi, separated from the original Nazi Party. ...

    Article : 89 words
  37. SECOND "BLACK-OUT" TRAIN CRASH.

    Britain's second "black-out" train crash in four days occurred last night at Winwick Junction, Lancashire, when the night boat train from Euston to Heysham collided with a ...

    Article : 44 words
  38. FATAL TYPHOON.

    A typhoon at Okinawa yesterday, which resulted in a heavy death-roll, and caused considerable damage, is now approaching Kyushu. The steamer Shinta[?]ko Maru was caught in ...

    Article : 53 words
  39. SUBURBAN AND COUNTRY PICTURE THEATRES

    Programmes of Suburban and [?] Theatres will be found in the Amusement Advertisement Section. ...

    Article : 27 words
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