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  2. LESSONS OF CRISIS.

    Australia's importance in world affairs—and especially in resisting the challenge to democracy—was emphasised by the High ...

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  3. SCATTERED RAIN.

    The widespread rain which has been expected over inland New South Wales for over a week again held off yesterday, and only scattered falls ...

    Article : 641 words
  4. ROSE BAY BASE DELAYS.

    The builders of the flying-boat hangar at Rose Bay said yesterday that slow deliveries of steel members would delay the completion of the ...

    Article : 737 words
  5. VOLUNTARY SERVICE.

    "We would never begin a war, but we might be forced into a war begun by others, or we might be attacked if the Government of another country ...

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  6. UNREST IN REICH.

    The visible signs of internal unrest, or opposition, in Germany, for which foreign observers are on the alert, remain few. ...

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  7. DEFENCE PLAN.

    The Prime Minister, Mr. Lyons, said to-day that the success of the drive to increase the militia strength to 70,000, and of the £68,[?],[?] defence ...

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  8. BARCELONA DEFENCES CRUMBLING.

    It is officially announced at Burgos that the Nationalists have captured the entire Llobregat River line—Barcelona's last line of defence. Moorish troops are only 10 miles from the city gates. ...

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  9. PLANS FOR EVACUATION.

    The Hendaye correspondent of "The Times," however, says that he learns that a quick escape is planned for both the Premier, Senor Negrin, and the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 412 words
  10. COTTAGE LOST IN STORM.

    A workman's cottage, which was lifted up and carried away by the wind when the village of Buralyang was struck by the most severe cyclone in ...

    Article : 133 words
  11. RADIO BEACONS.

    It is officially expected that receiving sets to enable planes to take advantage of the radio beacons, will be available for installation by aircraft ...

    Article : 263 words
  12. MUSSOLINI'S PREPARATIONS.

    The Rome correspondent of the British United Press at Rome says that he has learnt from the most trustworthy sources that Signor Mussolini ...

    Article : 732 words
  13. OUTSTANDING ORDERS FROM BRITAIN.

    The failure of British manufacturers to fulfil important armament orders for Australia will be one of the important subjects discussed by the High ...

    Article : 224 words
  14. N.Z.'s CUT IN IMPORTS.

    Objectives of the New Zealand trade control policy, as outlined by the Australian Trade Commissioner in New Zealand, Mr. Critchley, in a report to ...

    Article : 298 words
  15. THE AXIS POWERS.

    The disappearance of Dr. Schacht from the Reichs[?]ank, and Captain Wiedemann, the Fuhrer's adjutant and confident, signifies supersession of those ...

    Article : 316 words
  16. LIST OF OCCUPATIONS.

    Between 6,000,000 and 7,000,000 men —half of Great Britain's man-power— are included in the Government's scheme of reserved occupations now ...

    Article : 173 words
  17. BIG PARADE TO-NIGHT.

    Six hundred tramway employees in uniform, 300 militiamen, 200 returned soldiers, and 200 members of surf clubs, swimming clubs, and other sporting ...

    Article : 151 words
  18. £200 A YEAR FOR EACH PLANE.

    Aircraft operators, who pay £200 a year to Amalgamated Wireless for each transport plane fitted with radio said last night that they had not yet received any definite ...

    Article : 144 words
  19. MANOEUVRES ARE DENIED.

    It is officially denied that extensive troop manoeuvres have been arranged for February. The only military activity, it is stated, will ...

    Article : 53 words
  20. FLYING-BOAT FORCED DOWN.

    The Imperial Airways flying-boat Centaurus, on its way from Australia to England[?] and carrying four passengers add a crew of five, was forced to alight on a rough water near ...

    Article : 59 words
  21. INTERNAL AIR ROUTES.

    Surprise was expressed in aviation circles yesterday that contracts for the internal distribution of oversea air mail should be considered before the ...

    Article : 190 words
  22. RADIO WATCH ON PACIFIC.

    Two long-range radio stations, which will cost about £40,000, will be erected near Darwin this year by the Commonwealth Government for use by the Royal ...

    Article : 186 words
  23. POLICE RAID HOUSES.

    Thirty detectives and 10 car loads of police made mass raids on houses in Manchester during the night. It is believed that they seized documents relating to the recent ...

    Article : 152 words
  24. PROTECTING CIVILIANS.

    A conference of mayons of metropolitan councils will be held in the room of the Lord Mayor, Alderman Nock, in the Town Hall at 11.30 a.m. to-day to consider what action ...

    Article : 75 words
  25. PLANS FOR REFUGEES.

    Mr. George Rublee, the American director of the Inter-Governmental Committee on Refugees[?] before leaving Berlin is understood to have received assurances that the progress ...

    Article : 70 words
  26. JAPANESE FEELING ABOUT CHAMBERLAIN.

    The newspaper "Kokumin Shimbun" says that there is a growing feeling in Foreign Office circles that Mr. Chamberlain should be invited to the far East, possibly to negotiate ...

    Article : 141 words
  27. FEAR OF ANTHRAX.

    The Canadian Government has ordered the confiscation of all Japanese shaving brushes as a result of the death from anthrax of a man in Dakota (U.S.A.). ...

    Article : 89 words
  28. PLANE DOWN ON SEA.

    The Selsey (Sussex) lifeboat went out before dawn to search for a Royal Air Force aeroplane which was reported to be down on the sea four miles from Selsey Bill. ...

    Article : 61 words
  29. LABOUR MEMBERS ENLIST.

    Mr. F. M. J. Baker, Labour M.P. for Griffith[?] enlisted in the militia to-day. He joined the 2/14th Light Horse (machine-gun section). He has not yet passed the medical test. ...

    Article : 73 words
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