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  2. WAR IN CHINA.

    Chinese messages indicate that the Japanese cause is not prospering In cither Shansi or Shensi Provinces. The Japanese admit set-backs in ...

    Article : 532 words
  3. CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.

    The annual conference of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of Australia to-day carried several motions expressing approval of the resumption ...

    Article : 508 words
  4. AIR FORCE. Sharp Criticism in Commons.

    The condition of the Royal Air Force was severely criticised by members of all parties in the House of Commons yesterday. ...

    Article : 577 words
  5. TRAGEDY IN VIENNA.

    Major Emil Fey, who was once known as the "strong man" of Austria, is reported in Vienna to have shot his wife and his 19-year-old son, ...

    Article : 1,352 words
  6. GREAT BRITAIN PREPARES FOR AERIAL WARFARE.

    The pictures show some aspects of Great Britain's preparation of defences against possible air-raids. Above, the new streamlined Hawker-Henley light-bomber, standard equipment in the R.A.F. Left, railway signalmen learning to work the controls while wearing gas masks. Right, a new 3.7 inch anti-aircrfaft gun at the Woolwich Arsenal. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 56 words
  7. NO GOVERNMENT STEAMERS. Mr. Lyons's Views.

    Replying to a letter from the Wheatgrowers' Union, the Prime Minister, Mr. Lyons, emphasised that the Government did not consider that it would be ...

    Article : 145 words
  8. SURCHARGE ON AIR MAIL. Australia May Have To Abandon 5d Plan.

    The opinion is expressed in British Post Office circles that Australia will have to abandon its plan for a fivepenny surcharge on air mails in the ...

    Article : 102 words
  9. LIFE-SAVING.

    A welcome feature of the receipts yesterday in the first public appeal for funds ever made by the Surf Life Saving Association was the continued ...

    Article : 439 words
  10. ELECTIONS.

    The Premier, Mr. Stevens, in a speech at Rockdale last night, said that there were both positive and negative reasons for supporting the ...

    Article : 395 words
  11. BROADBENT DUE TO-DAY.

    MR. JIM BROADBENT, thee Australian flyer, who is expected to reach Darwin to-day breaking Miss Batten's record. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 22 words
  12. THE CALL-UP.

    A call-up for employment is announced to clay. Details appear on page l8, column 4. ...

    Article : 17 words
  13. INDEX. NEWS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 193 words
  14. MISS NONIE HORTON.

    The "Daily Mail" states that Miss Nonie Horton, of Sydney, who was yesterday refused leave to appeal to the Privy Council against a decision of the High Court of Australia ...

    Article : 225 words
  15. GIANT "SUPER CLIPPER."

    The Seversky Aircraft Corporation announces that it has designed, at the request of Pan-American Airways, a super clipper, capable of carrying 120 passengers and 16 ...

    Article : 102 words
  16. "FREIGHTS RAMP" ATTACKED.

    The president of the Victorian Wheatgrowers' Association, Mr. Wilson, M.P., attacked what he termed the "shipping freights ramp," In his presidential address to the annual ...

    Article : 190 words
  17. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 324 words
  18. TEN-DAY SERVICE FROM APRIL 11.

    The Director-General of Posts and Telegraphs, Mr. H. P. Brown, announced yesterday that the air mail service between England and Australia would be accele[?]ated by two ...

    Article : 141 words
  19. THE PHILIPPINES. President Wants U.S.A. To Stay.

    President Manuel Quezon, of the Philippines, has cabled congratulations to Mr. Paul V. McNutt, United States Commissioner for the Philippines, on ...

    Article : 294 words
  20. ITALIAN NAVY.

    Admiral Domenica Cavagnari Informed the Chamber of Deputies that Italy was launching or laying down more than 260,000 tons of new warships, and that the aggregate ...

    Article : 89 words
  21. CENSORSHIP OF BROADCASTS.

    Broadcasts by commercial stations throughout Australia are being watched closely by the Postmaster-General's Department, and a censorship is being imposed. ...

    Article : 287 words
  22. WOOL SALES.

    Prices at the opening yesterday of the second series of London wool sales for 1938 were from par to 5 per cent, lower all round. ...

    Article : 313 words
  23. ROSE BAY BASE.

    The Minister for Defence, Mr. Thorby, who yesterday announced the acceptance of tenders for the construction of the slipway and control building at Rose Bay for the Empire ...

    Article : 146 words
  24. AGENT-GENERAL RESIGNS.

    MR. A. E. HEATH, whose resignation from the office of Agent-General in London is announced to-day. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 18 words
  25. BRITISH SUPERIORITY IN 1941.

    Great Britain, in 1941, will complete her current naval programme, bringing her competent strength to about 1,750,000 tons. Italy's fleet will then comprise four modern ...

    Article : 108 words
  26. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 324 words
  27. LACK OF AIRPORT FACILITIES.

    Mr. Thorby, commenting on the criticism by Mr. R. H. Waddington, of the lack of adequate facilities at Australian airports, said that the Government quite realised that there ...

    Article : 104 words
  28. LIBYAN GARRISON REDUCED.

    It is officially announced that the Italian garrison in Libya is being reduced by unspecified withdrawals. ...

    Article : 23 words
  29. U.S. NAVY INCREASE.

    Mr. J. W. Wadsworth, Jun. (Republican), continuing the debate on the Vinson Navy Bill, in the House of Representatives, declared that the United States needed an even larger ...

    Article : 203 words
  30. SOVIET TRIAL.

    Eighteen of the high Soviet officials who were condemned at the recent trial In Moscow have been put to death. The number includes Rosengoltz, whose fate was earlier said to be ...

    Article : 144 words
  31. RESPONSE TO AIR RAID APPEAL.

    Nearly 250,000 people have responded to the appeal by the Home Secretary, Sir Samuel Hoare, for 1,000,000 voluntary air raid wardens for England. ...

    Article : 106 words
  32. ENGLISH PROFESSOR.

    Professor E. C. Dodds, Courtauld Ptofessor of Bio-Chemistry at London University, has accepted the invitation of the Australian Minister for Health to confer with the Federal ...

    Article : 64 words
  33. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 73 words
  34. WOMAN'S LOSS OF MEMORY.

    A resident of Tamarama Bay noticed a woman, aged about 80, wandering round the rocks late yesterday afternoon. The Paddington police were Informed and the woman, ...

    Article : 45 words
  35. SUBURBAN AND COUNTRY PICTURE THEATRES.

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

    Article : 22 words
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