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  2. "CHANGSHA TURNING POINT FOR ALLIES IN FAR EAST"

    CHUNGKING, Jan. 8—Describing the battle of Changsha as one of the most disastrous defeats of the war for the Japanese, the Chinese Press states that it represents a turning point in the Far East, with the ...

    Article : 692 words
  3. TRADES HALL COUNCIL ELECTION

    Top: Mr. C. Bass (Bakers' Union) makes a point with the aid of his hat to Mr. A. R. Buckley (Executive) during a lively debate at the election of officers of Newcastle Trades Hall Council last night. Above left: Mr. C. J. McCaffrey, who was re-elected President unopposed. Above right: Mr. G. Bass, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 59 words
  4. GOVERNMENT TO WAIT TILL NOON TO-DAY

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—It is understood that the Federal Government is prepared to wait until noon to-morrow before taking action to reopen idle coalmines. Far-reaching regulations under the National Security Act have ...

    Article : 1,509 words
  5. Munitions Minister

    Minister for Munitions, who visited Newcastle yesterday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 11 words
  6. De Gaulle Has Army of 100,000

    NEW YORK, Jan. 8.—The first issue of the new French weekly here, "Pour la Victoire," states that General de Gaulle now commands an army of ...

    Article : 63 words
  7. EXPLANATION ON MALAYA

    LONDON, Jan. 8.—Mr. Attlee told the House of Commons that we had lost 15 aerodromes in Malaya, not through parachute landings or airborne attack but ...

    Article : 177 words
  8. SPEED UP PLANE OUTPUT

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—Australian production of aeroplanes is expected to be a[?]eclerated, following administrative changes recently approved by the Federal ...

    Article : 237 words
  9. LEE RIVET GUN FOR PLANES

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Canadian Government had asked the Commonwealth Government to supply it with a specimen of the Lee gun, an improved ...

    Article : 200 words
  10. SALIENT DRIVEN INTO GERMAN LINE

    LONDON, Jan. 8.—The Russians, by recapturing Meshchovsk, have driven a salient into the German line on the Moscow front. They are now at the furthest point west they have yet reached on this front, as well as being half way to Smolensk. ...

    Article : 609 words
  11. NORWAY RAIDED AGAIN

    LONDON, Jan. 8.—The Navy and R.A.F., in a combined operation, raided the Norwegian coast on the night of January 6. Light naval forces entered ...

    Article : 147 words
  12. EXPORT OF MORE WAR ARTICLES CONTROLLED

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Minister for Customs (Senator Keane), by an order promulgated to-day, brought under export control a number of commodities essential ...

    Article : 84 words
  13. AWARDS FOR AIRMEN

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Immediate awards for gallantry have been awarded to two R.A.A.F. men serving in the Middle East. To Sergeant R. K. Wilson, ...

    Article : 73 words
  14. INQUIRY ABOUT EQUIPMENT LEFT AT PENANG

    LONDON, Jan. 8.—It is authoritatively stated that reports of the failure to destroy essential equipment of value to the enemy at Penang are the subject of ...

    Article : 68 words
  15. Advertising

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    Advertising : 138 words
  16. Himmler at Front

    STOCKHOLM, Jan 8.—An official German announcement states that Herr Himmler. Chief of the Gestapo, has established his own headquarters on ...

    Article : 28 words
  17. U.S. BATTLESHIP NOT SUNK

    LONDON, Jan. 8.—Northing further is known of a report circulated by Berlin, Saigon (Indo-China), and Hilversum (Holland) radio stations, which stated that ...

    Article : 150 words
  18. Definition of Smallgoods Shops Unaltered

    The Minister for Health was not prepared to alter the definition of "smallgoods shops," a letter from the Local Government Association informed the Health ...

    Article : 116 words
  19. RUSSIAN TANKER LOST

    LONDON, Jan. 8.—The Ankara correspondent of the British United Press says that an unidentified submarine in the Black Sea is reported to have torpedoed and ...

    Article : 50 words
  20. NEW MARITIME COMMISSION

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Secretary of the Department of Commerce (Mr. J. F. Murphy) has been included among members of the Maritime ...

    Article : 202 words
  21. RIBBENTROP IN BUDAPEST

    LONDON, Jan. 8.—The Berlin newsagency says that the German Foreign Minister (Herr yon Ribbentrop) has arrived in Budapest for a two-day visit. ...

    Article : 31 words
  22. CANADA TO RATION PETROL

    OTTAWA, Jan. 8.—Petrol rationing will begin in Canada on April 1, it was announced to-day. No details have been revealed, but it is not expected that the ...

    Article : 41 words
  23. SPANISH RESISTANCE STRENGTHENED

    WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—French and Spanish resistance to German pressure has been strengthened by the entry of' the United States into the war, the Assistant ...

    Article : 60 words
  24. AUSTRALIAN FOOD FOR SYRIA

    LONDON, Jan. 8.—The "Daily Telegraph's" Beirut correspondent says that the first shin bringing a full cargo of food from Australia to Syria and ...

    Article : 83 words
  25. Germans Pay for Atrocities in Russia

    MOSCOW, Jan. 8.—"Pravda," come meeting on M. Molotov's Atrocities Note, states that Russian civilian victims of the German invaders total 113,000, ...

    Article : 60 words
  26. Shorter British Bayonet

    LONDON, Jan. 8.—British troops are being issued with a new type of rifle having a bayonet only six inches long, compared with the present 16½ inches. ...

    Article : 78 words
  27. "NAVY KEPT THE SEAS"

    ALEXANDRIA, Jan. 8.—Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet, broadcasting from the Flagship Queen ...

    Article : 100 words
  28. SCENE OF CHINA'S VICTORY

    The defeat of the Japanese at Changsha staves off a threat to Chungking and the extension of the Burma supply route between Kunming and Chungking. It also denies the Japanese the use of the Hankow-Canton railway for the movement this troops towards Malaya. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 80 words
  29. INDUSTRIAL COUNCIL COMPLETE

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—The names of eight employers' representatives on the Australian Industrial Council were announced to-night by the ...

    Article : 117 words
  30. LAST CHEMICAL ELEMENT

    NEW YORK, Jan. 8.—A message from Berkeley (California) states that experimenters at Ohio State University have produced the last undiscovered chemical ...

    Article : 50 words
  31. NAZI TROOPS' PLIGHT EXPOSED IN GRIM REPORT TO U.S.A.

    WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—The War Department has received a report from an Allied Government describing dissension, hunger and disease among German ...

    Article : 314 words
  32. STATE TO ENTER ALL INSURANCE FIELDS

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—Members of Parliament cannot insure property with the State Insurance Office, although public servants can. This was revealed to-night. ...

    Article : 58 words
  33. British Effigy of Hirohito "Disrespectful"

    BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 8.—The Japanese Ambassador has formally protested to the Argentine Foreign Office against the use of an effigy of Emperor Hirohito ...

    Article : 49 words
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