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  2. "Sheik" of the Desert

    This Bedouin sheik is actually a R.A.F, wing commander. Any illusions upon this point are soon shattered by the Blenheim aircraft in the rear and the "Sheik's" Tommy gun.(Photograph from Department of Air.) ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. STORM PROTECTED A.I.F. IN MOVE TO FRONT LINE

    SINGAPORE, Jan. 16.—The movement of the A.I.F. from their former positions to the front line in north-western Malaya without a casualty is one of the great stories of the war in this theatre. ...

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  4. Archibald Prize to War Artist

    SYDNEY, Friday.—The Australian official war artist, Mr. William Dargie, to-day was awarded the Archibald Prize for ...

    Article : 72 words
  5. ADVANCE ON KHARKOV

    LONDON, Jan. 16.—While the Russians are almost within shelling range of Kharkov and Kursk, Byelgorod also appears ...

    Article : 316 words
  6. REASSURE AUSTRALIA AND N.Z.

    CANBERRA, Friday.—Decisions of importance involving war strategy in the Australian and New Zealand sectors of the Pacific have been reached by the Allied defence chiefs. ...

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  7. BATTLE LULL IN LIBYA

    LONDON, Jan. 16.—"The enemy has developed considerable air activity against our forward troops, but, as a result of our fighter protection, ...

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  8. Service Chiefs Wrong, Says Mr. Menzies

    MELBOURNE, Friday.—Service Chiefs in London took a more modest view of air requirements for Singapore and Malaya than those on the spot, Mr. R. G. Menzies said in a broadcast to-night. ...

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  9. FIRST NEWS OF ACTION

    CANBERRA, Friday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) said today that the news that Australians were in contact with the enemy was ...

    Article : 354 words
  10. PRISON CAMP HORRORS

    LONDON, Jan. 16.—Reports of bestial treatment of Russian prisoners in German camps in Poland have reached ...

    Article : 343 words
  11. Luzon Defenders Holding On

    NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—American and Philippine troops north-west of Manila on Luzon Island, in the Philippines are holding their well ...

    Article : 225 words
  12. A.I.F. TRANSPORT UNIT PRAISED

    SINGAPORE, Jan. 16.—No unit serving in Malaya has earned greater praise than the Australian reserve motor transport company attached to ...

    Article : 196 words
  13. NO FEDERAL TAX INCREASE

    CABERRA, Friday.—No further increase in taxation is contemplated by the Federal Government this financial year. ...

    Article : 84 words
  14. Avert Transport Strike

    CANBERRA, Friday.—Following the intervention of the Federal Government, the threatened stop page of work by members of the ...

    Article : 348 words
  15. RUSHING DARWIN A.R.P. WORK

    CANBERRA, Friday.—The Minister for the Interior (Senator Collings) said to-day that A.R.P. work at Darwin was being rushed under the ...

    Article : 124 words
  16. U.S. Doubling Army

    WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—The Secretary of War (Mr. Stimson) announced that the Army had begun to expand to approximately 3,600,000 ...

    Article : 76 words
  17. JOB FOR LINDBERGH

    WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—Colonel Lindbergh has been ansigned to a technical commercial project in which the War Department is interested. He ...

    Article : 39 words
  18. MINER KILLED BY FALL

    When struck by a fall of coal at Richmond Main colliery yesterday afternoon. Oliver Butler, 57, a miner, of Allandale-street, Spion Kop, ...

    Article : 138 words
  19. NERVE CENTRE OF DEFENCES

    Field signaller at work at a coastal defence station. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  20. MORE RAIDS ON MALTA

    LONDON, Jan. 10.—For the second day in succession there were 14 alerts at Malta in 24 hours. A communique states that a small ...

    Article : 82 words
  21. SHOT THROUGH HEART

    BURNIE, Friday.—A post-mortem examination showed that Clarence Athol Carter, 40, whose body was found in a freshly-dug hole in ...

    Article : 99 words
  22. DUTCH TAKE TOLL

    BATAVIA, Jan. 16.—It is authoritatively stated that after the town of Tarakan (on the island of Tarakan off Borneo) had been occupied ...

    Article : 68 words
  23. JAPANESE LINER SUNK

    NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—A United States submarine operating ill the Far East has sunk a Japanese liner of the 17,000-ton Yawata class, it is ...

    Article : 260 words
  24. HUNAN AREA CLEARED OF JAPANESE TROOPS

    CHUNGKING, Jan. 16.—Chinese troops have captured Lapao, in Hunan Province. This means that they have cleaned the area between ...

    Article : 95 words
  25. GANDHI ANNOUNCES SUCCESSOR

    BOMBAY, Jan. 16.—Mr. Gandhi announced at a meeting of Congress that Jawaharlal Nehru would succeed him as Leader of the Congress Party. ...

    Article : 59 words
  26. RAIDER SHOT DOWN OVER BRITAIN

    LONDON, Jan. 16.—The Air Ministry announces that an enemy bomber was destroyed in a small raid on the north-east coast of England ...

    Article : 56 words
  27. Investigate Sydney Water Supply

    SYDNEY, Friday.—The appointment of Messrs. F. H. Brewster, Chief Engineer of the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission, ...

    Article : 110 words
  28. WOMEN IN VICTORIAN BRICK INDUSTRY

    MELBOURNE, Friday.—Women will be employed in a Melbourne brick factory next week. The union announced today that ...

    Article : 85 words
  29. ROMMEL'S NEW LINE

    The new line taken up by Gener al Rommel after his relreat, runs from Agheila to Marade (Marada). ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  30. No Parcels from Britain

    LONDON. Jan. 16.—To save shipping space, the Government has banned the sending of food parcels from Britain to English or Allied ...

    Article : 82 words
  31. FATAL FALL FROM HOTEL

    MELBOURNE, Friday.— Oswald McLeod, 40, builder, who was found fatally injured on the footpath outside a hotel at South Kensington early ...

    Article : 50 words
  32. SPAIN DEMOBILISES

    MADRID, Jan. 16.—Despite its obvious interest, the newspapers inconspicuously publish a decree demobilising the 1933-34-35 army classes. ...

    Article : 38 words
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