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  2. MONSOON RAINS START IN BURMA

    LONDON, May 21.—Coincident with the news that the monsoon rains have started in Burma, officials in Chungking disclosed that a Chinese expeditionary force was establishing headquarters in Burma near China's ...

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  3. ARMY COMPANIES FORMED

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The establishment of Army dock-operating units to relieve congestion at Australian ports by the unloading of ...

    Article : 258 words
  4. R.A.F.'S NEW FIGHTER

    The Westland Whirlwind, a twin-engined single-seater monoplane fighter, now in operation with the R.A.F., in flight. It is armed with four 20 m.m. cannon, mounted in the nose. The span is 45ft., length 32ft. 3in., and height 10ft. 6in. The tail planes are placed well above the line of the fuselage. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. Labour Corps to Get 30,000 Men

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Within the next few months the Civil Construction Corps, which is under the direction of the Allied Works Council, is to be expanded by the mobilisation of 30,000 men. ...

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  6. WOMEN ENTITLED TO EQUAL PAY

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—"If it is right for bachelors to work side by side with spinsters on war work, and if it is right for them for the secure the ...

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  7. POLICE BEGIN MANHUNT

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Victorian detectives have begun a manhunt as a result of important information about the movements of Gladys ...

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  8. Allies Patrol Enormous Area North of Australia

    OPERATIONAL, BASE SOME WHERE IN AUSTRALIA.—Thursday.—Allied reconnaissance of the enormous area of sea reefs and islands ...

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  9. ANOTHER UPPER HOUSE DEFEAT

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Government was defeated again in the Legislative Council to-night during the Committee stages of the ...

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  10. Labour Alliance of Three Nations

    WASHINGTON. May 21.—Cooperation of the labour movements of Britain, America and Russia would promote the war against ...

    Article : 214 words
  11. R.A.F. Raids Shipping Off French Coast

    LONDON, May 21.—Spitfire fighters this morning attacked enemy shipping in the area between Dieppe and Le Havre. They left an ...

    Article : 220 words
  12. POIGNANT STORY

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Leslie Edward Mansfield, 15, pleaded "Not guilty" at the Central Criminal Court to-day to a charge of having ...

    Article : 166 words
  13. Clothes Advertising Ban Modified

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—Advertising of clothing controlled by regulation was prohibited because the Government felt nothing should be ...

    Article : 138 words
  14. PAY DISPLACED EMPLOYEES

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—As a temporary expedient the Government had decided to make ex gratia payments to persons who lose ...

    Article : 266 words
  15. Former Masonic Grand Secretary Dead

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—Most Worshipful Brother Arthur Henry Bray, who had been an outstanding personality in the Masonic Order in ...

    Article : 89 words
  16. Watersiders' Appeals

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Minister for Labour (Mr. Ward) announced that the National Security Stevedoring Regulations were to be ...

    Article : 80 words
  17. Anti-Nazi Feeling Rife in France

    LONDON, May 21.—A youth who fired three revolver shots at a German officer near Notre Dame (Paris) and gravely wounded him, escaped ...

    Article : 201 words
  18. NATIONAL PLAN FOR HOUSING RECOMMENDED

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—Immediate appointment by the Commonwealth of a national housing plan authority is urged by the Joint ...

    Article : 292 words
  19. MORE SURPRISES, SAYS LEADER OF TOKIO RAID

    NEW YORK, May 21.—"We have many more such surprises in store for Japan and Germany" said Brigadier-General James Doolittle, ...

    Article : 223 words
  20. FILMS FROM SOVIET

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Minister for Information (Senator Ashley) to-day received a deputation which discussed a number of Soviet films ...

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  21. ALLIED RAID ON TIMOR

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Enemy targets in Timer, including the seaplane base at Dilli, were attacked by the Allied air force yesterday. ...

    Article : 144 words
  22. Britain Plans to Invade Europe

    LONDON. May 21—Britain intends to invade the Continent as soon as possible, declared the Lord Privy Seal (Sir Stafford Cripps), ...

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  23. Advertising

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  24. 40 Week-end Trains Cancelled

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Hartigan) announced to-day that 40 trains scheduled to run from Sydney in ...

    Article : 144 words
  25. TRAMS COLLIDE NEAR BRIDGE

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—Seven persons were injured early to-night when two trams collided on the northern approach to the Harbour Bridge. ...

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  26. "JAPANESE WON WITH MODERN ARMS"

    LONDON, May 21.—One of the main reasons for Japan's successes in the Philippines and Malaya was that the Japanese were equipped ...

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  27. COPPER PRICES UP

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—Consumption of copper was now far beyond production, the Minister for Supply (Mr. Beasley) said to-night. ...

    Article : 101 words
  28. PAY WORKERS FOR A.R.P. SERVICE

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—Sydney Trades and Labour Council decided to-night to appoint a deputation to wait upon the Minister for Home ...

    Article : 120 words
  29. "ROOSEVELT MUST HAVE DICTATOR'S POWERS"

    NEW YORK, May 21.—MIr. Herbert Hoover. President of the United States from 1929 to 1933, said in a speech to the National Industrial ...

    Article : 97 words
  30. IDENTITY CARDS NEEDED FOR RATION BOOKS

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—Clothes ration books, which will be available throughout Australia on June 13 and 14, will be issued only to ...

    Article : 149 words
  31. LIBERTY LOAN TO BE OPENED ON JUNE 2

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—The official opening of the second liberty loan of £35,000,000 will be launched in Melbourne on June 2 by the Prime ...

    Article : 71 words
  32. Sees Signs of All-out Bid for Victory

    WASHINGTON, May 21.—The Secretary of State (Mr. Cordell Hull) has indicated that he sees some grounds for hope that victory will ...

    Article : 100 words
  33. MRS. ROOSEVELT WILL TAKE A BUS

    WASHINGTON, May 21.—Mrs. Roosevelt told reporters that henceforth she will not travel by plane, by car or by pullman, unless on ...

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  34. D.S.C. AWARDED TO TWO AUSTRALIANS

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The Naval Board has received advice that the King has approved the award of the D.S.O. to Lieut. Cecil William ...

    Article : 49 words
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