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  2. FINNS' NEW SUCCESS

    As the culmination of a week of successes, the Finns are reported to have recaptured their Arctic port of Petsamo, which was ...

    Article : 430 words
  3. THOUSANDS OF CARS

    Thousands of people in hundreds of cars, and thousands more in dozens of trains, poured north and south yesterday and last night, ...

    Article : 710 words
  4. THE FIRST DAY OF 1940

    People basking on the beaches, revelling in the surf; people strolling in the streets and coasting idly by in cars; people lazing at home; people everywhere. That was New Year's Day in Newcastle. ...

    Article : 1,322 words
  5. JAPAN'S LATEST SUCCESSES

    Japan's capture of Nanning and her offensive in North Kwantung have made China's outlook for 1940 more unfavourable than it ...

    Article : 382 words
  6. FREE HAND IN THE WEST

    Described as a major diplomatic achievement, the Soviet has reached an agreement with Japan to extend for another year the ...

    Article : 124 words
  7. UNREST IN COAL INDUSTRY

    Prospects of industrial peace in the metal and coal industries for the new year are not bright, according to union officials. ...

    Article : 253 words
  8. SUPPLY SHIP INTERNED

    The Nazi supply ship Tacoma (8266 tons), which played a dramatic part in the scuttling of the Graf Spee, and up till a late hour ...

    Article : 463 words
  9. ART TREASURES RUINED

    A fire broke out shortly before midnight in the Apostolic Chancellery and the famous adjacent Church of San Lorenz. ...

    Article : 94 words
  10. Fares May Be Deducted From Pay

    THE 25 SECOND A.I.F. men who "scaled" on a train from Rutherford to Sydney on Saturday, would probably have the amount of their ...

    Article : 65 words
  11. Hitler's Death Forecast

    THE NEWSPAPER "Journal" revives the report that Hitler is suffering from cancer. It says that the German throat specialist, Professor ...

    Article : 64 words
  12. GERMAN PLANE SHOT DOWN

    The British Air Ministry announced that an aircraft of the coastal command, patrolling the North Sea, shot down a German plane. ...

    Article : 46 words
  13. U-BOAT SHELLS TRAWLER

    A deckhand was killed when a U-boat shelled and sank the trawler Barbara Robertson off the north of Scotland. The remainder of the crew took to the ...

    Article : 58 words
  14. CAR GETS AWAY ON MOUNTAIN

    A sailor who was on 48-hours leave and a young woman were killed to-night when a car ran 300 feet down the side of Mt. Cootha-road, and somersaulted in a 25ft. ...

    Article : 153 words
  15. SYDNEY AIRMAN INCLUDED

    The 16th R.A.F. casualty list gives 66 names. It includes Pilot Officer F. M. Wickham, of Avalon Beach, near Sydney, and Acting Flight Lieutenant E. J. ...

    Article : 97 words
  16. FRENCH REPLY TO HITLER

    It was semi-officially stated in Paris to-day in reply to Hitler's "war aims" message to the Nazi Party, that it was evident that Hitler was anxious to rally ...

    Article : 72 words
  17. NEW YEAR'S EVE IN PARIS

    New Year's Eve was the gayest night since the war began. Theatres, restaurants, and night clubs were open until 2 a.m. The French toasted British ...

    Article : 226 words
  18. DEVASTATION IN TURKEY

    A new terror is sweeping Western Turkey, as the flood waters from the rivers in the Smyrna, Brusa, and Adrianople districts devastate the countryside. ...

    Article : 149 words
  19. SHOOTING ACCIDENT AT WYEE

    Frank Bonde, 22, living at the Bethshsn Holy Mission, Wyee, was accidentally shot while rabbiting with a companion near the mission yesterday morning. A ...

    Article : 164 words
  20. ALLIES TAKING PRECAUTIONS

    The Italian Press declares that Russia has massed 800,000 men on the Afghan frontier, and that Britain and France are organising an expeditionary ...

    Article : 96 words
  21. NATIVE CHARGED WITH MURDER

    As a result of the visit of Constable J. Stokes to Goulburn Island following the report of fierce tribal fighting in Arnhem Land, an aboriginal youth named ...

    Article : 180 words
  22. Saw Second A.I.F. Men Begging, Says Indignant Digger

    "I HAVE seen soldiers begging in Newcastle hotels and streets," said Mr. Tom Orchard, a returned soldier, of Cessnock, last night. ...

    Article : 805 words
  23. HEAVY TAXATION FORECAST

    The coming year is likely to be notable for heavy taxation, imposed by the Federal Government to finance needs of defence. In addition to increased Federal ...

    Article : 197 words
  24. This Marriage Was Legal

    ACROSS A TABLE two legs of which were in France and the other two in Belgium, Maurice Baelen, a Belgian soldier, married ...

    Article : 68 words
  25. SECRET RADIO IN FRANCE

    It was revealed to-day that a radio station, calling itself sometimes "The Voice of Peace," and at other times, "Awakening of France," has been ...

    Article : 83 words
  26. ALL ON BOARD RESCUED

    A message from Madrid states that a French ship has taken off all passengers and members of the crew—280 persons—from the Spanish liner Cabo San ...

    Article : 70 words
  27. ENLISTMENT STARTS ON THURSDAY

    Enlistment and medical examination of young men in the age group to be called up for compulsory military training will begin in Newcastle and West Maitland ...

    Article : 217 words
  28. SOCIAL SERVICES AND DEFENCE

    "The maintenance of Australia's internal morale is as essential a part of our defence programme as the building of aeroplanes or the making of munitions," ...

    Article : 129 words
  29. WITHDREW HIS PAROLE FIRST

    On December 24 the British Air Ministry issued a statement denying a German allegation that a Royal Air Force officer, interned in Luxembourg, had broken his ...

    Article : 70 words
  30. AVOID COMPETITION IN ATROCITIES

    In giving a warning that there must be reprisals against some methods of the enemy in war the Archbishop of Canterbury (Most Rev. C. G. Lang) said: "No ...

    Article : 140 words
  31. PRINCIPAL OF GRAMMAR SCHOOL DEAD

    Mr. H. S. Dettman, who has been principal of Sydney Grammar School since 1923, died at his home at Gordon this morning. He leaves a widow, two ...

    Article : 135 words
  32. TO BE RECOGNISED BY ALLIES

    The "Dally Herald" states that Britain and France will recognise the Austrian exile government, being formed in London. It will be similar to the Czech ...

    Article : 55 words
  33. HITLER'S GREETINGS TO THE POPE

    The German Ambassador to Rome (Herr von Mackensen) has conveyed Herr Hitler's New Year wishes to the Pope. ...

    Article : 27 words
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