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  2. KEEP £40,000,000 IN AUSTRALIA

    Surveying the activities of the Royal Australian Air Force, and the tremendous task facing it, the Minister for Air (Mr. J. V. Fairbairn), in a ...

    Article : 636 words
  3. NEW ANTI-MINE DEVICE

    With the arrival of Britain's latest and largest liner, Queen Elizabeth, at New York, details have been disclosed in London of a newly-evolved method ...

    Article : 567 words
  4. LOSS OF BRITISH TANKERS

    German claims to have sunk 10 per cent. of Great Britain's fleet of tankers are denied in London. The German High Command claimed ...

    Article : 467 words
  5. HOLD UP TALKS ON FINANCES

    Important Cabinet discussions on the Government's financial policy for 1940-41, which were expected to be initiated at Canberra next week, ...

    Article : 465 words
  6. THE SCHOOL OF ARTS

    Sir,—Your leader on the Free Library and the School of Arts contains so many amazing illogicalities and unfounded assertions that it cannot be permitted to pass ...

    Article : 847 words
  7. STRIKE BEGINS

    STANDSTILL. The Aberdare Extended Colliery, now deserted except for a few men, may be idle to-day at the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 43 words
  8. LIBERAL VICTORY FORECAST

    Nominations for The Canadian elections will close to-morrow, and it is believed that there will be nearly 600 candidates Three-cornered and four-cornered ...

    Article : 330 words
  9. POSTED HIMSELF AS PARCEL

    After waiting six days for a passenger boat to take him from Guernsey to Alderney (in the Channel Islands between England and France), a business ...

    Article : 192 words
  10. IMPRESSED BY AUSTRALIANS

    Lieutenant-General G. J. Giffard, successor to Lieutenant-General M. G. H Barker as General Officer Commanding the British Forces in Palestine and ...

    Article : 557 words
  11. U.S. WILLING TO MEDIATE

    President Roosevelt's secretary told Press correspondents to-day that the President had not closed the door to mediatory activity by the United States ...

    Article : 147 words
  12. REORGANISATION AT GENEVA

    On the initiative of Mr. S. M. Bruce, Australian High Commissioner, the League of Nations has commenced the reorganisation and expansion of its work ...

    Article : 206 words
  13. ARMY LEADER

    SIR BRUDENELL WHITE ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 5 words
  14. RELEASE OF COAL CARGOES

    On the eve of Herr von Ribbentrop's visit to Rome, the British Government announced its decision to release the 13 Italian ships and their cargoes of ...

    Article : 521 words
  15. SIXPENNY STORE RAISES PRICES

    The famous "Nothing over Sixpence" firm, which has 762 stores, has raised its price limit on 50 items. The manager directed attention to the ...

    Article : 48 words
  16. NEW CHILDREN'S STORY TO-DAY

    A brisk serial story for children, full of fun and adventure, will be published in the "Newcastle Morning Herald," commencing to-day. It has an Australian ...

    Article : 249 words
  17. STOP PRESS

    The British steamer Chevychase (2719 tons) sank after an explosion in the North Sea. Twenty one members of her crew were picked up, and ...

    Article : 73 words
  18. TORPEDO-BOAT RAIDED IN DUBLIN

    Armed men during the night raided a new motor torpedo boat which had arrived at Kingstown harbour, Dublin, from England. ...

    Article : 100 words
  19. MILITARY TALKS AT ANKARA

    Military talks opened at Ankara yesterday between the commanders of the Allied air forces in the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean and the ...

    Article : 187 words
  20. PAINTER DIES FROM THIRST

    On his way to meet his son, who is on convalescent leave after serving on H.M.S. Exeter in the engagement with the Admiral Graf Spee. Allan McGregor Allan, ...

    Article : 66 words
  21. INCREASE WATER FLOW FROM CHICHESTER

    Preliminary work has begun on the laying of the duplicate service main supplying Newcastle, intermediate towns and the Coalfields with water from Chichester ...

    Article : 176 words
  22. PRE-WAR RUSSIAN DEMANDS

    The Russian demands on Finland before the outbreak of war included a naval base at Hauko. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 169 words
  23. FIRES AT WALLSEND

    Using 1200 feet of hose, the Wallsend Fire Brigade, under Captain W. Dobell, had a troublesome job for more than an hour yesterday, in checking a grass fire ...

    Article : 111 words
  24. SHORTAGE OF BINOCULARS AND COMPASSES

    The Minister for Supply (Sir Frederick Stewart) said to-night that a shortage existed in Australia of binoculars and compasses. As in the last war, it ...

    Article : 85 words
  25. RELIC OF GREAT PLAGUE

    An evacuation permit issued in London during the Great Plague nearly 300 years ago has been found during the demolition of an ancient half-timbered inn ...

    Article : 179 words
  26. MAGINOT LINE ON THE WAVES

    Round the East Coast of the United Kingdom, upon the waves, the British Admiralty is building its maritime Maginot Line, says the "New Statesman ...

    Article : 134 words
  27. FLAX OUTPUT TO BE ENCOURAGED

    The Commonwealth Government in to take steps to increase flax production in Australia. Announcing this yesterday, the Assistant Minister for Supply (Mr. ...

    Article : 103 words
  28. GIRL KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS IN STRUGGLE

    Melba Joyce Hogan, 15, was knocked unconscious after a fierce struggle with a man last night. When she recovered consciousness she was in another street ...

    Article : 62 words
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