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  2. LIBYAN BATTLES

    The Commander-in Chief of the British forces in Africa (General Sir Archibald Wavell), accompanied by the Commander of the Western ...

    Article : 665 words
  3. Advertising

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    Advertising : 17 words
  4. WAGGA WAR EFFORT

    Recruiting is now being carried out by quota system. That is a certain number is required each month to fill establishments, and preference is given ...

    Article : 195 words
  5. THE WAR

    Sir William Glasgow, the British High Commissioner in Canada, attended at the Upways Aerodrome to-day and ceremoniously presented their wings to 37 young ...

    Article : 150 words
  6. SEVERE FLOODS

    Floods have spread a trail of devastation through the settled areas of South Australia and five persons we believed to have been drowned. Four ...

    Article : 73 words
  7. CORRESPONDENCE

    Sir,—Ships built in Australia by mass production at a cost less than those Britain is buying from the United States, is considered feasible by a Sydney expert. The ...

    Article : 370 words
  8. Storm at Narandera

    Shortly after 7 o'clock on Saturday night, a storm of marked intensity struck Narandera, and in an hour and a half, 385 points of rain fell. Water ...

    Article : 320 words
  9. BATTLE OF THE THAMES

    It was a dark night and my friend, the skipper of the barge, had just remarked that it was time to turn in if we were to catch the early morning tide, when the sirens ...

    Article : 933 words
  10. BOY DROWNED

    Raymond Sutherland, aged 9 years, of Homebush, was drowned last night while attempting to swim for help for his sister, Gloria, aged 7 years, and ...

    Article : 269 words
  11. TURAKINA DISASTER

    Two Australians were included among the 35 members of the crew of the British freighter Turakina, who were killed in action with a German raider in the ...

    Article : 74 words
  12. SALVAGE DRIVE

    This morning there will be the usual drive to business houses at Wagga, and all boys wishing to help should be at the Council Chambers at 9 o'clock. In ...

    Article : 79 words
  13. WAR EFFORT

    The leader of the Non-Communist Labor Party in the Federal Parliament (Mr. Beasley) charged the Federal Government with withholding the information about the war ...

    Article : 226 words
  14. CHILDREN'S CONCERT

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 108 words
  15. HEPHERD'S CROOKS

    Over a remote 15 mile stretch of the Surrey-Sussex boarder they are now cutting the "small wood" for the world's best walking sticks. Shrewd ...

    Article : 286 words
  16. LATEST FORECASTS

    The following are the latest official weather forecasts:- State: Cloudy in the eastern half with scattered thunder in the ...

    Article : 102 words
  17. FIVE MISSING

    Five people are missing and believed drowned as the result of floods that have swept through South Australia leaving a trail of havoc behind them. ...

    Article : 144 words
  18. Livestock From War Zone

    Britain continues in the midst of war to send pedigree livestock across the seas to several remote corners of the world to the value of £100,000 a ...

    Article : 281 words
  19. INDUSTRIAL TROUBLES

    The Minister for Air (Mr. M'Ewen) made a strong attack on any industrial trouble which might hold up Australia's war effort at the annual dinner of the Australian ...

    Article : 291 words
  20. CARY GRANT'S UNCLE AND AUNT

    John Henry Leach and Mrs. Leach uncle and aunt of the film star, Car[?] Grant, also their daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter, were killed when ...

    Article : 52 words
  21. HEAVY RAIN IN VICTORIA

    Although Victoria received heavy rain only one locality had reported floods. At Natimuk in the Southern Wimmera District, many houses ...

    Article : 29 words
  22. IRELAND'S DANGER

    The Minister for Supplies (Mr. Lee mass), in a speech last night declared that there were still people who acted as if the war was in another plane ...

    Article : 106 words
  23. FOUR DROWNED

    Floods have caused considerable damage in Queensland. Two-thirds of Queensland received heavy rain, while the Carpentaria region has ...

    Article : 139 words
  24. AMUSEMENTS

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 202 words
  25. TRIBUTE TO ENGINEERS

    In both Bardia and Tobruk the Australians engineers played important and leading part. They were continuously employed on the dangerous task ...

    Article : 243 words
  26. MESSAGE TO SIR T. BLAMEY

    Australia, through the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Fadden) has sent the following message to Lieut-General Sir Thomas Blamey, General Officer ...

    Article : 161 words
  27. ABYSSINIAN ACTIVITIES

    Abyssinian patriots, in a two [?] engagement between Dessye and De[?]ragador, killed 200 Italian white troops and captured others. The ...

    Article : 137 words
  28. TWICE AS BIG

    "During the last forty years the average size of ships in the Mercantile Marine has increased enormously. The average tonnage of first-class cargo ...

    Article : 257 words
  29. VISITS ABROAD

    Speaking at a welcome by the people of Manly to the Minister for the Army (Mr. P. C. Spender) the member for Hume, Mr. T. J. Collins, said ...

    Article : 301 words
  30. WHEN RAIN CAME

    "When the recent rain fell in the Far West, the transformation of the country was almost instantaneous." said Mr. Wilfred Davies, of Teurika ...

    Article : 344 words
  31. WEEK-END RAIN

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 336 words
  32. "TURNABOUT" AT PLAZA

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 287 words
  33. WEDDING

    The Rev. Robert Campbell officiated the wedding of Muriel Mavis, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Brown and the late Mr. Brown, of Munyable ...

    Article : 309 words
  34. FALL OF TOBRUK

    Acting on the suggestion of the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies), church leaders throughout Australia yesterday made reference to the fall of Tobruk ...

    Article : 88 words
  35. VALUE OF TANKS

    "The Italians in Bardia and Tobruk were quite prepared to fight it out," said Lieutenant-General Mackay to-day. "If you go at them in a ...

    Article : 1,051 words
  36. Catty

    Teacher "Your essay on 'Our Cat' is word for word the same as your brother's." Jimmy: "Yes, sir; it's the same cat." ...

    Article : 24 words
  37. FRIGATES, PINNACES AND SPITFIRES

    Nearly a century and a half ago the Britten people were faced with the threat of invasion. An exhibition of contemporary broadside posters at the ...

    Article : 166 words
  38. PLANT DISEASES IN RUSSIA

    The "Socialist Agriculture" alleges that diseased seeds, soil, fruit, and vegetables were being brought to Russia by foreign travellers or sent in pouches (says the ...

    Article : 163 words
  39. Guessed!

    "I don't often eat such a dinner as I've had to-day." complimented the guest. "We dont either," rejoined the small ...

    Article : 26 words
  40. ESCAPED GERMAN SQUADRON-LEADER

    Baron Franz Von Werra, German air squadron-leader who escaped from a Canadian concentration camp, was recaptured at Oldenburg (New York) and held ...

    Article : 81 words
  41. Air, Air

    "And why do you think the air is more enjoyable in the summer time." "Because of the number of programmes that you get off it." ...

    Article : 29 words
  42. Whimsy

    Here is a beacon of hope burning through the gloom; the Daffodil Year Book for 1940 has just been published by the Royal Horticultural Society ...

    Article : 53 words
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