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  2. REPUDIATED BY LEADER Mr. Hughes On Communism

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Minister for the Navy (Mr. Hughes) is in trouble again with his Cabinet colleagues. ...

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  3. "REMARKABLE FRAUD"

    THE Commonwealth Prosecutor (Mr. C. B. Brown), addressing the City Court today in a case in which George Stewart (36), salesman, of St. Kilda, appeared on a charge of having forged and uttered' an application for petrol ration ...

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  4. COMPANY DEFENDED

    MR. MENZIES' statement is cheap and evasive, and is not what is expected of a national leader in these critical times," Mr. Forde replied tonight. ...

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  5. AIR AID FOR RUSSIA

    LONDON, Thursday.—It is stated authoritatively that there is clear evidence that the R.A F.'s offensive in the west is proving increasingly ...

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  6. EASTERN FRONT

    STOCKHOLM messages say big tank battles are raging in the outer suburbs of Kiev the capital of the Ukraine but the Russians claim to he ...

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  7. FUNCTIONS OF COMMITTEES

    The Premier (Mr. Cosgrove) explained yesterday that the post-war reconstruction committee set up by Cabinet at the request of the Federal authorities would ...

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  8. CONTROL OF ALIENS

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—Friendly aliens othei than enemy aliens can now be exempt from provisions of the Alien Control Regulations. District military ...

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  9. REMARKABLE PILOTING

    LONDON, Thursday.—One of the most remarkable feats of piloting during the war has been performed by a young Australian pilot. ...

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  10. APPEAL FOR UNITED WAR EFFORT

    PERTH, Thursday.—A further spirited appeal to the workers of Australia not to hamper Australia's war effort by unnecessary petty disputes, was made by the ...

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  11. BOMBED FROM LOW LEVEL

    LONDON, Thursday.—A 3 500-ton enemy supply ship was bombed off the French coast this morning. It was cleverly camouflaged and accompanied ...

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  12. Disturbances Among Italian Troops

    A RUSSIAN communique says that serious disturbances occurred at Piraeus among soldiers of an Italian division about to be ...

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  13. New Duties For Goering?

    ACCORDING to a British United Press message from Berlin, a "competent" quarter stated that though nothing could be said to reveal ...

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  14. CONTRACTS LET

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Commonwealth today let tenders for knitted goods, woven materials, and blankets valued at more than £4,250,0000. ...

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  15. NO RETRACTION

    NEW YORK, Thursday.—Col. Josiah Wedgwood, M.P. (Lab.), who will leave on return to Britain on Saturday told ...

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  16. "Marriage" To Friend's Wife Alleged

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—Police claimed in the Central Court today that a man had gone through a form of marriage with the wife of a friend in the hope of escaping ...

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  17. Economic Cabinet Seat For Mr. Spooner

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—The promotion of the Minister for War Organisation of Industry (Mr. Spooner) to the Economic Cabinet, of which Mr. Fadden is ...

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  18. TRIBUTE BY GERMANS

    LONDON, Thursday.—Berlin Radio broadcast an eye-witness account of a terrific battle which resulted from a Russian attempt to recapture an unnamed ...

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  19. Weygaiid To Govern Algeria

    LONDON, Thursday.—It was announced officially in Vichy that the French Commander-in-chief in North Africa (General Weygand) has been appointed ...

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  20. MILITIA OFFICERS

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—The question whether officers and non-commissioned officers of the Australian Military Forces should be called up for the duration of ...

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  21. RADIO SERVICES DEFENDED

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Australian cities probably are as well supplied with radio programmes as any in the world, the Director-General of Posts and ...

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  22. Social Security Inquiry Begins Monday

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—The first inquiry by the recently-constituted Parliamentary Select Committee on Social Security will be held in Sydney on Monday. ...

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  23. Advertising

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  24. PILOT ARRESTED

    LONDON, Thursday.—Pilot-Officer Harold Isaac Conat stepped from a British bomber after having raided Brest to find detectives waiting to arrest him. ...

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  25. RADIO EXTENSIONS

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—Hotels, inns, and boarding or lodging houses must pay 10/ year in future for every extension from a master radio receiving set. ...

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  26. FULL CONTROL BY MINISTER

    LONDON, Thursday.—The Minister for Information (Mr. Duff Cooper) is now charged with full day-to-day control of the news and propaganda services of the ...

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  27. FIGHT TO SAVE STEAMER

    Tons of blazing copra sent up a cloud of acrid smoke for more than two hours from a steamer in an Australian port yesterday, while 70 firemen, assisted by ...

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  28. AMERICAN ARMY

    WASHINGTON, Thursday.—The War Department announces a major shuffling of officers, involving 12 important changes in command, including ...

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  29. BLOODCURDLING "FACTS"

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The Italian radio station I.E.M. in a broadcast picked up by Army headquarters in Melbourne today, attributed statements of ...

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  30. STARVATION AND PESTILENCE

    NEW YORK, Thursday.—A third of the population of South-Eastern Shansi Province has been wiped out in recent weeks by starvation and pestilence, according to ...

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  31. WAR SAVINGS

    Monthly quotas tor each State tor sales of war savings certificates and stamps have been adopted for the 1941-2 financial year An objective of £25,000,000 was fixed for the ...

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  32. Naval Auxiliary Sunk

    LONDON, Thursday.—An Admiralty communique announces that H.M. auxiliary vessel, Lady Somers (Commander G. L. Dunbar) has been sunk. Spanish ...

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  33. A.I.F. Casualty

    Mrs. M. Baker, Sandy Bay, has been informed that her son, Spr. L. V. Baker, previously reported missing and believed a prisoner of war, is a prisoner of war. ...

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  34. WAR INDUSTRY

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—About 113,000 persons were employed in the industrial metals and machinery group of war industries compared with the ...

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  35. U.S. Civilian Defence Mission To Britain

    LONDON, Thursday.—American officials sent to England by the Mayor of New York (Mr. La Guardia) to observe civilian defence work, will arrive in ...

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  36. SURVIVORS FROM SHIPS SUNK IN ATLANTIC

    LISBON, Thursday.—Five members of the crew of the Canadian steamer Silveryew (6,373 tons), which was sunk in the Atlantic, have been landed at Lisbon. ...

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  37. Safety Of Waterside Workers

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—Regulations gazetted today give greater safety to waterside workers loading and unloading ships. They provide for testing and care ...

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  38. Taxi-Drivers Seek Delay Of Petrol Cut

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—A stop-work meeting of 250 taxi-drivers at the Trades Hall tonight appointed a deputation to ask the Minister for Supply, (Senator ...

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  39. Printing Office Plans Postponed

    It is not the intention of the Government to proceed with the erection of a new Government Printing Office for the time being. The Premier (Mr. Cosgrove) said ...

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  40. Advertising

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  41. Japanese Earthquake

    TOKIO, Thursday.—Five persons were killed and many others injured in an earthquake on Tuesday night in the Nagana Prefecture. Thirty houses ...

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  42. Canadian Army

    OTTAWA, Thursday.—The Canadian Defence Minister (Col. Ralston) announced that 33,500 recruits had raised the total strength of the Army to 215,000. There ...

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