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  2. DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA

    CANBERRA, Tuesday. — Parliament had not abrogated its functions to the Advisory War Council, and should meet at once so that the ...

    Article : 258 words
  3. PEARL HARBOUR LAXITY APPALS AMERICA

    WASHINGTON, Tuesday. THE official report on the bungling at Pearl Harbour (which enabled the Japanese to spring their ...

    Article : 460 words
  4. "... NEXT TO GODLINESS"

    The theory that boys have an aversion for wishing their ears ind neck is wrong if this picture be any criterion.—An unrehearsed scene at the Hobart Rotary ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 40 words
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  6. CIVILIANS IN EMERGENCY

    CIVILIANS would have a definite and vitally important part to play in the event of an enemy air attack or invasion, the Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) said today in issuing instructions on how they should behave in an ...

    Article : 431 words
  7. A.I.F. IN CONTACT WITH NEW ENEMY FORCE

    AUSTRALIAN troops are in contact with the Japanese force which has landed at Endau, on the cast coast of Malaya, and already have ...

    Article : 490 words
  8. BLUNDER OF MALAYA

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—"Malaya is a tragic disaster; we have been out-ranged, out-numbered, and outwitted, and it should never have ...

    Article : 401 words
  9. Harvesting Leave Cancelled

    SPECIAL leave granted to enable some Militia trainees to assist in harvesting and other seasonal occupations has been cancelled, and ...

    Article : 152 words
  10. LIBYA SETBACK TO BRITISH

    LONDON, Tuesday.—In a leading article "The Times" says that General Rommel's blow was shrewder than expected, but the Middle ...

    Article : 352 words
  11. ADVANCE ON SMOLENSK

    LONDON, Tuesday.—More Russian successes are reported from Moscow. A smashing Red Army attack, led by mammoth tanks and ...

    Article : 246 words
  12. CHANCE TO STRIKE

    ADMIRAL YATES STIRLING, the United Press naval, expert, discussing the present, position of Australia and China, says their protests are valid. ...

    Article : 238 words
  13. ACQUISITION OF FRUIT

    THE Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully) will recommend to the Federal Cabinet the restoration of the payment of 6d. a unit for friut acquired ...

    Article : 561 words
  14. SCORCHED EARTH POLICY

    The view was expressed yesterday by the Premier (Mr. Cosgrove) that the question of deciding on a scorched earth policy, in the event of an invasion of the ...

    Article : 126 words
  15. Some Enterprises To Be Closed

    "TO meet man-power requirements, the Commonwealth Government will close some enterprises within the next few ...

    Article : 166 words
  16. Enemy Targets Pounded

    LONDON, Tuesday.—The Air Ministry announces that last night bombers attacked in force objectives at Emden and Hanover and also bombed other ...

    Article : 40 words
  17. New Council To Deal With Supplies

    THE Deputy Prime Minister (Mr. Forde) announced tonight that War Cabinet had decided today to establish an Allied ...

    Article : 65 words
  18. American Hostages

    LONDON,— Tuesday.—According to Vichy Radio 200 American citizens living in Paris have been sent to a German concentration camp, where they will be ...

    Article : 38 words
  19. CHICK- SEXING EXPERTS

    LONDON, Tuesday.—Six young Japanese poultry sex determiners are to be released from internment "in the interests of the British poultry industry." ...

    Article : 93 words
  20. LARGEST IN HISTORY

    WASHINGTON, Tuesday. — The Naval Appropriations Bill involving an expenditure of 17,722,000,000 dollars (£A5,907,300,000) and approved ...

    Article : 180 words
  21. BROADCASTING CHANGES

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  22. CIVIL DEFENCE

    The Lord Mayor (Mr. Soundy), referring yesterday to a letter in "The Mercury" which urged that the Hobart City Council should distribute sand to ...

    Article : 266 words
  23. America Expects To Lose Guam

    WASHINGTON, Tuesday.—Rear—Admiral Morell, Chief of the Naval Bureau Docks, in testimony on the Naval Appropriation Bill, disclosed that Guam ...

    Article : 80 words
  24. TANKERS SUNK

    LONDON, Tuesday.—Further successes by British submarines against enemy shipping in the Mediterranean taking supplies and reinforcements to ...

    Article : 138 words
  25. BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL

    CANBERRA, Tuesday.—For attempting a rescue in shark-infested waters which were covered with blazing petrol, Leading Aircraftman Raymond David Moore, ...

    Article : 149 words
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  27. AUSTRALIAN WILL LEAD SPITFIRE SQUADRON

    LONDON, Tuesday. — Flight-Lieut. Keith Truscott, of Melbourne, has been promoted squadron leader, and will command an Australian Spitfire ...

    Article : 70 words
  28. Leiters to the Editor AUSTRALIA IN A CRISIS

    SIR—"K.B." asks: "Might not Australia be expected to 'take it' for a while as the greater part of the world has taken it?" Where has "K.B." been the ...

    Article : 626 words
  29. "DARWIN NOT BOMBED"

    THE Berlin Radio report that Darwin had been bombed on Monday was ridiculed today by the Acting Prime Minister ...

    Article : 88 words
  30. MORE TROLLEY BUSES

    One of the eight trolley buses destined for China, and which were purchased by the Hobart City Council, already is in commission, and it is expected that two more will ...

    Article : 154 words
  31. Iranian Treaty

    LONDON, Tuesday.—The Parliament of Iran has ratified a treaty between Britain, Russia, and Iran by 80 votes to five. ...

    Article : 21 words
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  33. VICTORIA DOCK DAMAGE

    The harbourmaster (Capt H. J. Watchorn) reported at a meeting of the Marine Board at Hobart yesterday that he had held a preliminary inquiry into the circumstances of ...

    Article : 136 words
  34. SUNK IN U.S. WATERS

    WASHINGTON, Tuesday.—The Navy Department announced today that the freighter Venore (8.000 tons) was torpedoed and sunk off the Atlantic coast ...

    Article : 95 words
  35. To Correspondents

    "Urgent" (Hobart).—Write to the secretary, Defence Department, Melbourne. ...

    Article : 11 words
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