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  2. LOSSES BY WAR

    SYDNEY, Monday.—The system being developed by the War Damage Commission will give each State its loss ...

    Article : 217 words
  3. NOT ORIGINAL PLAN?

    LAE, particularly, and Salamaua had been smashed so completely by Japanese bombers as to suggest that the enemy had no use ...

    Article : 289 words
  4. AWARE OF DANGER

    LONDON, Monday.—There is little chance of the Japanese being allowed to occupy the island of Madagascar, says Noel ...

    Article : 325 words
  5. AIR CORPS FOR BOYS

    CANBERRA, Monday. — A plan to extend the Air Training Corps to public and State secondary schools in Australia will ...

    Article : 195 words
  6. FOR SAFER PARTS

    As a precaution against possible air raids valuable State documents are being moved to safer parts. On the right is the Treasurer (Mr. Dwyer-Gray), who is chairman of a Cabinet committee handling the removal of State ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 46 words
  7. TO RALLY DUTCH

    SO that they may continue their fight, members of the Netherlands Indies Governing Council and high officers of the fighting services, with technical assistants, have come to Australia to rally Dutch sentiment ...

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  8. "Allies Must Start To Reconquer"

    ADMIRAL HART, who resigned recently from the naval command in the SouthWest Pacific, has arrived in ...

    Article : 81 words
  9. SWEEPING POWERS

    CANBERRA, Monday. — To maintain an adequate production of minerals of all kinds for thc prosecution of the war the ...

    Article : 237 words
  10. COMPENSATION RIGHTS

    CANBERRA, Monday.—The Federal Government is reviewing the compensation rights of persons in reserved occupations injured by ...

    Article : 115 words
  11. PRODUCTION OF COAL

    SYDNEY, Monday—Referring to a recent statement on coal production by the Coal Commissioner (Mr. N. Mighell), the ...

    Article : 229 words
  12. Blackout Powers Of Police

    AFTER police had told him that a city building showing 19 lights in a blackout was padlocked and that they could ...

    Article : 125 words
  13. BREAD AND MILK

    CANBERRA, Monday.—The Victorian Government has not yet replied to a request from the Commonwealth Government ...

    Article : 180 words
  14. SCORCHED EARTH

    cific power to apply a scorched earth policy in any part of Australia that may be in danger of enemy occupation is taken by ...

    Article : 178 words
  15. MESSAGES WITH A MORAL

    LONDON, Monday.—Two messages flashed round the world on Saturday—the Dutch Indies News Agency despatch about the lack of ...

    Article : 274 words
  16. AWARD FOR AIRMAN

    CANBERRA, Monday.—The Distinguished Flying Medal has been awarded to Sgt. Pilot Walter Hamilton Arthur Malley, son of Mr. A. A. ...

    Article : 118 words
  17. R.A.N. AWARDS

    SYDNEY, Monday. — The Minister for the Navy (Mr. Makin) announced today advice had been received by the Naval Board that the ...

    Article : 124 words
  18. NEW FORM OF EQUIPMENT

    Orders for hundreds of thousands of pairs of snowshoes have been placed with English manufacturers. Rather like large tennis racquets, with short skis, they are made largely of ash. Many are being made bv firms which ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  19. No Fear Of Smallpox

    THERE is no need to fear that because of the influx of refugees from eastern countries there will be an ...

    Article : 159 words
  20. No Attempt To Nationalise Broadcasting

    No attempt will be made to bring about the nationalisation of broadcasting, but the report of the Parliamentary Committee is ...

    Article : 264 words
  21. COUNCIL'S TERM

    The view that it was undesirable that the civic election should be held in May was expressed almost unanimously at a meeting of the Hobart ...

    Article : 289 words
  22. Revised Interest Charges

    CANBERRA, Monday. A REVISED scale of interest charges to give effect to the reduction in interest ...

    Article : 128 words
  23. HOTEL HOURS

    CANBERRA, Monday. — Federal regulations passed last year give each State Government full power to curtail liquor trading hours in ...

    Article : 96 words
  24. RENEWED HOPE IN BRITAIN

    LONDON, Monday.—Mr. E. Shinwell, a Labour member of the House of Commons, said in a speech that the fresh blood in the Government ...

    Article : 110 words
  25. End Of Pleasure Motoring?

    LONDON, Monday.—It is believed that the Government is considering the abolition of the basic petrol allowance, which would mean the ...

    Article : 29 words
  26. ENEMY SHELLED

    LONDON, Monday.—A Cairo headquarters communique [?] that British artillery successfully shelled the enemy during [?] ...

    Article : 145 words
  27. WHEAT ACREAGE

    CANBERRA, Monday.—The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully) today announced that there would be no compulsory reduction of wheat acreage ...

    Article : 162 words
  28. India Prepares For Air Raids

    NEW DELHI, Monday.—Within a few days Bombay citizens organised an efficient A.R.P. system, with 9,000 wardens. The Madras Provincial ...

    Article : 40 words
  29. Advertising

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  30. ON PRIVATE PROPERTY

    The council's right to enter on private property for the purpose ot installing a water meter had been challenged, the Works Committee reported at a ...

    Article : 126 words
  31. NEARER JAPANESE MENACE

    Occupation of Salamaua by the Japane se will facilitate air attack on Port Moresby, which is less than 200 miles distant by air. A native settlement at Port Moresby is pictured here. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  32. Advertising

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  33. Scorched Earth In New Guinea

    LADY McNICOLL, wife of the Administrator of New Guinea (Brigadier-General Sir Walter McNicoll), said ...

    Article : 144 words
  34. FILTHY HABIT

    Asserting that the offence was increasing, the Police Magistrate (Col. Clark), at Hobart Police Court yesterday strongly condemned what he ...

    Article : 122 words
  35. Thai Government Resigns

    SWISS Radio quotes a report from Tokio that the Thai Government has resigned, and the Prime ...

    Article : 73 words
  36. "Opinion On Organisation Of War Effort

    MOST Australians are satisfied with the way the Commonwealth Government is organising our war effort, but there is widespread ...

    Article : 297 words
  37. EXCISE ON BEER AND SPIRITS

    MELBOURNE, Monday.—Revenue from excise duty on beer and spirits for the seven months to January 31 amounted to £9,928,931, an increase ...

    Article : 97 words
  38. CIGARETTE SALES IN HOTELS

    The Chief Secretary (Mr. Brooker), referring yesterday to a letter addressed to thc Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) containing the views of a ...

    Article : 109 words
  39. TEA STOCKS

    Referring yesterday to the doubt which exists among Tasmanian traders concerning the returns of tea stocks, the Deputy Prices Commissioner (Mr. L. ...

    Article : 98 words
  40. A.A.P. News Service

    Oversea news in this issue (unless otherwise stated) is from the Australian Associated Press, of which "The Mercury" is a member. All rights are ...

    Article : 42 words
  41. Hungarian Cabinet Resigns

    LONDON, Monday.—A Vichy report says that the Hungarian Cabinet has resigned. ...

    Article : 16 words
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