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  2. RAID CELEBRATED.

    The Danish Nazi newspaper, "National Socialisten," has published an indignant account of a big meeting held at Copenhagen to celebrate the ...

    Article : 140 words
  3. KASSERINE PASS OCCUPIED Axis Makes Hasty Retreat

    The British United Press correspondent on the Tunisian, frost says that the Americans occupied Kasserine Pass on the morning of February 25 without, firing a shot, after shelling it all night. German artillery withdrew during the ...

    Article : 209 words
  4. GANDHI'S FAST.

    The Secretary for India (Mr. L. C. M. S. Amery), in reply to a question in the House of Commons to-day, said that correspondence ...

    Article : 507 words
  5. TURN OF TIDE.

    Introducin[?] Army estimates in the House commons to-day, the Secretary of [?] (Sir James Grigg) said that [?]ear 1942 had seen ...

    Article : 259 words
  6. AID TO CHINA.

    The Chinese representative, visiting Washington (Mr. T. V. Soong) after conferring with the Under Secretary for State (Mr. Cordell Hull) ...

    Article : 142 words
  7. RUSSIANS' GREAT OFFENSIVE Bitter Fighting in Progress

    The "Daily Telegraph's" correspondent at Stockholm saysthat messages from Berlin suggest that the Russians are on the eve of the greatest offensive on the Central and Northern fronts. The Russians are strongly attacking Gjatsk, which is ...

    Article : 183 words
  8. AGRICULTURAL POLICY

    Eleven Peers representing all political Creeds under the chairmanship of Earl De La Warr, publish a memorandum on "Post-war ...

    Article : 482 words
  9. CLEAN CUT REPULSE.

    The Secretary for War (Mr. H. L. Stimson), at a Press conference, said that Rommel's forees in Central Tunisia suffered a clean-ent ...

    Article : 412 words
  10. BERLIN CLAIMS.

    The Berlin radio claims an important success in the crucial Donbas battle, which governs the fate of considerable German forces in the "Stalino-Taganog ...

    Article : 646 words
  11. ENEMY POSITIONS CRUSHED.

    An Algiers communique says that French troops sallying out from the mountains west of Ousseltia Valley crushed enemy positions, one after ...

    Article : 210 words
  12. [?]ODERN TRACTORS

    [?] century ago power came to indury, resulting in industrial revolutic. To-day, before our eyes, there is [?]gricultural revolution," declared ...

    Article : 330 words
  13. ALLIED FORCES. ADVANCE IN BURMA.

    The Allied forces which advanced into Burma now are in sight of the port of Akyab, 70 miles from their starting point. Sea-borne forces ...

    Article : 140 words
  14. ALLIED AIR ASSAULTS.

    While Baitish and American troops are swarming into Kasserine Pass the A[?]ed air force has spread air assaults deep into the enemy's rear. Marauders, ...

    Article : 69 words
  15. MORTGAGE BANK BILL.

    The Government would accept only one amendment to its Bill to establish a mortgage bank department of the Commonwealth Bank—that the ...

    Article : 218 words
  16. WITHDRAWAL CONTINUES.

    An Algiers communique, which for the first time includes the activities of the Eighth Army, states: "The enemy continued their withdrawal from the ...

    Article : 129 words
  17. WOMEN BARMAIDS. CONFLICT REMOVED.

    The apparent conflict between the recent order allowing women over 35 years to be employed as barmaids in Victoria and the general man-power ...

    Article : 97 words
  18. DRUNKEN SCENES.

    Drunken scenes at St. Paul's Angl[?] can Cathedral were described to-day by the Dean of Melbourne, Rev. Lanley. They included drunken men w[?] ...

    Article : 162 words
  19. DEATH SENTENCES.

    Judge Patna sentenced to death eight Indians, sentenced two to transportation, four to 20 years' rigorous imprisonment for one of the most ...

    Article : 107 words
  20. VILLAGE ATTACKED.

    A New Delhi communique states: "One of our fighting patrols on the night of February 22 successfully attacked the enemy-occupied village of ...

    Article : 107 words
  21. INCREASING PRESSURE.

    General Montgomery is increasing pressure against the Mareth defences before which more fighting units are now joining the Eighth Army. The weather ...

    Article : 55 words
  22. RETREAT TOWARD PLAINS.

    The British United Press correspondest at Algiers states that Axis forces are retreating from Kasserine Pass toward the plains east of Kasserine. ...

    Article : 440 words
  23. OPPOSITION FROM SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Following a letter received from the Prime Minister (Mr. J. Curtin) asking for approval of employment in South Australia of barmaids over the age of ...

    Article : 103 words
  24. ADDITIONAL POWERS.

    Cond[?]ing the State Governments for their failure to transter the additional powers to the Commonwealth, as agreed to by all State Premiers and ...

    Article : 390 words
  25. MEAT DECLARED.

    All classes of meat were to-day declared for the purposes of price control. The Customs Minister (Senator R. V. Keane) said an important step ...

    Article : 167 words
  26. SNEAK RAIDERS

    The Air Ministry explains that sneak raiders cannot be detected before arrival over the coast of Britain because no form of radio location functions ...

    Article : 112 words
  27. FREE SPEECH.

    "Even though Parliamentary privilege of free speech might be occasionally abused it was this important privilege which had its root very deep in our ...

    Article : 152 words
  28. EMPIRE CONGRESS.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. J. Curtin) said to-day if the A.C.T.U. did not review its decision that it must have three delegates to the Empire Trades ...

    Article : 190 words
  29. EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN.

    Suggestions by the Railway Department for employment of women, on certain duties and the extension of the weekly hours are being considered by ...

    Article : 174 words
  30. GROUP CAPTAIN.

    Australian Group Captain James Alexander, of Brisbane, has been appointed to the command of an R.A.F. operational station in the United ...

    Article : 154 words
  31. INFLATING REPORTS

    The Office of War Information says that German and Italian sub[?]arine commanders are inflating reports of Allied sinkings, because they desire the ...

    Article : 118 words
  32. WARFARE WEAPONS.

    The Germans combined two of their most effective desert warfare weapons by mounting the famous 88 millimetre guns in the new Mark VI tank. The ...

    Article : 70 words
  33. W.A.A.A.F. ENROLMENT.

    Since the formation of the W.A.A.A.F. two years ago, over 32,000 women and girls have applied for enrolment Announcing this to-day the Air Minister ...

    Article : 81 words
  34. R.A.F. RAIDS.

    R.A.F. bombers attacked Wilhelmshaven last night. None of our aircraft is missing. The Air Ministry states that planes of the bomber command ...

    Article : 79 words
  35. BENEFIT PAYMENTS.

    The Senate passed a Bill by 77 to 2 prohibiting a deduction in benefit payments in calculating farm prices, thus deleting one of the main planks of the ...

    Article : 86 words
  36. AIR AND NAVAL BASES.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. J. Curtin) to-day declined to comment on the suggestion that the United States should be given air and naval bases ...

    Article : 96 words
  37. POLITICAL PRISONERS.

    The Algiers radio states General Giraud sanctioned the release of 1300 political prisoners, mainly de Gaullists, Communists, and former members of ...

    Article : 43 words
  38. DIEPPE BATTLE.

    Air-Marshal Leigh Mallory, Commander-in-Chief of the Fighter Command, has revealed that 170 German aircraft were destroyed in the Dieppe ...

    Article : 44 words
  39. ROOSEVELT ILL.

    White House has announced that President F. D. Roosevelt is ill and is suffering from an intestinal disorder. It is not serious, but he has cancelled ...

    Article : 42 words
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