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  2. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT

    CANBERRA, Monday. -- In accordance with the Federal Government's plans for monthly meetings of Parliament, both Houses of Parliament will ...

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  3. AXIS LOSSES

    LONDON, Monday. -- An Admiralty communique says: "Two U-boats, two supply ships, six schooners and a motor vessel carrying troops have been successfully attacked by submarines in the ...

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  4. AUSTRALIA'S POSITION

    WASHINGTON, Sunday. -- The "Washington Post" says: "The more one studies Australia's representations in the past few days, the more one ...

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  5. HOT RECEPTION FOR JAPS

    CANBERRA, Monday.--A war correspondent in the New Guinea area tells of smashing air successes against the Japanese. Four Japanese fighters which attempted to machine-gun the aerodrome in to-day's ...

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  6. WAR IN BURMA

    LONDON, Monday. -- The correspondent of the "Daily Mail" in Calcutta says: "A tremendous battle for air supremacy is raging over the Burma front. Both sides have been substantially reinforced. British ...

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  7. OUTPUT FOR WAR

    LONDON, Sunday.--"The Times" in a leader, in reference to the task facing Captain Oliver Lyttelton (Minister for Production) says: "The ...

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  8. SUCCESSFUL RAID

    LONDON, Monday.--A communique from Cairo says: "Further details of the raid reported in yesterday's communique are now available. The ...

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  9. UNITED STATES FORCES

    CANBERRA, Monday.--Australia will supply, the United states forces operating in the Australian war zone with all the equipment that Australian ...

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  10. LABOUR CORPS

    BRISBANE, Monday.--To expedite the medical examination of the thousands of men between 45 and 55 years. Army doctors have started night ...

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  11. GENERAL MACARTHUR

    CANBERRA, Monday.--The Government intends to make an early opportunity for the Supreme Commander in the South-Western Pacific (General ...

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  12. SECOND WAR FRONT

    MONTREAL, Sunday.--The Polish Premier in Exile and Commander-in-Chief (General Sikorski) urges the United Nations to open a second front ...

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  13. FIFTY-SIX MEN

    LONDON, Sunday.--The captain of a Sunderland flying boat in the South Atlantic spotted 56 members of a crew from a torpedoed steamer in three ...

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  14. SECOND ESCAPE

    SYDNEY, Monday. -- Sergeant-Pilot H. E. Birt, of Sydney, a member of the R.A.A.F., has made a second escape within six months and is now back in ...

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  15. ATTACK ON JAPAN!

    NEW YORK, Sunday.--The Tokio official radio announced that Lieutenant-General Kobayashi, Commander of Home Defence, speaking over the ...

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  16. RETORT WORKERS

    SYDNEY, Monday.--The threatened strike of retort workers at Glen Davis will not take place, said the Federal Secretary of the Australian Workers' ...

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  17. APPEAL TO FARMERS

    CANBERRA, Monday. -- The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully) to-night appealed to farmers to sow as much oats for grain and caten hay as ...

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  18. SHEEPSKIN VESTS

    BRISBANE, Monday.--Of 3574 sheepskins sent to the Country Women's Association in response to the Sheepskin Vests Appeal, 709 were suitable for ...

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  19. GERMAN TORTURES

    STOCKHOLM, Sunday. -- During a Parliamentary debate on the confiscation of Swedish newspapers for publishing reports of German tortures in ...

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  20. WAR DAMAGE

    SYDNEY, Monday.--Central advisory panels for each State were appointed by the War Damage Commission to-day. They will be the final ...

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  21. JAPANESE WARSHIPS

    NEW YORK, Sunday. -- A communique issued in Chungking says: "Japanese warships steamed up the Min River past Foochow yesterday ...

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  22. IN THE PHILIPPINES

    WASHINGTON, Sunday. -- General Yamashita, commander of the Japanese forces in the Philippines, has issued a demand to General ...

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  23. ALL COAL MINERS

    SYDNEY, Monday.--Every colliery i[?] New South Wales was at work to-day. The general secretary of the Miners Federation (Mr. G. Grant) said that ...

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  24. AUSTRALIAN SUGAR

    CANBERRA, Monday. -- Australian sugar might be sent to the United States to relieve the acute shortage there. It was reported to-day that ...

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  25. FIRE BRIGADE

    BRISBANE, Monday.--The chief officer (Mr. C. D. Richardson) of the New South Wales Fire Brigade arrived to-day to conduct an inquiry into the ...

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  26. STATE SCHOLARSHIP

    BRISBANE, Monday.--The Minister for Education (Mr. Jones) announced to-night that pupils of schools temporarily evacuated from Queensland to ...

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  27. U.S. VESSELS

    NORFOLK (Virginia), Sunday.--The U.S. Navy has announced that an enemy submarine lost week sank three additional U.S. vessels, which were ...

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  28. DAMAGE AT MILAS

    LONDON, Sunday.--It is stated authoritatively that an inquiry shows that, as the result of a regrettable error, due to complete darkness and bad ...

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  29. PETROL TICKETS

    SYDNEY, Monday.--James Henry Knott (22), of Lakemba, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment for fraudulently converting petrol ration ...

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  30. SIR STAFFORD CRIPPS

    KARACHI, Sunday. -- Sir Stafford Cripps (Leader of the House of Commons), who is on a special mission to India, has arrived with his party. ...

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    United States sailors and soldiers on their arrival in Australia Quickly made friends wherever they went, and were received with the customary open-handed hospitality for which Australians, like Americans, are noted. This picture shows Americans at a lunch counter in Melbourne. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  32. CONTROL OF TIMBER

    CANBERRA, Monday. -- Regulations have been issued to ensure that supplies of timber are available to the Commonwealth for war purposes. ...

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    Australian cities have no sky-scrapers as the United States of America understands the term, but a Royal Australian Air Force man points out some distinguishing features of Melbourne to two American sailors. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  34. SPECIAL BADGES

    SYDNEY, Monday.--The Chinese Minister to Australia (Dr. Hsu-mo) has instructed Chinese Consulates throughout Australia to issue special ...

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  35. BEER FOR CAMPS

    CANBERRA, Monday.--Drastic action will be taken against breweries which refuse to supply beer to military camps. Certain breweries have ...

    Article : 67 words
  36. ON ANZAC DAY

    CANBERRA, Monday.--The Government has issued a regulation banning the opening of theatres before 1 p.m. on Anzac Day. ...

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  37. STATE SCHOOLS

    BRISBANE, Monday.--All State primary and secondary schools, except those still closed for war purposes, will be open for tuition on Easter Monday, ...

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  38. Unessential Travel

    SYDNEY, Monday. -- The State Transport Minister (Mr. O'Sullivan) warned Sydney people that unless unessential travel in peak hours were ...

    Article : 61 words
  39. NO CASUALTIES

    LONDON, Sunday. -- Raiders this evening flew over the Thames Estuary and bombed coastal residential areas. There were no casualties. ...

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