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  2. INVASION PLAN

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Since first threat of invasion was made early last month, pilots of the Royal Air Force have kept a ...

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  3. REDUCED SCALE

    LONDON, Wednesday.--A heavy mist blotting out the Straits of Dover is believed partly responsible for the marked slackening in night raids on ...

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  4. WHEAT INDUSTRY

    MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- To-morrow's conference between the State Premiers and Ministers for Agriculture and the Minister ...

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  5. NEW CABINET

    CANBERRA, Thursday.--In a series of conferences between the Prime Minister (Mr. R. G. Menzies) and the Acting Leader of the Country Party ...

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  6. ON BURMA ROAD

    LONDON, Wednesday.--A message from Chungking states that, despite Japanese bombings, traffic on the Burma Road remains unaffected. Only ...

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  7. HITLER AND FRANCO

    LONDON, Thursday. -- A communique issued in Madrid states: "Hitler and General Franco met on the French and Spanish frontier. The Spanish Foreign Minister (Senor Suner) and Ribbentrop also ...

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  8. FOREIGN WARS

    WASHINGTON, Wednesday.--In his first major campaign address at Philadelphia, President Roosevelt reiterated his promise to keep America. out of ...

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  9. PRINCE STARHEMBERG

    LONDON, Wednesday. -- Questions were asked in the House of Commons regarding the position of Prince von Starhemberg, former Austrian ...

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  10. INTERNATIONAL NEWS

    LONDON, Wednesday.--It was officially announced in Berne that, under a trade agreement, Switzerland would resume trade with unoccupied France. ...

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  11. CALMNESS IN LONDON

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Mr. Ralph Ingersoll, owner of the New York newspaper "P.M.," who completed a three- day tour of London, said: "Londoners ...

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  12. 'PLANES FROM U.S.

    WASHINGTON, Thursday.--The export of war 'planes to Britain in the first year of the war totalled 743, valued at 53,000,000 dollars, and parts ...

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  13. NATIONAL FITNESS

    BRISBANE, Thursday. -- Fifty Queensland men and women are to be trained as leaders for the National Fitness Campaign at a camp at Southport ...

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  14. DUTCH EAST INDIES

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Replying to a question in the House of Commons, the Under-Secretary for State for Foreign Affairs (Mr. R. A. Butler) said ...

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  15. LIGHT RAIN ON DOWNS

    A boisterous wind blew in Toowoomba yesterday afternoon and in the evening storm clouds appeared, but only light showers were experienced in the early ...

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  16. MELBOURNE CUP.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Although! Tragopan was sent to Melbourne, especially with a view to tackling the Melbourne Cup, the horse has little ...

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  17. ITALIAN SQUADRON

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The naval correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says that although surprise is being expressed that the Italian forces were ...

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  18. CLAIM FOR £3125

    SYDNEY, Thursday.--An application for the discharge of the jury was refused by Mr. Justice K. W. Street in the Supreme Court to-day in the ...

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  19. FATHER AND SON

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The first father and son to have their wings in the Royal Australian Air Force at the same time are Flight-Lieutenant R. U. ...

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  20. NINTH DIVISION

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Additional troops front Australia will join the new Ninth Division in the Middle East for training. ...

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  21. HERBERT VACANCY

    INNISFAIL, Thursday.--The Country Party to-night selected Mr. A. A. Moule as the party's candidate for the Herbert bye-election. He is a sugar ...

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  22. STRUCK BY LIGHTNING

    BRISBANE, Thursday. -- Lightning struck the chimney of a house in Sinclair Street, Kangaroo Point, in a storm to-night. The chimney crashed. ...

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  23. SEARCH FOR £6300

    SYDNEY, Thursday. -- Detectives spent much time searching the bush off River Road. Lane Cove, for £6300 in notes which were wrapped in brown ...

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  24. POLISH EMBASSY

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The Berlin radio says that all members of the Polish Embassy in Bucharest, except the Ambassador, have been arrested. ...

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  25. STATE INCOME TAX

    BRISBANE, Thursday.--The Commissioner of Taxation, in a report tabled in Parliament to-day, stated that Queenslanders paid £3,538,915 in ...

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  26. MR. H. G. WELLS'S PERMIT

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Replying to criticism of the grant of an exit permit to Mr. H. G. Wells to go on a lecture tour in the United States, the Under ...

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  27. UP TO 212 INCHES

    BRISBANE, Thursday.--Though rain fell in many centres of the south-east coast to-night, it was not heavy enough in most areas to afford relief. Districts ...

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  28. Food for France

    VICHY, Wednesday.--The "Journal des Debats" states that three ships, bringing over 10,000 tons of foodstuffs from Buenos Aires, have arrived in ...

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  29. AUSTRALIAN ARMY

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The Minister for the Army (Senator P. A. McBride) said to-night that to enable more than 3000 officers to be trained, ...

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  30. TWO SUBMARINES

    BEUNAVENTURA (Colombia), Wednesday.--Two unidentified submarines are reported at the entrance to Beuna-ventura Bay, on the Pacific coast. ...

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  31. Mr. A. Corran Dead

    BRISBANE, Thursday.--Mr. Alexander Corran, proprietor of the world's smallest newspaper. "The Torres Strait Pilot." died recently, aged 79 years. ...

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  32. OVERSEAS TRADE

    LONDON, Wednesday. -- Overseas trade returns for September disclose exports valued at £31,000.000 compared with £23,000,000 for September, 1939. ...

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  33. Stock Exchanges

    SYDNEY, Thursday.--There was further evidence of the increasing confidence of buyers on the Stock Exchange to-day and of the appreciable ...

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  34. Coringa Sunk by Enemy

    BRISBANE, Thursday.--H.M.S. Coringa. 294 tons, a Brisbane river lug which left Brisbane in January and was handed over to the British ...

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  35. Warwick Sewerage Tender

    WARWICK, Thursday.--A tender by the Albion Quarrying Co. for £18.428- 121 for the construction of sewerage treatment works was recommended to ...

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  36. German Missionaries Arrested

    PERTH, Thursday.--Six priests and eight brothers of the German Missionary Brotherhood of Beagle Bay and the Lombardina Mission, about 200 ...

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