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  2. BRIGHT BRITAIN—GLOOMY GERMANY

    LONDON, Monday—The sixth Christmas of the war was a quiet fire-side one for most families in England. Allied soldiers on leave were the chief guests of honour in nearly all English and Scottish homes. In Germany the country was shrouded in gloom, despite all that Goebbels ...

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  3. TIDE TURNS ON WEST FRONT

    SHAEF, Monday.—The ride has turned on the Western Front. German spearheads have made no fresh advances during the week-end and in some cases have given ground to the Americans. Main pressure is being applied to von Rundstedt's southern flank, where he has been forced into a five-mile retirement at one point. ...

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  4. BREAKING JAPANESE GRIP IN BURMA

    CEYLON, Monday.—The Supreme Allied Commander in south-east Asia, Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, in a Christmas message to his troops, said that the Allies in Burma were slowly, but relentlessly, breaking the Japanese grip. Much hard fighting lay ahead and the hour of victory ...

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  5. CENTRAL GOVERNMENT FOR INDIA

    [?]EYLON. Monday. —In India a Central Government has been constituted to help provincial . governments in planning the future of their ...

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  6. Bushfires In Sydney

    SYDNEY, Monday.—Sydney had one of the worst bushfires in the State during the week-end. Altogether the fire brigade was called to 107 tires ...

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  7. 6,500,000 PARTICLES OF DUST IN EVERY CUBIC INCH

    SYDNEY, Monday.—During the dry week-end, storms blew over most of the inland areas and drew a dense curtain over the whole State. Dust has been hanging over Sydney for weeks, but on Saturday and yesterday conditions became worse than ever. ...

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  8. First Summer Christmas

    SYDNEY, Monday.—British servicemen crowded into the just opened ground floor of the British Centre, MacDonnell House, yesterday ...

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  9. ADVANCES IN ITALY

    ROME, Monday.—British troops are pressing harder on the Germans at the River Senio, near Faenza, with United Kingdom and New Zealand ...

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  10. Gandhi Has Heart Trouble

    CEYLON, Monday.—Gandhi's health has again been causing anxiety. It is reported that on Saturday, his heart was troublesome and that he had ...

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  11. GROUNDS FOR HOPE IN GREECE

    ATHENS, Monday.—The BBC correspondent in Athens suggests that negotiations between General Scohie and ELAS offer some grounds for ...

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  12. Japs at Last Leyte Base

    CHQ, PHILIPPINES, Monday.—US forces are closing in on Palompon, the last remaining Japanese base on Leyte Island. Palompon is on the north- west coast. General MacArthur reports that enemy resistance is weakening and that 2640 Japanese dead were counted yesterday. Wide air sweep ...

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  13. King's Tribute To Merchant Seamen

    LONDON, Monday.—His Majesty. The King, broadcasting today, paid a tribute to the work of the Merchant Navy and Britain's fishing fleet ...

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  14. BUDAPEST DEFENCES BROKEN

    MOSCOW. Monday.—Soviet troops have broken through strong German defences south-west of Budapest and have captured an important rail ...

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  15. 'Enemy's End Approaching'

    WASHINGTON. Monday.—In his Christmas broadcast to the American nation. Mr. Roosevelt said, that the tide of battle was turning slowly and ...

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  16. Escaped POW's Return To New Zealand

    AUCKLAND. Monday.—A large number of New Zealand prisoners of war arrived back in New Zealand today. They were mainly men who ...

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  17. Provisional Hungarian Government

    MOSCOW, Monday.—Moscow radio announces the formation of a provisional Hungarian Government at Debreczen in East Hungary. ...

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  18. London's One-Day Strike

    LONDON, Monday.—London's Christmas day travellers were held up by the cessation of the underground train service, caused by an ...

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