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  2. WAR STRATEGY.

    The setting up of an Imperial War Cabinet and a Pacific Council, with Australian representation' on each, was advocated by the Prime ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 366 words
  3. RESISTING ATTACK.

    MELBOURNE, Jan. 25.—"As a result of the new war position, instructions have been issued that the Australian army must be put on a ...

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  4. LIBYAN BATTLE.

    LONDON, Jan. 25.—Heavy fighting now appears to be taking place between the British Eighth Army and General Rommel's Axis forces ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. The West Australian.

    No Anniversary Day in Australia's 154 years of settled history since Phillip's First Fleet reached Botany Bay has dawned so blackly overcast ...

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  6. PERSONAL.

    Sir Keith Murdoch, managing-director of the Herald and Weekly Times, Ltd., Melbourne, has returned to Australia by air after having ...

    Article : 356 words
  7. AMERICAN NATIONS.

    WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—Both the Associated Press and United Press correspondents at Rio de Janeiro (where the Pan-American ...

    Article : 127 words
  8. SOVIET SCENE.

    LONDON, Jan. 24.—Sir Stafford Cripps, who has just relinquished his post as British Ambassador in Moscow, said in a statement today that ...

    Article : 418 words
  9. NEWS AND NOTES.

    Today (the Australia Day holiday) the commercial office of "The West Australian" will be closed all day. Advertisements may be left ...

    Article : 477 words
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  11. EUROPEAN UNREST.

    LONDON, Jan. 24.—The Budapest radio quotes a Rumanian newspaper which complains of German domination. The paper speaks of a war ...

    Article : 121 words
  12. THREAT TO INDIA.

    BENARES, Jan. 24.—Speaking at a political conference today, Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru, who was named recently by Mr. Gandhi as his ...

    Article : 130 words
  13. NORWEGIAN ARRESTS.

    LONDON, Jan. 24.—Prominent Norwegians arrested by the Germans as a reprisal for the recent British commando raids are being sent to ...

    Article : 174 words
  14. U.S. MOVES.

    WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—The United States Army has urgently requested Congress to appropriate 12,526,000,000 dollars (£3,131,500,000 ...

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  15. NO MEAT SHORTAGE

    CANBERRA, Jan. 25.—No fear that Australia will experience a shortage of meat are entertained by the Minister for Commerce (Mr. ...

    Article : 123 words
  16. AUSTRALIA DAY.

    MELBOURNE, Jan. 25.—The Deputy Prime Minister (Mr. Forde) late tonight issued an appeal to all workers in war factories to make ...

    Article : 209 words
  17. EXECUTIONS IN PARIS.

    LONDON, Jan. 23.—According to the Swiss radio the Germans have announced that two Frenchmen have been shot in Paris for having ...

    Article : 85 words
  18. ITALIAN DESTROYER SUNK.

    LONDON, Jan. 24.—The Berlin radio quoted a Rome report that British forces had attacked an Italian convoy and sunk a destroyer. The ...

    Article : 97 words
  19. ISLAND DEFENCE.

    DARWIN, Jan. 25.—That loss of the main points of the northern archipeligoes would foreshadow one of the greatest disasters to the white ...

    Article : 493 words
  20. CONSCRIPTION PLEA

    BRISBANE, Jan. 25.—A direct appeal to the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin), to declare a state of emergency and to conscript men and ...

    Article : 305 words
  21. IN THE AIR.

    MELBOURNE, Jan. 25.—An Australian squadron of Kittithawk fighters operating in Libya now holds the record "bag" of enemy aircraft shot ...

    Article : 178 words
  22. MR. CURTIN'S VISIT.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. J. Curtin) arrived in Perth by the Westland express on Saturday for a short visit. A large crowd was at the ...

    Article : 246 words
  23. COAL STOPPAGES.

    SYDNEY, Jan. 25.—After a long conference yesterday between the Federal Minister for Labour (Mr. Ward), the Minister for Information ...

    Article : 270 words
  24. WAR CABINET DECISIONS.

    MELBOURNE, Jan. 25.—The Deputy-Prime Minister (Mr. Forde) had a telephone conversation with Mr. Curtin yesterday afternoon. ...

    Article : 194 words
  25. IN THIS STATE.

    A break in the normal routine will be enjoyed by many people today In commemoration of the founding of Australian settlement by Captain ...

    Article : 394 words
  26. BLITZ ON MALTA.

    LONDON, Jan. 25.—Alerts at Malta were sounded almost hourly last night, but the results of enemy air raids were only slight. Fourteen ...

    Article : 58 words
  27. RAIDS ON SICILY.

    LONDON, Jan. 25.—Rome radio today admitted that British planes had again raided the aerodromes at Catania and Comiso in Sicily. ...

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  28. "LIBERTY" LOAN.

    MELBOURNE, Jan. 25.—Announcing today that the new £35,000,000 War Loan to be launched in the middle of February would be called ...

    Article : 208 words
  29. A ROYAL MOVE.

    LONDON, Jan. 24.—Their Majesties the King and Queen have taken a fiat on the fourth floor of a new steel and concrete building now ...

    Article : 138 words
  30. Opposition Leader's Warning.

    SYDNEY, Jan. 25.—The suspension of horse and dog racing and all holidays, the introduction of a complete black-out throughout Australia, ...

    Article : 260 words
  31. WARDENS' POWERS.

    DARWIN Jan. 25.—All A.R.P. wardens at Darwin will resign at noon on Monday unless they are given legal powers to do the work ...

    Article : 192 words
  32. EUROPE FREEZES.

    LONDON, Jan. 24.—After a heavy snowstorn in the Straits of Dover, a thaw has set in and the temperature is now above freezing point for ...

    Article : 167 words
  33. NAVY CAPTURE.

    LONDON, Jan. 25.—The Admiralty announced today that British warships had captured the Italian liner Duchessa d'Aosta (7,872 tons) ...

    Article : 177 words
  34. MAIL TIMETABLES.

    CLOSING TIMES.—Closing times hereunder are for the Perth G.P.O. Registered articles must be posted one hour before closing time for letters, but ...

    Article : 448 words
  35. MINISTER IMPRESSED.

    MELBOURNE, Jan. 25.—"The equipment upon which you are engaged is of such vital importance that it is possibly the most ...

    Article : 149 words
  36. INDUSTRIAL COUNCIL.

    After the breakdown of the Industrial Relations Council in Sydney on Friday through dissatisfaction by the employers' representatives with ...

    Article : 179 words
  37. MELBOURNE MILK DISPUTE

    MELBOURNE, Jan. 25.—A strong force of police in motor cat, on motor cycles and on foot-gave protection to more than 500 milk ...

    Article : 182 words
  38. "CLOSER TO WAR."

    NEW YORK, Jan. 24.—The Dublin correspondent of the "New York Times" reveals that Mr. De Valera's Government is systematically ...

    Article : 225 words
  39. LONDON GOSSIP.

    LONDON, Jan. 24.—Visitors to the Australian Forces centre during the past week included C. S. Merle (Kalgoorlie), serving with a British ...

    Article : 189 words
  40. A.B.C. PROGRAMMES.

    The main features of today's programmes from the national stations 6WF and 6WN are given below:— Station 6WP.—6.30 and 7.45 am., ...

    Article : 198 words
  41. FURTHER PETROL CUT.

    MELBOURNE, Jan. 25.—A semiofficial hint of a still further cut in petrol rations was given today. It is not likely to operate, however, ...

    Article : 82 words
  42. APPLE ACQUISITION.

    CANBERRA, Jan. 25.—The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully) is expected to make a statement early this week to growers of apples and ...

    Article : 126 words
  43. DRAMATIC FIND.

    JOHANNESBURG. Jan. 23.—Diamonds worth £50,000 sterling, which disappeared from a ship bound for Durban from West Africa in 1939, ...

    Article : 89 words
  44. AIR PARITY.

    LONDON, Jan. 24.—The secretary for Air (Sir Archibald Sinclair), in a speech today said:—"We have built air forces which have now ...

    Article : 64 words
  45. AIR SERVICE TO CAPE TOWN.

    CAPE TOWN, Jan. 24.—Passengers will be able to fly from the United States to South Africa in seven days by using the fortnightly ...

    Article : 58 words
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