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  2. PERSONAL.

    Judge Arthur Gordon Hill, District Court Judge, died in Sydney on Fr- day night after a long illness. Judge Hill was 46 years old. He served in ...

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  3. CONVOY ESCORTS.

    LONDON, Dec 27.—In a series of actions extending over 4 days and nights escorts of a North Atlantic convoy bound for Britain fought off ...

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  4. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS.

    Moving Tribute from Blamey. (From Our Special Representative.) SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA, Dec 24.—Today, beneath the shadows ...

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  5. RUSH ON TRAINS.

    Boxing Day! Where shall we go? There were not many alternatives. It was as though for the first time we realised that we had lost some of ...

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  6. THE HOLIDAYS.

    The combined Christmas and new year holidays, a 4-day spread, will end tonight. Tomorrow the principal retail stores will reopen, ...

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  7. BRITISH IN BURMA

    LONDON, Dec 27.—Today's communique from New Delhi stated: "Our patrolling in the Arakan district of south-western Burma con- ...

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  8. The West Australian.

    The Parliaments of all the Australian States must surely be observing with interest the Commonwealth reaction to doubts which ...

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  9. NEWS AND NOTES.

    The office of 'The West Australian" will be closed today. While the office is closed advertisements may be left at the nightwatchman's ...

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  10. SEAMEN'S ORDEAL.

    MELBOURNE, Dec 27.—How survivors of the minesweeper HMAS Armidale struggled for their lives in shark-infested seas after their ship ...

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  11. FESTIVE SEASON.

    LONDON, Dec 27.—The vast preponderance of British people obeyed the official injunction to spend the fourth wartime Christmas quietly ...

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  12. JAPANESE RETREAT.

    NEW YORK. Dec 29.—The correspondent of the North American Newspaper Alliance with the British forces in Burma states: ...

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  13. COMMUNIST PARTY.

    SYDNEY, Dec 27.—The Communist Party has asked the Federal Government to return property seized when the party was declared ...

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  14. MESSAGE BY ROOSEVELT.

    WASHINGTON, Dec 26.—President Roosevelt in a Christmas Eve broadcast from the White House said: "This year I am speaking to ...

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  15. WARNING TO USA TROOPS

    WASHINGTON, Dec 26.—Never slap Chinese on the back because they neither understand nor like it, warns the War Department's new ...

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  16. JEWISH SETTLERS.

    SYDNEY, Dec 27.—The settlement of 100,000 Jews in Australia under a five-year plan was proposed by the Rev A. R. Ebbs at St Matthew's ...

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  17. TWO NEW AIRFIELDS.

    CHUNGKING, Dec 27 —A Chinese military spokesman states that the Japanese have constructed 2 airfields in Upper Burma, each 1,900 ...

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  18. NEW BRITISH PLAN.

    LONDON, Dec 27.—The "Evening Standard's" naval correspondent slates that technical advisers to the Cabinet's anti-U-boat committee are ...

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  19. BRIDAL GIFT.

    NEW YORK, Dec 26.—The Washington bureau of the New York "Daily News" alleges that Mrs Harry Hopkins, "whose husband is ...

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  20. MAIL TIMETABLES.

    CLOSING TIMES.—Closing times hereunder are for the Perth GPO. Registered articles mast be Posted 1 hour before closing times for letters, and between ...

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  21. WOUNDED SOLDIERS.

    MELBOURNE, Dec 27.—Explaining why wounded soldiers travelled from Melbourne to Adelaide last Tuesday in ordinary seating ...

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  22. IN CHUNGKING.

    "Large Holes in Our Stockings.". NEW YORK, Dec 26.—Christmas "not as usual" was experienced by thousands of American soldiers ...

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  23. EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY.

    ANKARA, Dec 26.—It is officially stated that casualties in the recent earthquake in north-central - Anatolia were 474 dead and 605 injured. ...

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  24. SEARCH FOR BINOCULARS.

    SYDNEY. Dec 27.—Following a search by Commonwealth peace officers at Randwick racecourse yesterday for unauthorised users of ...

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  25. MESSAGE TO MR CURTIN.

    CANBERRA, Dec 27.—The Prime Minister (Mr Curtin); who sent a Christmas Day message to the services, yesterday received from the ...

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  26. WHEN PEACE COMES

    DUBLIN, Dec 27.—The Prime Minister of Eire (Mr E. De Valera) said in an address: "We cannot but look to the future with anxiety, but ...

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  27. GIRL SHOT.

    SYDNEY, Dec 27.—Detectives are investigating the shooting of a girl in an air raid shelter on Air Force premises in an industrial suburb ...

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  28. CLOTHES RATIONING.

    MELBOURNE, Dec 27.—Important rulings announced by the Rationing Commission during the holidays affected lay-bys and the ...

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  30. EXPLOSIVE PIPING.

    LONDON, Dec 27.—It was stated at an inquest at Chelmsford that hundreds of thousands of explosive pipes distributed to Army units for ...

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  31. WOOL INDUSTRY.

    LONDON, Dec 27.—Commenting on the suggestion from Melbourne that a conference should be held in the United Kingdom representing all ...

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  32. BRITISH RAILWAYS.

    LONDON, Dec 27.—British railways established a record for 1942. Since the beginning of the war 150,000 special trains have been run ...

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  33. ESCAPE CAPTURED.

    Charles Norman Sutton, who escaped from Barton Mill prison 3 weeks ago, was arrested by the Yarloop police late on Saturday night. ...

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  34. NEW YORK ANZAC PARTY.

    NEW YORK, Dec 26.—Over 100 Australian and New Zealand service- men, including many members of the RAAF and merchant sailors ...

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  35. AUSTRALIAN CHARGED.

    LONDON, Dec 27.—Formerly of the Royal Navy, Frederick Catherwood (27), a bachelor of science of the Sydney University, also a doctor ...

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  36. COLLISION IN MID-AIR.

    SYDNEY, Dec 27.—Two Queensland trainee pilots were killed when 2 training planes collided in full flight in western New South Wales ...

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  37. ARRESTS IN BRAZIL.

    RIO DE JANEIRO (Brazil), Dec 26.—Several Japanese have been arrested and charged with espionage and also sabotage. It is alleged that ...

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  38. PENNY-A-PLANE.

    Widespread air activity in the South-West Pacific has resulted in considerable losses to the enemy, said the Lord Mayor (Dr Meagher) on ...

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  39. AIR EFFICIENCY AWARD.

    LONDON, Dec 25.—The first recipients of the new Air Efficiency Award include Wing-Commander R. G. Kellett, who is a prisoner of war, ...

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  40. BOGUS HERO CHARGED.

    LONDON, Dec 27.—Eric Fraser, a London Home Guard battery sgtmajor, who last week bogusly claimed that he represented that he ...

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  41. ANTI-AIRCRAFT PRACTICE.

    Anti-aircraft practice with live ammunition will be carried out in the Woodman's Point area today between 9 am and 4.30 pm, ...

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  42. FRENCH ADMIRAL.

    Pacific Commissioner in London. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, Dec 26.-Rear-Admiral Thirry d'Argenlieu, a member of the ...

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  43. TEACHERS' CONFERENCE.

    The 23rd annual conference of the Australian Teachers' Federation will be held in Sydney on January 4 and 5. The purpose of the conference ...

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  44. TRAINEE PILOTS KILLED.

    MELBOURNE, Dec 27.—Two trainee pilots were killed when the aircraft they were flying in formation collided in mid air at a ...

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  45. ALLEGED MANSLAUGHTER.

    MELBOURNE, Dec 27.—The victim of a brawl in a North Melbourne hotel yesterday, Francis Lyons (22), of Buncle-street. North ...

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  46. BIG USA FOOD RESERVE.

    WASHINGTON, Dec 26.—It was officially disclosed today that American food production in 1942 is breaking all records and already ...

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