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  2. BRITISH IN JAVA

    A special representative of the Australian Associated Press at Batavia quoted Lt-General Christison's Chief of Staff (Brigadier N. D. Wingrove) as stating that the British forces had the situation in Java well in hand. It ...

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  3. LAST HOURS.

    LONDON, Oct 16.—"I did not want to die by French bullets," said Pierre Laval after he had responded to medical treatment and revived from ...

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  4. CURRENCY IN CHINA.

    TOKIO, Oct 16.—The Japanese newspaper "Asahi" states: "Through the Central Reserve Bank of China the Japanese warlords deluged China ...

    Article : 174 words
  5. ARGENTINE UNREST.

    BUENOS AIRES, Oct 16.—President Farrell yesterday appointed the civilian Crown Prosecutor, Senor Juan Alvarez, as Minister for the ...

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  6. IMPOTENT AND COWED

    TOKIO, Oct 15.—General MacArthur broadcast today as follows: "Today the Japanese armed forces throughout Japan have completed demobilisation and are now abolished. I know of no demobilisation in history, either ...

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  7. BUNNERONG STRIKE.

    SYDNEY, Oct 16.—Continued rationing of electricity threw thousands more men and women out of work today. The total number now ...

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  8. BRITISH INDUSTRY.

    LONDON, Oct 16.—In the House of Commons last night the President of the Board of Trade (Sir Stafford Cripps) gave details of the ...

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  9. RECONSTRUCTION.

    TOKIO, Oct 16.—On his way to Chungking to confer with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek on the ways in which American industrial ...

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  10. U.S. OCEAN BASES.

    NEW YORK, Oct 16.—According to the Washington correspondent of the New York "Daily. News" it is learnt from Congressional sources ...

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  11. POLITICAL FREEDOM.

    TOKIO, Oct 15.—Stern action by the Allied authorities will follow the revelation today that under the "political freedom" directive, ...

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  12. BRITISH DOCKERS.

    LONDON, Oct 16.—The dock strike took an unexpected turn this morning when spokesmen asserted that the dockers had reversed their ...

    Article : 239 words
  13. HANDS-OFF POLICY.

    NEW YORK, Oct 15.—The "Herald-Tribune's" Washington bureau learns that the United Staten has adopted a hands-off policy ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  14. END OF U-BOATS.

    LONDON, Oct 16.—The Royal Navy is to scuttle or scrap all except 18 of Germany's U-boat fleet. Britain, ...

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  15. CHANGE OF HEART.

    TOKIO, Oct 15.—The new motto of the Tokio Police Department is "Cheerfulness and Kindness," according to the ...

    Article : 65 words
  16. CHINESE AIRLINES.

    HONG KONG. Oct 16.—The restoration of the civilian airline between Hong Kong. Canton, Kunming and Chungking by a Chinese ...

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  17. TRIBUTE TO BRITAIN.

    LONDON. Oct 16.—Laval paid a warm tribute to Britain and her statesmen in a detailed defence against the 27 charges brought ...

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  18. CHEAPER CABLES.

    LONDON. Oct 16.—Sir Ernest Fisk, managing director of Electric and Musical industries, Ltd. and formerly managing director of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  19. PRESS DECREE.

    WASHINGTON, Oct 15.—The War Department's Bureau of Public Relations has asked General MacArthur's Press headquarters in Tokio ...

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  20. OXYGEN SUPPLY.

    SYDNEY, Oct 16.—The manufacture of oxygen had ceased, said Mr Allan Cooper, general manager of Commonwealth Oxygen and ...

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  21. GREEK POLITICS.

    ATHENS. Oct 1.—Greece is still without a Cabinet following the failure of M Tsouderos (a former Prime Minister) to form a Cabinet ...

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  22. HEAVY INDUSTRIES.

    SYDNEY, Oct 16.—Heavy industries in Newcastle were brought to a standstill yesterday by a 24-hout strike of 15,000 members of 13 unions ...

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  23. TASKS FOR R.A.F.

    LONDON, Oct 16.—"More British troops are to be sent to Java," says the Batavia correspondent of the "Daily Express." Two or three R.A.F. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  24. ATOMIC ENERGY.

    LONDON, Oct 16.—Sir Miles Thomas, vice-chairman of Morris Motors, Ltd, addressing the London conference of the British Empire ...

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  25. MADAME LAVAL.

    LONDON, Oct 16.— I am not crying. One cries over little disappointments but this is too big. You would need tears of blood," said ...

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  26. BURMA GOVERNOR.

    LONDON, Oct 16.—New Delhi radio states that Burma last night returned to civil administration when the Governor, Sir Reginald ...

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  27. NO COMBAT FORCE.

    NEW YORK, Oct 15.—"Japan slipped quietly into military obscurity today as the General Staff was disbanded and for the first time ...

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  28. AUSTRIAN STATE.

    WASHINGTON, Oct 16.—The State Department announced yesterday that the United States was willing to recognise the Provisional ...

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  29. HUMBLE PIE.

    TOKIO, Oct 15.—A. discourse on the wartime psychology of the Japanese people was given to an assembly of representatives of schools ...

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  30. NIPPON COMBINES.

    NEW YORK, Oct 15.—The Tokio correspondent of the "New York Times" states that Col Kramer (head of the Economic Control Board) has ...

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  31. MAGNA CARTA.

    LONDON. Oct 16.—The secretary of the Department of Overseas Trade (Mr H. A. Marquand) has informed the House of Commons that ...

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  32. COAL ARRIVES.

    ADELAIDE, Oct 16.—There will be a general restoration of electric current at midnight tonight and about 30,000 persons who have been ...

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  33. MALAYAN RUBBER.

    SINGAPORE, Oct 16.—More than 5,000 tons of rubber valued, at £500,000 sterling (625,000 Australian) was shipped to Britain on a ...

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  34. POLISH CALL-UP.

    LONDON, Oct 16.—"A sensation has been created by the Government decree calling up all men between the ages of 18 and 55 and all ...

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  35. HUNTING TWO BEASTS

    TOKIO, Oct 15.—The Allied authorities are intensifying their efforts to hunt down the Japanese officer who has been identified as ...

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  36. NO DEFENCE.

    WASHINGTON. Oct 16.—Testifying before the Senate Joint Military and Commerce Committee, the Secretary for War (Mr Robert ...

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  37. N.S.W. COALMINES.

    SYDNEY, Oct 16.—Strikes at 18 collieries in N.S.W. today resulted in a production loss of over 14,500 tons of coal. The loss in wages for ...

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  38. BRITISH IN MALAYA.

    SINGAPORE. Oct 16.—Sir Harold MacMichael, a former High Commissioner and C.-in-C. for Palestine, who is visiting Malaya in connection ...

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  39. WORLD LABOUR.

    PARIS, Oct 16.—M. Alexander Parodi, the French Minister of Labour, after his election to the presidency of the International ...

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  40. NEW YORK'S PORT

    NEW YORK, Oct 16.—Although the United States Conciliation Commissioner (Mr John Burke) announced yesterday that the New ...

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  41. SYRINGE MURDERS.

    WIESBADEN, Oct 16.—An American military tribunal has sentenced to death by hanging three men found guilty of having murdered ...

    Article : 71 words
  42. "SINGAPORE SAKI."

    SINGAPORE, Oct 16.—The services newspaper "S.E.A.C." says the liquor known as "Singapore Saki' which has killed servicemen is ...

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  43. OUT OF SINGAPORE.

    SINGAPORE, Oct 16.—Beginning today 1,000 Japanese of the former Singapore garrison of 83,000 will pass daily through Singapore to the ...

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  44. HUNGARY'S FOOD.

    BUDAPEST, Oct 16.—In an effort, to stave off complete starvation for many citizens the Hungarian Government has ordered rationing of all ...

    Article : 64 words
  45. AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS.

    Except where otherwise designated the overseas intelligence published in "The West Australian" is transmitted to Australia by the Australian ...

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