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  2. FLIGHT TO MANILA.

    BRISBANE, Jan 3.—Fifteen Australian girls employed by the American forces in Brisbane have been "smuggled" out of Australia ...

    Article : 127 words
  3. THE YACHT RACE.

    HOBART, Jan 3.—After crossing over 600 miles of ocean and encountering gales and heavy seas, the yacht Ambermerle ran aground ...

    Article : 623 words
  4. Advertising

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    Advertising : 545 words
  5. DIESEL TRAINS.

    The Commissioner of Railways (Mr J. A. Ellis) said yesterday that a further extension of diesel electric rail car travel on the Denmark ...

    Article : 179 words
  6. SIX MONTHS AGO.

    Ironically enough, it was at the place of Britain's greatest war triumph that I saw her most despised traitor. It was at Luneberg, ...

    Article : 655 words
  7. FAIRBRIDGE COLLEGE.

    CAPE TOWN (by air mail).—The creation of a Kingsley Fair-bridge Memorial College in Southern Rhodesia has been announced ...

    Article : 538 words
  8. WOMAN M.P.

    LONDON, Jan 3.—Miss Eleanor Rathbone, Independent member for the English Universities in the House of Commons since May, 1929, died ...

    Article : 419 words
  9. GIANT BATTLESHIP DUE TOMORROW.

    H.M.S. Anson, a 35,000-ton battleship of the King George V Class, will arrive in Gage Roads tomorrow. Carrying a complement of 1,500, she is arrived with 10 14in, 16 5.25in and various smaller guns. Her speed is more than 30 knots. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 45 words
  10. VETERINARY WORK.

    The Minister for Agriculture (Mr J. T. Tonkin) said yesterday that Mr S. P. Hebden, B.V.Sc., Sydney University, recently appointed to the ...

    Article : 177 words
  11. CORRESPONDENCE.

    "Woman Driver": Coming from Fremantle on Saturday morning with an empty car, a bunch of airmen off the Athlone Castle hailed me ...

    Article : 735 words
  12. MILITARY COURTS.

    BATAVIA, Jan 3.—Military courts instituted by the Supreme Allied Commander in South-East Asia to try all persons other than those ...

    Article : 130 words
  13. AMERICAN CIGARETTES.

    CANBERRA, Jan 3.—The Minister for Customs (Senator Keane) said tonight that a consignment of American cigarettes which had just ...

    Article : 97 words
  14. CABLE LAYING.

    How a submarine cable was taken up in Bass Strait and relaid between New Guinea and the mainland during the war was told yesterday by ...

    Article : 318 words
  15. TSARIST RUSSIA'S MONSTER CANNON.

    A huge connon built at Pittsburgh, U.S.A., able to fire shells 36in. in diometer, was pictured in "The West Australian" on Wednesday. It was described as the world's biggest connon. A correspondent has produced the above illustration of a Russian engine of war. Known as "the Tsar connon," 17½ft long ans 38½tons in weight, it was cast by Tchekov in 1586 in the reign of Theodore I. The bore was about ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 97 words
  16. NEW YEAR HONOURS.

    ADELAIDE, Jan 3.—Included in the South Australian honours list are one Knight of the Order of the British Empire, two Knights ...

    Article : 198 words
  17. MAORI ARRESTED.

    AUCKLAND, Jan 3.—A young Maori woman, Helen Renata, was stabbed in broad daylight in a busy Auckland street today right in front ...

    Article : 76 words
  18. ROYAL NURSE DEAD.

    LONDON, Jan 3.—Miss Clara Cooper Knight, nurse to Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, died yesterday at Sandringham ...

    Article : 104 words
  19. "PUSS IN BOOTS."

    Those who have not yet been able to see the pantomime "Puss in Boots" at the Tivoli Theatre will be glad to learn that the general ...

    Article : 110 words
  20. CHOICE BABY BEEF.

    Much admired by the trade for their condition and beef quality, a consignment of 24 Aberdeen-Angus cattle was auctioned by ...

    Article : 115 words
  21. BRITISH SERVICES MAIL.

    LONDON, Jan 3.—It is announced that all letters under one ounce in weight and with 1½d postage prepaid and postcards carrying prepaid Id ...

    Article : 64 words
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