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  2. TRAINING WAR PILOTS.

    The chief executives of private flying training schools through[?] Australia have been called to Melbourne for a conference with the Air [?] ...

    Article : 355 words
  3. HUGE COST OF WAR.

    "The war may impose the most fearful sacrifices, some of which we have hardly begun to dream of as possible, said the Chancellor of the Exchequer. ...

    Article : 293 words
  4. RETALIATION THREAT.

    The Domel News Agency says that the Japanese Foreign Office has informed the British Ambassador, Sir Robert Craigie, that Japan will not ...

    Article : 201 words
  5. SOVIET TROOPS ON FINNISH FRONTIER.

    Pictures which arrived in Sydney by air mail yesterday show Russian troops at exercises near the Finnish frontier. The Soviet last night launched simultaneous air, land, and sea attacks on Finland. Left: Soviet machine-gunners at practice. Right: An infantryman about to throw a hand grenade. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 51 words
  6. TAXES FOR DEFENCE.

    The Commonwealth Government has decided not to increase taxation for defence purposes this financial year. In 1940-41 it will impose a ...

    Article : 2,077 words
  7. NORWAY'S CLAIM.

    The Norwegian Foreign Minister, Dr. Koht, announced yesterday that Norway had asked Britain to reconsider her decision to seize German exports, ...

    Article : 560 words
  8. RADIO BEACONS.

    Eight of the nine radio beacon steel towers on the Inter-capital commercial air routes will be dismantled and replaced by wooden towers similar to that ...

    Article : 146 words
  9. BLAME FOR WAR.

    The Moscow newspaper, "Pravda," publishes a statement by M. Stalin, referring to British and French newspaper statements that he wished to ...

    Article : 140 words
  10. NAZI CRUELTY.

    The Polish Premier, General Slkorski, has issued a statement charging the Nazi Government with a bestiality and cruelty unparalleled in history. ...

    Article : 140 words
  11. FLYING ACROSS ATLANTIC.

    Germany's intensification of mine war in the North Sea and North Atlantic Ocean has given special significance to the plan to fly the American bombers ...

    Article : 94 words
  12. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.

    The Chief Secretary, Mr. T[?]king yesterday that the Christmas and New Year[?] days were: Monday, December 25; [?] December 36. and January 1, 1940. ...

    Article : 29 words
  13. ALLIES' POSITION

    The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Simon, speaking at a luncheon in London yesterday, said that the war had not developed in the way ...

    Article : 237 words
  14. THE CALL-UP.

    A call-up for employment is anno[?] day. Details appear on page [?] ...

    Article : 18 words
  15. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 3 words
  16. MR. FAIRBAIRN'S TOUR.

    The Australian Minister for Air, Mr. Pairbairn, accompanied by Mr. MacGregor, the Australian Trade Commissioner, spent yesterday inspecting New York's new La Guardia ...

    Article : 97 words
  17. PREMIER'S MOVE IN JAPAN.

    The Premier of Japan, General Abe, has decided to restore the Japanese Cabinet to its former complement, by the inclusion of Mr. Nagara and Mr. ...

    Article : 315 words
  18. ATTACK ON B.M.A.

    A strang attack on the British Medical Association for its attitude towards the appointment of refugee doctors in New South Wales centres, was made by ...

    Article : 340 words
  19. FOUR CANADIAN FLIERS KILLED.

    Four members of the Royal canadian Air Force were killed when a twin-engined Oxford bomber crashed near Trenton aerodrome (Ontario). It nose-dived to the ground while ...

    Article : 41 words
  20. TO PAY OLD LOANS.

    It is reported from Belgrade that Germany has forced yugoslavia to agree to repay Serbian and Bosnian loans which were cancelled by the Versailles Treaty. ...

    Article : 132 words
  21. CROCODILE ON NORTH COAST.

    The crocodile which frightened a locomotive driver at Angowrle Beach yesterday is believed by some residents to have been brought to the ...

    Article : 271 words
  22. Advertising

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    Advertising : 2 words
  23. ORGANISING WEALTH.

    How Lord Hankey, the Minister without portfollo in the War Cabinet, who was born in Australia, carried out a vital part of Britain's preparations ...

    Article : 200 words
  24. "WIN WAR FIRST"

    "Peace must be based on material guarantees being extended to all free nations, but we must first win the war," the Premier. M. Daladler, declared ...

    Article : 241 words
  25. AUSTRALIAN ARRESTED IN NEW YORK.

    The Labour Department Board of Review has decided that James Coates, 38, an Australian, who was described as a financier, was deportable but that he could leave the United ...

    Article : 32 words
  26. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 53 words
  27. THEFT FROM BUND.

    Pritz Kuhn, the leader of the GermanAmerican Bund, was found guilty yesterday on all the remaining charges of the theft of sums totalling 1,217 dollars (£[?]380) from ...

    Article : 45 words
  28. HARBOUR RESCUE.

    When a girl fell from a launch into the harbour yesterday, the driver of the launch dived overboard to her rescue. He then found that he was unable to take ...

    Article : 236 words
  29. MUNITION OUTPUT.

    The development of machine tools, since the last war in particular, by the introduction of a cutting tool composed of tungsten carbide powder bonded with copper powder, was ...

    Article : 182 words
  30. £150,000 LOAN FOR NEWCASTLE WORKS.

    The Premier, Mr. Mair, said last night that, as a result of his negotiations with the Federal Acting Treasurer, Mr. Spender, the Hunter District Water Board had been able to borrow ...

    Article : 152 words
  31. ZOOLOGISTS OPINION.

    Mr. J. R. Kinghorn, of the Australian Museum, said yesterday that, if the crocodile had come to the district of its own accord, it was the first to be reported so far south, ...

    Article : 65 words
  32. ASSAULTS ON SEAMEN.

    Two men were fined in the Police Court in connection with assaults on seamen at Port Kembla. John William Manners was fined £5, and ...

    Article : 112 words
  33. DEATH IN EXILE.

    Herr Philipp Scheldemann, who was the first Chancellor of the German Republic after the war, but who resigned rather than sign the Treaty of Versailles, died yesterday at ...

    Article : 67 words
  34. SOUTH COAST MINE DISPUTES.

    Miners at Helensburgh refused to descend a shaft to-day on the ground that unsafe stone had fallen from the side of the shaft during the night. ...

    Article : 152 words
  35. WAR-TIME BIRTHS.

    The Health Service's report discloses the usual war-time excess of male over female births in the first three months of the war. The ratio of births in Paris before the war ...

    Article : 57 words
  36. EGGS DEARER.

    Yesterday the Egg Marketing Board increased the wholesale prices for most grades of eggs by 2d or 3d a dozen. The price adjustments were made to meet ...

    Article : 83 words
  37. ROAD WORKERS STRIKE FOR MORNING TEA.

    Men engaged on construction of the road between Mount Keira and Wilton stopped work to-day because time for morning tea was disallowed. ...

    Article : 68 words
  38. POLICE INSPECTOR RETIRING

    Inspector G. L. McDougall, who has been stationed at Newcastle for the past two and a half years, has gone on long service leave before retiring after 38 years with the police ...

    Article : 40 words
  39. MINE SURVEYORS.

    The following candidates were successful at the examination for certificates of competency as mine surveyors under the Coal Mines Regulation Act. held on November 7 and 20:— ...

    Article : 48 words
  40. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Members of the Royal Air Force who were killed recently included two New Zealanders. Pilot-Officer Keith Hamilton, of Gisborne, and Pilot-Officer Bryan Graham, of Papakura. ...

    Article : 36 words
  41. GUARDS ON BRITISH SHIPS.

    As the result of the British Consol's request, special police guards have been placed on British ships to prevent sabotage. Special coastguard convoys have been provided to ...

    Article : 44 words
  42. SUBURBAN AND COUNTRY PICTURES THEATRES.

    Programmes of Suburban and [?] Theatres will be found in the [?] tisement section. ...

    Article : 7 words
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