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  2. U.S.A. TO TRAIN 30,000 PILOTS ANNUALLY

    WASHINGTON, Saturday. — The War Department announced to-day the locations of five new air corps schools to step up the ...

    Article : 34 words
  3. BRITAIN'S MOVE IN SYRIA NOT LIKELY TO AFFECT VICHY RELATIONS

    Principal events in the last week have been the entry of British troops into Syria and the sudden development of an apparent crisis Russo-German relations. The British action in Syria is not expected to affect Britain's general ...

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  4. REASON WHY CIGARETTES ARE NOT SO PLENTIFUL

    Here are 7000 cigarettes, and the girl is stacking them as fast as they come off the machine. They are nearly all for the fighting ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 33 words
  5. SIDON TOUGH NUT TO CRACK

    JERUSALEM, Saturday.—Though half an Australian battalion is now hiding behind the hedges on the outskirts of Sidon and the smoke of heavy gunfire, naval and military, drifts over its roofs, the town is still holding out. The ...

    Article : 986 words
  6. THRILLING RESCUE

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—Two men clinging to an upturned launch were rescued in a, state of exhaustion, and a ...

    Article : 273 words
  7. DRASTIC CHANGES IN WAY OF LIVING : AUSTRALIANS WARNED

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—Great changes in Australians' way of living, soon to be introduced, will marshal the nation for a full war effort, the Minister for the Army (Mr. Spender). said to-day. ...

    Article : 325 words
  8. Child is Rescued After Fall Into Deep Quarry

    MELBOURNE, Sunday. — Lying on a ledge of soft clay with a 200-foot drop below, Jessie Middleton, aged 2½ ...

    Article : 107 words
  9. WAR EFFORT IN MIDLANDS

    At the June meeting of the Oatlands War Emergency Committee, when the Warden (Mr. W. M. Lester) presided, the war effort in the Tunnack ...

    Article : 258 words
  10. REDUCED FARES SOUGHT

    "We are determined that there shall be a reduction in the Bass Strait steamer fares for members of the fighting forces who are stationed on the ...

    Article : 209 words
  11. WOOL INDUSTRY CHANGES

    LONDON, Sunday. — Big changes in the United Kingdom wool and wool textile industries are expected as a ...

    Article : 344 words
  12. Cables in Brief FEWER CARS TO BE MADE IN U.S.

    The United States War Department has requested the Office of Production Management to arrange for an ...

    Article : 271 words
  13. HEROISM OF TROOPS

    SYDNEY, Sunday. — A commentary on the campaign in Greece was received to- day from Lieut.-General Sir ...

    Article : 360 words
  14. SUPPLY SHIPS SUNK

    LONDON, Sunday.—Another supply ship which went to sea with the German battleships Bismarck and Prinz Eugen has been sunk by British forces. ...

    Article : 191 words
  15. THAI PROBLEM RESOLVED

    BANGKOK, Saturday.—Talks in Singapore by the Thai mission which has been negotiating for the purchase of gasoline have cleared away ...

    Article : 121 words
  16. FLYING PLANES TO BRITAIN

    LONDON, Friday.—Air Chief Marshall Sir Frederick Bowhill had bee appointed to command a new organisation which will take delivery from ...

    Article : 189 words
  17. POST-WAR LAND QUESTION

    Mr. M. A. Jacobson (Glenorchy) moved at the R.S..L Conference at Burnie on Saturday that the State Government be requested to furnished a ...

    Article : 232 words
  18. LEGAL ADVICE FOR A.I.F.

    The R.S.L. is anxious that members of the Second A.I.F. and their dependents should be given assistance by way of legal advice on such matters as ...

    Article : 140 words
  19. ROOSEVELT SENDS ASSURANCE TO KING GEORGE

    WASHINGTON, Saturday.—President Roosevelt in a birthday message to King George stated: "I do not need to emphasise to your Majesty my ...

    Article : 96 words
  20. JAPAN EXTENDS BLOCKADE

    SHANGHAI, Saturday.—The Japanese naval spokesman to-day announced an extension of the blockade of the China coast to be effective from ...

    Article : 184 words
  21. Dissatisfied With Union Leaders

    NEW YORK. Sunday.—A Gallup survey shows that the public are dissatisfied with much of the nation's labour union leadership. Asked whether ...

    Article : 67 words
  22. RAIDERS BOMB WRECKAGE OF NAZI PLANE

    LONDON, Sunday. — For an hour last night, raiders bombed the blazing wreckage of a German machine shot down by British fighters earlier. ...

    Article : 183 words
  23. BAND ROTUNDA WAS TOO OFTEN EMPTY

    Referring to the complaint by the City Band that the council had granted a monopoly of City Park to St. Joseph's Band, Mr. H. W. Partridge, the ...

    Article : 378 words
  24. BRITAIN'S FOOD POSITION REMAINS SOUND

    LONDON, Saturday.—The Minister for Food (Lord Woolton). and in a broadcast last night that, after 21 months. Britain was still as well off ...

    Article : 149 words
  25. KING'S BIRTHDAY HOLIDAY

    To-day will be observed as King's Birthday holiday nm Tasmania. The weather during the week-end was favourable for sport and holiday trips, ...

    Article : 181 words
  26. NAZIS CENSOR GOEBBELS

    LONDON, Saturday.—It is reported that all copies of a German newspaper containing a statement by the Nazi ...

    Article : 78 words
  27. LIBRARIANS IN CONFERENCE

    CANBERRA, Sunday.—The generally forbidding nature of libraries in Australia was criticised by Mr. J. F. Arnot, of the New South Wales ...

    Article : 93 words
  28. SEAPLANE BASE IN INDO-CHINA

    SAIGON, Saturday.—The French Indo-China authorities announced to-day that the Government was building an international seaplane base eight ...

    Article : 63 words
  29. Advertising

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  30. JAPAN AT LAST REPLIES TO INDIES

    TOKIO, Sunday.—It is officially disclosed that instruction have at last been sent to the chief of the Japanese trade mission in Batavia (Mr. Yoshizawa) setting out Japan's attitude to the Dutch reply refusing Tokio's demands for ...

    Article : 234 words
  31. APPEAL FUNDS

    Acknowledged. £15.380/6/5; Mr. and Mrs. H. Whitfeld (monthly donation) £1; Sandhill branch. £1/17-; Jollity Club, £5: staff Anzac Hostel. 12-; St. ...

    Article : 89 words
  32. ENEMY SALIENT AT TOBRUK IS PENETRATED

    CAIRO, Sunday.—Local activity has been renewed in the Western Desert after a lull of several weeks. A communique states that on ...

    Article : 116 words
  33. OPINION SWINGS TO CONVOYS

    NEW YORK, Saturday. — The first Gallup survey completed since President Roosevelt's emergency speech shows a nation-wide upswing of ...

    Article : 122 words
  34. Allowance to A.I.F. Officers in London

    The Burnie sub-branch of the R.S.L. proposed at the State Congress of the league at Burnie on Saturday that the Minister for the Army be requested ...

    Article : 127 words
  35. TO-DAY'S SUMMARY

    FORECAST—Fine, cool night. HIGH TIDE—6.25 a.m., 6.48 p.m. LIGHTS ON VEHICLES—4.38 p.m. to 7.41 a.m. ...

    Article : 60 words
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