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  2. BATAN'S EPIC DEFENCE

    LONDON, April 9.—The end of the defence of Batan, as described by the United States Secretary for War (Mr. Stimson), is told in a Washington message. Mr. Stimson said a force of about 36,800 Americans and Filipinos went down fighting against ...

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  3. AIRCRAFT CARRIER LOST

    LONDON, April 10.—An Admiralty communique announces that the aircraft carrier Hermes, Captain R. E. J. Onslow, was sunk by a Japanese air ...

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    The aircraft carrier Hermes, which has been sunk in the Indian Ocean. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. PACIFIC AIR OPERATIONS

    News from an advance R.A.A.F. base reports a highly successful raid on Thursday afternoon on an enemy aerodrome, shipping and wharves at ...

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  6. BRITAIN AND INDIA

    NEW DELHI, April 9.—A general understanding on the male point between the Congress leaders and Sir Stafford Cripps has been as good as ...

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  7. JAPANESE AIR POWER

    MELBOURNE, April 10.—A warning that the Japanese air power was not shrinking was given by Mr. Drakeford to-day. "Our air blows in ...

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  8. AXIS ACTIVITY IN LIBYA

    LONDON, April 9.—A Cairo R.A.F. communique reports: The R.A.F. Tuesday night attacked targets in Liby. Fighters are carrying out ...

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  9. ALLIED AIR OFFENSIVE

    MELBOURNE, April 10.—"The Allies have been on the offensive against the Japanese in the past two weeks," said Lieut.-General Brett ...

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  10. FLARE UP IN CRIMEA

    LONDON, April 9.—The Berlin radio claimed that, after four days' heavy fighting, the German forces smashed four Russian regiments and ...

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  11. THE WAR IN BURMA

    LONDON, April 9.—Chinese forces are still fighting on the Sittang front in Burma. They engaged Japanese troops across the Burma Road between ...

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  12. JAP BOMBING SUCCESSES

    MELBOURNE, April 10.—Although the sinking of the British cruisers Dorsetshire and Cornwall by Jap bombers in the Indian Ocean is a ...

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  13. LEON BLUM

    NEW YORK, April 8.—Two bundred prominent intellectuals, including Professor Einstein, Miss Dorothy Thompson, Mr. McLeish, Stgrid ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  14. N.S.W. COAL STOPPAGES

    SYDNEY, April 10—It was estimated to-day that 20,000 tons of coal were lost to production this week through the miners' strikes. There were five ...

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  15. ATHERTON TABLELAND NOTES

    ATHERTON, April 7.—A few weeks of very oppressive weather have been the means of drying the ground thoroughly. On Thursday, however, there was a break ...

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  16. DEFENCE OF INDIA

    NEW DELHI, April 10.—Mr. Pandit Nehru issued a stirring appeal in the Campaign House to rouse the Indiana Inside and outside India to resist ...

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  17. BRITISH CRUISERS' LOSS

    LONDON, April 9.—The two British cruisers, the Cornwall (of 10,000 tons) and the Dorsetshire (9975 tons) were sunk in the Indian Ocean as a result ...

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  18. N.S.W. MUNITIONS STRIKE

    SYDNEY, April 10.—About 500 employees are on strike at a New South Wales munitions factory They are members of the Amalgamated ...

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  19. Q.T.C. CUP MEETING

    BRISBANE, April 10.—The Q.T.C. committee to-day decided not to stage the Brisbane Cup carnival meeting this year. The fixture was scheduled ...

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  20. NORWEGIAN BISHOP INTERNED

    STOCKHOLM, April 10.—The "Tidningen's" correspondent at Oslo says Quisling has arrested and sent to a concentration camp, the Bishop of ...

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  21. A LONG ROAD TO TREND

    LONDON, April 9.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Churchill), receiving a cheque for £35,000 from Danes in London for the purchase of Spitfires, said: ...

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  22. AMERICAN FINANCE

    NEW YORK, April 9.—The "Times" Washington correspondent says the Administration is considering a major increase in the present ...

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  23. EPIDEMIC DISEASES IN N.Q.

    BRISBANE, April 10.—Sir Raphael Cliento left Brisbane to-night to investigate work being done in North Queensland to prevent the ...

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  24. WOMAN I.R.A. LEADER

    LONDON, April 8.—A woman working to avenge her husband's death is believed to be the new leader of the illegal Irish Republican Army, says ...

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  25. TRIBUTE TO NORWAY

    WASHINGTON, April 9.—President Roosevelt, in a message to King Haakon on the second anniversary of the invasion of Norway on April 9, ...

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  26. DR. EVATT VISITS R.A.A.F.

    OTTAWA, April 9.—Dr. Evatt spent two hours with members of the R.A.A.F. among whom was the Queensland rugdy player, "Bimbo" ...

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  27. D F.C. FOR U.S. FLYER

    WASHINGTON, April 8.—Colonel Eugene Eubank, of the Army Air Corps, who has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for leading a ...

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  28. THE RAID ON CEYLON

    COLOMBO, April 9.—It is officially stated the attack on Trincomalee was carried out by a large force of bombers and fighters, of which six were ...

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  29. R.A.F. DAY BOMBING

    LONDON, April 9.—The intensification of the R.A.F.'s offensive against German controlled targets in France, Belgium and Holland is assured by the ...

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  30. GOODS TRAINS COLLIDE

    BRISBANE, April 10.—Fourteen waggons were derailed when two goods trains collided head-on at Eumundi to-night. The crews of both ...

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  31. AUSTRALIA FIRST MOVEMENT

    MELBOURNE, April 10.—The arrested members of the Australia First Movement are likely to be publicly charged and tried. This has been ...

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  32. RAIDERS OVER ENGLAND

    LONDON, April 9.—This morning two enemy aircraft dropped bombs on a town on the South Coast of England. There was a small number of ...

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  33. NITRATES AND COPPER

    SANTIAGO (Chile), April 9.—Salva­dor Ucampo, Under-Secretary to the Chilean Federation of Workers, in a statement to-day, said that Chilean ...

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  34. GERMAN WITHDRAWALS FROM SERBIA

    LONDON, April 9.—The "Times" diplomatic correspondent says the heavy Bulgarian troops movements into Serbia are the first result of King ...

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  35. LATE SPORTING

    BRISBANE, April 10.—L. Petersen, [?] was disqualified when he struck A. Walker, Sydney, junior middleweight, 11.4. Stadium to-night. Walker was on the floor ...

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  36. INHUMAN JAPANESE

    Further news comes from New Guinea of the Japanese treatment of the natives at Salamaua. Natives who were captured on the ...

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  37. ITALIAN CRUISERS

    LONDON, April 9.—With the sinking of an Italian cruiser in the Mediterranean, announced by the Admiralty communique to-day, five of the seven ...

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  38. U.S. WAR PRODUCTION

    NEW YORK, April 9.—The Speaker of the House of Representatives (Mr Rayburn) addressing a unity rally at Sulphur Springs, disclosed the United ...

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  39. NORWEGIAN DEFENCE BILL

    STOCKHOLM, April 9.—On the second anniversary of the German occupation of Norway, the Government introduced a Defence Bill in the ...

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  40. ALUMINIUM FABRICATION

    MELBOURNE, April 10.—Another aluminium fabrication factory will be erected immediately at a cost of £760,000 stated the Prime Minister ...

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  41. GENERAL CABLES

    NEW YORK, April 9.—The Tokio Radio states the Domel Agency has reported that 63 diplomats captured in Hongkong would be sent home under ...

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  42. ENEMY SUPPLY SHIPS SUNK

    LONDON, April 10.—The Admiralty states that British submarines sank one large and one medium sized supply ship in the Mediterranean. ...

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