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    Standard equipment for auxiliary fire-fighters adopted at the conference of Australian fire-fighting authorities after A.R.P. discussions ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. TO AID AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Commonwealth Government has appointed an Australian Aeronautical Research Committee ...

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  4. DIFFICULTIES OF POST-WAR RECONSTRUCTION

    CANBERRA, Wednesday. — As oversea countries after the war will attempt to regain and expand their prewar export trade, unfair ...

    Article : 158 words
  5. RUSSIA'S PLIGHT SERIOUS: NEEDS ALL POSSIBLE AID

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The present position was beyond question a serious one for Russia, and she needed all the material support the British Empire and the United States could afford, declared the Prime Minister (Mr. Fadden) in the House ...

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  6. GREATER USE OF WOMEN FOR LAND WORK

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The shortage of farm labor is now so serious, because of war conditions, that it may be impossible to harvest some of the crops, according to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Rural Industries, which submitted its first report to ...

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  7. WAR NEEDS MAY JUSTIFY BUILDING OF WOODEN SHIPS

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—War needs may justify some action by the Commonwealth to build wooden ships as a wartime measure, ...

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  8. TEN YEARS' GAOL FOR MANSLAUGHTER

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Sentence of ten years' penal servitude was imposed on Francis Joseph Patrick Kelly (47), laborer, in the Central Criminal ...

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  9. Woman Bankrupt Sent to Prison

    SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Committed to prison in the Bankruptcy Court today, Mrs. Elizabeth Gladys Beer, of Rose Bay, complained: "I might as ...

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  10. MR. FADDEN HECKLED BY LABOR MEMBERS

    CANBERRA, Wednesday — Facing Parliament to-day for the first time since he became Prime Minister, Mr. Fadden formally announced the ...

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  11. Message of Goodwill to Heroic Garrison

    CANBERRA, Wednesday — The Federal Government may send a message of goodwill to the heroic garrison at Tobruk. In the Senate ...

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  12. BUDGET SESSION OPENS QUIETLY

    CANBERRA, Wednesday. — In an atmosphere of political tranquillity, which gave little hint of the momentous events predicted for the next few ...

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  13. Textile Workers May Resume To-day

    MELBOURNE. Wednesday. — Mass meetings of textile workers in Melbourne. Geelong, Ballarat and Sydney to-morrow are ...

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  14. CLEANING UP IN IRAN

    LONDON, Wednesday.—Russian and British forces were reported late last night to be on the outskirts of Teheran, ready to move into the capital. ...

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  15. ENEMY RAID ON CAIRO

    LONDON, Tuesday.—A communique issued at Cairo states that incendiary and explosive bombs were dropped in the Cairo area, causing 39 deaths and ...

    Article : 181 words
  16. PRISONERS MAY BE EMPLOYED ON NATIONAL WORKS

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Plans to employ thousands of prisoners of war on large-scale afforestation and irrigation works in Australia have ...

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  17. Must Register This Month

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday. — Southern Command to-day warned youths in the 18-19 years group that they are required to ...

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  18. War Gives Work to 450,000

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Since the beginning of the war nearly 450,000 civilians have been absorbed into employment in Australia. ...

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  19. Alleges He Was Punched By Minister of Religion

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Allegations that Archdeacon C. S. Robertson, rector of Canberra, attacked and punched him in a bedroom in ...

    Article : 318 words
  20. 24-HOUR STRIKE BY MUNITION WORKERS

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday. — Munition workers in Victoria and New South Wales will stop work for 24 hours, beginning with the night shift on ...

    Article : 63 words
  21. MR. WILSON MOVES FOR MORE LIBERAL FINANCIAL POLICY

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—A move in favor of a more liberal financial policy was made by Mr. Wilson (Ind. C.P.) in the House ...

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  22. HOBART TRAMWAY DISPUTE

    HOBART, Wednesday. — Recommendations to be submitted to the Hobart City Council and the Hobart branch of the Australian Tramway Employes' ...

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  23. Tasmanian Casualty List

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 165 words
  24. Damaged Heinkel's Parting Shots Wounded Entire British Crew

    LONDON, Tuesday.—How the parting shots of a damaged Heinkel wounded the crew of a British Bionheim is told by the Air Ministry's news ...

    Article : 138 words
  25. SPECIAL VANS TO FEED "BLITZED" AREAS

    LONDON, Tuesday.—During a visit to the Lord Mayor of London (Sir Geo. Wilkinson), the King and Queen took the opportunity this afternoon of ...

    Article : 121 words
  26. EXPLOSIONS ON THREE SWEDISH DESTROYERS

    LONDON, Wednesday. — A report from Stockholm states that a succes[?]ion of explosions occurred on the destroyers Gotenburg, Klashorn and ...

    Article : 74 words
  27. DISPUTE AT BOYER

    HOBART, Wednesday. — Resentment over a report made concerning an accident at the factory of Australian Newsprint Mills Pty. Ltd. at Boyer ...

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  28. Urges Repeal of Neutrality Act

    NEW YORK. Wednesday.—The New York "Times," urging Congress to repeal the Neutrality Act, says: "The remains of that misguided legislation ...

    Article : 99 words
  29. WAR COMMENTARY U.S. HAS MADE NAZI VICTORY IMPOSSIBLE

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—In a recent review of the war situation, the Department of Information recalled to-day, the British Prime Minister (Mr. ...

    Article : 405 words
  30. GRANTS COMMISSION'S REPORT SMALL STATES AFFECTED BY LABOR DRIFT

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The drift of skilled labor to the industrial States of Victoria and N.S. Wales owing to the recruitment of munition workers at higher wages has caused difficulties in the smaller States, according to the report of the Grants ...

    Article : 571 words
  31. "NOTHING SHORT OF CONSCRIPTION"

    CANBERRA. Wednesday.—Criticism of the Government's policy of placing young men in camps for the duration of war was ...

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  32. 100 Casualties in Train Collision

    TOKIO, Tuesday.—More than 100 passengers were killed or injured an a train collision near the Aboslii station, between Himeji and Okayama, to-day. ...

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  33. PRISONER OF WAR

    Mr. E. A. Cartledge, of Shaw Street. Ulverstone, has received a postcard from his son, Gunner Ray Cartledge, advising that he is a prisoner of war. ...

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  34. United States' Immense Industrial Capacity

    LONDON, Tuesday.—"The present crisis is proving just how immense the industrial capacity of America is, and at the end of the ...

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  35. FIVE-COURSE MEAL FROM DRIED INGREDIENTS

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday. — Eating under wartime conditions was demonstrated to representatives of the Air Force, Army and ...

    Article : 127 words
  36. Your Sore Throat May Be Haemilytic Streptococcus!

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Streptococcal germs are abroad again and Melbourne has been stricken with another sore throat epidemic. Hundreds are ...

    Article : 263 words
  37. JAPANESE SPOKESMAN ON CHINA

    NEW YORK, Tuesday.—The "Herald-Tribune's" Shanghai correspondent says the Japanese Army spokesman (Colonel Akiyama) expressed the hope ...

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  38. SMALL SCALE RAIDS ON BRITAIN

    LONDON, Wednesday. — One enemy bomber was destroyed during smallscale raids on Britain last night. ...

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  39. Power to Relax Restrictions on Internees From Overseas

    CANBERRA, Wednesday. — Regulations gazetted to-night empower the Minister for Defence Co-Ordination to relax restrictions imposed by National Security ...

    Article : 157 words
  40. Money May Not Be Raised. For Other Governments

    CANBERRA. Wednesday. — Under a regulation gazetted to-night the establishment of funds to raise money for other Governments is prohibited. ...

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  41. FLAX MILL DESTROYED BY FIRE

    COLAO (Vic), Wednesday. — Early this morning a flax mill at Colac, with much up-to-date machinery and equipment, was destroyed by fire. The ...

    Article : 60 words
  42. HOTEL LICENSEE FINED £20

    HOBART, Wednesday.—A fine of £20 was imposed on Ethel Bentrice Allen, who pleaded guilty in the Police Court to-day to having failed to keep every ...

    Article : 55 words
  43. THE "NOT-SO-SOFT" ANSWER

    Attempting to trick British airm[?] into throwing away bombs, the Naz[?] in [?]lland built a fake airfield of wood, with hangars and aeroplanes ...

    Article : 47 words
  44. Newsprint Restrictions

    CANBERRA. Wednesday — Restriction of the use of newsprint will continue on the same basis as that for the quarter ending September 30. The ...

    Article : 56 words
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