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  2. FAR EAST POSITION GRAVE, TOKIO RADIO SAYS

    LONDON, Friday.—The Tokio Radio said this morning that the position in the Far East following the Washington conference was grave, and that Japan was being encircled. It demanded that the United States should change its policy and recognise Japanese ...

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  3. AUSTRALIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS SPEAK

    ACTION at Werribee (Vie.) when Australian-made 3.7 in. anti-aircraft guns took part in a practice shoot. The target was towed by a plane. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. CONSCRIPTION TALK CONDEMNED

    CANBERRA, Monday. — "Controversy about constriction will not add a single man to the fighting forces, but will morely give ...

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  5. Government Survives Challenge on Coupanies Tax

    CANBERRA, Friday.—The Government survived a challenge by the Opposition by 25 votes to 20 in the House of Representatives to-day, when the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Fadden) moved an amendment that the war-time companies tax should operate when ...

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  6. Control of Land Values "Fundamental Feature" of Rural Rehabilitation

    CANBERRA, Friday.—It now seemed likely that both Commonwealth and State authorities would make a great effort to get down to the fundamental problem of agriculture-the inflation of land values—the Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully) said to-night, ...

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    BALLOONS ready to be used as serial targets for testing the twin-machincgun anti-aircraft defences of an Australian-made machine-gun carrier. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. HITLER'S PLANS IN EAST HAVE FAILED

    The Russian Ambassador to London (M. Maisky), speaking at a lunchcon of the Anglo-Soviet Public Relations Coinmittee to-day, said Hitler's plans ...

    Article : 181 words
  9. UNWISE TO INCREASE POTATO ACREAGE

    CANBERRA, Friday.—The expressed anxiety on the part of the Department of Supply and Development that there should, ...

    Article : 172 words
  10. Aircraft Engineers Decide Not to Strike

    SYDNEY, Friday. — After Judge O'Mara had remarked in the Arbitration Court that "this is no time to hold up important production," engineers ...

    Article : 83 words
  11. A GOLF STORY

    The following pretty little story appears in Klemmcr's book, "They'[?] Never Quit." The book is worth reading. "Two Americans went out to ...

    Article : 216 words
  12. REFUND OF WAR PROFITS.

    CANBERRA, Friday. — Two large Australia-wide organisations have made voluntary refunds of substantial sums of money to the ...

    Article : 209 words
  13. No Recent Sowing of Mines in Australian Waters

    CANBERRA, Friday. — It was thoueht the mines recently, washed up on the coast were from fields laid some time ago. and that they had broken ...

    Article : 79 words
  14. [?]byan News Encouraging, But Too Early to Prophesy

    CANBERRA, Friday. — Official news of the progress of the fighting in Libya was distinctly encouraging, the Minister for the Army (Mr Forde) ...

    Article : 204 words
  15. Metal Workers Granted Seven Days' Annual Leave

    SYDNEY, Friday.—In the Arbitration Court to-day. Judge O'Mara granted seven days' annual leave to [?]100,000 workers covored by the ...

    Article : 110 words
  16. ILLEGAL TRANSFER MEN FROM AIR FORCE TO A.I.F.

    CANBERRA, Friday—It would not legally be possible to effect a transfer of men from the R.A.A.F. reserve to the A.I.F., the Minister for ...

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  17. SHORTAGE OF NURSES AT DEVON HOSPITAL

    The difficulty being experienced in securing nurses was stressed at the monthly meeting of the Devon Hospital Board at Latrobe yesterday, and it was resolved to write the Country Women's Association asking it to endeaver to influence young women to take up nursing. ...

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  18. No War Casualties Among Nurses

    CAMBERRA, fri.—Although more than 1000 Australian army nurses were serving in theatres of war abroad, and many of them ...

    Article : 109 words
  19. READY MARKET FOR TUNA

    CANBERRA, Friday.—Mr. Barnard (Lab., Tas.), in the House of Representatives to-day, urged the Minister for the C.S.I.R. to use every endeavor ...

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  20. Two Tasmanians in R.A.A.F. Casualty List

    MELBOURNE, Friday.—The 77th casualty list, issued by the Department of Air to-day, contains the names of 32 members serving overseas and ...

    Article : 66 words
  21. IMPRISONED IN SHAFT

    MELBOURNE, Friday.— Sister Black, of the staff of the Maryborough Hospital, narrowly escaped death when she fell into a 42ft. shaft, where she was imprisoned ...

    Article : 85 words
  22. Attitude to Pension Increases

    CANBERRA, Friday. — "You are trying to rationalise your acquisitiveness, brutal inhumanity and utter disregard for your fellow man," declared ...

    Article : 127 words
  23. Drift of Manpower From Munitions to Private Industry

    CANBERRA, Friday.—The former Minister for Labor (Mr. Holt), in the House of Representatives to-day, urged the Government to ...

    Article : 122 words
  24. Self-Sufficiency In Vital Chemicals

    CANBERRA, Friday. — The Minister for Munitions (Mr. Makin) announced to-day that plans had been approved which ...

    Article : 83 words
  25. PRICES REDUCED BY 5 P.C.

    CANBERRA, Friday.—Prices of all goods sold by D. and W. Murray Ltd. have been reduced by 5 per cent. This follows the action of the Minister for ...

    Article : 46 words
  26. Tobruk Besiegers Sandwiched

    CAIRO, Friday. — British headquarters diclosed to-day that one British armored column was advancing towards Tobruk and ...

    Article : 109 words
  27. Australia as Source of Supply For Planes

    CANBERRA, Friday. — "Australia, as a source of supply for aircraft and aircraft equipment for the Allied forces, has now ...

    Article : 79 words
  28. [?] Championed by Mr. Curtin

    CANBERRA, Friday. — "Immediately the war ends, a series of test matches between Australia and Great Britain should be initiated as a ...

    Article : 161 words
  29. Location of Technical Training Camp

    CANBERRA, Friday.—Speaking on the adjournment of the House of Representatives to-day. Mr. Calwell (Lab., Vic.) criticised the site chosen in ...

    Article : 77 words
  30. Woman's Explanation For Thefts

    SYDNEY, Friday — Mrs. Ruth Turpon (42), a clergyman's daughter, who said that she stole "when her consciousness vanished ...

    Article : 222 words
  31. Biggest Cocaine Haul in Police History

    MELBOURNE, Friday.—A Chinese waiter on an overseas vessel, who was arrested by the police vice squad in the city to-day, was alleged to have ...

    Article : 79 words
  32. GIRL PILOT ORDERED TO PAY DAMAGES FOR 'DROME COLLISION

    SYDNEY, Friday. — A Supreme Court jury to-day awarded £190/18/11 damages against Miss Helen Charmain Robertson, a girl pilot, of Waverley ...

    Article : 84 words
  33. Missing Accountant's Estate Sequestrated

    MELBOURNE, Fridny. — The estate of one of Melbourne's best-known churtered accountants, Hugh Stewart Chambers, who disappeared suddenly some weeks ...

    Article : 208 words
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    General Sir Thomas Blamey, G.O.C. the A.I.F., with the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) right, and the Army Minister (Mr. Forde), left, during a recant yisit to Canberra. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 27 words
  35. Rail Freight on Salvage Must Be Paid

    HOBART, Friday.—The Goveminent considers that salvage has become a self-supporting activity and must bear its share of ...

    Article : 149 words
  36. GLASS MANUFACTURERS "DECLARED"

    CANBERRA, Friday. — Certain glass manufactures produced by subsidiaries of Australian Consolidated Industries Ltd. have been ...

    Article : 149 words
  37. Son of Baroness Gaoled for Theft

    BRISBANE, Friday. — Frederick Affleck (35), eldest son of the ninth Baroness of Dalham, Suffolk, England, was sentenced to six months ...

    Article : 85 words
  38. Ban on Russian Newspapers May Be Lifted

    CANBERRA, Friday.— The Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) indicated to-day that the Russian newspapers "Prnvda" and "Izvestia" might be removed ...

    Article : 69 words
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