Mr D. McVey, director of the Department of War ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 38 wordsMajor-General Victor Wentworth Odlum, who has been appointed Canadian High Commisioner to Australia. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 22 wordsMELBOURNE, Monday.—Direct Federal control of the whole of Australia's manpower has been decided upon by the Commonwealth Government. A new National Register will be compiled to replace that made in 1939, ...
Article : 593 wordsVICTORIA (Bermuda), Sunday.—Before leaving by air for Britain, Mr. Churchill told the Bermuda Legislature that the war situation had greatly changed since the time when the Empire stood alone. Allied countries would now march forward together ...
Article : 825 wordsSYDNEY, Monday. — Ignoring the Federal Government's threat that they would be deprived of reserved occupation privileges if they ...
Article : 138 wordsMELBOURNE, Mon. — Six members of the R.A.A.F. were killed at a South Australian aerodrome on Saturday, when ...
Article : 129 wordsBOMBAY, Sunday. — Sir Victor Sassoon, former member of the Legislative Assembly, India, and member of the Royal Commission ...
Article : 383 wordsSubmitting promptly to the threat by the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) at the week-end to order naval ratings to work a ship held up at an ...
Article : 111 wordsMELBOURNE, Monday.—Walter Kirk (61), of Sandringham, died in Royal Melbourne Hospital to-night from injuries received when he fell from a ...
Article : 275 wordsSYDNEY, Monday. — The N.S. Wales Tramways Union to-day decided to ask branches in other States to join in a petition to the Prime Minister (Mr. ...
Article : 70 wordsSYDNEY, Monday.—Weighing only 29 ounces, a baby girl was born at the South Sydney Hospital for Women last night—the ...
Article : 91 wordsLONDON, Monday. — An Admiralty communique states that a twin-engined Dornier bomber, which unsuccessfully attacked a ...
Article : 235 wordsCHUNGKING, Saturday.—Dr. Sun Fo, Chairman of the Legislative Branch of the Chinese Government, declared that if Britain and America ...
Article : 171 wordsMELBOURNE, Monday. — R.A.A.F. activities in the Pacific since the outbreak of war in that zone have included ...
Article : 181 wordsMELBOURNE, Monday. — War Cabinet will make a decision soon on the proposal to employ prisoners of war for fruit-picking, burning ...
Article : 236 wordsSYDNEY, Monday. — "This is one of the most reprehensible cases that has come under our notice in this war," said an Army ...
Article : 132 wordsCANBERRA, Monday. — All insurance premiums on motor vehicles payable on and after to-day will be subject to reductions. ...
Article : 113 wordsWASHINGTON, Sunday. — Senator Tydings, who during Iast war rose from the rank of private to that of lieutenant-colonel, predicted that the ...
Article : 68 wordsMELBOURNE, Monday.—Rabaul had an air raid alert at midday on Saturday, according to an R.A.A.F. commnnique released to-day by the Minister for Air ...
Article : 33 wordsWASHINGTON, Sunday.—In a surprising and dramatic move, Mr. John L. Lewis, founder and former president of the Congress of ...
Article : 147 wordsCANBERRA, Monday.—Shortages of livestock in Australia are foreseen by the Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully), as a result of the drought ...
Article : 194 wordsMELBOURNE, Monday.—Extra large Turk's Caps at Victoria Market are selling at £1 each in the vegetable price boom. Even at this extreme high ...
Article : 77 wordsLONDON, Monday.—The London "Times" diplomatic correspondent says the report that the death of Field-Marshal von Reichenau was ...
Article : 390 wordsMELBOURNE, Monday. — Because of increasing demands on teachers due to enlistments and the Army call-up, State Cabinet to-night adopted an ...
Article : 77 wordsMELBOURNE, Monday. — Mr. Curtin has telegraphed to employers' representatives on the recentlycreated Commonwealth Industrial ...
Article : 166 wordsANKARA, Sunday.—It is reliably reported from Belgrade that German troops are hurriedly withdrawing from Serbia, where they ...
Article : 119 wordsMELBOURNE, Monday.—A.I.F. units have been set to stabilise the position on the Muar river, in Malaya, where Indian troops have been forced to give ground under enemy pressure. This was contained in a message received to-day by the Minister for the ...
Article : 146 wordsLONDON, Monday. — An enemy 'plane early last night dropped bombs harmlessly on a place in south-west England. ...
Article : 50 wordsLONDON, Monday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Churchill), who flew from Bermuda to Plymouth in a flying boat, piloted it for part of ...
Article : 226 wordsLONDON, Monday. — According to the Moscow Radio, it is reported from Stockholm that General von List, the conqueror of the Balkans, has been sent ...
Article : 105 wordsMELBOURNE, Monday.—A new trans-Atlantic flying record has been created by a Hudson training plane piloted and navigated by ...
Article : 156 wordsSYDNEY, Monday. — Drastic lighting restrictions on the N.S. Wales coast were proclaimed by the State Governmetn to-night. The proclamation, ...
Article : 50 wordsAlthough valuable air reinforcements have reached Malaya, the Federal Government is still concerned over the continued air superiority of the ...
Article : 237 wordsWASHINGTON, Sunday. — It is reported that Administration circles are discussing an American foreign legion, which would consist of ...
Article : 75 wordsMELBOURNE, Monday.—The R.A. A.F. night fighter squadron in the United Kingdom has made it's first kill —a Dornier 217. This was revealed ...
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