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  2. VISIT TO ARMY ESTABLISHMENTS

    Inspection of the Army Establishments. Top: Mr. W. J. Sheehan, Brigadier Vowles, Mr. G. A. Walch and Major Hawker. Bottom: Smiling nurses surround a cheerful patient in an army field hospital. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. JAPANESE CONVOY OF 22 VESSELS ANNIHILATED

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Thursday.—Practically the entire convoy of 22 ships in which the Japanese attempted for two days to force a landing in New Guinea has been destroyed in the most decisive air victory to date of the South-Western Pacific war. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. INCOME TAX BILL PASSES SECOND READING

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—After an amendment by the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Fadden) that the Income Tax Bill be withdrawn, redrafted and substantially amended was defeated by 29 votes to 26 in the House of Representatives to-night, the motion for the second reading was carried by a similar ...

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  5. CARING FOR WOUNDED AT AN ARMY FIELD HOSPITAL

    Field hospitals are an essential institution in war. They must be large and well equipped; larger than might appear necessary because the number of casualties in the future is an unknown quantity, and well equipped for the reason that they have to treat a wide ambit of cases. Diseases may include many ...

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  6. HANDLING A.I.F. SUPPLIES

    CAIRO, Tuesday.—"First and last" in the Middle East is the A.I.F. Port Detachment. Thousands of Australian soldiers see the ...

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  7. Delegation to Britain

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—The inclusion of Mr. Wilson (Ind., Vic.) as a delegate to the Empire Parliamentary Association's ...

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  8. TALKED HIMSELF TO DEATH

    NEW YORK, Wed. — The Office of War Information picked up a Tokio broadcast paying tribute to a Japanese shortwave ...

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  9. SYDNEY STRIKERS TO BE PROSECUTED

    CANBERRA, Thursday. — The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) announced to-day that prosecutions were pending in connection with ...

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  10. SPITFIRE SQUADRONS SURPRISE JAPS

    CANBERRA, Thursday. — The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) announced to-day that Spitfire fighter planes had been in action against the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  11. "U.Z. Airports Built at U.S, Expense"

    CHICAGO, Thursday.—The "Chicago Tribune." in an editorial headed "Hello, Suckers," says: "There is a strong air of the ...

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  12. IMPORTANCE OF AIR STRENGTH

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—Official circles in Canberra see in the absence of Allied naval participation in the convoy battle one-of the most ...

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  13. JAP. DRIVES IN CHINA MORE OR LESS FAILED

    CHUNGKING, Thursday.—A Chinese military spokesman stated to-day that the Japanese drives in Kiangsu and Kiangsi Provinces had more or less failed and the ...

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  14. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT EXPIRES ON NOV. 19

    CANBERRA, Thursday.— The life of the Federal Parliament expires on November 19, and the latest date on which an eloction ...

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  15. Seven Axis Ships Sunk; Nine Damaged

    LONDON, Thursday. — British submarines have sunk seven more Axis ships In the Mediterranean and damaged nine others. ...

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  16. SHORTAGE OF NURSES

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—Owing to the shortage of nurses, tuberculosis wards in some hospitals had been closed, said Mr. Barnard (Lab., Tas.) ...

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  17. Sir William Beveridge's Appeal to Government

    LONDON, Thursday.—Sir William Beveridge, in a speech, appenled to the Government to implement his social security plan. "The Government ...

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  18. Poles Executed in Russia

    WASHINGTON, Thursday.—The Soviet Embassy disclosed that two former Polish Social Labor leaders. Henryk Erlieh, and Victor Alter, have been ...

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  19. Speaker of House of Commons Dead

    LONDON, Wednesday.—Captain E. A. PitzRoy, Speaker of the House of Commons since 1928, died to-day after about a fortnight's illness. He was ...

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  20. NO DECISION YET ON EASTER HOLIDAYS

    CANBERRA, Thursday. — No decision has yet been reached by the Cabinet subcommittee on holiday arrangements for Easter. Difficulty has been encountered ...

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  21. GANDHI'S CONDITION

    NEW DELHI, Thursday.—A Bombay Government communique covering Mahatma Gandhi's health to this morning states: "After breaking his fast on ...

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  22. PROPRIETARY MEDICINES

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—To date 2334 separate formulae for proprietary medicines have been deposited with the Director-General of Health (Dr. ...

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  23. AWARDS TO MILITIAMEN

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—Five M.C's, five D.C.M.'s and 17 M.M.'s have been awarded to Australian military personnel in the latest list of awards ...

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