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  2. HOLLANDIA BLASTED

    SMASHED PLANES, huge clouds of smoke and more bombs still falling marked the destruction of the Japanese air base at Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea, by Allied bombers. In an attack lasting three days at least 288 enemy planes were demolished.— (U.S. Fifth Air Force photo.) ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. JAP FORCES WITHDRAWING FROM BOGADJIM

    S.W. PACIFIC HEADQUARTERS, Thursday.—The Japanese garrison at Bogadjim, former big base on the New Guinca-Rai coast, is believed to be withdrawing to Madang, 18 miles to the north. ...

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  4. MUNICIPAL NOMINATIONS

    Nominations for the annual municipal elections to be held on Thursday, April 27, closed at 4 p.m. yesterday. In seven of the 13 North-West and West Coast municipalities elections will not be neces-. sary. Thirty-three candidates, including 12 retiring councillors, will ...

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  5. FORESTRY PLANS

    HOBART, Friday. — There would have to be a good deal of improvement in the administration of the Forestry Department before it come ...

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  6. FREE HOSPITAL SERVICES Bill Agreed to by Assembly

    HOBART, Thursday.—Providing that the Minister for Health, if he thinks it necessary or desirable, may enter into a voluntary agreement with any local authority, and with the board or managing authority of any public hospital in the municipality of the local authority for the provision of free hospital ...

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  7. HAS SHOT DOWN 27 JAP PLANES

    S.W. PACIFIC HEADQUARTERS, Thursday.—Captain Richard I. Bong, of Polar, Wisconsin, became the American "ace of ...

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  8. PALAU STRIKE HIT JAPS HARD

    NEW YORK, Thursday.—Complete details of the three-day Caroline operations revealed that U.S. carrier forces damaged the enemy ...

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  9. Substantial Subsidy For Dairying Industry

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—A new and substantial subsidy for the dairying industry to offset production costs is now being considered ...

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  10. MINISTER DOES NOT FAVOR TOBACCO RATIONING

    MELBOURNE, Thursday,—The Minister for Customs (Senator Keane) will consider coupon rationing of cigarettes and tobacco if some inventor can produce a "nicotine detector." "Apart from nicotine-stained fingers or a dry cough in the ...

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  11. New Chevrons for R.A.A.F.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Chevrons to be worn by members of the R.A.A.F. in future will denote years of service, whether at home or abroad, and will ...

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  12. Promotion of Timber Industry

    HOBART, Thursday. — A protest against the introduction in the House of Assembly to-day for a bill providing for quarterly payments to ...

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  13. Prelude to Big Naval Operations This Year

    WASHINGTON, Thursday.—The House of Representatives Appropriation Committee approved the Navy Appropriation Bill, providing ...

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  14. ANGRY SCENES IN ASSEMBLY

    HOBART, Friday. — There were angry scenes in the House of Assembly this morning when repented protests from Opposition members at ...

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  15. MINOR BUSINESS IN ASSEMBLY

    HOBART, Friday.—The Speaker (Mr. J. J. Dwyer) took the chair in the House of Assembly at 2.30 p.m. yesterday. ...

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  16. TWELFTH DAY OF PYJAMA GIRL INQUEST

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.—She had not told Dr. Palmer-Benbow that a girl named Nellie had been battered on the head and killed at Quinn's shack on Albury Common, Mrs. Lucy Collins said at the inquest on the Pyjama Girl before the Coroner (Mr. Tingate) to-day. ...

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  17. APPEAL TO LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

    HOBART, Thusday.—As announced, to-day, the Federal Attorney-General (Dr. Evatt), who is due in Hobart on Monday, intends to make a final appeal ...

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  18. MacArthur Sweeps Illinois in Primary Vote

    CHICAGO, Thursday.—Incomplete and unofficial returns show that General MacArthur swept Illinois in the preferential presidential primary election. In ...

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  19. TWO-DAY "DOG STRIKE" ENDS

    SYDNEY, Thursday. — Stockmen at the Homebush abattoirs to-day ended their dogs' two-day "lie-down strike," but an output of 2000 careases of ...

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  20. Servicemen Fatally Wounded in Brawl

    Two Allied servicemen received fatal knife wounds in a brawl at an Australian port on Wednesday, and seven other soldiers had to ...

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  21. LATE NEWS

    LONDON, Thursday. — The air offensive against the north European coast was continued this afternoon, when U.S.A.A.F. fighters, including ...

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  22. WOMAN FINED £778/12/ FOR SALES TAX OFFENCES

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Penalties totalling £778/12/ were imposed on Mrs, Lilian Pund, proprietress of Majora Modes, mantle manufacturers, ...

    Article : 64 words
  23. Municipal Assessments

    HOBART, Thursday — The Government did not contemplate taking over the responsibility of municipal assessments in the near future, said the Minister for ...

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