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  2. DIGGERS OW BOUGAINVILLE

    SINCE elements of the Australian Third and 11th Divisions took over from the U.S. Army on Bougainville last November, they have won high battle honors in clearing the Japanese from a large portion of the Island. They have spread out ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. Rabbit Trappers Earning Up to £20 a Week

    ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—Some South Australian rabbit trappers were earning up to £20 net a week, an official of the S.A. ...

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  4. DISPUTED HILL ON TARAKAN OCCUPIED BY AUSTRALIANS

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Fighting for Freda Hill, long disputed feature in the south central sector of Tarakan, ended when a strong force of Australians attacked and occupied the position after a heavy air strike. The occupation was unopposed, but the ...

    Article : 515 words
  5. REHABILITATION BILL PASSES STORMY SCENES IN CLOSING STAGES OF DEBATE

    CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Re-establishment and Employment Bill, providing for the rehabilitation of discharged servicemen and women, was completed in the House of Representatives to-day. Stormy scenes, with bitter exchanges passing between members on both sides ...

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  6. No More Convoys in Non-Combat Areas

    LONDON, Tuesday. — The Admiralty announces that there will be no more trade convoys in noncombat areas. Ships will burn ...

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  7. ATTEMPT TO BREAK OUT OF DETENTION CAMP

    SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Prisoners armed with sticks, pointed tent poles and stones faced guards armed with bayonets when more than ...

    Article : 137 words
  8. LIBERAL LEADER'S TRIBUTE TO MR. CHURCHILL

    LONDON, Tuesday.—"Woe betide the Tory Party if it tries to exploit Mr. Churchill's prodigious services in its party interests" ...

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  9. SOME STOCKINGS TO BE COUPON FREE

    CANBERRA, Tuesday. — The chairman of the Rationing Commission (Mr. Coles) said to-night the coupon rating of several types of stockings would be altered on ...

    Article : 118 words
  10. Typhus in Paris

    PARIS, Tuesday.—The Ministry of Health announces that typhus has broken out. Sixty-six cases have been reported in the Paris area, of which ...

    Article : 79 words
  11. BANK BILLS DESCRIBED AS THREAT TO LIVES AND LIBERTIES

    CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Government's proposed banking legislation went far beyond mere changes of the banking structure, and threatened thc lives and liberties of every Australian and the future of our representative institutions, said Sir Earle Page (C.P., N.S.W.) when he opened the Opposition's ...

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  12. "Spirited Off by Petain"

    PARIS, Tuesday.—M. Albert Lebrun, former President of the French Republic, declared that he did not tender his resignation to the Bordeaux ...

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  13. Charged With Manslaughter

    SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Two men were charged at Central Court to-day as a sequel to the car crash last night in which a soldier was killed and 23 other ...

    Article : 90 words
  14. FASTER U-BOATS WERE ALL BUT READY TO ATTACK

    LONDON, Tuesday.—Between 80 and 90 faster and more formidable U-boats were all but ready to attack our Atlantic shippnig when ...

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  15. AUSTRALIAN V.C. KILLED ON TARAKAN

    ADELAIDE, Tuesday. — Lt. T. C. Derrick, V.C., D.C.M., has been killed on Tarakan by a Japanese bomb. Advice to this effect has been received ...

    Article : 91 words
  16. Russian Church Leaders to Visit England

    MOSCOW, Tuesday.—The Patriarch of Moscow and 11 other members of the Russian Orthodox Church left for a tour of the Middle East, after which ...

    Article : 70 words
  17. DISMISSAL OF GAOL WARDER

    HOBART, Tuesday.—A clash between the Attorney-General (Mr. M'Donald) and Mr. Wedd on a statement alleged to have been ...

    Article : 637 words
  18. Dined Together an Hour Before Tragedy

    SYDNEY, Tuesday. — The victims of the Dover Heights cliff tragedy, Hedley John Barnes and Mrs. Dorice Retallack, dined ...

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  19. UNARMED GERMANS TREKKING to NORTH

    LONDON, Tuesday. — "Disarmed German fighting men are marching by tens of thousands to northern areas, where they will await ...

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  20. N.E.I. Preparing 200,000 Troops For Pacific

    SAN FRANCISCO, Tuesday. — Dr. van Mook, Acting Governor-General of the N.E.I. said before departing for Australia that the Netherlands was preparing to ...

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  21. Fined for Entertaining Italian P's.O.W.

    ADELAIDE, Tuesday. — For having entertained Italian prisoners of war a[?] his house, an Italian alien, Vincenze Morabito (49), a farm hand, was fined ...

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  22. SECRET TUNNEL FROM DANISH PALACE

    LONDON, Tuesday.—The existence of a 200-yard tunnel leading from the Amalienborg palace to the Royal stables has just been revealed, states Reuter's ...

    Article : 138 words
  23. 50,000 HOMES IN FIRST YEAR AFTER WAR

    CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Government's White Paper on full employment, to be tabled in the House of Representatives to-morrow, is ...

    Article : 208 words
  24. VAST TRAINING CAMP IN SIBERIA

    MOSCOW, Tuesday. — The Red Army has opened a vast artillery and infantry training camp in Siberia, say[?] "Red Star." The camp is complete ...

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  25. Wives to Sail for U.S.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Wives of American servicemen from all States will be among 400 Australian wives sailing for America this week. Many ...

    Article : 75 words
  26. LATE NEWS

    LONDON, Tuesday.—The Press Association's diplomatic correspondent learns authoritatively that William Joyce's position is already, ...

    Article : 378 words
  27. Urged That A.W.N.L Retain Identity

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—About 60 women to-day attended a meeting called by the council for the defence of the Australian Women's ...

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  28. Free to Choose Own Jobs

    LONDON, Tuesday.—Men over the age of 50, women over 40 and boys under 18 will from June 4 be able to choose their own jobs, according to a ...

    Article : 90 words
  29. LABOR RIFT ON INDUSTRIAL POLICY

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—When the Federal executive of the A.L.P. to-day pledged its support of the demand by the A.C.T.U. for ...

    Article : 262 words
  30. Ford's Willowrun Plant to Cease Production

    DETROIT, Tuesday.—A joint statement issued by the War Production Board, the Army and the Ford Comnany announced that Ford's ...

    Article : 43 words
  31. ALLEGEDLY SOLD CHAFF AT EXCESSIVE PRICE

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday. — A sentence of four months' imprisonment was imposed on David Charles Ross, of Spencer Street, Melbourne, in the ...

    Article : 73 words
  32. Mutual Assistance Under Lend-Lease

    CANBERRA, Tuesday. — Under reverse Lend-Lease each Allied nation undertook to the utmost of its resources to assist other nations, and that policy ...

    Article : 138 words
  33. FINED £75 FOR NOT KEEPING PROPER ACCOUNTS

    SYDNEY, Tuesday. — A claim that she had unwittingly employed a convicted criminal as a bookkeeper, and that he had faked her hooks to show ...

    Article : 148 words
  34. CANNOT INCREASE FOOD COMMITMENTS TILL DROUGHT BREAKS

    CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Unless there was a complete break in the drought it would be almost impossible for Australia to shoulder heavier food commitments, said a Commonwealth Food Control official to-day. He was emphasising the difficulties caused by the drought, which is now entering its third year. ...

    Article : 313 words
  35. COMMONWEALTH SHIPS A POSSIBILITY

    CANBERRA, Tuesday. — The possibility of a Commonwealth shipping line being established after the war is to be investigated by a Cabinet ...

    Article : 155 words
  36. MUNICIPAL WELFARE FUND BOARD

    HOBART, Tuesday.—At a meeting of the executive of the Municipal Association of Tasmania this afternoon the Secretary for Lands (Mr. C. M. ...

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  37. CRICKET A.I.F.'s GOOD START AGAINST EMPIRE XI.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—Whitington and Price made another good opening when A.I.F. batted first against an Empire eleven at Hove, the partnership ...

    Article : 72 words
  38. PINS, NAILS, SCREWS IN SYDNEY'S BREAD

    SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Such things as pins, nails, screws, cigarette butts and string have been found in Sydney's bread from time to time. ...

    Article : 95 words
  39. SERIOUS CHARGES

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday. — Found guilty on two serious charges involving boys, Harold William Hindsley (43), Church of England clergyman, of ...

    Article : 48 words
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