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  2. FIGHTING FLARES UP NEAR WEWAK

    Fighting in the Dove Bay Area, east of Wewak, has flared up suddenly, with the Japs making a number of bold attacks and attempting to infiltrate and harass our positions on the coast. The Australian forces suffered casualties in repulsing these determined ...

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  3. NEW FIRE BOMBS

    WASHINGTON, Sunday.—The War Department announces that two new incendiary bombs are being used against Japan. One, ...

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  4. FOREST POLICY MINISTER SAYS HE WILL "FIGHT OBSTRUCTIONISTS"

    HOBART, Sunday.—"I will fight these obstructionists until I win. I will not accept defeat on this vital matter of employment for our soldiers and protection and regeneration of our forest assets," said the Minister for Forests (Mr. Taylor) to-night, when attacking members of the Legislative Council for ...

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    "HERE'S SOMETHING TO HELP TUE BATH ALONG," said Flying-Officer E. A. McKenzie, of N.S.W., as he douched Pilot-Officer Arnold Webster, N.S.W., with a bucket of cold water. Pilot-Officer Webster was washing off the Arakan dust in a portable bath outside his bamboo ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. £8,000 WORTH OF CARGO STOLEN

    SYDNEY, Sunday. — Cargo valued at £8000 has disappeared from an Australian ship. It comprised 20 bales of cotton piece goods, ...

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  7. IMPENDING RACE FOR WORLD MARKETS

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Early action is expected toward laying the foundations of an export trade which will put the Commonwealth in the race for world markets. Thc race has already begun, and some Federal ministers are concerned that ...

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  8. B.M.U. View on Free Medicine

    MELBOURNE, Sunday. — The medical secretary of the Victorian branch of the B.M.A. (Dr. C. H. Dickson) said yesterday the ...

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  9. U.S. TYRE POSITION IS CRITICAL

    According to the chairman of the U.S.A. War Production Board (Mr. J. A. Krug), the tremendously expanded military needs of the ...

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  10. Victorian Teachers' Salaries

    MELBOURNE, Sunday. — Conditions in the teaching profession were quoted by the secretary of the Victorian Teachers' Union (Mr. ...

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  11. STOCKBROKER UNABLE TO FACE COMMITMENTS

    ADELAIDE, Sunday.—Members of the Adelaide Stock Exchange were unofficially informed yesterday morning that Mr. H. W. Hodgetts, well-known Adelaide ...

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  12. U-BOAT SCUTTLED

    LONDON, Sunday.—A German crew scuttled a U-boat which surfaced at dawn two miles north of Leixoes (Portugal), says the Associated Press correspondent ...

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  13. ENGLAND- INDIA IN 12½ HOURS

    LONDON, Sunday.—A standard reconnaissance Mosquito, piloted, by Squadron Leader K. J. Newman, of Hokianga, New Zealand, covered 4700 ...

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  14. PARACHUTISTS KILLED HEYDRICH

    LONDON, Sunday. — Three unnamed Czech Army volunteers, dropped by parachutes from a British plane, killed Reinhardt ...

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  15. Two More Senior Nazi Officials Captured

    LONDON, Sunday. — The British Second Army has captured two more senior Nazi officials, General Hans Juttner, Himmler's deputy chief of the home army, ...

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  16. BURNED TO DEATH IN SHACK

    ADELAIDE, Sunday. — The charred body of a man believed to be Melville Coker (about 35), single, of Salisbury, was found at St. Kilda in the ashes ...

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  17. Berlin-Moscow Highway Fully Restored

    LONDON, Sunday.—The Moscow-Berlin military highway, stretching about 1100 miles, has now been fully restored along its entire length, saya Reuter's Moscow ...

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  18. HERD TESTING

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  19. SCALDED WOMAN IN LOCKED HOUSE

    SYDNEY, Sunday. — Police and ambulance men had to smash into a locked house in Alexandria to-day to remove Mrs. Agnes Wilson (82), who had been ...

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  20. HOW BRITAIN HAS CUT INTEREST RATES

    According to a statement issued by the office of the British High Commissioner in Canberra, Britain's finances have been so ...

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  21. REMOVING GERMANS FROM DENMARK

    LONDON, Sunday.—Allied authorities state that 189,046 German soldiers have been removed from Denmark. Ten million kroner taken from German ...

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  22. World's Richest Convoy

    LONDON, Sunday.—The world's, richest convoy, with some lorries carrying as much as £22,000,000, recently drove from Merkers, near Mulhausen, to ...

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  23. Convinced that Hitler is Dead

    LONDON, Sunday. — British, American and Russian intelligence sevices which, since Hitler was reported to be dead on May 1, have been ...

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  24. TARAKAN IS ISLAND OF CONTRASTS

    Tarakan Island, off the north coast of Borneo, on which troops of Australia's Ninth Division are fighting, will probably come to be known to many of its invaders as the island of contrasts. Never before, even in the mixed compound of races and customs of the Middle East, and the many facets of ...

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  25. Ammunition Dump Blows Up Near Emden

    LONDON, Sunday. — Scores or British troops and marines we iniured, though few are believed to have been killed when a German ...

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  26. HOLIDAY TO CELEBRATE NORMANDY LANDING

    LONDON, Sunday.—General Eisenhower has sent a message to all members under his command announcing that the first anniversary of the Normandy ...

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  27. RELEASE OF TRUCKS BY ARMY

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.—The Army, and not the Disposals Conmission, released trucks for use by essential users, the Disposals spokesman said yesterday. ...

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  28. CATHOLIC CHURCH'S RELATIONS WITH GERMANY

    LONDON, Sunday. — The Pope, broadcasting from his study in the Vatican, traced the history of the Roman Catholic Church's relations ...

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  29. LATE NEWS

    CHUNGKING, Sunday. — The High Command to-day announced that the Chinese had captured the important highway junction of ...

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  30. MYSTERY RADIO LEADER'S IDENTITY

    LONDON, Sunday. — "Colonel Britton." mystery radio leader, who played an important part in building up the resistance ...

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  31. Baptist Missionaries Beheaded

    NEW YORK, Sunday. — The American Baptist Foreign Mission Society roports that the Japanese beheaded 11 Baptist missionaries and one ...

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  32. SERVICES DIVERSION PLAN CRITICISED

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Many men with long battle service would be retained in the forces under the Government plan, said the president of the Victorian ...

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  33. CRICKET R.A.A.F. DEFEATED BY 16 RUNS

    LONDON, Sunday. — In a match at [?] yesterday the R.A.A.F. defeated an R.A.A.F. eleven by 10 runs. The R.A.A.F. batted first, and was ...

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  34. 30,000 Russians Stranded in Norway

    STOCKHOLM, Sunday. — The Swedish Red Cross, in answer to an urgent appeal is sending a medical mission by air to aid 30,000 Russians, formerly prisoners of war ...

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