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    THE "GRAND SLAM" ' BOMB, the R.A.F.'s 22,000-pounder. It is 35ft. 5in. in length, 3ft. 10in. in diameter and of a streamlined, deep penetration type. The tail unit is 13½ ft. long. The bomb can break down almost any fortification and makes a crater 120ft. wide and over 35ft. deep.—(British Official Beam Wireless.) ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. OKINAWA PRICELESS SPRINGBOARD FOR ATTACK ON JAPAN

    MANILA, Friday.—The Guam correspondent of the Associated Press of America says the conquest of Okinawa was the longest and costliest of all campaigns in the central and western Pacific, and with casualty figures still incomplete, the Americans ...

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  4. HAVE ONLY BEGUN TO REBUILD SAD, DISILLUSIONED WORLD

    SAN FRANCISCO, Friday.—General Smuts said in an interview that the Security Conference had succeeded, but it was only the beginning of a monumental task to rebuild a sad, dis[?] lusioned world. After the last war the victorious Powers bui[?] ...

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  5. Trying to Smoke Out Japanese Commander

    GUAM, Friday.—Americans with flame-throwers to-day stormed a giant coastal cave near Mabuni, on the ...

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  6. SUICIDE PLANE ATTACKS ON BRITISH SHIPS

    LONDON, Friday.—Five units of the British Pacific Fleet, including an aircraft carrier, were hit by Japanese suicide planes during ...

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  7. EXTRAORDINARY SCENES IN FEDERAL HOUSE

    CANBERRA, Friday.—Extraordinary scenes marked the end of the sitting of the House of Representatives to-day, when the business was brought to a close by the application of the gag, moved by Mr. Morgan (Lab., N.S.W.) after Mr. Holt (Lib., ...

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  8. GRAVE INJUSTICE TO TASMANIA

    LILYDALE, Friday.—The penalty imposed on Tasmania by the Grants Commission because the State had increased its expenditure ...

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  9. Judge Requested to Restore Dissolved Marriage

    SYDNEY, Friday.—In the Divorce Court, to-day, Mr. Justice Edwards was asked by a divorced couple who had become reconciled to restore the ...

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  10. EARLY CONSIDERATION OF IMPORT POLICY

    CANBERRA, Friday.—On Monday week, Full Cabinet will probably discuss the Government's import policy. This was stated in the Senate to-day ...

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  11. Commonwealth Benefit Scheme

    MELBOURNE, Friday.—From July 1 Australians who are sick or unemployed will be able to apply for assistance under the new ...

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  12. THE QUEEN MARY'S WARTIME ROLE

    NEW YORK, Friday.—The liner Queen Mary, in 60 wartime Atlantic crossings, of which 50 were without convoy owing to the ...

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  13. NO PURPOSE IN. MAINTAINING ARMY OF WOMEN

    CANBERRA, Friday.—All woman except nurses and V.A.D.'s should be released from the services, said Senator Amour (Lab., ...

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  14. PRICE OF PETROL

    CANBERRA, Friday.—The Prices Commissioner had no intention of reducing the price of petrol on Monday or any other day ...

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  15. Empress Not Welcomed Because of Dispute

    LONDON, Friday.—A plane carrying Empress Fawzi[?] of Persia to Cairo circled over Damascus airfield while a ...

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  16. NINE MONTHS' GAOL FOR STEALING

    HOBART, Friday.—Li[?]l Geoffrey Cooper pleaded guilty before Colonel J. P. Clark, P.M., in the City Police Court to-day to three charges of ...

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  17. Control of Metals Relaxed

    MELBOURNE, Friday.—Rel[?] tion of the order prohibiting the use of copper and other non-ferrous metals in many forms of manufacture was ...

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  18. CENSORSHIP OF MAILS.

    CANBERRA, Friday.—The censorship of all mails between the public of Australia, and the U.K., Northern Ireland, Canada, South Africa, N.Z. ...

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  19. ELECTION OF TRADE UNION DELEGATES

    MELBOURNE, Friday.—Several Victorian trade union leaders have signed a petition to be sent to the acting Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) ...

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  20. VERY FEW COMPULSORY CALL-UPS FOR C.C.C.

    CANBERRA, Friday.—Very few compulsory call-ups were being ordered now by the C.C.C. and most enrolments were voluntary, the Minister for Works ...

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  21. CAMPAIGN AGAINST PILLAGING

    CANBERRA, Friday.—The Minister for Customs (Senator Keane) stated in the Senate to-day that the only new aspect of ...

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  22. Appeals Against Death Sentences Dismissed

    SYDNEY, Friday.—Appeals by Clifford Tasman Thompson and Alexander Jowett; against their conviction and death sentences for shooting Dr. ...

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  23. EGG PRIORITY FOR INVALIDS

    HOBART, Friday.—While eggs continued to be in short supply those invalids who held eggs priority supply cards the currency of which would ...

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  24. MISSIONARIES WAITED FOR DEATH

    LONDON, Friday.—Many missionaries in the Far East had been killed [?] taken prisoner by the Japanese, said the Archbishop of York (Dr. ...

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  25. Irishmen Afraid to Go Home

    LONDON, Friday—Thousands of Irishmen who deserted from the E[?] army and joined the British forces are now afraid to go home, according to evidence ...

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  26. H.E. EXTENSIONS

    Speaking at a meeting of the Wilmot branch of the P.P.U., Mr. H. H. M'Fie, M.H.A., said that when country power extensions ...

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  27. Fatal Accident Reveals Bigamous Marriage

    BRISBANE, Friday.—Two women each stated at, the inquest, to-day into the accidental death of Henry James Bulock (47), a waterside worker, that ...

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  28. 100 Applicants For B[?] Gun Carriers

    MELBOURNE, Friday.—More than 100 applications to buy surplus Army Bren gun carriers [?] £50 each were lodged to-day with ...

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  29. Four- Year Plan For Agriculture

    CANBERRA, Friday.—The Commonwelth Government has received details of Britain's four-year plan for agriculture, the acting ...

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  30. Motor Cruiser Leaves Launceston for Sydney

    LAUNCESTON, Friday.—The 50ft, Tamar-built motor cruiser Hal[?]yon, recently purchased by Mr. J. A. Thurston for use in Sydney, sailed late this ...

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  31. Defence Of Militia At Port Moresby

    CANBERRA, Friday.—In the Senate to-day, Senator Matt[?] (Lib., S.A.) defended the Militia troops at Port Moresby, who were ...

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  32. WOOLLEN GARMENTS FOR DESTITUTE PEOPLE IN EUROPE

    CANBERRA, Friday.—The provision of woollen garments for destitute people in Europe would be recommended to the chairman of the Wool Board ...

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  33. SHIP CAME FROM INDIA IN BALLAST

    CANBERRA, Friday.—A ship from India was in ballast when it called at Tasmania recently, Mr. Barnard (Lab., Tas.) complained in the House of ...

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  34. COAL LOSSES FOR WEEK 59,000 TONS

    SYDNEY, Friday.—Coal losses in N.S.W. this week total 59,000 tons, the highest for any week this year. The deputies' ...

    Article : 265 words
  35. Advocates National Newspaper

    CANBERRA, Friday.—In the Senate to-day, Senator Amour (Lab., N.S.W.), who is chairman of the Parliamentary Broadcasting ...

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  36. "Has Learned Lesson From Japanese"

    CANBERRA, Friday.—The Government had learned a lesson from our Japanese enemy, which practised harakiri, for it could furnish ...

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  37. Committed for Trial of Manslaughter Charge

    HOBART, Friday.—The Coroner (Colonel J. P. Clark) found at an inquest at Huonville on Thursday that Leslie David Cordwell had feloniously ...

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  38. SUGAR SUPPLIES HELD UP BY HANDFUL OF MEN

    CANBERRA, Friday.—Victorian sugar supplies were being held up indefinitely and unnecessarily by a m[?] handful of men, ...

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  39. LATE NEWS

    LONDON, Friday.—Fierce north Syrian tribesmen are attacking French posts on the Turco-Syrian frontier, says a ...

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  40. British Take Over in Cologne

    LONDON, Friday.—The Union Jack was hoisted over Cologne at an impressive military ceremony last night, says the B.U.P. correspondent in Cologne. ...

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