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  2. TWO MEN DROWNED IN CORIO BAY

    GEELONG, Sunday. — When a strong northerly sprang up over Corio Bay this morning a 14ft. fishing boat was overturned and 2 men ...

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  3. MR. MENZIES' MACEDON HOME BURNT

    Favourite retrcat of Mr. R. G. Menzies throughout his political career, Illfra, at Mt. Macedon, was destroyed by fire on Saturday night. ...

    Article : 231 words
  4. 94 MEN STAY DOWN MINE

    NEWCASTLE, Sunday. — The stay-in strike by 94 men at Wallarah colliery, Catherine Hill Bay is still in progress. In the weekend ...

    Article : 288 words
  5. MOST OF AIF NOW OUT OF TOBRUK

    The bulk of the Australian garrison in Tobruk has been safely evacuated by the Royal Navy and replaced by, fresh British and ...

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  6. TOBRUK FORCE FIGHTS ITS WAY OUT

    Supported by many tanks, British forces on Friday sallied out from Tobruk with the object of joining the forces now holding Sidi Rezegh, it is officially stated. At nightfall the Tobruk forces had captured ...

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  7. GERMAN DESIGNS IN NORTH AFRICA

    The first surprise excitement and delight over the opening of the campaign in Libya is gradually giving place to a sober calculation of ...

    Article : 407 words
  8. NAZIS GOT RID OF WEYGAND

    Dismissal from his African post of General Weygand is now said to have been the result of a 48 hours' ultimatum from Abetz, German ...

    Article : 259 words
  9. DAILY DIGEST

    Lessons learned by San Francisco, in rebuilding after the earthquake and fire of 1906 have been passed to British officials studying the ...

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  10. TAXI-DRIVERS' LEASES

    More than 300 taxlcab drivers decided at a special meeting yesterday that unless the Yellow Cab Co. withdraws its proposed alteration of ...

    Article : 164 words
  11. TRADES HALL CLERKS' ALLEGE UNDERPAYMENT

    Clerks' Union has caused consternation in trade union circles by declaring that clerks employed in a number of trade union offices are not ...

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  12. AIF MALAYA HQ IN "HAUNTED HOUSE"

    AIF Headquarters in Malaya have been transferred to the "haunted" home of a former Prime Minister of a native State. It is said that he ...

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  13. RESCUES IN BAY

    Yachts and small boats weie overturned and driven ashore by the sharp squall which marked the arrival of the cool change late ...

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  14. SYNOD WRITES TO LORD MAYOR ON LOTTERY

    Cr. Beaurepaire, Lord Mayor, who has strongly advocated establishment of a State lottery [?] assist in financing hospitals and charities, ...

    Article : 139 words
  15. DEATH OF MAJOR P. C. WREN

    The death occurred today of Maj. P. C. Wren. Major Percival Christopher Wren was a prolific writer of light ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  16. NEXT MOVES IN UAP DISPUTE AWAITED

    Reconstitution of the UAP organisation in Victoria or formation of a new party, still hangs in the balance. The Young Nationalists ...

    Article : 111 words
  17. MAN FOUND ON ROOF

    Sight of a knee protruding from behind a wire screen led to the arrest of an intruder on the roof of the Mutual Store, Flinders st., city, ...

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  18. KING PETER OF JUGOSLAVIA IS AN UNDERGRADUATE

    Eighteen-year-old King Peter of Jugoslavia is settling down to his new life as an undergraduate at Clare College, Cambridge. He is ...

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  19. NO MORE SUNDAY PETROL

    In future no petrol will be sold in the metropolitan area on Sundays. Mr. E. K. Varcoe, general secretary, Retail Motor Dealers' Association. ...

    Article : 72 words
  20. PREFERENCE IN CLOTHING TRADE

    CANBERRA, Sunday. — Action has been taken under the National Security Act to give the Arbitration Court unrestricted power to grant ...

    Article : 136 words
  21. 5/ NOTES MAY BE ISSUED

    CANBERRA, Sunday. — Due to the shortage of silver the Government may be asked to authorise issue of 5/ notes. The silver shortage has ...

    Article : 85 words
  22. PLAYING GERMANS AT OWN GAME

    For the first time in this war British and Empire troops in Libya were plaving the Germans at their own game of mechanised warfare ...

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  23. SIR THOMAS BLAMEY OPTIMISTIC

    Destruction of a large number of German tanks meant that the Empire forces had won the first stage of the Libyan offensive, Gen, Sir ...

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  24. £600 WOOL BURNT

    Nearly 40 bales of wool, worth more than £600, were damaged by fire and water when fire burnt through 5 trucks in the siding of the South ...

    Article : 85 words
  25. MEETING A "WARNING" TO TOKIO

    Political circles interpreted the meeting at Washington yesterday between representatives of Pacific Powers and Mr. Hull (see page 1) ...

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  26. NO BREAD FOR 4 DAYS AT CHRISTMAS

    Melbourne housewives will be without fresh bread for 4 days at Christmas unless members of the bakers' and breadcarters' unions agree to ...

    Article : 151 words
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  28. GERMANY LOSES 2 AIR ACES

    Two of Germany's leading airmen— Baron von Werrar and Group-Capt. Mo[?]—have been killed, according to the German News Agency. ...

    Article : 130 words
  29. STOP WORK THREAT BY TRAM MEN

    Five hundred members of the Tramways Union decided yesterday to hold a stop-work meeting unless the Tramway's Board gave an ...

    Article : 109 words
  30. BRAVE BOY TRIMMER SHOOTS DOWN NAZI BOMBER

    A trimmer, aged 18, sprang to the machinegun and opened fire when a German bomber emerged from a snowstorm and swept over the ...

    Article : 136 words
  31. STEEL LOSS IN US COAL STRIKE

    Settlement of the coal strike (see Page 1) has reduced walkouts in defence industries to the lowest figure since the $73,000,000,000 ...

    Article : 127 words
  32. PRICE OF MATCHES

    CANBERRA, Sunday. — Uniform maximum prices for matches were fixed by Prof. Copland, Commonwealth Prices Commissioner, at the ...

    Article : 151 words
  33. US PROTEST TO ITALY

    U-S has, it is understood, lodged a strong protest to the Italian Government against the arrest and continued detention of the Rev. Hiram ...

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  34. EMERGENCY WORK DEFENDED

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—"General Sir Thomas Blamey should mind his own business when it comes to National Emergency Services." said Mr. ...

    Article : 85 words
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  36. ITALIANS STONE GERMAN TROOPS

    Istanbul reports from Rome state that bloodshed followed wild scenes in a town in southern Italy, where, during anti-Nazi demonstrations, ...

    Article : 70 words
  37. SA DISAGREEMENT

    ADELAIDE, Sunday. — Disagreement with the recent statement of Sir Thomas Blamey that money being spent on ARP here could be more ...

    Article : 75 words
  38. BRAVERY PRAISED

    SYDNEY, Sunday. — Mr. S. R. Musgrave, deputy coroner, in returning a finding of accidental death at the inquest yesterday on Mrs. ...

    Article : 131 words
  39. AIF MADE NO-MAN'S LAND THEIR LAND

    Maj.-Gen. Morshead, who commanded the Tobruk garrison from the beginning of the siege, gave an interview to war correspondents at ...

    Article : 322 words
  40. $50,000 DEMAND FOR STOLEN PAINTINGS

    Three oil paintings, one by Sir Joshua Reynolds, have been stolen from the tobacco helress, Miss Doris Duke Cromwell. The pictures were ...

    Article : 97 words
  41. NEW BISHOP OF ADELAIDE

    ADELAIDE, Sunday. — Rt. Rev. Bryan Percival Robin, the new Bishop of Adelaide, is expected to arrive in a few days. His first official ...

    Article : 121 words
  42. 26 MONTHS AS COOK AT DARWIN

    R. A. Gemmell, naval cook, who arrived in Melbourne on Saturday, has a record of service of which even the Navy is proud. He has just seen ...

    Article : 109 words
  43. LITTLE DAMAGE IN NIGHT RAID

    Enemy aircraftdroppe d a few bombs on south-west England and South Wales on Friday night. Little damage was done, but at one place ...

    Article : 83 words
  44. NEW ROAD TO CHINA

    Gunther Stein, Manchester Guardian's Chungking correspondent, says that the building of a motor road from ...

    Article : 61 words
  45. CHINESE ON DRUG CHARGE

    Lam Hung, 25, a Chinese, said to be a waiter who had just landed from a British vessel from China, was remanded at the City Court on ...

    Article : 98 words
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  47. JAPANESE EMBASSY OFFICIALS IN BERNE

    Berne reports that many members of the Japanese Embassy in Berlin, excluding the Am[?] have arrived there. No reason has ...

    Article : 34 words
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