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  2. ARMY LORRY PLUNGES INTO RIVER

    When an army motor lorry plunged into the Yarra from Morell bridge on Saturday, Ptc. Leonard Pope, 25, of Broadmeadows camp, ...

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  3. PLANS TO CO-ORDINATE TRANSPORT

    Nearly every phase of transport in Victoria has now been co-ordinated in a State-wide plan to conserve petrol, coal, charcoal, manpower, and ...

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  4. HONG KONG AND KOWLOON PENINSULA.

    important British Far East territory. Hong Kong island is about 11 miles long, and from Victoria, the capital, the distance across the harbour to the mainland is less than I mile. From Kowloon, a railroad connects with ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. SWEEPING LABOUR VICTORY

    HOBART, Sunday.—Labour won a sweeping victory in the State elections on Saturday. In a House of 30 members it has retained for ...

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  6. MANY RED ARMY SUCCESSES

    Latest Red Anny successes include a 40-mile advance in the Orel sector, 200 miles south of Moscow, where the towns of Livny and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. INQUIRY INTO LOSS OF BATTLESHIPS

    There will be an exhaustive official inquiry into the circumstances of the loss of the battleship Prince of Wales and the battle cruiser ...

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  8. DESPERATE FIGHT TO FINISH

    Now that loss of the Australian sloop Parramatta has been made public, it is possible to disclose details of a desperate little action ...

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  9. DAILY DIGEST

    Is there any alternative to the blackout? I sincerely believe, and many others agree, that the blackout of large cities as practised in Britain ...

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  10. TEN MILLION US MEN FOR ARMY

    New legislation Introduced into the House will provide. It is estimated another 10,000,000 men for military duty and 40,000,000 for ...

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  11. MORE RAID ALARMS IN US CITIES

    Further air-raid alarms have been sounded and blackouts ordered in American cities, and several reports of presence of unidentified ...

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  12. NOTES ON THE CABLES THE REAL WORTH OF OUR RUSSIAN ALLY

    Broadcasting the day after Germany invaded Russia, Mr. Churchill described the event as one of the four great "climacteries" of the war, ...

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  13. "A A GUNS CANNOT PROTECT BATTLESHIPS"

    "AA guns cannot protect battleships from air attack. That is why Prince of Wales and Repulse went down." Mr, O'Dowd Gallagher, ...

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  14. JAPANESE FAITH IN AXIS

    It seems obvious that the Japanese, far from making one last desperate throw, have carefully weighed the evidence, and believe that ...

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  15. AUSTRALIA'S STRONG DEFENCES

    "Don't worry about Australia," said Sir Thomas Blamey, deputy C-in-C in the Middle East, when interviewed on his return to Cairo. ...

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  16. NAZIS PREPARE FOR SE MOVE— ISTANBUL REPORT

    Ribbentrop, German Foreign Minister, will visit the Balkans soon to attempt to solve the problems threatening Germany's plans in ...

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  17. AUSTRALIANS AS NIGHT FIGHTERS

    Beaufighters which make up Australia's first night fighter squadron with a British base have made a spectacular debut, according to ...

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  18. HIGH POLISH AWARD TO MAJ.-GEN. MORSHEAD

    Mr. Forde, Army Minister, was advised on Saturday that MajGen. Morshead, of an Australian division, has been decorated with the ...

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  19. "RAIDS WOULD BE RESTRICTED"

    Scale of air raids which are likely to be delivered against cities in the Pacific, presuming they are made from aircraft-carriers, would be ...

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  20. EDINBURGH GIVES £15,300,000

    Edinburgh warship week closed last night with a total of £15,300,000, representing over £35 a head of population. Small savings ...

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  21. ARCHBISHOP HEAD

    Archbishop Head, who is dangerously ill (see page 1), was injured when his car crashed into a post near Seaford on December 7 as he ...

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  22. TRAGIC NEWS ENDS CHILD'S PARTY

    SYDNEY, Sunday. — Mrs. H. B. Jordan, of Streatfield rd., Bellevue Hill, received news on Friday that her husband. Bandmaster H. B. ...

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  23. RAF BOMBERS IN WIDE ATTACKS

    Bomber Command planes on Friday night attacked the docks at Brest and Dunkirk, while Coastal Command planes bombed on oil ...

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  24. BULGARIA AT WAR WITH ALLIES

    A German News Agency report from Sofia says that Filoff, Prime Minister, at a meeting of Parliament, announced that Bulgaria had ...

    Article : 77 words
  25. ENEMY PLANES SEEN OVER NEW GUINEA

    Enemy aircraft seen during the week on reconnaissance over Bismarck Archipelago disappeared before they could be intercepted by ...

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  26. "MUST DOUBLE FORCE OF FIGHTERS"

    The national Press continues to hammer home evidence showing the need for additional fighter planes— of which even one supposed Britain ...

    Article : 79 words
  27. NAZIS ARE FACING DIFFICULTIES

    The Germans are becoming increasingly anxious about supplying Gen. Rommel's army in Libya, says Daily Telegraph correspondent at ...

    Article : 367 words
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  29. SCOUT HALL DESTROYED

    Fire destroyed the hall of the 3rd Brunswick Troop in the weekend ...

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  30. PRINCESSES TAKE PART IN PANTOMIME

    Princess Margaret, as cinderella, and Princess Elizabeth as the Prince, are rehearsing somewhere in England for the pantomime. King ...

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  33. STRONG COASTAL DEFENCES

    The aeronautical correspondent of the Sunday Express in an article headed "Is Australia Menaced?" says:—"Japanese forces could land ...

    Article : 126 words
  34. CONTROVERSY IN USA

    Sinking of 4 battleships in the Pacific battle by aerial bombers is arousing Congressional demands for a reappraisal of the controversy on ...

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  35. ORIGINAL PLANS OF COMMONS FOUND

    A paper salvage hunt in the attic of a house in Surrey resulted in the discovery of drawings which will enable the House of Commons to be ...

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  36. A I F CONFIDENT

    Australian soldiers in the Middle East greeted the news of Japan's entry into the war with quiet confidence in the signs of the Allied ...

    Article : 179 words
  37. SUNKEN US SHIPS MAY BE RAISED

    Pearl Harbour waters are shallow, and it is expected that the sunken ships can be raised and recommissioned. ...

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  38. AID FOR SURVIVORS

    Australian Red Cross has made generous issues to all the survivors from Prince of Wales and Repulse. Apart from the wounded getting ...

    Article : 74 words
  39. CRICKETER GETS DSO

    Capt. Bob Crisp, the South African cricketer, has been awarded the DSO for outstanding conduct in Libya. ...

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  41. BRIDGES' WAR EFFORT PLEA

    Harry Bridges, Australian-born president of the International Longshoremen's Union, has sent a cable lo Hawalian members, instructing ...

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  42. TANKER BUILT IN 63 DAYS

    Built in 03 working days, the 13,700-ton tanker Sinclair was launched at Quiney, Massachusetts, yesterday. The previous best ...

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