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  2. PORT ALBERT HEARS THE NEWS

    According to Berlin Radio, Australia had its first air raid yesterday. Victim of the "Japanese attack" was the little Victorian fishing ...

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  3. DAYLIGHT SAVING TO BE DISCUSSED

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.— Suggestions that day light saving should be introduced in Australia are to be discussed on Friday when Mr. ...

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  4. JAPANESE LAND TANKS ON MALAYAN COAST

    The Japanese are reported by Domei Agency to have landed heavy tanks on the east Malayan coast. Reports from the front reveal that the main brunt of the first Japanese thrust across the Thai border was ...

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  5. TAX RELIEF FOR SERVICES

    CANBERRA, Wednesday. — An amendment of the Government's wartime taxation proposals to provide special exemption for members ...

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  6. ADVANCES ON BIG FRONTS CONTINUING

    Russian Hoops on the central and SW fronts continued their advance yesterday, occupying several towns and villages, including Kalinin ...

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  7. USA PROUD OF HAWAII DEFENDERS

    All America has been thrilled and electrified by the Secretary for the Navy's dramatic account of the shattering of the Japanese attack on ...

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  8. DEEP CONCERN ABOUT MALAYA

    All the morning papers show deep concern about the situation in Malaya. Manchester Guardian says: ...

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  9. DAILY DIGEST

    Hitler's order of the day to the German Army on October 2 read:— terrific blow which is to smash this [?]The stage has been set for the last ...

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  10. "HERE WE FIGHT; HERE WE STAY"

    Despite Tokio Radio's claim last night that the AIF had been annihilated, the Japanese have yet to meet the Australians in battle. News ...

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  11. QUESTIONS IN COMMONS ON NAVAL LOSSES

    Asked in the Commons whether the Prince of Wales and Repulse had adequate sea or land based fighter escort, Mr. Attlee, Lord Privy ...

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  12. GREETINGS TO KING FROM SOVIET HEAD

    President Kalinin, of the Soviet Union, has exchanged messages with the King on the King's birthday. This is the first time the head of the ...

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  13. ANIMALS IN SULTAN'S ZOO DESTROYED

    The civil authorities have destroyed most of the wild animals in the Sultan of Johore's private zoo because they might escape if the ...

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  14. CIVIL DEFENCE PROPOSALS

    Tomorrow's meeting of Premiers at Canberra would probably be the most important yet held, Mr. Dunstan said yesterday. A sub-committee ...

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  15. SAW JAPANESE PLANES BOMB PENANG

    SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Seventeen women and children who evacuated voluntarily from Malaya and Darwin have arrived in Sydney ...

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  16. LAND OWNERS WILL TAKE EVACUEES

    WAGGA (NSW), Wednesday—On military grounds Wagga is not on the list of towns to which children from Sydney may be transferred in ...

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  17. INDIA'S BIG ROLE IN NEW BATTLES

    Great miltary importance of India in the new war situation was stressed in a speech by Mr. Amery, Secretary for India. ...

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  18. LONE HIKER MISSING

    Leaving Melbourne on Monday for a lone hike between San Remo and Kilcunda, Mr. Lionel Thomas Luxton, 34, of Vines st.. Caulfield, had ...

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  19. ARMY DENIES RUMOUR

    A rumour that guest houses at some seaside resorts were being taken over by the Army for billeting troops was denied by Southern Command ...

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  20. RAAF RECONNAISSANCE

    An RAAF communique issued last night by the Air Department reported: — "Reconnaissance by our aircraft around the Australia station ...

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  21. BUTTER, CHEESE PRICES

    The executive of the Victorian Dairymen[?]s Association at a meeting yesterday passed a resolution emphatically protesting against the ...

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  22. DIVORCED MEN IN CALL-UP

    CANBERRA, Wednesday. — Divorced men, with or without children, who have not remarried, are now liable for training in the Citizen ...

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  23. RAF BOMBERS OVER NW GERMANY AND DUTCH COAST

    Bomber Command planes last night attacked targets in NW Germany, says an Air Ministry communique. ...

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  24. BOATSWAIN GETS B E M AWARD— GRIM SEA ORDEAL

    Announcing the award of B.E.M. to W. G. Magrs, boatswain of the South Shields, the London Gazette tells in matter-of-fact language one of the ...

    Article : 198 words
  25. ARMY POSSIBILITIES

    Mr. Shanniukhamchetti, head of the Indian Purchasing Commission in USA, addressing the Foreign Trade Council, said India could and ...

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  26. WAR TAX PASSES BOTH HOUSES

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.— Both rederal Houses agreed tonight without division to bills imposing a war tax of from 6d. to 1/ in the £1 on ...

    Article : 52 words
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  28. NAZIS EXECUTE JUGOSLAV "COMMUNISTS"

    A Berlin news agency report from Belgrade says that 60 "Communists," including 6 women, were executed in a West Serbian village. ...

    Article : 92 words
  29. MERIT PAYMENTS LIBERALISED

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.— Conditions under which merit money and similar special payments may be made to employees have been ...

    Article : 281 words
  30. JAPANESE MIDGET SUBMARINE

    The Japanese [?] captured at Pearl Harbour (Hawail) apparently had travelled about 100 miles, said a Navy spokesman today. ...

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  31. NAZI RAIDER'S MOVEMENTS

    According to the newspaper El Pais, the German pocket battleship Lutzow (formerly the Deutschland) is raiding off the Argentine coast. ...

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  33. DETERMINATION IN USA AND BRITAIN

    Dr. G. H. Gallup, founder of the Gallup Public Opinion Polls, in a speech radioed from America to a luncheon of the Institute of Public ...

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  34. "SPECIAL SEVERITY" OF COMPANY TAX

    "The additional 1/ in the £ company tax and another 1/ on incomes above £300 will fall with special seveiity on citizens whose tax rates ...

    Article : 193 words
  35. POISON SOLD IN MISTAKE FOR HOUSEHOLD GOODS

    ADELAIDE, Wednesday. — Police issued a warning today that a certain commodity which might have been distributed by mistake to ...

    Article : 178 words
  36. WIDER WAR POWERS FOR ROOSEVELT

    A measure giving extraorainary war powers to President Roosevelt was approved on a voice vote by the House and Senate yesterday. The ...

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  37. BALLETS, CHORUSES OBJECT TO EXTRA WORK DAYS

    SYDNEY, Wednesday—Trouble is again threatened among members of ballets and choruses employed by theatrical companies because of a ...

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  38. NAZI PRISONERS THRASH COMRADE

    Nazi prisoners of war who have arrived at an Australian port thrashed a fellow German prisoner on their way to Australia because ...

    Article : 96 words
  39. NAVY DAY PARADE TOMORROW

    Vice-Admiral Sir Gus Royle First Naval Member will take the salute in front of the Town Hall tomorrow at 1.10pm during the procession of ...

    Article : 233 words
  40. SPANISH STEAMER DETAINED BY U S A

    The Spanish steamer isia [?] riffle, its master, and wireless operator, were detained today by the U-S coastguard. It was discovered that ...

    Article : 54 words
  41. A PUSHING FELLOW FROM JUNEE

    JUNEE (NSW), Wednesday; — In the expectation that petrol and rail transport restrictions would be much more severe than they actually are, ...

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  42. CANTEEN ORDERS

    Investigations are being made into a cabled report that canteen orders sent to Australian members of the fighting services in United Kingdom ...

    Article : 81 words
  43. PERTH TRAIN CANCELLED

    PERTH, wednesday.—[?] tional Security Regulations the Railways Department was informed today that the special train ...

    Article : 55 words
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