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THRILLING RESCUES FROM U S TRANSPORT
Rescues were effected in a thrilling and daring manner by warships when the US Navy transport Wakefield (24,000 tons), formerly the liner ...
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EYE-WITNESS AT DIEPPE
Air-Commodore Adrian Cole, of Melbourne, saw the Dieppe raid from a ringside scat—the bridge of a British destroyer, on which his job ...
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RUSSIA WANTS EARLY SECOND FRONT
The Russians not only wanted an parly second front in Europe, but also hoped USA would keep the Japanese occupied in the Pacific, ...
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LOSS OF MOUNTAIN PASS IN N GUINEA
SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Thurs: Heavy cost to the enemy does not minimise importance of the loss of the vital pass known as the gap in the Owen Stanley Range south of Kokoda. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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DAILY DIGEST
Consensus of amateurs in USA is that the Allies should undertake a large-scale invasion of Europe with what equipment they now have ...
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U S PUBLIC FAVOUR FARM PRICE FIXING
The threatened Congressional revolt against President Roosevelt's "stand and deliver" order on farm prices and inflation has failed to ...
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NATIONAL CONTRIBUTION SCHEME
CANBERRA, Thurs: A suggestion that the Government should immediately apply a national contribution scheme to finance war expenditure ...
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SENTRY WAS KILLED BY BULLET
The body of Gnr John Hulston, l8, who disappeared from a sentry box at a military camp near Queenscliff early in the morning of Tuesday, ...
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POPE INTERCEDES FOR FRENCH JEWS
It is semi-offlcially reported that the Pope in a personal message to Petain has approved of the initiative of French ...
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SHIP'S CAPTAIN TAKEN BY U-BOAT
When a medium-sized US merchantman was torpedoed and sunk late in July several hundred miles off the cast coast of South America ...
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GIRL STRANGLED WITH HANDKERCHIEF
PERTH, Thurs: Visiting her uncle's home in a Perth suburb last night for tea, Katie Ashby, aged 9, was later found strangled in a garage ...
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SPEED OF BRITISH STANDARD SHIPS
Asked in the House of Commons why single-engined merchantmen were being built with a speed of 10 knots an hour, when 15 were ...
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NO NEED TO VISIT N GUINEA, SAYS P M
CANBERRA, Thurs: Mr Curtin to-day dismissed a suggestion by Mr Calwell (Lab, V) that he should go to New Guinea to gain first-hand ...
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RECORD OUTPUT OF BEAUFORTS
CANBERRA, Thurs: Production of Beaufort torpedo-bombers in the next 2 weeks would establish a new record, Senator Cameron. Aircraft ...
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AUSTRALIANS BUSY IN MIDDLE EAST AIR BATTLES
Australian airmen in the Middle East had a busy and successful day of battle on Tuesday. Besides a half-hour dogfight behind the enemy ...
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CRITICISM OF CHURCHES RESENTED
NEWCASTLE, Thurs: The attack on the churches made by Mr Hugh Sutherland, organiser of the Federated Englnedrivers and Firemen's ...
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PLIGHT OF BURMA REFUGEES
Another 1,500 refugees from Burma are marooned in northern Assam, states Evening Standard Calcutta correspondent. They include an ...
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PARLIAMENT TO DISCUSS REFERENDUM ISSUES
CANBERRA, Thurs: Whole question of the scope of the proposed constitutional referendum was under preliminary examination by the ...
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1d A BOX PRICE FOR MATCHES
To charge 1½d a box for matches was illegal until the new price covering the higher excise duty had been declared, said Mr Bishop, ...
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WOMEN WOOL CLASSERS
Rates of pay for women employed as woolclassers were fixed in a judgment announced yesterday by the Women's Employment Board. ...
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NAZIS TRY TO TURN FRENCH AGAINST ALLIES
The Germans are doing their utmost to exploit the British and Allied air laids on Occupied France as part of a general campaign to create a ...
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WOMEN RIOTERS IN BOMBAY
Rioting all day long in Bombay on Wednesday ended with the curfew. More than 150 persons were arrested including 156 women. ...
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CARGO PLANE ADVOCATE STILL CONFIDENT
Mr Henry Kaiser, who can build ships faster than anybody else, has returned to the capital determined to convince Government officials of ...
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REPORT OF ROMMEL'S ILLNESS DOUBTED
Daily Express says the report that Rommel is seriously ill and has been sent home to Germany may have been "planted" by German ...
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TORRENTIAL RAINS IM SIBERIA
"War knows no seasons," replied M. Litvinov, Soviet Ambassador, when asked, after he had been in conference with Mr Cordell Hull, ...
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NO SUNDAY DOUBLE PAY
President Roosevelt has signed an executive order abolishing double pay for work on Sundays and holidays as such, but permitting double ...
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BODIES BURIED IN STUDENT'S GARDEN
Gregorio Hernandez, 27, chemistry student, wept and prayed in gaol as the police sought to identify the bodies of 3 of 4 young women found ...
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CLOSE CAUCUS VOTE ON TAX PROPOSALS
CANBERRA, Thurs: After a tense scene in Caucus today it was decided by 23 votes to 22 votes to ask the Government to extend the system of ...
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NAZI VANDALISM
When Nazi sympathisers wrecked the Brooklyn branch of the American Jewish Congress they ripped and trampled on American flags, ...
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U S A's SYNTHETIC RUBBER PRODUCTION
Industrial plants now being built in USA would pour out 1,000,000 tons of synthetic rubber annually by November, 1943, Professor Albert ...
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PRISONER AMOK WITH SLEDGE-HAMMER
SYDNEY. Thurs: Armed with a sledge-hammer and a large knife, a prisoner serving 7 years ran amok in the tailor's shop in Bathurst ...
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HIRING OF LAND AND BUILDINGS FOR THE SERVICES
CANBERRA, Thurs: New machinery for dealing with the complex problem of providing accommodation of all kinds for the services was ...
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DAYLIGHT SAVING ON SEPT 27
CANBERRA, Thurs: Daylight saving will begin at 2am, Sunday, September 27 next. An amendment to the National ...
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FEWER NEW YORK TAXIS
Drastic curtailment of New York city taxi services has been ordered by the Office of Defence Transportation. The 11,700 taxi-cabs in New York ...
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SOLDIERS ON SEASONAL WORK
CANBERRA, Thurs: Mr Forde, Army Minister, told Parliament to-day that 15,000 men had been released temporarily from the Army ...
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LEND-LEASE IN REVERSE
A gun factory which 6 months ago stood in a bomb-scarred city in England has since been dismantled and shipped piece by piece to the USA, ...
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OPPOSED BY UNIONS
A resolution submitted by Victorian branch Postal Workers' Union opposing introduction of daylight saving was passed by the Trades Hall ...
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MUNITIONS FACTORY DISPUTE
A conference was held yesterday morning between representatives of the Munition Workers' Union and the management of a munitions ...
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PROSECUTIONS ON CANTEEN REPORT
CANBERRA, Thurs: It was learned tonight that arising out of the report of the Canteens Board of Inquiry certain prosecutions will be ...
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BRAND FOR WERRIBEE BEEF
In accordance with the stipulation made by the Commonwealth Government when it lifted the ban on the sale of beef from the Metropolitan ...
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TWINS OF 90 CELEBRATE
COLERAINE, Thurs: Twin sisters, Mrs Helen Brown and Mrs Elizabeth Douglas, celebrated their 90th birthday on Tuesday, when a family ...
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TRIBUTE TO SENATOR JOHNSTON
CANBERRA, Thurs: When the Senate met today tributes were paid to the work of the late Senator E. B. Johnston. The House adjourned ...
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