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  2. CLOUDBURST FLOODS CITY STREETS

    Heralded by sheets of vivid lightning and violent claps of thunder, a cloud burst over Melbourne yesterday afternoon, and within half an ...

    Article : 482 words
  3. SALES TAX RATES TO BE HIGHER But 5% Rate

    CANBERRA, Thurs: An Increase in the rate of sales tax from 10% to 12[?]% on goods in the general field, and from 20% to 25% on less ...

    Article : 499 words
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    ACK-ACK GUNS ARE READY FOR ANY INVASION. Above, left—A Us divebomber gun crew at its station. Right—A US Ack-Ack gun crew completes protection of its gun emplacement. Below, left—US anti-parachute troops going into action. Right—Heavy Ack-Ack guns of the US Army rear their menacing muzzies from unlikely places near strategic points round Australia. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. PILOT'S SON NAMED IN MID-AIR

    Harold Guard, US war correspondent, in a despatch which was published in newspapers yesterday, describes experiences on his first ...

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  6. RAF SCORES HITS ON CONVOYS

    Attacks were made and hits by bomb and torpedo registered by planes on the watch for convoys taking reinforcements and supplies ...

    Article : 197 words
  7. TOTAL LOSS OF BURMA LIKELY

    News from Burma is critical in the extreme says Daily Mail. The Japanese have reached Lashio, and we must now be prepared for total ...

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  8. DAILY DIGEST

    According to the 1942 yearbook of the Travellers' Insurance Company, New York, 40,000 Americans were killed, almost 1,500,000 were injured, ...

    Article : 233 words
  9. SECRET MOVES BY KING OF ITALY

    While Italian sources semi-officially deny reports that Italy desires a separate peace, Mr Ward Price in Daily Mail asks what is behind secret ...

    Article : 240 words
  10. DEATH SENTENCE CHALLENGED

    SYDNEY, Thurs: The hearing of the case of 2 RAN stokers who are at Long Bay gaol under sentence of death on a charge of murder was ...

    Article : 264 words
  11. HOUSE DISCUSSES RULE 77

    CANBERRA, Thurs: Debate on the notice of motion by Mr Blackburn (Lab, V) lo disallow Regulation 77 was resumed in the House of ...

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  12. TWO FRESH MINE STOPPAGES

    SYDNEY, Thurs: Two fresh stoppages occurred in the mining industry today at John Darling mine, in the north, and at South Clifton, ...

    Article : 359 words
  13. BALLARAT ITEMS

    Percival Jones. 42, gardener of no fixed address, was sent to gaol for 7 days by the City Court Bench yesterday on a charge of having been ...

    Article : 164 words
  14. OBITUARY

    Constable Thomas Kelso Hay, 36 was fatally injured in a gun accident at Boomahnoomoonah, near Cobram, on Tuesday. For the ...

    Article : 238 words
  15. JAPAN'S PROGRESS IN PACIFIC MUST BE HALTED

    Lack of co-ordination between the Allies had enabled Japan, after 4 years of exhausting war against China, to win notable victories in ...

    Article : 223 words
  16. HIGHER PRICE FOR WOOL

    Since prices of raw wool had risen appreciably overseas, especially in USA, the average price of wool should certainly be raised to at least ...

    Article : 94 words
  17. RAAF BACK TO MIDDLE EAST FROM PACIFIC

    Back to the Middle East this week carne a group of RAAF men who have been fighting the Japanese from Sumatra to Rangoon. They ...

    Article : 395 words
  18. REPLY TO MINISTER BY COMPANY

    The directors of the Myer Emporium issued the following statement yesterday: "The directors of the Myer ...

    Article : 214 words
  19. GOODS EXEMPT

    The following goods at present subject to 5% sales tax will be exempt as from May 1, 1942: Fishing equipment (and parts therefor), ...

    Article : 650 words
  20. POTATO FALL UNCHECKED

    Prices of potatoes fell again yesterday. Compared with a week ago, best quality have declined about £3/15/. and medium grades about £4/10/ a ...

    Article : 64 words
  21. COURT AUTHORITIES IGNORED, SAYS P M

    HAMILTON, Thurs: Charged today in the Hamilton Court of Petty Sessions with failure to notify a change of address and failure to serve when ...

    Article : 278 words
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  23. EXPEDITING USA MUNITIONS SHIPMENTS

    Steps are being taken to break the serious shipping bottleneck by the establishment of a network of coastal port agencies, which will expedite ...

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  24. BENDIGO EVENTS

    Bendigo Rotary Club members who contribute to Red Cross parcels for the Prisoners of War Fund were gratified to hear yesterday that these ...

    Article : 233 words
  25. KING VISITS BASE WHILE RAF RAIDS NORTHERN FRANCE

    Fighter pilots in yesterday's offensive over North France were met on their return by the King, to whom they described their engagements. ...

    Article : 235 words
  26. CHILE'S GREETINGS TO HIROHITO

    Dr Juan Antonio Rios, Chilean President, has sent the following birthday congratulations to Hirohito: "I am honoured to present cordial ...

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  27. BODY OF ESMONDE, V C, RECOVERED

    The body of Lt-Cdr Esmonde, VC, who was shot down while leading the Swordfish torpedo planes against the escaping German battleships ...

    Article : 48 words
  28. GERMAN ACTIVITY AT TRONDHEIM

    Norwegian Information Office says enormous defence preparations are going on throughout the county of Trondelag, in which Trondheim is ...

    Article : 110 words
  29. WERRIBEE CATTLE TOP MARKET

    Twenty-two Shorthorn and Black Poll cows from the Metropolitan Board of Works farm offered yesterday at the cattle sales were of more ...

    Article : 187 words
  30. CONTROL OF DOCTORS

    CANBERRA, Thurs: Regulations are about to be gazetted containing a reserve power compelling medical practitioners, if necessary, to remain ...

    Article : 67 words
  31. SIR T. BEECHAM ANNOYED AGAIN

    Sir Thomas Beecham was conducting the opera Romeo and Juliet at the St Denis theatre, Montreal, last night, when he turned on ...

    Article : 64 words
  32. GEELONG NEWS

    Under the terms of the will of the late Edward A. Austin, formerly MLA for Geelong and secretary of the Geelong Grammar School ...

    Article : 186 words
  33. BENDIGO FOOTBALL

    BENDIGO, Thurs: Bendigo Football League has decided that no competition football will be played this season. Mr B. L. Rogers stated, ...

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  34. NO FREEZING OF U S WAGES

    According to Mr William Davis, chairman, the War Labour Board would not freeze wages under President Roosevelt's anti-inflation ...

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  35. JAPAN PLANS FOR 100-YEARS WAR!

    A Tokio broadcast picked up here said that the Japanese were "preparing to fight a 100 years' war," for which Emperor Hirohita was ...

    Article : 57 words
  36. RITA HAYWORTH SEEKS DIVORCE

    Rita Hayworth, the film actress, explains that she is seeking a divorce from Edward C. Judson, "because he proved more of a manager than a ...

    Article : 70 words
  37. IRVING BERLIN'S WAR SHOW

    Irving Berlin has arrived at Camp Upton (Long Island) to arrange for the production of "This is the Army." which is to be staged on Broadway ...

    Article : 99 words
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    STORM WATER SWEEPING DOWN ELIZABETH STREET, MELBOURNE, YESTERDAY, after sudden thunderstorm had turned some streets running rivers. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  39. NEW YORK DOCTORS APPROVE KENNY METHOD

    Bister Kenny delivered a lecture to 500 distinguished doctors at a meeting of New York Medical Society, when she demonstrated her methods ...

    Article : 97 words
  40. DESERT ACTIVITY

    Today's GHQ communique says both sides were active yesterday, when our light mobile forces drove off small enemy columns, including ...

    Article : 34 words
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  42. ONION SEED FOR BRITAIN

    As a result of an appeal to suburban and other gardeners to grow onion seed as a gift for home gardeners of Great Britain, it is ...

    Article : 79 words
  43. US NEWSPRINT PRICE

    Mr Henderson, Price Administrator, said that standard newsprint price would remain at $50 a ton as the result of a regulation issued ...

    Article : 30 words
  44. "CRAPSHOOTING" LEGAL

    A message from Phœnix (Arizona) says "crapshooting," the American soldier's favourite form of gambling, has been declared legal by Superior ...

    Article : 66 words
  45. CUBA RECOGNISES FREE FRENCH

    Cuba has granted do facto recognition of Free French control over 5 French territories, and will deal exclusively with them through the ...

    Article : 56 words
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