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  2. EMPIRE AIR SCHEME BEARING FRUIT

    Royal Australian Air Force squadrons serving overseas will be more than doubled within a few months. This decision of the War Cabinet was announced by the Minister for Air (Mr. M'Ewen) to-night. ...

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  3. OVERTIME BANNED BY 70 UNIONS IN SYDNEY

    Overtime was banned to-night by delegates from 70 unions witt 250,000 members in Sydney. The decision requires ratification by ...

    Article : 419 words
  4. ISSUE OF WAR BADGES APPROVED

    The War Cabinet has approved the issue of badges to rejected volunteers for war service, men in reserved occupations, women ...

    Article : 231 words
  5. PARTY TO LEAVE TO-DAY FOR WRECKED PLANE

    Twenty men will leave Alexandria at 3.15 a.m. to-morrow for the wrecked aeroplane near the top of Mt. Tobrec. near Eildon ...

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  6. AUSTRALIAN WARSHIPS PLAYED LEADING PART IN LIBYAN CAMPAIGN

    Australian warships have played a leading part in the assault on Italian positions in Libya. This was revealed to-night by the Minister for the Navy (Mr. Hughes), who said it was gratifying indeed to know that Australian successes ashore had been supported by ...

    Article : 260 words
  7. R.A.A.F. CASUALTY LIST

    The names of two airmen who have been reported missing in the Middle East and an airman found drowned in England are contained ...

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  8. GALVANISED IRON STOCKS

    The Premier (Mr. Cosgrove) said to-day that, as far as the Government was aware, there was now no acute shortage of ...

    Article : 278 words
  9. Casualties at Bardia

    With the release of another casualty list by the Ministry of Information to-night, the total of A.I.F. casualties in the ...

    Article : 519 words
  10. No Special A.L.P. Conference on Budget Compromise

    A majority of the Federal executive of the A.L.P. has decided against holding a special Federal conference, as requested by the ...

    Article : 97 words
  11. DUSSELDORF RAIDED

    The R.A.F. on Tuesday night attacked targets in the Dusseldorf area. The raid was not so heavy as the recent attack ...

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  12. GREEKS PREPARE FOR ITALIAN OFFENSIVE

    It is reported from Struga that the Greeks are fortifying their lines in expectation of an early Italian counter-offensive ...

    Article : 281 words
  13. N.Z. to Train Men For Royal Navy

    The Minister for Defence (Mr. Jones) announced to-day that a special naval training establishment would be set up in New ...

    Article : 111 words
  14. Striking Seamen Agree to Settlement

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—Striking seamen who have held up a ship in Sydney harbor since Saturday have agreed to a settlement "on the terms of the ...

    Article : 45 words
  15. Committee to Deal With Merchant Shipbuilding

    The Federal Government would set up a small executive committee to deal with merchant shipbuilding in Australia, the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) announced to-night. The proposal to create the committee was adopted by the War ...

    Article : 157 words
  16. Miner Buried Under Fall of Stone

    Five tons of stone crashed from the roof of an underground tunnel at the State coal mine to-day and killed Walter White (24), ...

    Article : 77 words
  17. Japanese Legation Officials Due Shortly

    The advance staff of the Japanese Legation to be established in Australia is expected in Canberra within the next two weeks. ...

    Article : 93 words
  18. Wool Cheques Paid To-day

    LAUNCESTON, Thursday. — Wool cheques worth about £700,000 will be paid to-morrow, when brokers in the North and South will render account ...

    Article : 73 words
  19. THAI FORCES CROSS MEKONG

    HONG KONG, Wednesday. — Thai forces are reported in Bangkok to have reached the Mekong river and taken the first town on the bank in enemy ...

    Article : 192 words
  20. EIGHT A.I.F. MEN KILLED

    Eight Australian soldiers were killed and 27 wounded by bombs while unloading A.C.F. Christmas hampers from a lighter on ...

    Article : 141 words
  21. Another Junior Teacher in Area Schools

    LAUNCESTON, Thursday. — The conference of area school teachers and education officers which ended at Launceston, decided to recommend to ...

    Article : 85 words
  22. EVASION OF BLOCKADE

    Twenty-eight foreign ships have been placed on the black list by the British Government for continuously evading the British blockade and for ...

    Article : 164 words
  23. RELEASED FROM GERMANY

    The release of the first of a group of Australian women trapped in Germany at the outbreak of war has been successfully ...

    Article : 186 words
  24. NO NIGHT ALERT IN LONDON Two Enemy Bombers Shot Down

    For the third night in succession no alert was sounded in London last night. In daylight raids yesterday, two ...

    Article : 154 words
  25. MOVE TO BOYCOTT BEER IN QUEENSLAND

    The first move to boycott beer in Queensland is being taken by the Brisbane branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters ...

    Article : 65 words
  26. ESTIMATE OF FRUIT CROP

    Information regarding the fruit acquisition for the forthcoming season is not yet available, but the work of estimating the crop ...

    Article : 190 words
  27. SHORTAGE of MEN TEACHERS

    The State Education Department already has lost 40 of its men teachers to the serving forces. Women teachers in the cities are ...

    Article : 179 words
  28. "IMPEDING WAR EFFORT"

    Declaring that Jehovah's Witnesses could not shelter behind neutrality, the Minister for the Navy (Mr. Hughes) said to-day ...

    Article : 201 words
  29. STATES TO BE URGED TO REDUCE TAXATION FOR UNEMPLOYMENT

    It is understood that at the meeting of the Loan Council next week the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Fadden) will urge State Government representatives to consider seriously the question of reducing unemployment taxation. ...

    Article : 213 words
  30. AIR RAID FUND

    HOBART, Thursday. — The Lord Mayor's London Air Raid Relief Fund total now stands at £23,717/17/11. ...

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  31. Delhi Appointment for Former N.S.W. Premier

    Sir Bertram Stevens, former Premier of New South Wales, has been appointed Australian representative on a new Empire Supply ...

    Article : 149 words
  32. Nazi Airmen Interned in Canada

    MONTREAL, Wednesday.—At an East Canadian port, hundreds of German airmen who had been captured in Britain were landed from a British ...

    Article : 70 words
  33. State Control of Coal Mining Proposed by N.S.W. Labor

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mr. Baddeley, M.L.A., deputy leader of the Official Labor Party, is drafting a bill for State control of coalmining in N.S.W., ...

    Article : 42 words
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