THE official announcement that Derna has been captured by British troops means that the ...
Article : 263 wordsThe State Premiers were informed bluntly by the Chairman of the Loan Council (Mr. Fadden) that the States should economise strictly on loan expenditure for non-war work for the remainder of this year. He asked them to examine avenues by ...
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Family Notices : 83 wordsAustralian and British troops took Derna in a series of small operations which lasted from the week-end. The garrison was believed to have numbered 10,000, including crack Bersaglieri companies, most of which probably ...
Article : 1,664 wordsMostly fine, later becoming cloudy and unsettled over the week-end; light westerly winds. ...
Article : 18 wordsTHE capture of Derna marks the further progress of the offensive in North Africa and the campaign is already taking upon itself new features. From Alexandria to the former naval base at Tobruk is a distance of 350 miles. Every mile that the British ...
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Advertising : 59 wordsThe claim by the Stovemakers' Union that it has been waiting since September, 1939, for an Arbitration Court judgment on its award ...
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Advertising : 79 wordsThe overtime [?] in the metal trades of Victoria is to be lifted. The only union, which imposed the ban [?] as a protest against the ...
Article : 149 wordsTHE reported arrival in Norway of Herr Himmler[?] the Chief of the Gestapo[?] to take over control of the ...
Article : 249 wordsThe Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Fadden) has been informed by Mr. Coles, M.H.R., that he has "fixed a pair to his satisfaction with a ...
Article : 166 wordsA definite date for the return of Lady Blamey from the Middle East will be considered by the Advisory War Council when it meets in ...
Article : 176 wordsAt the monthly meeting of the Queanbeyan and Yarrowiumla Shire Patriotic and War Fund Committee this week, the treasurer reported a ...
Article : 128 wordsWith the object of preparing a united plan of Air Raids Precautions for submission to the Commonwealth Government, the State Governments ...
Article : 324 wordsThe casting for "You Can't Take It With You," which is being presented by the Canberra Operatic Society at the Albert Hall on February[?] 24 and ...
Article : 219 wordsAn attack on strikes, made by Mr. Manning at the New South Wales Country Party Conference yesterday, met with strong ...
Article : 243 wordsRefuting the allegation of the President of the A.C.T.U. (Mr. Monk) that the decision on the basic wage was being deliberately delayed until the ...
Article : 198 wordsThe Postmaster-General (Senator McLeay) revealed to-day that 15 applications had been received for the radio station licence held by 5KA ...
Article : 98 wordsAbout 8000 wheatgrowers in New South Wales will benefit from the grant of £320,000 made available to the State Government by the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 101 wordsAfter inspecting munition production in Australia and Now Zealand, Mr. H. W. Kearns, of the British Supply Mission, said to-day that the report would ...
Article : 63 wordsWhen a massed meeting of the workers decided last night to declare off the beer strike, hundreds of cheering, yelling men surged into hotel bars to ...
Article : 57 wordsMELBOURNE, Friday.—Australian bullets, made by Australian workers, have spelt disaster for many Nazi bombers, said the Minister for Air ...
Article : 55 wordsLONDON, Friday.—The Bremen radio stated that exports of iron ore from Algeria to France had been resumed and it was expected that the ...
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The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Sat 1 Feb 1941, Page 2
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