Male aliens between 18 and 60 are given 14 days to either enlist or to volunteer for the militia, under regulations gazetted yesterday. ...
Article : 339 wordsA reduction of £2,700,000 in the £20,000,000 borrowing programme for Commonwealth and State works adopted last August, was unanimously agreed to by the Loan Council yesterday. It was decided, however, to ...
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Advertising : 66 wordsJapanese planes raided Port Moresby, Papua, early yesterday morning. The [?]iders dropped six ...
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Family Notices : 252 wordsFor the first time, State Premiers will today attend a meeting of the War Cabinet. The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) ...
Article : 166 wordsPLEDGES of help for Singapore have since the war began been full and frequent but today Singapore faces the most serious threat because when the time came to rely on the defences which were said to exist in the Pacific, they were found not to ...
Article : 464 wordsThirteen persons were killed when a Qantas flying-boat was destroyed by enemy action during a flight from Darwin to Koepang. Announcing ...
Article : 293 wordsIn a broadcast message to the defenders of Singapore last night the Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) promised them a "flood" of help. ...
Article : 158 wordsAn effort will be made at the Premiers' conference to-day to fix the responsibility of the Commonwealth and States for various phases ...
Article : 148 wordsTraining centres for new intakes of the W.A.A.F's would be at Robertson (N.S.W.) and South Melbourne (Vic.). ...
Article : 100 wordsA strike took place to-day at the works of the Australian Iron and Steel Limited, Port Kembla. So far, about 100 men, employed on the open ...
Article : 112 wordsBlack-out paper was unprocurable in Canberra yesterday afternoon. Limited quantities available h[?]d been bought out from all suppliers ...
Article : 146 wordsIn a broadcast to-night, Mr. F. D. Kelly, secretary of the Sydney Trades and Labour Council, declared that in preparing to resist invasion, ...
Article : 184 wordsThe housing position may become easier in some of the previously congested areas, stated the Minister for Labour (Mr. Ward) who added that ...
Article : 127 wordsThe Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) disclosed yesterday that a substantial number of Japanese had arrived in Australia for internment. ...
Article : 81 wordsAnnouncing today that he had ordered a daylight air raid test to be held within a week, the Minister for N.E.S. (Mr. Heffron) said there was ...
Article : 393 wordsRegulations gazetted yesterday give the Minister for Labour (Mr. Ward) power to control the number of university students. ...
Article : 65 wordsThe Aberdare coal mine on the northern field, and Mount Keira, on the southern field, were idle today. The men at Aberdare ceased work ...
Article : 104 wordsEmanating from the associated trading banks, a proposal that banking houses should close at 2 p.m, instead of 3 p.m. will be put into ...
Article : 93 wordsThe Minister for Labour (Mr. Ward) today announced the appointments of additional officers to assist [?] the new manpower sch[?]me. The ...
Article : 145 wordsMilitiamen from dried fruit areas in South Australia or Victoria, who are reasonably trained soldiers will be released without pay until March 10 ...
Article : 173 wordsParachute landings attempted invasions, or any[?]suspicious moves will be reported to the police by a special force of civilians organised for this ...
Article : 62 wordsA vast extension ot the Volunteer Deefnce Corps (Home Guard), the main role for which was guerilla warfare, with the object of instructing ...
Article : 141 wordsInformation of intensive enemy attacks on Singapore were cabled to the Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) yesterday. ...
Article : 90 wordsRumours that air raid warnings had been sounded along the Queensland coast were investigated last night by the Minister for the Army ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 18 wordsOfficial circles regard it as highly improbable that units of the A.I.F. have been sent to Libya. Commenting on cabled reports of the ...
Article : 48 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Secretary of the Southern Branch of the Miners' Federation (Mr. W. Penrose) said to-day that an inquiry would be ...
Article : 52 wordsMALTA, Tuesday.—Ten air raids were made during the past 24 hours, but they did negligible damage and there were no casualties. ...
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The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Wed 4 Feb 1942, Page 2
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