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  2. Vast Expansion of Munitions Works.

    Millions of pounds are to be spent by the Commonwealth Government in establishing a munitions factory near Adelaide. It will be a replica of the ...

    Article : 249 words
  3. STICKING OUT THEIR TONGUES.

    Mussolini, before the war, got away with a lot of "kidstakes" about Italy's strength. Like Hitler, though less aggressively, he traded upon civilisation's aversion to war. Italy's armour, it is revealed, is no match for Britain's, ...

    Article : 127 words
  4. WOMEN'S LAND ARMY.

    Men and women alike are in agreement about the tremendous national service women could do on the land. The men favour the idea of training girls just as jackaroos are trained, and Mr. J. Cavanagh, of Curlewis, president of the ...

    Article : 656 words
  5. NATIONAL REGISTER WAS A FAILURE.

    The recently compiled National Register has been a failure, and die military authorities have been compelled to rely largely upon the 1933 census. The Director-General of Recruiting, Brigadier-General Lloyd, is handicapped in determining what ...

    Article : 729 words
  6. BRITAIN'S FOREIGN LEGION.

    The French Foreign Legion, concerning which much romance-ful matter has been written, fades into insignificance in comparison with the great "foreign" Legion massing under the direction of Britain. On the evening of June 17 a heavily-laden British ...

    Article : 327 words
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    "Give it a slap on the back, Arthur, and it might cough it up." (By arrangement with "The Bulletin.") ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 19 words
  8. French In Malaya Condemn Armistice.

    Frenchmen in Malaya have joined with their fellow countrymen elsewhere in condemning the Petain Government for signing the armistice ...

    Article : 98 words
  9. Penniless Poet's Birds.

    Maurice Maeterlinck, famous Belgian poet and dramatist, and author of "The Blue Bird," has arrived in London penniless. ...

    Article : 32 words
  10. Cinemas for Sepoys.

    Indian civilians in Singapore are making a big effort to entertain men of the Indian Army now serving with the Malaya command. More than £700 ...

    Article : 70 words
  11. THOSE CENTENARIANS.

    Because birth registration in Australia did not became compulsory until 1856, it will be some years yet before the tall stories of old age, so prevalent, ...

    Article : 204 words
  12. A.I.F. Menus.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 93 words
  13. Native King At "Win War" Rally.

    George Disher, only surviving full-blooded aborigine in the Upper Murray district, attended the Win-the-War rally at Renmark ...

    Article : 85 words
  14. CHAPLIN'S BIG FILM SHELVED.

    After spending £300,000 on his great film, "The Dictator," Charlie Chaplin finds that the world's sentiment to wards dictators has so changed that ...

    Article : 405 words
  15. India's Spiritual Sympathy.

    India has been lavish with her gifts of men, money and material resources for the Empire's war effort. Now she has capped her previous efforts by ...

    Article : 101 words
  16. R.S.S.I.L.A. To Become R.S.S.A.L.A.

    When its new title is adopted by the Federal Congress in November, the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia will ...

    Article : 59 words
  17. Advertising

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    Advertising : 48 words
  18. Big Tank Order For U.S. Army.

    The U.S. Army has contracted to buy 627 12-ton tanks, equipped with heavy machine-guns, and one.37millimetre cannon. ...

    Article : 52 words
  19. DEER STALKER'S ESCAPE.

    An Auckland (New Zealand) message states that Kenneth Simmonds, of Wairoa, had an amazing escape from death recently. He had been ...

    Article : 64 words
  20. AUSSIE BOXERS CRITICISED.

    When referring to the way he learned how to box (by fighting with other boys in the gymnasium and then by sparring with good ...

    Article : 194 words
  21. AMPLE REASON.

    Employee: May I have the day off to get married? Boss: You've just had two weeks' holiday. Why didn't you get married ...

    Article : 36 words
  22. JAPAN AS NEIGHBOUR.

    "Australia and Japan are neighbours, and must continue to be neighbours for all time, and the sooner they work out a policy of harmony the ...

    Article : 276 words
  23. AT 80 SHE TRAINS GREYHOUNDS.

    Mrs. R. Ellis, of Nymboida (N.S.W.) who is 80 years of age, has transferred her interests from horse racing to greyhound coursing. Mrs. Ellis is ...

    Article : 86 words
  24. Heavy Reduction In Queensland's Cotton Crop.

    The damaging effect of heat waves and insect pests on Queensland's cotton crops is proving greater than had been allowed for previously. ...

    Article : 49 words
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