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  2. NEW GOVERNOR OF S.A.

    The Governor-designate of South Australia (Sir Willoughby Norrie) with Lady Norrie and their family, on their arrival in Melbourne on their way to Adelaide, Sir Willoughby succeeds Sir Malcolm Barclay-Harvey, who has returned to England. From left: Miss M. F. Batty (holding Sarah, the youngest daughter, 18 months), Miss Elinor Kerans (niece of sir Willoughby), Sir Willoughby Norrie, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 86 words
  3. LAMPS OF EUROPE BEING SLOWLY REKINDLED

    LONDON, Monday.—"The lamps which the Germans put out all over Europe, first in 1914 and them in 1939, are being slowly rekindled," said the King in a Christmas Day broadcast message to the Empire. "Already we can see some of them ...

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  4. REBEL FORCES' LIGHTNING SUCCESS IN EPIRUS

    LONDON, Monday.—Between 15,000 and 20,000 E.L.A.S. troops, in a lightning operation, have overrun all E.D.E.S. held territory in Epirus, says Reuter's Athens correspondent. The E.D.E.S. troops, after the evacuation of Janina, their headquarters, have withdrawn into the tip of the Prevesa ...

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  5. LUZON AERODROMES HEAVILY ATTACKED BY LAND-BASED PLANES

    LEYTE, Monday.—With the land battle on Leyte in its final stages and our fighter base on Mindoro Island secure, the chief interest in the Philippines war was switched to Luzon, the main island of the Philippines, when land-based planes made their ...

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  6. DIFFICULT TIME AHEAD

    MELBOURNE, Monday.—The overriding impression he brought back from a five months' stay in the U.S.A. was that a difficult time still lay ahead, ...

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  7. NURSES WALK OUT OF T.B. HOSPITAL

    MELBOURNE, Monday.—Five trained nurses walked out of the State T.B. sanatorium at Greenvale on Friday evening, having given 48 hours' ...

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  8. 50 Boats to Be Sold to Public

    MELBOURNE, Monday.—Fifty boats will be sold to the public early in the New Year by the Navy Department, acting for the Commonwealth ...

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  9. One Killed, Two Hurt on Motor-Cycle Accident

    MELBOURNE, Monday.—A man was killed and two persons were injured, one seriously, on Saturday night, when a motor cycle outfit crashed into ...

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  10. ATLANTIC CHARTER OBJECTIVES AS VALID AS EVER

    WASHINGTON, Monday.—"Some people think the Atlantic Charter is losing its purpose or slipping away," a reporter told President Roosevelt at ...

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  11. SHORTAGE OF SHIPS IN PACIFIC

    WASHINGTON, Monday.—The U.S. Navy, deeply concerned at the tight shipping situation in the Pacific is opposed to efforts to divert merchant ...

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  12. MINERS EXPECTED TO RESUME ON JAN. 2

    SYDNEY, Monday.—Feeling in Newcastle to-day is that most miners will obey the instruction of their federation and return to the ...

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  13. IRVING BERLIN IN N.G.

    SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA, Monday.—Irving Berlin, the world-famous song writer, arrived here almost unheralded on Saturday to arrange for his soldier ...

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  14. Police Intervention in Beer Incidents

    SYDNEY, Monday.—Police intervention was necessary in several disorderly incidents when crowds mobbed suburban hotels attempting to ...

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  15. Native Children Beheaded

    NEW YORK, Monday.—Nurse Sizpenza. who remained at Guam after the Japanese occupation, said residents shortly before the Americans' arrival, found 13 beheaded ...

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  16. NOT BUDGETING FOR EARLY END OF WAR

    WASHINGTON, Sunday.—President Roosevelt told a press conference that the next Budget would be based on the determination that ...

    Article : 137 words
  17. CHILD DROWNED AT STORM. WATER CHANNEL

    SYDNEY, Monday.—Allan Gordon Kelly (3), of North Sydney, was drowned on Saturday when he fell into a stormwater channel at Neutral Bay, A ...

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  18. SYDNEY FATALITIES

    SYDNEY, Monday.—The fall of a man from the roof garden of a city hotel was one of four fatal accidents on Christmas Eve. ...

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  19. ORIGIN OF THE PEARL

    As fables say, a drop of rain Fell from a cloud into main: "Amid these waves how small am If I here forever lost shall lie," ...

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  20. Monty's Christmas Message to Troops

    LONDON, Monday.—Field-Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery, in a personal Christmas message to the 21st Army Group, says:— ...

    Article : 390 words
  21. Berlin Claism 1000 V-2's Launched So Far

    LONDON, Monday.—According to Berlin Radio, more than 1000 V-2 bombs have so far been launched. "Many launching sites have been prepared, which will ...

    Article : 70 words
  22. Behind the Times?

    American servicemen claim that Australia is 20 years behind the United States in technological advances. Five Marines just back from the Pacific ...

    Article : 271 words
  23. 11 Homes Engulfed by Flames

    SYDNEY, Monday.—Nine houses near the seaside resort of Narrabeen anti two in the Gosford district were burnt out by fast-travelling bush fires ...

    Article : 397 words
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    General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander-in-Chief Allied Expeditionary Force, is shown with Mr. Winston Churchill during the British leader's tour in Western Europe. At left is Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, and in the right ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 59 words
  25. Easing of Telephone Restrictions

    MELBOURNE, Monday.—Large supplies of telephone equipment have been ordered in Australia and from overseas to permit restrictions on new ...

    Article : 110 words
  26. FIRST V-BOMB ATTACK ON NORTHERN ENGLAND

    LONDON, Monday.—A number of people, including children, were killed and others injured in the first V-bomb attack on northern England, when a bomb ...

    Article : 62 words
  27. Refugees in Switzerland

    WASHINGTON, Monday.—The Swiss Legation announced that Switzerland was sheltering 95.000 civilian and military refugees, equalling 2.2 per cent. of the total ...

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  28. PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE AT DINING TABLE

    SYDNEY, Monday.—A proposal of marriage was made over the dining table at a servicewomen's club to day. At the pudding and brandy sauce ...

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  29. Killed When Bicycle Blown Into Motor Car

    SYDNEY, Monday.—Thomas Daniel Allen (24), single, of Kogarah, was killed, and Harry Schou (25), of Ramsgate, injured on Saturday, when ...

    Article : 74 words
  30. SHIP STRANDED ON REEF

    PERTH (W.A.), Monday.—A Fremantle-bound collier which became stranded on a reef off the West Australian coast on ...

    Article : 124 words
  31. SHOT FROM CAR IN STREET

    MELBOURNE, Monday.—When five shots were fired from a yellow sedan car in Leicester street, Fitzroy, soon after 1 a.m. yesterday, Ormond Kelly ...

    Article : 210 words
  32. Hitler "Full of Plans"

    LONDON. Monday.—Dr. Gebbels, broadcasting a Christmas message to the German people, said: "The Fuhrer's thoughts are always with his people by day and ...

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  33. SUPER-FORTRESSES BOMB NAGOYA THROUGH CLOUD

    WASHINGTON, Monday.—Super-Fortresses based on Saipan bombed the Mitsubishi aircraft plant at Nagoya on Friday through an overcast sky. The results were not observed, as bombing was accomplished by instrument. The Super-Fortresses suffered no losses. Fighter opposition and flak were moderate. ...

    Article : 255 words
  34. U.S. FILM MEN RELEASED FROM PRISON

    NEW YORK, Monday.—Federal Judge Knox has ordered the release of William Bloff and George Browne, Theatrical Union executives, who were convicted in ...

    Article : 84 words
  35. LATE NEWS

    NEW YORK, Monday.—Tokio Radio says a dozen Allied cruisers and destroyers bombarded shore installations on the Bonln Islands from 10.20 ...

    Article : 59 words
  36. FATAL FALL FROM TRAIN

    GEELONG, Monday.—John Clarence Crosbie, of Napier street, South Melbourne, who fell from a train and was wedged between the platform and the ...

    Article : 58 words
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