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  2. A.M.F. WAR AREA

    CANBERRA.—Certain re-orientation and re-alignment of the area in which Australian forces are serving under Gen. MacArthur is now being planned, the Leader of the Country Party (Mr. Fadden) said yesterday in the House of Representatives. Mr. Fadden, who is a member ...

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  3. INCREASING PENSIONS BY 5/6 A WEEK: CHILD ENDOWMENT RAISED

    CANBERRA.—Federal Parliamentary Labour Caucus yesterday decided that invalid and old age pensions should be increased by a flat rate of 5/6, irrespective of outside earnings. The party also adopted a recommendation by the Treasurer ...

    Article : 325 words
  4. MAIL SERVICE FOR FRONT-LINE TROOPS IN BOUGAINVILLE

    Providing front line A.M.F. troops with a first class mail service, the versatile Anson skirts up the coast of Bougainville Island, as the crew watch for the concealed position of the froops. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. SYSTEM OF RATING

    Sir,—The executive of my league has instructed me to make a statement upon the decision of the City Council to reject our petition for the adoption Of ...

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  6. Wants to Know All

    CANBERRA — "Gestapo methods" were attributed to the Taxation Department by the Deputy Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Harrison) in the ...

    Article : 179 words
  7. NO TANKS FOR £7,500,000

    CANBERRA. — About £7,500,000 had been spent on the development of the Australian tank, said Mr. Beasley, ...

    Article : 87 words
  8. Women Peace Delegates Wanted

    Stating that a lasting pence coccerned women as much as much, the W.C.T.U. at Its 53rd convention at Hobart this week passed a resolution ...

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  9. ESCAPED Ps.O.W. TELL OF JAP. BRUTALITY

    SYDNEY.—Details of Jap. brutality to Allied prisoners of war in Siam and in the Philippines have been given to Australian authorities by five British soldiers and a British seaman who recently reached Australia after having been prisoners ...

    Article : 323 words
  10. Scenes at Gaol Before Hanging

    LONDON (A.A.P.) — Amazing scenes outside Pentonville gaol developed into a demonstration by a crowd of about 200 before Karl Hulten, U.S. ...

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  11. 'FRISCO MISSION NOT SELFISH

    CANBERRA—The Australian delegation to the san Francisco Conference was not being sent on any selfish mission, the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) ...

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  12. Dairymen in Better Position

    Tasmanian dairymen are in a much better position this year than producers in many areas on the mainland, according to the Minister for Trade ...

    Article : 255 words
  13. RELEASES FROM ARMY

    SYDNEY—In a review of Australia's manpower position the Director-Gencral of manpower (Mr. Funnell) said yesterday that if estimates of labour ...

    Article : 256 words
  14. REST OF NEWS IN BRIEF

    CANBERRA.—An agreement has been concluded between the Australian and U.S. Governments for the mutual waiving of claims arising, from marine ...

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  15. Ms. P. IMPRESSED BY RUSSIA

    LONDON (A.A.P.)—A British Parliamentary delegation headed by Mr. Walter Elliot (Conservative), after a 42. days tour of Russia, has issued a state. ...

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  16. BOUGAINVILLE LANDING

    The landing of an Australian force on Saposi 'Island, one of a group of islands off the north-west coast of Bougainville, on Tuesday was ...

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  17. FLOOD TRAPS TRAIN

    BRISBANE. — Disaster overtook a mixed goods train trapped by a sudden flood on the Inkerman Bridge over the ...

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  18. HELICOPTER SHOWS PACES

    Crewmen watch a helicopter take off from the small deck of a U.S. coastguard combat cutter during a demon. stration somewhere at sea. Easily ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  19. FORESTRY POLICY APPRECIATED

    The Minister for Forests (Mr. Taylor) has received letters from the Latrobe Vigilance Committee and the Northern Tasmanian Development League ...

    Article : 233 words
  20. East Front Base Smashed

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—Over 1250 R.A.F. heavies were over Germany on Wednesday night, with Dessau, now an important base for the Eastern Front, ...

    Article : 119 words
  21. I.O.O.F.

    Bro. George Ewington (Queenstown) was elected Grand Master of the I.O.O.F. at sessions of the rand Lodge at Which yard" yesterday. The sessions. which ...

    Article : 195 words
  22. Urges Extended Leave After Five Years

    CANBERRA — The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) told Mr. Sheehan (Lab., N.S.W.), in the House of Representatives yesterday that he would consider ...

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  23. Gen. Patton Shows His Men How!

    NEW YORK (A.A.P.)—How Lieut. General Patton. commander of the U.S. Third Army, twice swam the swift, icy Sure River in Germany in ...

    Article : 151 words
  24. TASMANIA LEFT OUT

    CANBERRA. — Mr. Barnard (Lab., Tas.) complained in the House of Representatives yesterday that Tasmania had been left out of previous war loans ...

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  25. WAR WRITERS HONOURED

    MELBOURNE. — Geoffrey William Hutton, special staff correspondent of the "Argus" in Europe; Ian Ernest McLeavy Morrison, of "The Times," ...

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  26. SUPPORT FOR WORLD BANK

    WASHINGTON (A.A.P.)—The U.S. Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Morgenthau), testifying before the House of Representatives Committee on Banking ...

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  27. SERVICES MAIL NOT LEFT BEHIND

    CANBERRA — Services mail had never been off-loaded from planes because cause members of the forces were required to travel, except of a high ...

    Article : 112 words
  28. Seized 60 Bottles of Whisky

    BRISBANE.—Sixty bottles of whisky which the police said had been sent to Brisbane from Melbourne by plane in jars marked "Earthenware samples: ...

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  29. King's Physician Dies

    LONDON (A.A.P.)—Lord Dawson of Penn, physician to Kings and Queens since the beginning of the century, died yesterday. He was aged 79. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  30. THE WEATHER

    Launceston—Fine, cloudy and cool: moderate westerly to south-westerly winds: squally at times. West Coast, far N.W. and Huon ...

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  31. COUNTRY NEWS

    FLINDERS ISLAND—Mr. O. C. Messner, who has been on holiday ill Launceston, returned to his home at Whitemark Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Wise have ...

    Article : 419 words
  32. FUTURE DEFENCE

    LONDON (A.A.P.)—Lord Cranborne, replying in the House of Lords to Admiral of the Fleet Lord Chatfield, said it was impossible to say until after the ...

    Article : 106 words
  33. Hospital Finance

    Accounts amounting to £2600/18/1 were passed for payment at the monthly meeting of the Launceston General Hospital Board last night. Mr. J. E. ...

    Article : 150 words
  34. JEEPS IN SAND AT AITAPE

    In the Aitape area, New Guinea, owing to jungle tracks being impassable in some spots, jeeps are forced to take to the beach. A jeep is shown ploughing through the sand on the way to the front line. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 47 words
  35. "THE EXAMINER" CABLE SERVICE

    Cables in "The Examiner" endorsed "The Examiner Special Service" are published by arrangement with the Sydney "Morning Herald" Cables endorsed ...

    Article : 43 words
  36. Manpower Officer On Bribe Charge

    SYDNEY—The officer in charge of Manpower Office at Mascot was arrested yesterday and charged at Central Police Station with having obtained a ...

    Article : 91 words
  37. Advertising

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  38. TO-DAY'S SUMMARY

    Theo Sun.—To-day rises 5.23 a.m., sets 7.23 p.m. To-morrow, rises 5.22 a.m., sets 7.23 p.m. Litghts on Vehicles — 7.23 p.m. to 5.23 ...

    Article : 176 words
  39. New Slav Cabinet

    BELGRADE (A.A.P.)—Marshal Tilo's new Cabinet, in which Milan Grol is Vice-Premier and Dr. Subasic Foreign Minister, has been sworn in in the ...

    Article : 71 words
  40. WAR CASUALTIES

    Mrs. Truskett, 25 Lawrence St., Launceston, has received word that her son, Flight-Sgt. Terence Truskett, was killed at Rutland. England, on March 4 in an ...

    Article : 53 words
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