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  2. EYE-WITNESS ACCOUNTS OF MASSACRE Nurses' Horrible Experiences

    SINGAPORE, Sept. 17.—No story of Japanese atrocities could surpass in horror that which began with the massacre of 21 Australian nurses on the beach of Banka Island (near Java) on February 14, ...

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  3. HEALTH CHECKS FOR RETURNED PRISONERS OF WAR

    Prisoners of war, repatriated from Singapore, who reached Sydney on Sunday, go through searching health tests at 113th A.G.H., Concord, and have their new paybooks endorsed with the result of the tests. Above right: Loan posters are a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 81 words
  4. SISTER WAS LEFT FOR DEAD ON BEACH

    Of 65 Australian nurses who left Singapore in the Vyner Brooke, 12 were drowned off Banka Island, 21 were massacred ...

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  5. Straight Talks To Miners By Leaders Planned

    One-day stop-work meetings will be held by all coalminers throughout Australia between Wednesday, September 26, and Wednesday, October 3, to adopt decisions reached at the recent miners' convention in ...

    Article : 352 words
  6. Widespread Unrest In Indo-China

    SAIGON, Sept. 17.—Several Australian prisoners of war were shot at when they became involved in a clash between armed ...

    Article : 268 words
  7. Trieste May Become Free Port Again

    LONDON, Sept. 17.—It is believed that the Council of Foreign Ministers, now meeting in London, will restore Trieste—regarded as one of the danger spots of central Europe—to the status of a free port, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 550 words
  8. HUMILIATED, ILL-TREATED AND STARVED

    Sister Nesta Janes, of Melbourne, a tiny woman—she is five feet nothing, painfully thin, with peaked face and dead-tired ...

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  9. NEW COUNTRY INDUSTRIES

    The State Government, in collaboration with the Federal Government and manufacturers, had been able to establish in ...

    Article : 174 words
  10. TASK FORCE AT JAVA

    BATAVIA, Sept. 17 (A.A.P.).— The British cruiser Cumberland has arrived here, bringing medical stores, food, and comforts for ...

    Article : 170 words
  11. BLUM'S FORMULA FOR PEACE

    LONDON, Sept. 17 (A.A.P.).— The formation of a "Western European family of nations" is advocated by M. Leon Blum ...

    Article : 152 words
  12. OFFICER'S SWORN EVIDENCE OF MASSACRE

    Major William Alston Tebbutt, a solicitor, of Pacific Highway, Roseville, who was a staff officer of the Eighth Division, was ...

    Article : 912 words
  13. ABSENTEEISM IN BRITISH MINES

    LONDON, Sept. 17.—Absenteeism in the mining industry had increased since the Minister of Fuel and Power, Mr. Shinwell. ...

    Article : 105 words
  14. SEVEN MINES IDLE

    There were strikes in seven collieries in New South Wales yesterday. Loss in production was 4,130 tons of coal. ...

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  15. CARRIER BACK TO-MORROW

    The British aircraft-carrier, Indefatigable, will return to Sydney from Tokyo Bay to-morrow. She is due at the Heads ...

    Article : 130 words
  16. GESTAPO TRIBUTE

    LONDON, Sept. 17 (A.A.P.).— The "baffling efficiency" of the British Secret Service is praised in a handbook for Gestapo ...

    Article : 147 words
  17. FIRST SPEECH BY PRINCESS

    LONDON, Sept. 17 (A.A.P.).—Princess Margaret delivered her first public speech in a strong voice without trace of nervousness yesterday, when ...

    Article : 52 words
  18. NURSES FREED FROM SUMATRA

    Sister J. R. Greer, of Petersham (left), and Sister J. P. Gunther, of Casino, two of the 24 nurses who survived the horrors of the Japanese prison camps in Sumatra. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  19. TRANSATLANTIC AIR SERVICE TO EIRE

    DUBLIN, Sept. 17 (A.A.P.).—Stealing a march on two of its newest competitors, Pan-American Airways last night flew the first land-based ...

    Article : 60 words
  20. BUSH SEARCH FOR DESERTERS

    AUCKLAND, Monday.—More than 100 military defaulters are believed to be in hiding in New Zealand. About the same ...

    Article : 88 words
  21. GERMAN COAL CHIEF ARRESTED

    LONDON, Sept. 17 (A.A.P.).— Luxemburg Radio said to-day that the British occupation authorities had arrested Walter Siemens, former ...

    Article : 47 words
  22. CASEY IN LONDON

    LONDON, Sept. 17 (A.A.P.).—The Governor of Bengal, Mr. R. G. Casey, has arrived to engage staff for reconstruction work in Bengal. ...

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  23. COMMON WEALTH TO CONTINUE

    LONDON, Sept. 17 (A.A.P.).—At a delegate conference it was decided by 118 votes to 89 to continue the Common Wealth Party. ...

    Article : 62 words
  24. MEAT ALL WEEK IN NEW YORK AGAIN

    NEW YORK, Sept. 27 (A.A.P.).— Mayor La Guardia has announced the abolition of meatless Tuedays and Fridays in New York. ...

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  25. ARTIST'S DEATH

    LONDON, Sept. 17 (A.A.P.).—The death has occured of Sir David Young Cameron, well-known painter and illustrator, at the age of 80. ...

    Article : 24 words
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