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  2. BANJO MADE FROM JAPANESE PLANE

    Private H. Bradford, of Alexandria, N.S.W., made this banjo from scrap from a Japanese plane before the fall of Singapore. He carried it through prison camps up to Thailand, and now is bringing it back to Australia. It has been autographed all ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 59 words
  3. LAVAL DOMINATES COURT Respect From Jurors

    LONDON, Oct. 5.—Pierre Laval dominated the Court during the first day of his trial in Paris, and gained considerable admiration from many present, who, ...

    Article : 114 words
  4. TRADE WAR DANGER

    NEW YORK, Oct 5 (A.A.P.).— Danger of a trade war between Britain and the United States that might end in disaster if ...

    Article : 514 words
  5. DARWIN PANIC AND UNPREP AREDNESS Report On Big 1942 Raid

    CANBERRA, Friday.—Lack of effective leadership led to a hasty exodus from Darwin after the first and biggest Japanese raid on February 19, 1942, according to Mr. Justice Lowe, who inquired into the ...

    Article : 359 words
  6. DEFIANT THEN DEPRESSED

    At times defiant, and at other times looking depressed, Laval showed signs of his two months' incarceration. ...

    Article : 324 words
  7. HOUSES ABANDONED IN HASTE

    The report says that immediately after the raids the morale of the townspeople was not noticeably affected and nothing ...

    Article : 600 words
  8. P.O.W. CAMP AS GAOL

    TOKYO, Oct. 5.—Conditions under which 21 Japanese war criminals are held will be much more severe after to-day. ...

    Article : 435 words
  9. FINAL WARNING BY JUDGE

    When Laval was brought into court to-day flanked by three defence counsel, Judge Mongibeaux told him: "I warn you one ...

    Article : 689 words
  10. Fear of Trouble In Indies Grows

    BATAVIA, October 5.—Although Batavia is fairly quiet, tension is mounting elsewhere in Java. Nationalist forces, who have supplanted the Japanese in points outside Batavia, have acquired almost ...

    Article : 755 words
  11. NAVY TOOK ADEQUATE STEPS

    Mr. Justice Lowe found that the Navy had taken all proper steps to prepare for such a raid, and that the military ...

    Article : 595 words
  12. BRITAIN MUST EXPORT MORE

    LONDON, Oct. 5.—Sir Charles Lidbury, president of the Bankers' Institute, said in a speech that the need for Britain to ...

    Article : 249 words
  13. FRENCH SHIPS AT SAIGON

    SAIGON, Oct. 5.—Two French warships—the battleship Richelieu and the light cruiser Triomphante—have arrived here. ...

    Article : 209 words
  14. DELIVERIES TO HOMES Ban To Be Lifted

    CANBERRA, Friday.—All remaining restrictions on household deliveries will be lifted as from November 1. ...

    Article : 56 words
  15. NAVY TO WORK OIL WELLS

    NEW YORK, Oct. 5 (A.A.P.).— President Truman has authorised the Navy Secretary, Mr. Forrestal, to take over and ...

    Article : 255 words
  16. ROUND WORLD AIR SERVICE

    WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (A.A.P.) —An Army Transport Command Globester plane landed here to-day after the first regular round ...

    Article : 117 words
  17. JAPS SURRENDER LESSER SUNDAS

    MELBOURNE, Friday.—The unconditional surrender by the Japanese of the Lesser Sunda Islands. excluding Lombok was formally signed at ...

    Article : 76 words
  18. BRAZILIAN TRADE POSSIBILITIES

    SAO PAULO (BRAZIL), Oct. 5.— The Australian Minister to Brazil, Mr. MacGregor, who is making a survey of industries here of Australian ...

    Article : 111 words
  19. TYRE, PETROL PROBLEM

    It was pointed out last night that shortages of petrol, tyres, and tubes, and man-power, would make deliveries difficult. ...

    Article : 150 words
  20. Absurd Liquor Laws Amuse And Annoy Visitors

    CANBERRA, Friday.—Visitors to Australia who were world travellers looked with amusement, not to say annoyance, at licensing laws which compelled them to eat and drink by regulation, a report tabled in ...

    Article : 316 words
  21. POLICE RAID ON STUDENTS

    BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 5 (A.A.P.).—Police, armed with clubs and tear gas bombs, broke into the university buildings in ...

    Article : 107 words
  22. Alleged Proof of Chetnik Treachery

    LONDON. Oct. 5.—Dr. Dusan Nedeljkovich, Chairman of the Yugoslav State War Crimes Commission, told a Press conference ...

    Article : 129 words
  23. MALDIVE'S RULER ABDICATES

    LONDON, Oct. 5 (A.A.P.).—The Sultan of the Maldive Islands has voluntarily abdicated, making way for a new Sultan and what appears to be ...

    Article : 82 words
  24. KILLED 40 JAPS; GOT D.C.M.

    CANBERRA Friday.—Lance-Corporal R. F. Grigg, of Wagga. N.S.W., who killed 40 Japanese, has been awarded the Distinguished ...

    Article : 29 words
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