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  2. GERMAN LINER CAPTURED

    The capture of the Norddeutscher Lloyd liner Dusseldorf (4930 tons) by a British cruiser off Caldera is reported. The Dusseldorf made a dash from Valparaiso ...

    Article : 663 words
  3. STOP PRESS

    It is not expected now that the Soviet Premier will reply to the Finnish peace appeal. A spokesman in Moscow to-day stated that the ...

    Article : 175 words
  4. PRODUCTS INSTEAD OF MEN

    Australia could best play its part in this war by supplying not men, but wheat, wool and other products, said the Leader of the State Opposition (Mr. W. J. McKell) at ...

    Article : 188 words
  5. MINISTER REPLIES TO TEACHERS

    "There is not a scintilla of truth in the allegation that I indicated that the teaching service is disloyal," said the Minister for Education (Mr. D. H. ...

    Article : 214 words
  6. 'WARE, SHARKI

    Surfers wasted no time leaving the water at Newcastle Beach yesterday after the shark alarm was given. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 20 words
  7. DIGGERS WILL SOON BE AT FRONT

    It would not be long before the First Division Diggers wore in thin line beside Tommy Atkins, said the Minister for Civil Aviation (Mr. J. V. Fairbairn). He ...

    Article : 210 words
  8. ITALY BLAMES ALLIES

    The Italian Foreign Minister (Count Ciano), in a speech on international affairs at the week-end, blamed Britain and France for the present state of affairs ...

    Article : 500 words
  9. SEAPLANES BOMBED AT BASE

    The Royal Air Force security patrol has struck another swift blow at German air bases. Less than 12 hours after the big air ...

    Article : 304 words
  10. 3800 PLANES FOR DEMOCRACIES

    The latest English and French orders for planes increase European orders in the last 18 months to 3800, valued at more than 350,000,000 dollars (about £87,500,000 ...

    Article : 177 words
  11. MR. W. WALLACE DEAD

    Mr. William Wallace, a notable figure in the administrative sphere of bowls in Newcastle for many years, died yesterday. He was 72. ...

    Article : 411 words
  12. FITTED PAW INTO TRACKS

    Bringing the paw of a nine-foot crocodile with him from Sydney, Mr. F. Marshall, Honorary Zoologist at the Australian Museum, and Lecturer in Zoology at ...

    Article : 251 words
  13. INSPECTED BOMBER WRECKAGE

    "Well done," said the British Prime Minister (Mr. Chamberlain) during his tour of the British Expeditionary Forces, when shown the wreckage, and told of the ...

    Article : 409 words
  14. TRAIN RUNS UNDER THAMES

    The first train to run under the Thames since the outbreak of war carried the Minister of Transport (Captain Wallace) on an inspection of the new flood ...

    Article : 163 words
  15. MORE THAN 50,000 WANTED

    More than 50,000 Australians would participate in the Empire air training scheme, said the Acting Minister for Air (Mr. H. E. Holt) yesterday. ...

    Article : 144 words
  16. TWENTY PERSONS INVESTED

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 189 words
  17. PICTURE STORY OF WAR

    As in the last war, it is proposed to compile a pictorial record, done by leading artists. An advisory committee, under the ...

    Article : 172 words
  18. TARIFF ON FILM CANCELLED

    Mr. Ken Hall, Director of Cinesound Ltd., has received official notification of the cancellation of the proposed tariff of 1d a lineal foot on unexposed ...

    Article : 91 words
  19. WEIGH 70,000LB

    The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" says that the Army is seeking to raise 4,000,000 dollars (about £1,000,000 Australian) to build ...

    Article : 81 words
  20. WIDOW COLLAPSED AT SERVICE

    Five thousand women and children, in a roped-off enclosure, were among the huge crowd at the funeral of Douglas Fairbanks. ...

    Article : 99 words
  21. FIREMAN ONLY ONE INJURED

    Trains collided at Riverstone station on Friday night, but the only person to be injured was a fireman, Hilton Lynch, 29. The collision, which occurred between ...

    Article : 152 words
  22. SOVIET AMBASSADOR WAS SNUBBED

    The Soviet Ambassador to Italy (M. Gorelkin) says the Rome correspondent of the Associated Press of America, has returned to Moscow because Italy ...

    Article : 63 words
  23. SHORTAGE OF FOOD AT PITCAIRN

    Admiral Byrd, the explorer, reports an acute shortage of food at Pitcairn Island. The inhabitants need flour, sugar, lard, and potatoes, also matches and medical ...

    Article : 67 words
  24. ONE KILLED, OTHER UNINJURED

    A man was killed when a car crashed over an embankment at a Kellyville, near Parramatta, today. George Fenton, 23, of Rozelle, was ...

    Article : 66 words
  25. REAR-ADMIRAL CUSTANCE DEAD

    Rear-admiral Wilfred Neville Custance, who commanded the Australian Squadron since 1938, has died. Rear-admiral Custance was born in ...

    Article : 69 words
  26. JAPAN TO INCREASE WHEAT PRODUCTION

    The Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry is working out plans to increase the production of wheat over the prevent yearly 50,000,000 bushels, by 40 to 50 per. ...

    Article : 52 words
  27. SANK JAPANESE WARSHIP, CHINESE CLAIM

    The Chinese Press reports that Chinese artillery sank a Japanese destroyer on the Yangtze-Kiang near Kiukiang, a treaty port of China, with the loss of 100 lives. ...

    Article : 35 words
  28. FORMER MAYOR DIED

    Mr. David Hunter, former Mayor of Waverley, was to have been invested with the M.B.E. by the Governor-General (Lord Gowrie) yesterday, but a few hours before ...

    Article : 60 words
  29. PETROL RATIONING IN NEW ZEALAND

    When the Christmas holidays are over, petrol rationing is considered likely again. No action will be taken during, the holidays in order not to interfere unduly with ...

    Article : 66 words
  30. BLOW UP UNIVERSITY AT VILNA

    The German radio claims that a plot by young Polish radicals, to blow up the University of Vilna (Lithuania) was frustrated at the last moment. Bombs ...

    Article : 67 words
  31. BANDSMEN ON PARADE

    Swansea Band being inspected at the massed band contest at Swansea. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 13 words
  32. AMATEUR BURGLARS FOILED

    Larrikins are believed to have been responsible for an attempt on a safe at the premises of John Hoe and Co. Ltd., of Waterlook, to-night. A door was found ...

    Article : 98 words
  33. U.S.A. BEGINS WAR AGAINST SPIES

    The Federal Grand Jury indicted the Bookniga Corporation of New York, Moscow publishers and agents, on charges of violating the Foreign Agents' ...

    Article : 67 words
  34. "SWEATING" CHARGE INQUIRY

    An official of the Federal Government is in Sydney investigating union allegations of "sweating" in the clothing manufacturing industry. His investigation is being made ...

    Article : 102 words
  35. MORE PLANES WANTED BY U.S. NAVY

    The United States Navy Department it asking for 518 aeroplanes, at a cost of 28,500,000 dollar (£890,000 Australia), to augment the neutrality air patrol. ...

    Article : 118 words
  36. MORE POLISH NOBILITY SENT TO CAMPS

    The French radio announces that the Nazis have sent more Polish aristocrats to concentration camps, including Prince Olgierd Czartoryski, and three others of ...

    Article : 43 words
  37. WOMAN ELECTROCUTED BY VACUUM CLEANER

    When Mrs. Lorna Martin, 37, was using a vacuum cleaner at her home at Brighton a defect in the machine caused her electrocution. Her young son, in an ...

    Article : 50 words
  38. BIG TAX INCREASE IN BELGIUM

    A message from Brussels says that the Chamber of Deputies has approved of additional taxation of £12,500,000 to meet the increased expenditure caused ...

    Article : 36 words
  39. COPPER SOUGHT IN ITALY

    A decree issued in Rome orders housewives to declare copper possessions, with a view to requisitioning them. ...

    Article : 27 words
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