MEN OF THE SECOND A.I.F. began Christmas leave today when special trains brought about 5000 soldiers to city and country centres. The move began before dawn and was continued throughout the day. These scenes were taken at the camp about noon. Top: Reaction to the order to ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 240 wordsA FULL MOON to light the spirit of Christmas, days equal to the longest of the year. almost two hours' of ...
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Article : 132 wordsPrincess Elizabeth and Princess Magaret returned to London today from Scotland and will spend Christmas in the country with the ...
Article : 83 wordsGerman airmen dropped a British-made umbrella in the British lines during an air raid which took place while Mr Chamberlain was ...
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Article : 56 wordsSydney, Thursday. -- Allegations that two brothers, aged 19 and 18, had three times broken into hospitals, colen narcotics and experimented with ...
Article : 196 wordsBRISBANE, Thursday.--An allegation that Joseph Charles McKeown, 56, pensioner, had admitted hitting William Burr with a pick at Hamilton ...
Article : 146 wordsGERMANY has not launched an attack on a largo scale by land or air because she is not [?]lident that it would bo successful." ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 139 wordsThe Minister for the Army (Mr Street), who will give an addressin Australia's world short-wave broadcast in French as well as ...
Article : 105 wordsMr A. P. Herbert, M.P., the wellknown humorist, in a speech at the Little Ships Club, described Hitler is "Herr Scuttler." He said the ...
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The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), Thu 21 Dec 1939, Page 3
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