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  2. POLITICAL CRISIS

    Development of Canbera late last night indicated that the Ministry, which faced a grove risk defeat an the Federal Labour Party's Budge amendment, was prepared to make a last-minute bid through the Advisory War Council to reconcile the policies of the ...

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  3. AFRICAN FRONTS QUIET.

    LONDON, Dec. 3.—A communique issued from the British General Head- quarters in Cairo yesterday afternoon stated that in the ambush of a body of ...

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  4. BRISTOL ATTACKED

    In widespread raids over Britain on Monday night German airmen made Bristol their chief target. The attack began soon after dark and, according to the Air Ministry. "continued on a somewhat heavy scale until a little before midnight." ...

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  5. GREEK ADVANCE.

    LONDON, Dec. 3.—The latest official news in Athens reports further gains in all sectors of the front in the Greek offensive against the Italians in Albania. ...

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  6. R.A.F. OVER ITALY.

    LONDON, Dec. 3.—British bombers last night visited Italy and bombed Naples and Augusta (an important port in Sicily). An Italian communique ...

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  7. ATLANTIC RAIDERS.

    LONDON, Dec. 3.—Following the earlier announcement by Mackay radio officials in New York that stations in the network had picked up distress signals ...

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  8. A WEEK'S SINKINGS.

    LONDON, Dec. 3.—Merchant shipping losses for the week ended November 25 were above the average for the whole ...

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  9. REPRESENTATIVES DEBATE

    CANBERRA, Dec. 3.—While the lobbies seethed with rumours and speculation about the probable outcome of the Opposition's attack on the Government's ...

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  10. HAMMERED MALTA.

    ALEXANDRIA, Dec. 2.—After London, Malta must hold the record for the hammering it has taken from the air, but Valetta has surprisingly little to show ...

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  11. NEW CARGO SHIPS.

    LONDON, Dec. 3.—In the House of Commons today the Minister for Shipping (Mr. Cross) announced that Britain had placed orders with American ...

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  12. BALLOON ON THE RAMPAGE.

    LISBON, Dec. 3.—Firemen at Mirandella (northern Portugal) yesterday captured a balloon believed to have escaped from a British barrage. It had trailed ...

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  13. EGYPTIAN BOMBINGS.

    CAIRO, Dec. 2.—In a speech in Parliament tonight the Prime Minister (Hussein Sirry Pasha) said that the Government had protested to Italy ...

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  14. SOUTHAMPTON BLOWS.

    LONDON, Dec. 3.—Details of the severe air attack on Southampton on Sunday night the second on successive nights-show that relays of German ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  15. R.A.F. ACTIVITY.

    LONDON, Dec. 3.—The Air Ministry news service, in a bulletin issued yesterday afternoon, reported that a road in the south-west of Albania which was ...

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  16. DASH FROM MEXICO.

    NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—A report from Havana says that the German freighters Idarwald (5,033 tons) and Rhein (6,031 tons), which left Tampico (Mexico) on ...

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  17. THE NAZI CLAIMS.

    LONDON, Dec. 3.—It was officially announced in Berlin in the early hours of this morning that strong bomber formations were attacking Bristol. ...

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  18. SPANISH AGREEMENT.

    LONDON, Dec. 2.—From Madrid it is reported that the British Ambassador to Spain (Sir Samuel Hoare) and the Spanish Foreign Minister (Senor Suner) have ...

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  19. FOOD RATIONING.

    LONDON, Dec. 2.—The Minister of Food (Lord Woolton), in a speech today, said: "We must-live harder, using home produce to the maximum and importing ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  20. CENSORSHIP CRITICISED.

    LONDON, Dec. 3.—The "Evening News" in a leading article last night drew attention to the nine hours of anxiety caused on Sunday to persons ...

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  21. NAZI SHIPS IN PERU.

    LIMA (Peru), Dec. 2.—The Chamber of Deputies has passed a motion requesting the Foreign Office to deny sailing authorisations for four German ships ...

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  22. TENSION IN NORWAY.

    LONDON, Dec. 2.—Correspondents of both "The Times" and the "Daily Telegraph" emphasise that tension in Norway has grown since the attempt on the ...

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  23. DISSOLUTION POSSIBILITY.

    CANBERRA, Dec. 3.—Discussing the possibility of a dissolution, Dr. Evatt (Lab., N.S.W.) said tonight: "It is to be hoped that in the event of the crucial ...

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  24. FREIGHTER LEAVES CHILE.

    COQUIMBO (Chile), Dec. 2.—The German merchantman Portland (7.132 tons) sailed last night for an unannounced destination. ...

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  25. DESTROYER LOST.

    LONDON Dec. 3.—It was officially announced last night that the destroyer Sturdy had run ashore on the Scottish coast in thick weather and had been lost. ...

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  26. NAZI PROPAGANDISTS.

    LONDON, Dec. 2.—German Transocean news agency messages, which have become positively lyrical about the damage inflicted on Southampton by Nazi ...

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  27. STRATEGIC FACTORS.

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 3.—The Italian admissions that they are withdrawing in Albania and that the campaign has now become a defensive one leave no doubt ...

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  28. TRIBUTE TO BRITAIN.

    NEW YORK, Dec. 3.—Mr. Walter Lippmann, the noted commentator, in a remarkable article in which he warns sceptics against losing faith in the just ...

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  29. EUROPE'S FOOD PROBLEM.

    NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—Thirty-four Protestant religious and educational leaders have denounced the prophecies of Mr. Herbert Hoover (the former President) ...

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  30. SOUTHAMPTON'S RESPONSE.

    LONDON, Dec. 2.—Southampton has subscribed a further £5,000—making £15,000 in all—to the Spitfire fund. The Minister of Aircraft Production (Lord ...

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  31. BRAZIL SNUBS NAZIS.

    RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 2.—Brazil has notified the German-controlled Condor Airline that the time is "inopportune" for the transatlantic air service which the ...

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