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  2. LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

    Sergeant Frank McTaggart, "D" Company 2/33 Battalion A.I.F. abroad, sends a note of appreciation ad thanks to Singleton and District ...

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  3. TOWN AND DISTRICT TOPICS

    At Friday's meeting of the C.W.A. members earned a vote of sympathy with Miss Upjohn and Mrs White, who have recently had bereavements. ...

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  4. LIFE IN THE WESTERN DESERT

    Major Keith Home, of the First Australian Railway Construction Company, A.I.F., abroad, writing to his father, Mr C. H. Home, of Kelso, ...

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  5. Position Calmer In Far East

    According to a Government statement issued in Singapore, the position in the Far East at present is calmer than it has been for months. General Chiang Kai-shek, head of the Chinese National ...

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  6. DECLARED AUSTRALIAN WAR PRIZE

    The former Italian motorship Remo (9780 tons), seized by the Commonwealth a few hours after Italy entered the war, is "a good ...

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  7. AMERICA AT WAR IS GENERAL FEELING

    Washington is finally convinced that President Roosevelt is in earnest and that the attempt to win the war without fighting has ...

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  8. FIGHTING WITH SOVIET AIR FORCE

    It is reported that Spitfires and Hurricanes of the most improved type, many flown by veterans of the battle of Britain, are now fighting ...

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  9. SALE OF SHOW PRIVILEGES

    The sale of show privileges was conducted this afternoon at Messrs Grainger and Falkiner Pty. Ltd.'s union. Nos. 1 and 2 publicans' ...

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  10. DEATH OF FORMER SINGLETON RESIDENT.

    The death occurred in Sydney on Friday last of William Joseph Parr, aged 50, a former well-known resident of Singleton. He was the ...

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  11. MAN ELECTROCUTED NEAR TAMWORTH

    Harry Charlton, 66, of Tamworth, a linesman employed by the Peel Shire Council, was electrocuted at Currabubula on Friday afternoon. ...

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  12. DRASTIC CHANGES IN STATE TAXATION EXPECTED

    Drastic changes in State taxation are expected in the Budget which the Premier and Treasurer, Mr McKell, will introduce this month. ...

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  13. REPORTED DROWNING FROM KETCH

    The police are awaiting the arrival in Sydney of a launch to learn details of a reported drowning. The coastal ketch, Moana Lua, was ...

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  14. Crisis Developing k Bulgaria

    A crisis developing in Bulgaria between the Government, which is pro-Axis, and the Patriots, who are pro-Russian, has given ...

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  15. TO-DAY'S STATE LOTTERY

    The 794th State lottery was drawn this morning. Major prizes were as. follows:— First, 47285, "September ...

    Article : 83 words
  16. THE STRIKE OF TEXTILE WORKERS

    When a motion to peg wages and to order a ballot of the textile strikers was adjourned in the Arbitration Court to-day, an early ...

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  17. DETERMINATION AT TOBRUK

    "Everybody in Tobruk is remarkably fit and confident the Germans will never take the garrison." This is stated by Lieut Roy ...

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  18. PATRIOT BANDS CLASH WITH AXIS TROOPS

    At least 1000 Axis troops, mostly Italians, were killed in recent clashes with patriot bands in Herzegovinia, Yugoslavia. ...

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  19. R.A.F RAIDS ON CORINTH CANAL

    It is learned that the R.A.F. raids on the Corinth Canal, Greece, were considerably heavier than at first realised. The damage is expected to ...

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  20. PRODUCER GAS STILL NECESSARY

    The Minister for Supply, Senator McLeay, said at the weekend that the continued use of producer gas as a substitute for ...

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  21. AXIS RAIDER IN PACIFIC

    An Axis raider has been operating in the Pacific sea lane leading to the Panama Canal, according to reliable sources in ...

    Article : 130 words
  22. N. S. WALES LIQUOR LAWS

    The Government sub-committee which has been inquiring into the N.S. Wales liquor laws, it is understood, is nearing the completion of its ...

    Article : 111 words
  23. FAREWELL AT ST. CLAIR

    A large number of friends from Carrowbrook, Mount Olive and St. Clair gathered in the St. Clair Hall on Saturday evening last to bid ...

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  24. TRAIN SMASH IN ENGLAND

    A crash occurred between two passenger trains at Holmes Chanel (Cheshire), between Crewe and Manchester, early yesterday ...

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  25. STOCK SALES

    Cattle.—1450 yarded, and the market was firm. Bullocks realised from £8 to £17 and cows from £6 to £13. Best beef worth 47/ per 100 ...

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  26. FIVE R.A.A.F. SQUADRONS ABROAD

    The Minister for Air, Mr McEwen, states that five R.A.A.F. squadrons, equipped with the most modern aircraft, are now serving abroad. ...

    Article : 171 words
  27. BODY OF MISSING MAN FOUND

    The body of Geoffrey Gillard, 35, pastor of the Latter Day Saints' Church, Leichhardt, who had been missing from his home in Maid a ...

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  28. MAITLAND MARKETS

    Mr J. Enright reports:— Cattle.—730 fat cattle yarded and 35 cracker cows and bulls. The quality of the former was highly ...

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  29. SOLDIER DROWNED IN HARBOUR

    A soldier who fell off a ferry boat last night, and whose body has not yet been recovered, is believed to be Jack Denison, of ...

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  30. "BLITZED" ROYAL AUTOGRAPHS MADE READABLE

    Signatures of King Edward VII. and Queen Alexandra in a book reduced to aches by Nazi incendiary bombs have been ...

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  31. RUSSIAN WOMAN SNIPER

    A Moscow supplementary communique pays tribute to "Our Comrade Olga," a woman sniper in the Pskov region, who has killed 11 men. ...

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  32. BRITAIN REORGANISES FIRE SERVICES

    British firemen were warned by the Minister for Home Security (Mr Herbert Morrison) that there might be heavy air ...

    Article : 226 words
  33. "HITLER LOSING WAR"

    Mr Arthur Greenwood, British Minister without portfolio, said in a speech that Hitler was losing the war. Russia barred his way to the ...

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  34. BLACKOUT ON NORTHERN COALFIELDS

    Trapped in a lift which had broken down, the Minister for National Emergency Services, Mr Heffron, and his chief technical adviser, ...

    Article : 171 words
  35. LOCAL SOLDIERS' CANTEEN ORDERS

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 143 words
  36. GERMAN RAIDERS DESTROYED IN PACIFIC

    Thirteen German raiders in the South Pacific have been destroyed during the past eight months by Australian and Dutch forces states ...

    Article : 121 words
  37. "MODEL WIFE" IS HILARIOUS STORY OF MARITAL MIX-UPS

    In "Model Wife," which screens at the Strand Theatre on Tuesday and Wednesday, Joan Blondell and Dick Powell step out of their ...

    Article : 144 words
  38. BOY FALLS ON PICKET FENCE

    Leslie Macartney, 13, of North Fltzroy, Melbourne, was severely injured on Saturday when he fell 12 feet on to a picket fence. He was ...

    Article : 113 words
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