Flood Damage Hits Adelaide and Victoria Railways
Floods in Adelaide caused damage estimated at £60,000 while railway lines in Victoria suffered washaways with 18 sections between Dimboola and Jeparit out of service. Twelve people in a railcar near Bower were rescued, and Port Pirie workers diverted floodwaters to save the town. Air services restored and bridges repaired as rainfall records show multiple floods.
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Jamestown
Bower
Port Pirie
Victoria
Arne
Wimmera
Tts
Dimboola
Jeparit
Uren
Whamers
Lorne
Sunbury
Extension of War Service Homes to cover Australian servicemen
Government considering extending the War Service Homes Scheme to include Australian fighting services in the current war. Senator Collett leads plan for Cabinet submission, with repatriation and post war reconstruction as central aims and attention to dependents education and training.
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Senator Collett
Australia
Benator Collett
Department of Labour and National Service
Malta the Little Britain of the Mediterranean in War
A special Malta report praises Maltese resilience amid relentless Italian air raids. It notes dense population, deep fortifications, swift shelter use, and brave defense by Royal Navy, anti aircraft units, and civil defense. It highlights calm under fire, effective governance, evacuee aid, and communal solidarity.
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Malta
Miltn
Tost
Royal Navy
A.rup
Wosten
Italian Navy Smashed at Taranto Revealed in Despatch
A Daily Telegraph despatch from Alexandria confirms the RAF Taranto raid damaged one Littorio and two Cavour class battleships. One Cavour is a total wreck sunk in the outer harbour, another beached but sinking in sand. Italian cruisers and destroyers show heavy damage with recommission unlikely for months.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Alexandria
Allence
R.A.F
Taranto
Admiralty
Trig
Wheat F A Q Fixed By Sydney Trade Body
The Sydney Chamber of Commerce set a fixed price of 624 pounds per imperial bushel after reviewing samples from wheat growing districts in New South Wales. The move reflects standardization across diverse regional supplies, with portions of wheat from various districts cited by the Commonwealth statistician.
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Sydney
Dr Morse Indian Root Pills for Bilious Attacks
Ad promotes Dr Morse Indian Root Pills as a vegetable remedy to relieve bilious bouts constpation indigestion and restore energy. Claims improved digestion and regularity when stomach liver bowels and kidneys function properly with a prompt nightly trial and quick daily improvements.
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DR. Morse
Gunner's Ordeal After Bombing Crash At Tobruk
A rear-gunner survived a bomber crash off Tobruk, was thrown clear and unconscious, and spent a night and a day seeking help. He walked in circles back to the dinghy, found his dead comrade, and, after wandering with no water or food, was rescued by a passing convoy to a casualty station.
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Catro
Tobruk
Japanese Aims and US Threats Stoked in Asahi Editorial
In Tokyo and Manila the Asahi calls for determination to meet a vital crisis as US threats to Japan escalate. It notes American plans to use the Philippines and Guam as forward bases expanding toward Singapore Hongkong and Darwin.
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Tokyo
Italian Revolts Stir London Reports Hint German Pretext
The Evening Standard's diplomatic correspondent says Germany may seek a pretext for occupying Italy as disturbances spread. A British United Press correspondent notes Italian frontier reports that transport through the Brenner Pass is reserved for military use with a steady flow of material southward.
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London
Evening Standard
Germany
Italy
United Preas
Bremner Fass
Overtime Ban Affects 2000 in State Brisbanes Impact
Employers announce an overtime ban affecting about 2000 workers in the state, with 1000 in Brisbane. The action follows a decision by three unions and is timed after a holiday. The Amalgamated Engineering Union has not joined. Government moves to end the dispute await action by federal and state authorities.
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Brisbane
Ubree
Brisban
Federated Moulders’ Union
Federated Ironworkers’ Association
Bouldermakers Society
Amalgamated Engineering Union
BE. Cc
Erwin
Mar
H. Denterd
Singapore Gateway to the East Far East naval base
Britain created a Commander in Chief Far East post with Sir R K Brooke-Popham in Singapore. The base anchors sea and air routes linking China Japan India and Europe and guards British interests in Asia. Singapore hosts vast docks harbours and fortifications with troops from Britain Malay Regiment Indian units and Hong Kong Singapore artillery network.
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Britain
Far Fast
Marahal
RK. Brooke- Popham
Australia
New Zealand
RK. Brooke-Pegham
Singapore
Thua
Agin
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Bnce Stamford
Raffles
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China
Japan
East Indies
India
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Europe
Middle East
Indian Ocean
Indies
Beletar
Hong Kong-Singapore
Royal Artillery
Netherlands East Indies
Darwin
Early Closing Debate on Defence Industry Drinks
The Labour Minister said Cabinet should decide if munition workers and other vital defence workers can drink during legal hours. He recalled wartime measures that allowed military establishments to provide drinks and noted empathy for workers long hours serving the country.
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Labour
Holt
RAF and RAF strikes crippling Nazi war machine
British air raids have struck over 20 German targets including armament works refineries docks and railway hubs. The campaign targets oil plants metal works and transport links from the Baltic to Switzerland with hundreds of raids on Berlin Hamburg Bremen and Hanover. The effort aims to disrupt industry and inland waterways to cripple Germany's war capacity.
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Hitler
Oermany
Baltic Gau
Switzerland
North Sea
Berlin
Wilhelmshuren
Frankfurt
Creat
LAF
Rhine
FLAF
Lewna
Naziv
Hamburg
Bremen
Hanover
Britain
Gut
RAF
Doortmund-King Canal
Rhineland
N.W
Denmark
Nazi Germany
German Bombers Hit British Convoy Off English Coast
German wartime report says bombers attacked a southeast England convoy, hitting a merchant ship near Orford and a blazing vessel near Great Yarmouth. Berlin also claimed a 5000 ton British ship was struck near Harwich with fires and suspected total loss.
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London
England
Orford
Great Yarmouth
Berlin
Germaan
Harwich
For Sale Mrew ood Pine Off-Cuts and Timber Gear
Classified notice lists pine off cuts in stove and lung lengths, 120 land and yard bodies, delivered. Also advertises a 160 model new with six thousand miles, one owner, cash or best offer. Contact H Davia at Canberra Avenue Griffith.
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Cavanagh
Morne
Niles
Canberra
Davia
Canberra Avenue
Griffith
Raid activity over northeast towns and Midlands in Britain
German raiders flew over three northwest towns this morning causing no casualties as British planes drove them off. Later reports noted enemy air activity over an East Midlands area and an eastern inland town, including Hast Bootland.
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London
East Midland
Bootland
Death of Hungarian Foreign Minister Count Canky
Budapest reports the Hungarian Foreign Minister Count Canky died today after illness from mid December. He had suffered heart trouble and had been hospitalised since then.
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Budapest
Count Canky
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