*$*OVERPROOF*$* 17870195 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn TWO SMASHES AT||@@||TWO SMASHES AT ROCKDALE||@@||ROCKDALE -.-»- I||@@|| -||@@|| SEVEN PEOPLE HURT||@@||SEVEN PEOPLE HURT Two road accidents occuned with-||@@||Two road accidents occurred with- in half a mile of each othei on||@@||in half a mile of each other on Punces Highway Rockdale last||@@||Prince's Highway, Rockdale, last night||@@||night. In the fit st foin people travelling||@@||In the first, four people travelling in a car were mjuied when the cal||@@||in a car were injured when the car clashed into an electric light standaid||@@||crashed into an electric light standard. Thpj vvcie Sidnev, Young Yow 45||@@||They were Sidney Young Yow, 45, driver of the cal Eveljn Young||@@||driver of the car: Evelyn Young Yow 39 his wife Millie Titzhenry 49||@@||Yow, 39, his wife Millie Fitzhenry, 49, and Agnes Al buckle 36 all of King||@@||and Agnes Arbuckle, 36, all of King Stieet Newtown||@@||Street, Newtown. Tt^ were taken to St Geoige Hos-||@@||They were taken to St. George Hos- pital by a St George Ambulance cai||@@||pital by a St. George Ambulance car. Young \ovv was admitted sufTeiing||@@||Young Yow was admitted suffering fiom piobable fiacttued nbs and hLs||@@||from probable fractured ribs and his wife fiom piobable fiactuie of the||@@||wife from probable fracture of the si till The otheis weie allowed to||@@||skull. The others were allowed to leave aftei tieatment||@@||leave after treatment. In the second smash soon aftei||@@||In the second smash soon after thiec people were mjuied when a caí||@@||three people were injured when a car and a niotoi evele and sidecai||@@||and a motor cycle and sidecar collided||@@||collided. Miss Mua Woods 28 of Alice||@@||Miss Myra Woods, 28, of Alice Stieet Newtown who was nding||@@||Street, Newtown, who was riding pillion leceived a lacciateri ev,e head||@@||pillion, received a lacciated eye, head injin les and shock Mis Ethel Col||@@||injuries, and shock: Miss Ethel Col- belt 49 who was nding in the side||@@||bert, 49, who was riding in the side- coi suffeied head and ankle inutiles||@@||car, suffered head and ankle injuries and shock and Rov Hand 27 of Lilli||@@||and shock: and Roy Hand, 27, of Lilli Pilli the diivet of the motoi cv,clc||@@||Pilli, the driver of the motor cycle was cut on the head||@@||was cut on the head. The indued wcic taken bv, a St||@@||The injured were taken by, a St. Gooi gc ambulance cai to St Gcoigc||@@||George ambulance car to St. George Hospital wheie the two women weie||@@||Hospital where the two women were admitted||@@||admitted. CHILD KILLED||@@||CHILD KILLED WiHei James Bugnull S of Deni||@@||Walter James Brignull, 5 of Deni- son Stieet Rozelle was fatallj Inluicd,||@@||son Street, Rozelle, was fatally injured, when he ins knocked down bj a motoi||@@||when he was knocked down by a motor ?oin in Hutchinson Stieet Rozelle||@@||lorry in Hutchinson Street. Rozelle v,esteiday||@@||yesterday. Latei the dihei of the Iori j aecd||@@||Later the driver of the Iorry, aged l8 was anested and chaiged with||@@||18, was arrested and charged with having di h en without a licence||@@||having driven without a licence. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17870542 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn A.A.S.C. BANNER FOR WAR||@@||A.A.S.C. BANNER FOR WAR MEMORIAL||@@||MEMORIAL Request to Mr. Forde||@@||Request to Mr. Forde CANBERRA Thursdaj -A bannet||@@||CANBERRA, Thursday - A banner v, orkcd in the colours of the Australian||@@||worked in the colours of the Australian Armv Seivke Corps vas presented to||@@||Armv Service Corps was presented to the Acting Pilme Minlstei Mr Forde||@@||the Acting Prime Minister, Mr Forde, in Cmbeira to-dav||@@||in Canberra to-day. lhe ptesentaiion was made by mem||@@||The presentation was made by members heis of the committee of the AASC||@@||of the committee of the A.A.S.C. A IF Comfoits Fund including the||@@||A.I.F. Comforts Fund, including the president Mrs M Bei gin, Mre> R||@@||president, Mrs M. Bergin, Mrs. R. Gieenhalgh vice-picsident and Mis||@@||Greenhalgh, vice-president, and Mrs. Basil Bergin who requested tint the||@@||Basil Bergin, who requested that the I bmnei be placed in the Australian||@@||banner be placed in the Australian Wai Memoiial||@@||War Memorial. Mis M Bei gin who mide the flag||@@||Mrs. M. Bergin, who made the flag, ¡said that it had been on display over-||@@||said that it had been on display over- eéis in hospitals and Aimy clubs and||@@||seas in hospitals and Army clubs, and I haa been brought back to Austialla||@@||had been brought back to Australia |Tvhen the Air letumed||@@||when the A.I.F. returned. | On one side of the fiag are signa||@@||On one side of the flag are signatures uuies of hundreds of relatives oí the||@@||of hundreds of relatives of the AASC unite of the 6th 7th 8th||@@||A.A.S.C. units of the 6th, 7th, 8th, land 9th Divisions ns well as the sig-||@@||and 9th Divisions, as well as the signatures natures of the Piime Ministei, Mr||@@||of the Prime Minister, Mr. i Curtin Mis Eleanor Roosevelt and||@@||Curtin, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, and I leading membeis of the Federal||@@||leading members of the Federal Cabinet||@@||Cabinet. Mi roi de said that the Government||@@||Mr. Forde said that the Government appieciated the gift He ^ould send||@@||appreciated the gift. He would send it to the Australian War Memoiial||@@||it to the Australian War Memorial vith a lequest that it be displajed in||@@||with a request that it be displayed in the memorial Voluntan' commit-||@@||the memorial. Voluntary commit- tees iiich Rs the A A SO Air Com-||@@||tees, such as the A.A.S.C. A.I.F. Com- forts Fund had done ma&Tiificent||@@||forts Fund, had done magnifcent woik in pioviding comfoits foi the||@@||work in providing comforts for the li oops||@@||troops. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17873255 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn MANY CREEDS||@@||MANY CREEDS Religious Books||@@||Religious Books By Ronald G. Macintyre||@@||By Ronald G. Macintyre Tlie Moorhouse Lectures for||@@||The Moorhouse Lectures for 1943 'ManyCieech One Cross '||@@||1943 'Many Creeds, One Cross, ' were delncred In Melbourne bv||@@||were delivered in Melbourne by Archdeacon Christopher E||@@||Archdeacon Christopher E. Storrs from Western Auslialia||@@||Storrs from Western Australia. His mbtpct Is a comparison of||@@||His subject is a comparison of Chrl^tianits. with the gi Pit world re||@@||Cristianity with the great world re- Huons His Aie-v is that besides||@@||ligions.His view is that "besides the supreme in elation of God which||@@||the supreme revelation of God, which beirins in the Old Testament and cul||@@||begins in the Old Testament and cul- minâtes in Christ there has al*o been||@@||minates in Christ, there has also been a re\ elation throntrh na tine histor",||@@||a revelation through nature, history, leaton and conscience both real and||@@||reason, and conscience, both real and eontinuous The lectures rire a studA||@@||continuous." The lectures are a study m Comoaratho Reliefen bv one «Aho||@@||in Comparative Religion by one who has made himself acnuainled with his||@@||has made himself acquainted with his snhjeet without niofpssin«* an exneit||@@||subject without professing an expert «nowled^e of anv of the íelitnons||@@||knowledge of any of the religions dealt with We hale thus i "ond dpa)||@@||dealt with. We have thus a good deal "f intere^tint« infoiirnt'on about Hin||@@||of interesting information about Hin- rluism Buddhism Afohammcriinism||@@||duism, Buddhism, Mohammedanism Ccnfne'nnism and Shintoism -o far||@@||Confucianism, and Shintoism, so far is that can be done in the space of a||@@||as that can be done in the space of a hi ndipd nares||@@||hundred pages. He does not make clear what he||@@||He does not make clear what he means bv revelation and seems to||@@||means by revelation, and seems to assume that eieiv intimation from||@@||assume that every intimation from the BeAond is a levelation of wh'cb||@@||the Beyond is a revelation of which christianitA is the ennvn What||@@||Christianity is the crown.What Rudolf Otto called the numinous feel||@@||Rudolf Otto called the numinous feel- ns is an inherent qualits of mankind||@@||ing is an inherent quality of mankind nnd the basis of niimithe lello-ion||@@||and the basis of primitive religion : und as rpa«=on worked on the p\pen||@@||and as reason worked on the experi- ence of the world this rose to th»||@@||ence of the world this rose to the icirrhls of Aiistofle and Plato and||@@||heights of Aristotle and Plato, and e\en to the philosophic Absolute which||@@||even to the philosophic Absolute which nobodv worships RPA elation is not||@@||nobody worships. Revelation is not omethinc diccnspipd bv leason bul||@@||something discovered by reason, but "ivpn bs God thinueh selected ner||@@||given by God through selected per- sonahties Nor is it IPI elation of the||@@||sonalities. Nor is it revelation of the "sistenee of God of whieh the Bible||@@||existence of God, of which the Bible offers no proof but knowledge of the||@@||offers no proof, but knowledge of the eharaeter of God not that He is but||@@||character of God, not that He is, but what He is Tint and that onh is||@@||what He is. That, and that only, is re\elation in the tine sense of thp||@@||revelation in the true sense of the word md the function of reason in||@@||word, and the function of reason in this respect is to clarlfA and intetnrel||@@||this respect is to clarify and interpret Ahat is thus srhen to faith No doubt||@@||what is thus given to faith. No doubt Karl Barth is too drastic in his lan||@@||Karl Barth is too drastic in his lan- «mace but T would accept KraeniPi month«! beyond the Owen||@@||for six months beyond the Owen St nlej Ranrçe aald that when thev |||@@||Stanley Ranges said that when they went awav rhe\ derided not to iun|||@@||went awav they decided not to run the iKk of iimninB short of mate||@@||the risk of running short of make- up so a well as taking big stocks||@@||up so as well as taking big stocks v ith them thev had instiuctcd their||@@||with them thev had instructed their f i lends to keep them supplied I||@@||friends to keep them supplied. The íesult was aoid Private loan||@@||"The result was" said Private Joan Rpdburn vvho is the youngest anl in I||@@||Radburn, vvho is the youngest girl in the gioup thal otu supplies Kept||@@||the group, "that our supplies kept piling up beciuse we found we did |||@@||piling up because we found we did | not use anv ina^e up except lipstick||@@||not use any make-up except lipstick. Thal howevei disappeaicd veiv||@@||That, however, disappeared very I quickl\ as it melted easilv in the||@@||quickly as it melted easily in the I heal and had to be applied||@@||heat and had to be applied fieouentlv I||@@||frequently." When thev first airlved at Buna to I||@@||When thev first arrived at Buna to help establish « hospital Ihcie no |||@@||help establish a hospital there, no other S°rv irewomen had sen rd »o||@@||other Servicewomen had served so far noith in Ne« Guinea and rhc\||@@||far north in New Guinea and they I lived every minute of It even chasm?||@@||"loved every minute of i, even chasing snakes out of the tents||@@||snakes out of the tents." The nisi time the\ had -worn skirts||@@||The first time they had worn skirts I for siv months w-s v»hen thev an neo||@@||for six months was when they arrived in Australia a few diys bro Slacks||@@||in Australia a few days ago. Slacks, pre It« s and safan lockets weie worn I||@@||gaiters, and safari jackets were worn | whilp on dun||@@||while on duty. None of the gills tv as ill heat||@@||"None of the girls was ill, heat nah beint? the vvoisi thing- we de||@@||rash being the worst thing we de- v eloped said Pin ate Nancy TMeicer||@@||veloped" said Private Nancy Mercer. We had to woik hard but haid woik||@@||"We had to work hard but hard work I seemed fun undei the conditions at||@@||seemed fun under the conditions at Buna Towaids the end we íecei ed||@@||Buna. Towards the end we received a maivellous supplv of fresh fiuit and||@@||a marvellous supplv of fresh fruit and vegetables through the Austnlian and||@@||vegetables through the Australian and New Guinea Aominlstiation Unit||@@||New Guinea Administration Unit." I Private Meicei wai a shoithind||@@||Private Mercer was a shorthand I tvpist befoie the war Hei fiance||@@||tvpist before the war. Her fiance 'lieutenant Kenneth Johnson has||@@||Lieutenant Kenneth Johnson has .been a pilsonei of nar in Gcimany||@@||been a prisoner of war in Germany foi thiee jean||@@||for three years. The Austialian bow ceriainlv knew||@@||"The Australian boys certainly knew how to handi» a jeep said Piivate||@@||how to handle a jeep" said Private Gwen Menglef Jeep ndiiiR vvis soon||@@||Gwen Mengler. "Jeep riding was soon loin favouiite spoi t in îecicatlon time||@@||our favourite sport in recreation time. Quite a technique Is needed to sta\||@@||Quite a technique is needed to stay , put in a jeeD over a tough, nad We||@@||put in a jeep over a rough road. We did a lot of swimming and had a||@@||did a lot of swimming and had a weekly dance at our iecie«ition hut||@@||weekly dance at our recreation hut. |Se\etal of the [»iris became engaged||@@||Several of the girls vecame engaged, i and there would hive been moie||@@||and there would have been more romances if most of the gills fiom||@@||romances if most of the girls from Perth had not hpen engaged ahcady||@@||Perth had not been engaged already." ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17909821 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn CALAIS BLOW||@@||CALAIS BLOW REPORTED||@@||REPORTED Landing Fails,||@@||Landing Fails, Says Berlin||@@||Says Berlin LONDON, lune 7 (A A P )||@@||LONDON, lune 7 (A A P )-- 'The Ailie«; this morning made||@@||"The Allies this morning made a fresh attack acioss the Strait||@@||a fresh attack across the Strait of Dovei on the Pas de Calais||@@||of Dover on the Pas de Calais legion to land ti oops but were||@@||region to land troops but were repulsed " the German News||@@||repulsed." the German News 1 Agency claimed to-day||@@||Agency claimed to-day. Supieme Heaaqtiarteis in London||@@||Supreme Headquarters in London I without dcnyin" the report potnu otu||@@||without denying the report points out thai the Get mans do not claim to||@@||thai the Germans do not claim to | have upulseo an actual attempt to||@@||have repulsed an actual attempt to | land||@@||land. i It is lecalleri that Mi Chin chill||@@||It is recalled that Mr Churchill I reccntlv aid theie would be manj||@@||recently said there would be many . feints and stiata"ems||@@||feints and stratagems. I The Calal« and Boulosne arcas weie||@@||The Calals and Boulogne area were heavilv bombed last night||@@||heavilv bombed last night. I The Geiman News Agene\ «a\«||@@||The German News Agency was Geiman naval long-range guns thi«||@@||German naval long-range guns this I morning shelled Allied ships Tne||@@||morning shelled Allied ships. The result of the action could not be ob||@@||result of the action could not be ob- «erved PS the Allies put down a||@@||served as the Allies put down a «moke«cie(n||@@||smokescreen. | It adds thit jestcrdav two Allied||@@||It adds that yesterday two Allied ve«sels attempted to get acrns« the||@@||vessels attempted to get across the I Channel in dajlighl at its nat rowe t||@@||Channel in daylight at its narrowest j point about '5 miles tow aros Calal||@@||point, about 25 miles towards Calals. Dovei repon« that German big sun«||@@||Dover reports that German big guns on the Fieneh roast weie in action||@@||on the French coast were in action I acioss the Stiaits of Dovei to dav||@@||across the Straits of Dover to-day tot tv.o hours The «helling wa«||@@||for two hours. The shelling was 'heavier than ve«leidiv Salvoes of||@@||heavier than vesterday. Salvoes of | shells burst in the Dover aie* and||@@||shells burst in the Dover area and "xplnsions shook the coa t foi miles||@@||explosions shook the coast for miles. Visibilité acioss the Straits -was good||@@||Visibility across the Straits was good and Allied plane« were active||@@||and Allied planes were active. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17912200 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn R.A.A.F. OFFICER STOKES||@@||R.A.A.F. OFFICER STOKES BOILERS||@@||BOILERS All For Comforts Fund||@@||All For Comforts Fund Squadion-Leader Guy B Cooper has||@@||Squadron-Leader Guy H. Cooper has obtained a job which includes stoking||@@||obtained a job which includes stoking boileis Theie is no pa«) but as an||@@||boilers. There is no pay, but as an honoiau Commissioner of the Auslia||@@||honorary Commissioner of the Austra- linn Comfoits Fund Sq/Ldr Coopei||@@||lian Comforts Fund, Sq./Ldr. Cooper dots not mind thal||@@||does not mind that. Recently he opened a club and hos||@@||Recently he opened a club and hos- tel in London foi Austiilnn airmen||@@||tel in London for Australian airmen ind others on lea\e fiom the Battle||@@||and others on leave from the Battle foi Fnnce In an aiigiaph recen ed||@@||for France. In an airgraph received vcsteiday at Headquaiters of the||@@||yesterday at Headquarters of the A C r he sUtes tint in addition to||@@||A.C.F., he states that in addition to hundiedi, of «3ci\ icemen and women||@@||hundreds of Servicemen and women «Aho visit the club b«, day about liO||@@||who visit the club by day, about 120 sea«, theie ceiy ninht||@@||stay there every night. Sq Loi Coopei «ays it is \ei\ dirfl||@@||Sq. Ldr. Cooper says it is very diffi- cult to obtain la bom ni Fn¿land and||@@||cult to obtain labour in England and quite impossible to seuire a poitei||@@||quite impossible to secure a porter handyman I have acted as night||@@||handyman, "I have acted as night poiter at the club he says dined||@@||porter at the club," he says, "carried coke fiom one end of the basement to||@@||coke from one end of the basement to the other and stoked boileis It has||@@||the other, and stoked boilers. It has pioved well nißh impossible to keep||@@||proved well-nigh impossible to keep a poiter foi moie than a week||@@||a porter for more than a week." Commencing on lui«, l¿ the Engi||@@||Commencing on July 13 the Engi- neets Comloits Fund (A IF and||@@||neers Comforts Fund (A.I.F. and CMF Technical Units) will conduct||@@||C.M.F. Technical Units) will conduct a stall al the Geoige Sueet entiance||@@||a stall at the George Street entrance to Wjnjard station Membets ha\e||@@||to Wynard station. Members have b»en piepiilng for the stall foi some||@@||been preparing for the stall for some time and hue accumulated a good||@@||time and have accumulated a good slo< k of useful aHirles The stall||@@||stock of useful articles. The stall will be held on the second lhuirda\||@@||will be held on the second Thursday in eveij month and the mone«, riised||@@||in every month and the money raised will be used to maintiift a suppH of I||@@||will be used to maintain a supply of comfoits to the men of the technnal||@@||comforts to the men of the technical units The funds depot is in the||@@||units. The fund's depot is in the Chambei of Commeice Building 36||@@||Chamber of Commerce Building, 36 Gros\enoi Stteet I||@@||Grosvenor Street. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17913161 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn MR. N. PYK DKAD||@@||MR. N. PYE DEAD The death oPiutieri ircentlv of Mi||@@||The death occurred recently of Mr. Mthanicl Pve who was boin at Juno s||@@||Nathaniel Pye, who was born at Judd's Cippk neal Bat tim st in 18"0 and||@@||Creek, near Bathurst, in 1870, and who vas foi 4» veais a ten bei in the||@@||who was for 45 years a teacher in the l-ducalion Depnriment At, the lime||@@||Education Department. At the time of his letitpment in ll3i he wns||@@||of his retirement in 1935 he was hendmastei ai Bla>rell Stitet Glen||@@||headmaster at Blaxcell Street, Gran- ville He was hciclinn^H i of Emu||@@||ville. He was headmaster of Emu Plains Puulic School foi 10 ^pfus||@@||Plains Public School for 10 years. He is sin viv ed bj Mi» Pye tv o sons||@@||He is survived by Mirs. Pye, two sons, two Riandsons and Unce Rimd||@@||two grandsons, and three grand- dauchtpis The funeinl took place||@@||daughters. The funeral took place at NorlhPin Subiuhs Ccnielpiv aftei I||@@||at Northern Suburbs Cemetery after a seivice it St Tnul s Hauls Paik |||@@||a service at St. Paul's, Harrs Park. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17872037 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn WARM TRIBUTES TO||@@||WARM TRIBUTES TO I ORGANIST||@@||I ORGANIST I CHURCH DIFFERENCES I||@@||I CHURCH DIFFERENCES I I REFERRED TO I||@@||I REFERRED TO I rubutcs were paid to Ihe irtinnv,||@@||Tributes were paid to the retiring otganist and chounidstu of All Saints||@@||organist and choirmaster of All Saints' Chun h of England Woollahia Mi||@@||Church of England Woollahra, Mr. Victoi Mn,spv at a gatheimg in tue||@@||Victor Massey, at a gathering in the Masonic Hall Double Ha last night||@@||Masonic Hall Double Bay last night. Iheie weie icfeieiices in >-oeR r>0 a m daytime tcm||@@||of Sunday at 6.50 a.m. daytime tem- peiatuies weie veij lo v||@@||peratures weie very low. The Divisional Mcteoiologlst Mi||@@||The Divisional Mcteorologist Mr. Mues said that the avenge minimum||@@||Mues said that the average minimum foi lune was 48? ciegues and the||@@||for June was 48.2 degrees and the avenge maximum hi s. rlegiees .res||@@||average maximum 61.3 degrees. Yes- teidav s ma simum was the lowest||@@||terday's maximum was the lowest ince June 2fi last veat vhen it was||@@||ince June 26 last year, when it was -ii "i degiec||@@||53.5 degrees. Mi Maies said that tempeiatuies||@@||Mr. Mares said that temperatures weie lo v all ovei New South Wales||@@||weie low all over New South Wales esteidny Some of the lowest were||@@||yesterdny. Some of the lowest were Mandi a 14 degiees Kosciusko 15||@@||Kiandra, 14 degrees; Kosciusko, 15 degiees Biaidvvood 16 degiees and||@@||degrees ; Biaidwood, 16 degrees; and Bathuist li degiees Klanclia s lowest||@@||Bathuist 19 degrees. Kiandra's lowest minimum was minus 5 degiees on||@@||minimum was minus 5 degrees on August 2 H29 Tiosts weie geneial||@@||August 2 1929. Frosts weie geneial awl Bombala íepoi led -.now||@@||awl Bombala repoi led -.now Mi MAI eb di si i ¡bed the dav as just||@@||Mi MAI eb described the day as "just nilflvviiilei wenthei He wld that||@@||midwinter wenther." He wld that lul\ was letognised as Ihe coldest||@@||July was retognised as Ihe coldest month and yeslciday was a. pietaste||@@||month and yestcrday was a pietaste ot it||@@||ot it. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17883793 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn P1ANÎ.ST AND ARTIST TO MARRY||@@||PIANIST AND ARTIST TO MARRY I Miis Jo«, re Gi coi the brillnnt \ourr;||@@||Miss Joyce Greer, the brilliant young Austnlim pianist is in main the Con||@@||Australian pianist is to marry the Con Mnenlnl nit «=t Mi De-ies de Holcsch||@@||tinental artist, Mr. Denesch de Holesch ne t week||@@||next week Mi««; Gleer met hei fimre onh list||@@||Miss Greer met her fiance only last Mcnciav i hen he t"lophonpd to asl||@@||Monday, when he telephoned to ask if he mi "lit pint h eoncit pla'form||@@||had seen her on the concert platform. i TI o« bccime cii^Td on Wednesdftj||@@||The become engaged on Wednesday and the portiait his been stilted||@@||and the portrait has been started Au de Hol«""fh who canis? to Aus||@@||Mr. de Dolesch, who came to Aus tiohi non Bali ibout fi«,c "\eais a"ti||@@||tralia from Bali about five years ago was inuted to be the nitlst on a||@@||was invited to be the artist on a Moithcin Temton eN(>odition He||@@||Northern Territory expedition. He hns e\hlbited in S\dne«, and mam||@@||has exhibited in Sydney and many v ell-known women hi\c been subjects||@@||well-known women have been subjects foi his poi ti nits||@@||for his potraits. Miss Gicei is the dnushter of Mr||@@||Miss Greer is the daughter of Mr S h Gi .vu ind the lit" Mis Grpor||@@||S. L. Greer and the late Mrs. Greer e-f =>(? Kil li Melbourne She will||@@||of St. Kilda, Melbourne. She will continue nth hoi piofessional caieei||@@||continue with her professional career. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17923124 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn M. I ..A. DROVE CAB||@@||M.L.A. DROVE CAR UNDER INFLUENCE||@@||UNDER INFLUENCE Roheit O Halloran % of Chandos||@@||Robert O'Halloran, 56, of Chandos Stieet Ashfield M LA foi Oiange||@@||Street, Ashfield, M.L.A. for Orange, was fined £10 bv Mr Oiam S M||@@||was fined £10 bv Mr. Oram S.M. in Cential Police Court vesterrinv foi||@@||in Central Police Court yesterday for havin« diiven a motoi car In Cential||@@||having driven a motor car in Central Rallwav va rd on September 2 vhile||@@||Railway yard on September 2 while unopi the influence of liciuot||@@||under the influence of liquor. "etgennl Adams said that about||@@||Sergeant Adams said that about II 15 p ni he heaid a loud noise a ne||@@||11.15 p.m. he heard a loud noise and the giattng of geais O Halloian wa||@@||the grating of gears. O'Halloran waa at the wheel ol a tai and appealed||@@||at the wheel of a car and appeared n be iindpi the Influence of liquoi||@@||to be under the influence of liquor. At the poltce stption he said he had||@@||At the police station he said he had had a few driní||@@||had a few drinks. In teplj tp Mr VV F Sheahan (foi||@@||In reply to Mr. W. F. Sheahan (for O Halloian i Setgeant Adonis sam he||@@||O'Halloran), Sergeant Adams said he was unawaie thal O Halloran was||@@||was unaware that O'Halloran was undet sevete mental stiess at the||@@||under severe mental stress at the tim», because of tamilv b^ieavcmppts||@@||time, because of family bereavements. He admitted that his condition might||@@||He admitted that his condition might ha e been aggiavated bv his dis||@@||have been aggravated by his dis- tiaupht state||@@||traught state. Mi Sheahan who pleaded guiltv foi||@@||Mr. Sheahan who pleaded guilty for O Halloran submitted that theie weie||@@||O'Halloran submitted that there were Ortteninfing elicumsfanees O Hallo||@@||extenuating circumstances. O'Hallo- ians voiingei sistet had been bin ¡ed||@@||ran's younger sister had been buried thal day and a fe v veeks pievlouslv||@@||that day and a few weeks previously he had lost his eldest daughter His||@@||he had lost his eldest daughter. His son had conti acted meningitis whilp||@@||son had contracted meningitis while i etui nina from New Guinea Loss of||@@||returning from New Guinea. Loss of his diivei licence would b* a gi eat||@@||his driver's licence would be a great hardship bpcau°e he used his cai ac||@@||hardship, because he used his car as an agent ana as a member of Pallia||@@||an agent and as a member of Parlia- ment||@@||ment. Mi Oiam spld It woulo be a gi pat||@@||Mr. Oram said it would be a great haidship to anjboov but he vas not||@@||hardship to anybody, but he was not pieparcd to extend the benefit of Sec||@@||prepared to extend the benefit of Sec- ¡tlon SSSA||@@||tion 556A. I his means that the lieenc° is||@@||This means that the licence is I si tomrticallv cancelled foi twelve||@@||automatically cancelled for twelve months||@@||months. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17875889 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn AIR FORCE MEN||@@||AIR FORCE MEN DECORATED||@@||DECORATED -«||@@|| CANBERRA Wednesday - Attarda||@@||CANBERRA Wednesday - Awards gnned bv 10 officers four ttairant||@@||gained by 10 officers four warrant ofïîceis and tv o flight-seigéants of||@@||ofïîcers and two flight-sergeants of the RAAF ttho had completed manv||@@||the RAAF who had completed many ucce=sful operations against toe||@@||successful operations against the enemt tteie announced to-day||@@||enemy were announced to-day The attaids aie -||@@||The awards are - nrc Flight-Lieutenant M J||@@||D.F.C. Flight-Lieutenant M. J. Bind Vic Tit într-Omccr R Mason,||@@||Baud Vic; Flying Officer R. Mason, Vic riting-Oflicei C E M Agg,||@@||Vic; Flying Officer C. E. M. Agg, WA ritmg-omcei F E Wittner||@@||W.A.; Flying Officer F. E Wittner Vic Pilot-Officer C W Stnnger Qld||@@||Vic; Pilot-Officer C. W. Stringer . Qld PUot-Officei L A Deteiidgt Rozelle||@@||Pilot-Officer L. A. Deveridge. Rozelle. N S W Pilot Offîcei C R Kroemer||@@||N. S. W.; Pilot Offîcer C. R. Kroemer SA Pllot-OlTitci K O Baines Vic||@@||S.A; Pilot-Officer K. O. Barnes, Vic; Pilot-Ofïicci G P Gf-oige Randwick||@@||Pilot-Ofïicer G. P. George Randwick, NSW Pilot-ORïeer D H Tootej||@@||N.S.W; Pilot-Officer D. H. Toovey, SA Wairant-Ofïlcei P Has ton Qld||@@||S.A; Warrant-Ofïlcer P. Hayton, Qld; Warra nt-Oflîcer F G Muiphy Qld||@@||Warrant-Oflîcer F. G. Murphy. Qld; Wainnt Officer (nott Pilot Offleer)||@@||Warrant Officer (now Pilot Offlcer) O M Mooie Klngsgiote NSW||@@||O. M. Moore, Klngsgrove, NSW; Wau ant Officei VAM Hedges Qld||@@||Warrant Officer V.A.M. Hedges, Qld; DT M rlight-Seigeant R C||@@||D.F.M. Flight-Sergeant R. C. Wateison Casino NSW Flight Ser-||@@||Waterson, Casino NSW; Flight Ser- geant J W Varlct SA||@@||geant J. W. Varley, S.A. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17873326 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn Sttrf Life. Saving||@@||Surf Life Saving CHAMPIONSHIPS||@@||CHAMPIONSHIPS TO-DAY||@@||TO-DAY -.>||@@||- Mora Mian 1 000 competitors »111 lake||@@||More than 1,000 competitors will take pan In the metropolitan chimpiomhlps suit||@@||part in the metropolitan championships surf carnlial lilli iltciiioon al lie«.liwntcr Beich||@@||carnival this afternoon at Freshwater Beach. The hie prevramnir which bcBln«. al 2 111||@@||The big programme, which begins at 2.30, .viíl Include 11 clnmi IruiMilpK preceded h\||@@||will include 13 championships, preceded by a di plie o' brcik-i ihRotltift bj l8 «ml||@@||a display of breaker shooting by 18 surf boals nnnned b\ e^pclt cien||@@||boats manned by expert crews. A dcmrmtrallnn of Hie leo Roclnfc metlurl||@@||A demonstration of the Eve Rocking method cf rrtlflclal rcspliatlon will bo uhrii b\||@@||of artificial respiration will be given by mnnbci of the Fie lutter club American||@@||members of the Freshwater club. American linne« ha e been nulled to attend||@@||nurses have been invited to attend. Olnniplons i lui will bi defending their title«||@@||Champions who will be defending their titles art-F i mil senior and junior mené and re||@@||art:- Bondi, senior and junior rescue and re- cu«< llalli ii Noith sieync «.enlor und Juill ir||@@||suscitation; North Steyne, senior and junior nil Irini« ««-nlor «uri J kim, (¡\orlli Nai||@@||surf teams ; senior surf, J. King, (North Nar- rilir-n) Junloi suif R Chapulín (Iîioniel||@@||rabeen); junior surf, R. Chapman (Bronte); mu h pr«.i Notth Bondi scnlrr MUÍ beal||@@||march past, North Bondi; senior surf boat, Scull Cull C irl Junie i «urf Ima! Ccllnov||@@||South Curl Curl; junior surf boat, Collaroy; bench rcla« Noilh Narrabeen beach «¡prim||@@||beach relay, North Narrabeen beach sprint, J Bli« (Noil'i Jin rabeen) acnlnr belt A||@@||J Bliss (North Narrabeen); senior belt, A. Fíltrenle! (Neilh steine)||@@||Fitzgerald (North Steyne). ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17869409 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn VICE-REGAL||@@||VICE-REGAL --«||@@|| Her Excellency the Ladv Gowrie was||@@||Her Excellency the Lady Gowrie was piesent at an evening party at Gov-||@@||present at an evening party at Gov- ernment House, Canbeira, yesterday,||@@||ernment House, Canberra, yesterday, held on behalf of the Canberia Nui||@@||held on behalf of the Canberra Nur- seiy Kindeiparten Society||@@||sery Kindergarten Society. Mi lissington I.BAAis has arrived at||@@||Mr. Essington Lewis has arrived at GOA eminent Hou<-e Cnnbcna||@@||Government House, Canberra. Sir Einpst Fisk and Colonel Sii||@@||Sir Ernest Fisk and Colonel Sir Donald Cameron hai'e left Govern-||@@||Donald Cameron have left Govern- ment House, Canberia||@@||ment House, Canberra. Lady Wnkehuist accompanied by||@@||Lady Wakehurst, accompanied by the Honouiable Henrietta Loder, pre-||@@||the Honourable Henrietta Loder, pre- sided at a meeting of the Far East||@@||sided at a meeting of the Far East Welfare Auxillaiv of New South Wales||@@||Welfare Auxiliary of New South Wales on Thursday morning||@@||on Thursday morning. Ladj Wakehuist accompanied by||@@||Lady Wakehurst, accompanied by the Honouiable Hun ¡etta Lodei AABS||@@||the Honourable Henrietta Loder, was pirseni ¡it the annual meeting of the||@@||present at the annual meeting of the SAdncj Hospital Ladies' Auxillaiy on||@@||Sydney Hospital Ladies' Auxiliary on Thin sdav aflcinoon||@@||Thursday afternoon. Mt« A A Rankin has left GOA em-||@@||Mrs. A. A. Rankin has left Govern- inent House.||@@||ment House. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17913828 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn DEATH OF CAPTAIN F.||@@||DEATH OF CAPTAIN F.C PLATER C. PLATER||@@|| Captain F C Platet who tetired||@@||Captain F C Plater who retired from the Rojal Australian Na\y in||@@||from the Royal Australian Navy in 19JO aled at Dalling Point aftci a.||@@||1929 died at Darling Point after a long Illness last Thuisdaj aged b1||@@||long Illness last Thursday aged 83 He sei ved in HMAS Encounter||@@||He served in HMAS Encounter and Fsjcne duiing the la't war and||@@||and Payche during the last war and later was raptain of H M A S K11||@@||later was captain of H M A S Kurumba nimba A son of the late Captain||@@||A son of the late Captain Henry Plater Heniv Platei mai ine siipëiinfmdent||@@||marine superintendent of the of the Abeioeen WhitP Stai Linp he||@@||Aberdeen White Star Line he was bom at s»a m the famous dippri||@@||was bom at sea in the famous clipper Patilarrh which loi mam ieais held||@@||Patriarch which for many years held the tecotd for thp fastest time be||@@||the record for the fastest time tween England and Austialia||@@||between England and Australia He is siuvived bv Mrs Platei iw 1||@@||He is survived by Mrs Plater and two sons Lieut Geoftiey Plato and Lieut||@@||sons Lieut Geoffrey Plater and Lieut Ronald Platei M C both of the||@@||Ronald Plater M C both of the AIP and a daiighter Brchda||@@||AIF and a daughter Brenda ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17917874 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn BUSH COTTAGE||@@||BUSH COTTAGE TRAGEDY||@@||TRAGEDY Three in Family||@@||Three in Family Dead||@@||Dead WALCHA Sunday-A man,||@@||WALCHA Sunday-A man, his wifp and young son aie||@@||his wife and young son are dead and the daughter of the||@@||dead and the daughter of the family is seriously in i m ed as the||@@||family is seriously injured as the îesult of a tiagedy in a lonely||@@||result of a tragedy in a lonely bush cottage off the Oxle^ High-||@@||bush cottage off the Oxley High- way 34 miles east of Walcha||@@||way, 34 miles east of Walcha. The victims aie -||@@||The victims are :- Dead Selby fockvpi ^ farmer,||@@||Dead: Selby Lockyer, 55, farmer; his wife Alfred 11 their son||@@||his wife; Alfred, 11, their son. Seiiouslv injin ed Elsie Lockvei 14||@@||Seriously injured: Elsie Lockyer, 14, the diughtei||@@||the daughter. It is believed that the tiagedv oc||@@||It is believed that the tragedy occurred cuiieri on Fridav night although it||@@||on Friday night, although it was not discoveicd until this morning||@@||was not discovered until this morning bv a neighbom Flwyn Stace who||@@||by a neighbour, Elwyn Stace, who called at the Locljci home||@@||called at the Lockyer home. He saw Mrs Lockyer lying on the||@@||He saw Mrs Lockyer lying on the floor of the kitchen and telephoned||@@||floor of the kitchen and telephoned (he Walcha police||@@||the Walcha police. SHOTGUN ANO HAMMER||@@||SHOTGUN AND HAMMER The (athel wa« found in a bedioom||@@||The father was found in a bedroom with a shotgun neal his boriv the||@@||with a shotgun near his body. The son was in anothPi mom||@@||son was in another room. The fathei and son uppaienth weip||@@||The father and son apparently were killed bv «-hotgun bullets The- moth«||@@||killed by shotgun bullets. The mother and riaughtei police believe vvcie at||@@||and daughter, police believe, were at- tacveri with a hammci||@@||tacked with a hammer. Police said to night that list week||@@||Police said to-night that last week Lockyei consulted a Walcha, doctoi||@@||Lockyer consulted a Walcha doctor legarding a neivou complaint||@@||regarding a nervous complaint. Walcha Hospital icpoited to night||@@||Walcha Hospital reported to-night their was pveiv ho jp that I he girl||@@||there was every hope that the girl would ipeover fiom hci inluiics||@@||would recover fiom her injuries. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17864798 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn ERRORS OF OFFICIALDOM!||@@||ERRORS OF OFFICIALDOM! Sir-The 1 !00-odri members of thp Coun||@@||Sir-The 1,100-odd members of the Coun- trj Tiadets' Asroeiation and tiaaot« scnerallv||@@||try Traders' Association and traders generallv will be grateful for \om special article||@@||will be grateful for your special article featuiing orrois of officialdom We have had||@@||featuring errors of officialdom We have had a long and futile battle ovci these enois and||@@||a long and futile battle over these errors and the persist enee of Government draftsmen in||@@||the persistence of Government draftsmen in framing i emulations In the most va«iip ano||@@||framing regulations in the most vague and bafTling phiaseolojrv The n filiations riddle||@@||baffling phraseology. The regulations riddle intensifies notwithstandinp the stiletures of||@@||intensifies notwithstanding the strictures of the judlciaiv and the ptomhe of Dr Evatt||@@||the judiciary and the promise of Dr Evatt to take steps foi simplifieation||@@||to take steps for simplification. We should hkp to spp Di Evatt confronted||@@||We should like to see Dr Evatt confronted on I he floor of the House with pa eh new||@@||on the floor of the House with each new regulation issued with n rpquest for Intel -||@@||regulation issued with a request for inter= preta tlon In that vvav np miRht net an||@@||pretation. In that way he might get an understanding of the avoldablp diflirultlr'||@@||understanding of the avoidable difficulties placed hv officialdom on tradeis on top of||@@||placed bv officialdom on traders on top of min-powcr rostilctions||@@||man-power restrictions J H KING Srciciaiy||@@||J H KING Secretary The Country Traders' Assn,||@@||The Country Traders' Assn, Svdnrv,||@@||Sydney, ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17864823 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn "TIN HAT" APPEAL||@@||"TIN HAT" APPEAL RESULT||@@||RESULT I £15,000 ESTIMATE||@@||£15,000 ESTIMATE It is estimated that, through yc«||@@||It is estimated that, through yes- I lerday's "Tin Hat" appeal. £15,000||@@||terday's "Tin Hat" appeal. £15,000 I will be available for food, clothing, and||@@||will be available for food, clothing, and shelter for nopdv ex-Servicemen and||@@||shelter for needy ex-Servicemen and thpir dependants||@@||their dependants I Mr. W. C. Vandenbergh, honorary||@@||Mr. W. C. Vandenbergh, honorary i secretary of the appeal, said last night||@@||secretary of the appeal, said last night ! Ihst final fl;rres might not be. avail-||@@||that final figures might not be avail- able for some time, ber?u.*e mast||@@||able for some time, because most I country returns had yet lo romp In.||@@||country returns had yet to come in. I The pstnnate of £ IS.000, however,||@@||The estimate of £15,000, however, ¡ was based on .sales recorded.||@@||was based on sales recorded. | This stun was 20 per cent, better||@@||This sum was 20 per cent, better .than last year's total.||@@||than last year's total. I Throughout, the Slate, there were||@@||Throughout, the State, there were i 4,300 voluntary helpers._||@@||4,300 voluntary helpers. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17864876 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn MR. SPENDER "FED UP"||@@||MR. SPENDER "FED UP" It is cleai thal tht Govemmeni||@@||It is clear that the Govemment is not piepaied to piobe these abuses||@@||is not prepared to probe these abuses except when it is foiced to do so by||@@||except when it is forced to do so by the weight of public opinion" said||@@||the weight of public opinion" said Mi Spcndci MP vesteiday com-||@@||Mr Spender MP vesterday com- menting on the piosccution of two||@@||menting on the prosecution of two women al Pa ikes||@@||women at Parkes Mi Spendti said that weeks ago he||@@||Mr Spender said that weeks ago he íaised the question of the abuse of||@@||raised the question of the abuse of consulship which he consldeitd was||@@||censorship which he considered was involved in the founding of piosccu||@@||involved in the founding of prosecu- tioiib foi ti mai olfencts on what had||@@||tions for trivial offences on what had been levenled bj mail ccnsoiship||@@||been revealed by mail censorship 'A consulship tommlttce has bein||@@||'A censorship committee has been established said Mi Spcndci ana||@@||established, said Mr Spender and has bttn ¡uithotistd to go Into the||@@||has been authorised to go into the sublet! mattci laised bv my questions||@@||subject matter raised by my questions 1 know my conntction with the||@@||I know my connection with the ccnsoiship of mails and 1 am quite||@@||censorship of mails and I am quite piepaied to defend it but whethei It||@@||prepared to defend it but whether it may be the sublet t of tiitlcism 01 not||@@||may be the subject of criticism or not is beside tht point The vital question||@@||is beside the point The vital question is aie tht abuses which I allege have||@@||is are the abuses which I allege have icsulted fiom this tcnsoiship lo be||@@||resulted from this censorship to be continued 01 not'||@@||continued or not' I am getting fed up with political||@@||I am getting fed up with political manocuvus of tivlng to sheet blaine||@@||manoeuvres of trying to sheet blame to one m anothei Whethei mistakes||@@||to one m another. Whether mistakes weic mode oi not b\ the last Admini-||@@||were made or not by the last Admini- sti atlon the onl\ question of impoil||@@||stration the only question of import- ancc Is in what way the public is to be||@@||ance is in what way the public is to be piotectcd against abuses if Uley do||@@||protectcd against abuses if they do exist as I claim thev do "||@@||exist as I claim they do " ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17907132 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn TUE MILK MUDDLE||@@||THE MILK MUDDLE SU -If milk is in short supplj now||@@||Sir, - If milk is in short supply now, the public can regaid the coming ?.eai||@@||the public can regard the coming year with diead for oO per cent of the dan*,||@@||with dread, for 30 per cent of the dairy- men and their herds will be out of pi o||@@||men and their herds will be out of pro- auction The Milk Bonrd fixed the pi ice||@@||duction. The Milk Board fixed the price of milk at 7Jd pei quait-roughlj the||@@||of milk at 7½d per quart - roughly, the pi ice Ullin*, before the wai The cost||@@||price ruling before the war. The cost of milk production has lncrensed ti omen||@@||of milk production has increased tremen- douely Foddei wages harness, mach-||@@||dously. Fodder, wages, harness, mach- iner} etc hmc risen fiom 50 pei cent||@@||inery, etc., have risen from 50 per cent. to 100 pei cent||@@||to 100 per cent. A daiij farmoi and his familj woiked||@@||A dairy-farmer and his family worked, pie-wat 12 hours pei day se\en dajs a||@@||pre-war, 12 hours per day, seven days a week for a more or less comfoi table li\||@@||week, for a more or less comfortable liv- ing The same familj by coming to the||@@||ing. The same family, by coming to the citj nnd engaging in war production||@@||city and engaging in war production, can woik half the number of houis foi||@@||can work half the number of hours for double the financial ictuin and an||@@||double the financial return, and an assuied comfoi table lntng||@@||assured comfortable living. The housewife realising that fall is||@@||The housewife, realising that fair is fail and that all commodities are dearer||@@||fair, and that all commodities are dearer, is willing and able to pay more if she||@@||is willing, and able, to pay more if she can only get milk||@@||can only get milk. T. H. MELHUISH. I||@@||T. H. MELHUISH. Bundeena.||@@||Bundeena. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17906868 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn TEAM INJURIES||@@||TEAM INJURIES RURbv Union teams ippoit an un||@@||Rugby Union teams report an un- iruil numbri of absentees fiom the||@@||usual number of absentees from the trims foi the foin t h mund of lmtrhes'||@@||teams for the fourth roun of matches on Saturday thintiRli sickness and||@@||on Saturday through sickness and in lui les||@@||in injuries. In the Unlveisitv team to moot||@@||In the University team to meet Dmmmovne B Pipti his brou moted||@@||Drummoyne B. Piper has been moved tiom full-back to Insiae contle in an||@@||from full-back to inside centre in an pfTort to oveicome HIP weakness||@@||effort to overcome the weakness, enured by the letlrrnipnl of C rîcRiii,||@@||caused by the retirement of C. Regan, «ho is suffeiinK fiom a lcp tnlniv F||@@||who is suffering from a leg injury.F. Rin? who has not plnjed this season||@@||Ring,who has not played this season his been Induced to ictuin to Ihr||@@||his been induced to return to the same He was full-back for the ic||@@||game.He was full-back for the re- seiie Rinde team Ipst season G Van||@@||serve grade team last season.G .Van- drifictd and A Coolan aie lo like||@@||derfield and A.Coogan are to take the pinn s of the two XTiii||@@||the places of the two Uni- '01 -itv winders who vv^ic lnlurcd list||@@||versity wingers who were injured last vv eck||@@||week. Pmnmntli who defeated Manlv||@@||Parramatta, who defeated Manly cosilv last urrk has made no ebansr||@@||easily last week,has made no change in the leam foi Snluidnv||@@||in the team for Saturday. Diiimmovne s backs nie unrlipiisetl||@@||Drummoyne's backs are unchanged, but nc\" plaveis appear amouR't the||@@||but new players appear amongst the foiwnros J Bvine will make his||@@||forwards.J Byrne will make his Initial appesi.ince in frst pinde, IC||@@||initial appearance in first grade, re- plneinpr R Bin-kin who has been||@@||placing R Binskin,who has been nppintcd on foi nppendlcltis T Cal-||@@||operated on for appendicitis.T.Car- ler i.s also ill and his place will be||@@||ter is also ill and his place will be filled by M Piested "W. Gllkison s||@@||filled by M.Prested. W. Gilkison's pn-ition will bp taken by S Aiken||@@||position will be taken by S.Aiken. E T nidclulnh has i etui ned ns||@@||E.T.Biddulph has returned as Manlv's full-back RRRlnst Western||@@||Manly's full-back against Western Subuib" C Rvan comes back to the||@@||Suburbs. C. Ryan comes back to the wini, and will play with his twin||@@||wing, and will play with his twin binthei, h Jîvan, who is also In the||@@||brother, L. Ryan, who is also in the hicks||@@||backs. C. Todd who w,is sent off the field||@@||C. Todd who was sent off the field for allpped punchins; at Pairamatta, I||@@||for alleged punching at Parramatta, ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17869550 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn P.M.G. CLAIMS NEW||@@||P.M.G. CLAIMS NEW RECORDS||@@||RECORDS CANBERRA. Fiidpv-Records In||@@||CANBERRA. Friday—Records in many Post Office activities aie claimed||@@||many Post Office activities are claimed in the annual icport of the Tost||@@||in the annual report of the Post- mastrr-Genpral's Department tabled||@@||master-General's Department tabled In Pailiament to-day||@@||in Parliament to-day. Among the icroids rlaimed are -||@@||Among the records claimed are:—- Trunk-lln«- calls, 47.975,312; "wakp||@@||Trunk-line calls, 47,975,812; "wake- up" telephone calls, moie than 5,000||@@||up" telephone calls, more than 5,600 a week, telegipms transmitted,||@@||a week; telegrams transmitted, 29 ör wea\ed up into Ihe||@@||Creeke, of Sydney weaved up into Ihe cloud and shook ofl the lights||@@||cloud and shook ofl the lights. When we came down again wi||@@||When we came down again we could see awav ovci on the b-Utle||@@||could see awav over on the battle- field of Noimand\ the night torn with||@@||field of Noimandy, the night torn with pun flashes and the dull glow of fires||@@||gun flashes, and the dull glow of fires a-ainsl the dark holton||@@||against the dark horizon. Neaipi at hand sieal flies maiked||@@||Nearer at hand, great fires marked the path of Ihe bombéis which had||@@||the path of Ihe bombers which had I »en o\ei eailiei in the night W>||@@||been over earlier in the night. We could see bui^Us of flak pul suing a||@@||could see bursts of flak pursuing a Mitchell ovei to oui light and stiearn-,||@@||Mitchell over to our light and streams of tracei comme up in aies||@@||of tracer coming up in arcs. Caen was bin nins in the distanre||@@||Caen was burning in the distance. As we approached our target we could||@@||As we approached our target we could see the hea\j bombers at woik on||@@||see the heavy bombers at work on Lisieux We could not see the bom-||@@||Lisieux. We could not see the bom- bers themselves but theie was plentj||@@||bers themselves, but there was plenty of e\idenre of their presence||@@||of evidenre of their presence. Great chains of chandelier flamp«||@@||Great chains of chandelier flames carne floatine oown so slowlj that||@@||carne floating down so slowly that they seemed to hang motionless in the||@@||they seemed to hang motionless in the air They filled the sM with bul||@@||air. They filled the sky with bril- hance dimming the flies in the town||@@||liance, dimming the fires in the town. I saw one teinflc explosion as we||@@||I saw one terrific explosion as we turned to our own ta iget||@@||turned to our own target. This was a railway bridge acioss a||@@||This was a railway bridge acioss a mer Diopped bv a Mosquito the||@@||mer. Dropped bv a Mosquito, the target indicator flares di if ted down||@@||target indicator flares drifted down as we coasted in at ? 000 feet||@@||as we coasted in at 2,000 feet. Beyond the taiget and quite close on||@@||Beyond the target and quite close on oin port hand a little town was binn-||@@||our port hand, a little town was burn- ing-I mean that the whole town \as||@@||ing--I mean that the whole town was burning like one enormous bonfire||@@||burning like one enormous bonfire. The neaw bombers had appaienth||@@||The heavy bombers had apparently been theie not so \en lone befoie||@@||been there not so very long before. I could see the framework of th>||@@||I could see the framework of the buildings and the chimneys blick||@@||buildings, and the chimneys, black. There «as nothing else to be seen but||@@||There «as nothing else to be seen but flame It threw a bright light into||@@||flame. It threw a bright light into the cockpit oí our plane blight enough||@@||the cockpit oí our plane, bright enough to lead b\ making the bomb-aimeis||@@||to read by making the bomb-aimers ¡ob more difficult||@@||¡ob more difficult. We ciicled the target while anothei||@@||We circled the target while another Mitchell diopped its bombs Then||@@||Mitchell diopped its bombs. Then we went in As the stick of||@@||we went in. As the stick of 10001b bombs dumped along thp||@@||1,000lb bombs dumped along the tilget indicator we could feel||@@||target indicator we could feel the plane bump in the an Wea\||@@||the plane bump in the air. Weav- ing oui wa\ back to the roast be||@@||ing our way back to the coast be- tween the fires we ran into some light||@@||tween the fires, we ran into some light flak but we weie through before the||@@||flak, but we were through before the Geimans had the range||@@||Germans had the range. A Mosquito which had come thtoueh||@@||A Mosquito which had come through the cloud on to oin tail shot past and||@@||the cloud on to our tail shot past and disanpeaiea satisfied with oin cieden||@@||disappeared satisfied with our creden- tials||@@||tials. We ciessed the coast in hea\N rain||@@||We crossed the coast in heavy rain which dio\r the ceiling lower Ovei||@@||which drove the ceiling lower. Over the Channel I could see Aldis sig-||@@||the Channel I could see Aldis sig- nalling lamps blinking||@@||nalling lamps blinking. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17914268 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn FIELD DAY FOR AMERICAN||@@||FIELD DAY FOR AMERICAN BASE TROOPS||@@||BASE TROOPS From Our War Correspondent, Harold Austin||@@||From Our War Correspondent, Harold Austin WITH U S FORCES, July 20 -||@@||WITH U S FORCES, July 20 — A German au man whose plan»||@@||A German airman whose plane was shot down yesteiday after-||@@||was shot down yesterday after- noon, must with some justifica-||@@||noon, must with some justifica- tion consider himself to be one||@@||tion consider himself to be one of the most important prisoners||@@||of the most important prisoners in Allied hands||@@||in Allied hands. Unarmed and badly shaken he was||@@||Unarmed and badly shaken, he was 'cautmed by a force oí oeveral hun-||@@||"captured" by a force of several hun- dred rear echelon soldleis most ol||@@||dred rear echelon soldiers most of whom were equipped with automatic||@@||whom were equipped with automatic weapon.. Pressmen and photo||@@||weapons, Pressmen and photo- giapiier«;||@@||graphers. In the middle ol a brisht sunnv||@@||In the middle of a bright sunny afternoon a phne was seen flying low||@@||afternoon a plane was seen flying low over the American lines Anti-ali||@@||over the American lines. Anti-air- ciaft nie was Immediately on iU tall||@@||craft fire was immediately on its tail pud with'n a matter of minutes It wa||@@||and within a matter of minutes it was falling m flames||@@||falling in flames. A lew hundiea feet above the ground||@@||A few hundred feet above the ground a parachute unfolded and that lone||@@||a parachute unfolded and that lone pilot \ as seen swinging his way to||@@||pilot was seen swinging his way to eaith||@@||earth. Toi innately or otherwise, as the pilot||@@||Fortunately or otherwise, as the pilot him elf mieht cnie to de« Ide tile||@@||himself might care to decide, the na h oceuiird in the midst ot a, base||@@||crash occurred in the midst of a base Tri No sooner had the paiichule||@@||area. No sooner had the parachute unfolded than the fields wwe literally||@@||unfolded than the fields were literally co\eied with hundreds or soldiers||@@||covered with hundreds or soldiers heawly aimed and with determination||@@||heavily armed and with determination vuitten on their faces lacing to cap-||@@||written on their faces, racing to cap- ture the unfortunate Get man Thej||@@||ture the unfortunate German. They were soldiers unused lo the wajs ol||@@||were soldiers unused to the ways of tront-linc war but the\ weie detci||@@||front-line war but they were deter- nnned to do their duty as test theN||@@||mined to do their duty as best they knew||@@||knew. As the loi ce thunderod on Its way||@@||As the force thundered on its way, the Clacking of bullets was heard and||@@||the cracking of bullets was heard and the soldiers suddenly aw ne of tht||@@||the soldiers suddenly aware of the principles laid down In their basic||@@||principles laid down in their basic training diopped to the r/round||@@||training, dropped to the ground. Someone yelled Don t go down||@@||Someone yelled "Don't go down there rh*j le shooting||@@||there. They're shooting." ThinRs \ ere quiet for a moment||@@||Things were quiet for a moment. Then the foi ce lose to its feet ano||@@||Then the force rose to its feet and continued aftci li» qinm||@@||continued after its quarry. More e plosions weie heard but bv||@@||More explosions were heard but by this time it had been c-labU'ii"1!! to||@@||this time it had been established to the satiof lecion of all that the\ weie||@@||the satisfaction of all that they were merely airciaft bullets exploding with||@@||merely aircraft bullets exploding with the heat of fire||@@||the heat of fire. In the ne\t field the ah man fi ceins||@@||In the next field the airmen, freeing himself of his parachute mo\ed In the||@@||himself of his parachute moved in the diieetlon of the force his hands laised||@@||direction of the force his hands raised. OuirkH he was suiiounaed by hun||@@||Quickly he was surrounded by hun- ¿"reds of soldiei« can \ In«; I hen||@@||dreds of soldiers, carrying their weapons at the alcit and the Pr^oS||@@||weapons at the alert, and the Press- | men||@@||men. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17914408 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn "TOBRUK RATS"||@@||"TOBRUK RATS" "Sojourn in Tobruk," by G. H.||@@||"Sojourn in Tobruk," by G. H. Fcarnside. A.I.F.-Ure Smith||@@||Fearnside. A.I.F.-Ure Smith Pty., Sydney.||@@||Pty., Sydney. It is fitting that this fine book on||@@||It is fitting that this fine book on life in besieged Tobiuk should be vvnt||@@||life in besieged Tobruk should be written ten by a young Australian, foi the||@@||by a young Australian, for the pait played by young Australians in||@@||part played by young Australians in that immoital episode of war will pei||@@||that immortal episode of war will persist sist in Austialia's histoiy||@@||in Australia's history. Though the Australians stood not||@@||Though the Australians stood not alone in the defence of Tobiuk, a||@@||alone in the defence of Tobruk, a name destined peihaps to be a«; well||@@||name destined perhaps to be as well known as Anzac Cove in the future||@@||known as Anzac Cove in the future, we still instinctively look upon the||@@||we still instinctively look upon the "Tobiuk Rats" as e.ssentiallv belong-||@@||"Tobruk Rats" as essentially belong- ing to out Ninth Division as part of||@@||ing to our Ninth Division as part of an aimv whose quality in battle and||@@||an army whose quality in battle and "fflciency in aims is all tht> mote con-||@@||efficiency in arms is all the more vincing because it is so natuially and||@@||convincing because it is so naturally and characteristically Australian And||@@||characteristically Australian. And here in this seiies of episodes we have||@@||here in this series of episodes we have the stuff of the Atisttallan fighting||@@||the stuff of the Australian fighting man interpreted m the most authen-||@@||man interpreted in the most authentic tic manner||@@||manner. In his easy, humoious, and highly||@@||In his easy, humorous, and highly rnteitainlng way, Mi Fearnside pié-||@@||entertaining way, Mr. Fearnside tines some of the living actualities he||@@||pictures some of the living actualities he encounteied dining the siege This is||@@||encountered during the siege. This is his fitst book, and one that is alive||@@||his first book, and one that is alive with raie piomise *?||@@||with rare promise. We are given an episode of the ie||@@||We are given an episode of the tieat from Benghazi to Tobiuk-an||@@||retreat from Benghazi to Tobruk - an aend, galling action foi the Austia||@@||acrid, galling action for the Australians. lians We share with the author, be-||@@||We share with the author, behind hind the Tobiuk perimeters, the ex-||@@||the Tobruk perimeters, the excitements citements and vicissitudes of "A Dav||@@||and vicissitudes of "A Day in Our Yeal " We chuckle through||@@||in Our Year." We chuckle through all th" unconqueiable humoui of his||@@||all the unconquerable humour of his mates and mateships we feel the pie||@@||mates and mateships; we feel the sencp of the spiiitual and tuin quictlv||@@||presence of the spiritual and turn quietly the pases as the story of "The Padie"||@@||the pages as the story of "The Padre" moves to Its poignant climax Listen-||@@||moves to its poignant climax. "Listening ing Post " "The Ration Party " "Pri||@@||Post," "The Ration Party," "Prisoner sonei of Wai " "The Other Woman "||@@||of War," "The Other Woman," "El Duda," 'Quo Vadis"-all ate||@@||"El Duda," "Quo Vadis" - all are stiiking little vignettes told with ica||@@||striking little vignettes told with listic insight and feeling-AR||@@||realistic insight and feeling - A.R. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17916589 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn OFFICER'S NAME||@@||OFFICER'S NAME CLEARED||@@||CLEARED Innocence Proved||@@||Innocence Proved After 28 Years||@@||After 28 Years MELBOURNE Tuesday-Aftei||@@||MELBOURNE Tuesday.-After ptotesting his innocence for 28||@@||protesting his innocence for 28 veáis Mi Arthur Gordon Whit-||@@||years, Mr. Arthur Gordon Whit- lam has had his name cloaied||@@||lam has had his name cleared and a conviction zecoidcd||@@||and a conviction recorded against him at a court-martial||@@||against him at a court-martial in June 1116 has been expunged||@@||in June 1916, has been expunged fiom the lecoids||@@||from the records. At that time Mr Whitlam was a||@@||At that time Mr. Whitlam was a lieutenant with the 1st Divisional Am-||@@||lieutenant with the 1st Divisional Am- munition column At a gcneial rouil||@@||munition column. At a general court- maihal at Saillv sur Lvs Fiance hp||@@||martial at Sailly-sur-Lys, France, he was chaiged ind convicted with stpal||@@||was charged and convicted with steal- IIIR oi iccelving||@@||ing and receiving. With the quashing of the convirtion||@@||With the quashing of the conviction, bv oidei of the Goicinoi in Council||@@||by order of the Governor-in-Council, Mi Whitlam S ni me has been placed||@@||Mr. Whitlam's name has been placed on the îeseive of offlceis as fiom Jun^||@@||on the reserve of officers as from June lfi 1116||@@||18, 1916. It was not until lecently tint Mi||@@||It was not until recently that Mr. Whitlam s picas to have his case IP||@@||Whitlam's pleas to have his case re- viewed weie successful||@@||viewed were successful. The chaises weie made aftei Mi||@@||The charges were made after Mr. Whitlam who In 1915 was in Zeiloun||@@||Whitlam, who in 1915 was in Zeitoun camp Cuvpt and was about to leave||@@||camp, Egypt, and was about to leave foi Gallipoli sent lo his fathei in||@@||for Gallipoli, sent to his father in Melbourne a tin ti link containing||@@||Melbourne a tin trunk containing whit he believed weie aiticlrs to||@@||what he believed were articles to which he was lawfully entitled||@@||which he was lawfully entitled. When the tiunk anhed at Mel||@@||When the trunk arrived at Mel- houine it was found to contain ic||@@||bourne it was found to contain re- \ol\eis field classes and othei ailiclcs||@@||volvers, field glasses, and other articles, litei pioved to be the piopcitv of his||@@||later proved to be the property of his iellow ofliccis||@@||fellow officers. Almost U months after the hunk||@@||Almost 12 months after the trunk had been sent fiom Fgypl Mi Whit||@@||had been sent from Egypt, Mr. Whit- lam was unexpectedly chaiged on five||@@||lam was unexpectedly charged on five I counts of stealing oi alternative^ ic||@@||counts of stealing or, alternatively, re- ceiving stolen goods||@@||ceiving stolen goods. CI OSE ARKESI||@@||CLOSE ARREST. He was undei close anest foi foin||@@||He was under close arrest for four months||@@||months. Mr Whitlam contended thal he did||@@||Mr. Whitlam contended that he did not Know the at tides in question weie||@@||not know the articles in question were in the tiunk but the couti maitial||@@||in the trunk, but the court-martial was held so hunledlv and Mi Will-||@@||was held so hurriedly and Mr. Whit- iams defending officei given so little||@@||lam's defending officer given so little time to piepaie his case tint evidence||@@||time to prepare his case, that evidence which could have been called lain||@@||which could have been called later vas not then available||@@||was not then available. Whitlam was convicted and cash-||@@||Whitlam was convicted and cash- iered||@@||iered. Among evidence not then available||@@||Among evidence not then available was a lettei to Mi Whitlam s fathei||@@||was a letter to Mr. Whitlam's father which stated that his revolver field||@@||which stated that his revolver, field glasses and othei equipment were||@@||glasses, and other equipment were missing fiom his tent and might||@@||missing from his tent, and might have been packed in his tiunk bv hi||@@||have been packed in his trunk by his batman He asked for their imme-||@@||batman. He asked for their imme- diate return This lette! was evidenrp||@@||diate return. This letter was evidence that the batman had packed the||@@||that the batman had packed the tiunk and that Mi Whitlam had no||@@||trunk, and that Mr. Whitlam had no Knowledge of its contents||@@||knowledge of its contents. In 1126 Mi Whitlam located the||@@||In 1926 Mr. Whitlam located the foi mci batman in South Atiira and||@@||former batman in South Africa, and obtained additional evidence fiom||@@||obtained additional evidence from him||@@||him. CONDI MONAL PARDON||@@||CONDITIONAL PARDON When this evidence was submitted||@@||When this evidence was submitted Mi Whitlam was offeied a paidon||@@||Mr. Whitlam was offered a pardon conditional on seveial lindel takings||@@||conditional on several undertakings. One was (hit he should eense to as-||@@||One was that he should cease to as- soit his innocence He refused the||@@||sert his innocence. He refused the pnidon and continued his fight||@@||pardon, and continued his fight. An appeal to the Al my Council in||@@||An appeal to the the Army Council in the United Kin,dom was unsuccess-||@@||the United Kingdom was unsuccess- ful This veai the case was ieiiewcrt||@@||ful. This year the case was reviewed, when a pnntl of leading Kings coun-||@@||when a panel of leading King's coun- sel clisa{,ieed with the oilginal find-||@@||sel disagreed with the original find- ing of the cou it maitial||@@||ing of the court maitial. Mi Whitlam who has voluntaiilv||@@||Mr. Whitlam, who has voluntarily waived all claims against the Govern-||@@||waived all claims against the Govern- ment is now icllevcd of all conse-||@@||ment, is now relieved of all conse- quences of his conviction Including'||@@||quences of his conviction, including foifeituie of wai gratuity and war||@@||forfeiture of war gratuity and war medals||@@||medals. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17917409 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn ART OF SKIPPER||@@||ART OF SKIPPER JOHN MÏLLS||@@||JOHN MILLS BY OUR ART CRITIC.||@@||BY OUR ART CRITIC. Tile proceeds of SKipper John Mills's||@@||The proceeds of Skipper John Mills's exhibition of w atercolours and oils at||@@||exhibition of watercolours and oils at tile Macquarie Galleries will be given||@@||the Macquarie Galleries will be given to the RAN Relief Fund||@@||to the R.A.N. Relief Fund. These works aie mcie in the nature||@@||These works are more in the nature of íüustiations Yet some are not||@@||of illustrations. Yet some are not without charm and mteiesc because||@@||without charm and interest because ol the momentary view of life and||@@||of the momentary view of life and BCcnery in New Guinea and the South-||@@||scenery in New Guinea and the South- west Pacific||@@||west Pacific. A critical standard cannot be ap-||@@||A critical standard cannot be ap- plied, for Mills lecoids without lettinq||@@||plied, for Mills records without letting imagination also claim its 113ht He||@@||imagination also claim its right. He does not summ? use choose or ac-||@@||does not summarise, choose, or ac- centuate to disengage the significant||@@||centuate to disengage the significant from a multitude of impressions The||@@||from a multitude of impressions. The viatei colour technique however, is||@@||water colour technique however, is competent With a little more verve||@@||competent. With a little more verve much might be won||@@||much might be won. "Spotteis" Station, Kitava Island "||@@||"Spotters' Station, Kitava Island, " "Egum Island," "Stoies Tent, Goode-||@@||"Egum Island," "Stores Tent, Goode- nough Island," "Kalian asia," and Nos||@@||nough Island," "Kailawasia," and Nos. 19 and 99 are among the best paint-||@@||19 and 99 are among the best paint- ings||@@||ings. Rear-Admiial Muhhead-Gould will||@@||Rear-Admiral Muirhead-Gould will open the show at noon to-day||@@||open the show at noon to-day. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17919971 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn SUJRF LIFESAVING||@@||SURF LIFE-SAVING As « result of tn- application» to tb» Federal||@@||As a result of the applications to the Federal and State Governments by the Surf life srvlnir||@@||and State Governments by the Surf life-saving Aa-oclatlcn of Australia for the lesumptlon c'||@@||Association of Australia for the resumption of shaik meshing cn the metrop Utan surfing||@@||shark meshing on the metropolitan surfing b-aches ext ndln» from Cronulla, to Faim||@@||beaches extending from Cronulla, to Palm Bta.ch eortesnsndenc» tabled at a meeting of||@@||Beach, correspondence tabled at a meeting of the council of tho «ssculatlcn Indicated that||@@||the council of the association indicated that thirn was ev-ry prospect cf th» schema belni||@@||there was every prospect of the scheme being carried, out sgcln ctirlv in the norning season||@@||carried, out again early in the coming season. Club annual meetings io be held are -Sen||@@||Club annual meetings to be held are:- Sep- tember IO Bronte 10 * m Sept 17 North||@@||tember 10; Bronte 10 a.m. Sept. 17; North Stevne IO a m Collaroy 10 30 a m Manlj||@@||Steyne 10 a.m. Collaroy 10.30 a.m. Manly IO IO > in 1'rrth Curl rurl 2pm North||@@||10.30 a.m. North Curl Curl 2 p.m. ; North Narrabeen 1 30 p m Sept IO «.»«'..»ti»||@@||Narrabeen 2.30 p.m. Sept. 19; Newcastle DI Islet Branch S p m Sept J* Fra. ?||@@||District Branch, 8 p.m. Sept. 24; Era. 2 p m South Narrabeen a p m Octobei 1||@@||p.m.; South Narrabeen 2 p.m. October 1 South Curl Curl IO 15 a m||@@||South Curl Curl 10.15 a.m. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17921464 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn Hamburg Devastated From Air||@@||Hamburg Devastated From Air From Our Staff Correspondent||@@||From Our Staff Correspondent LONDON, Sept. 20.-Only aboni one building in 30 is standing||@@||LONDON, Sept. 20.-Only about one building in 30 is standing in Hamburg lo-day, and Berlin "mus! be even worse."||@@||in Hamburg to-day, and Berlin "must be even worse." This fiesh testimony to the||@@||This fresh testimony to the fury of the Allied au assault on||@@||fury of the Allied air assault on Geimanv was Riven by Mi||@@||Germany was given by Mr. lames Maish whose wife and||@@||James Marsh, whose wife and two small daughters aie livniR al||@@||two small daughters are living at Foi est Lodse Sydney and who||@@||Forst Lodge, Sydney, and who has leached London with othei||@@||has reached London with other lepafuates from a camp neai||@@||repatriates from a camp near Biemen||@@||Bremen. Mi Maish who wa« a boa id the||@@||Mr. Marsh, who was aboard the Spevbanlc when li was taken Yi\ I he||@@||Speybank when it was taken by the Geiman raldei Atlantis said lo-dav||@@||German raider Atlantic said to-day 1 once thought Hamhur«; was the||@@||I once thought Hamburg was the nicest-looking poit in Geimanv You||@@||nicest-looking port in Germany. You should see it now People aie parked||@@||should see it now. People are packed into thousands of tents or huts tun up||@@||into thousands of tents or huts run up from plyboatd which seemed lust big||@@||from plyboard, which seemed just big enough to get into "||@@||enough to get into." Prisoners In Mi Marsh a eamp rmd||@@||Prisoners in Mr. Marsh's camp had little contact with civilians hm np j||@@||little contact with civilians, but he said the civilians he did see seemed |||@@||said the civilians he did see seemed I numbed and da?ed Thev are quite||@@||numbed and dazed. "They are quite I e\piessionl"ss Most seemed to be||@@||expressionless. Most seemed to be Hist waiting foi the end he said||@@||just waiting for the end." he said. [Geiman women he saw weie pooilv||@@||German women he saw were poorly 1 inrt often inadeaiiat"l\ clothed The\||@@||and often inadequately clothed. They ".oí e badu-cut di esses mane of ersatz||@@||wore badly-cut dresses made of ersatz mateual In wintei the\ woic »hat||@@||material. In winter they wore what- evti v oulri keep them wai m îegaid||@@||ever would keep them warm, regard- IPSS of apppaiance and sometimi¡>||@@||less of appearance and sometimes wi&pped theil feet and leRs in rags |||@@||wrapped their feet and legs in rags. Mr Maish was in the camp foi||@@||Mr. Marsh was in the camp for ome of the R A F s most intensive||@@||some of the R.A.F.'s most intensive lalds on Bremen We couldn t sleep||@@||raids on Bremen. "We couldn't sleep %ht!e a laid was on betau e of the||@@||while a raid was on because of the din Bombs fell all aionnd tis and||@@||din. Bombs fell all around us, and oin lindow« weie always blown out||@@||our windows were always blown out. The huts we slept in jumped aionnd||@@||The huts we slept in jumped around | all night||@@||all night." 1 The giound mound the camp was||@@||The ground around the camp was almost (incultivable bul the pnson||@@||almost uncultivable, but the prison- eis tried to ¡tiow vegetables to supple||@@||ers tried to grow vegetables to supple- ment the ramp toort Thej planted||@@||ment the camp food. They planted potatoes and tomatoes in shallow boxes||@@||potatoes and tomatoes in shallow boxes and kept them under theil beds until||@@||and kept them under their beds until thev *ei* able to plant 1hem outside||@@||they were able to plant them outside. Pi isoners bad two pieces of black||@@||Prisoners had two pieces of black biead with tea 01 coffee fiom Red||@@||bread with tea or coffee from Red | Cross parcels foi bieakfasl At mid||@@||Cross parcels for breakfast. At mid- nay the> weie ghen three hoiled pota-||@@||day they were given three boiled pota- toes and soup with peihaps a ftngei||@@||toes and soup, with perhaps a finger- nail sl/ed piece of turnip floating in||@@||nail sized piece of turnip floating in | ii Theil main meal at night was||@@||it. Their main meal at night was made fiom food fiom Red Cioss||@@||made from food from Red Cross pai eels||@@||parcels. Mi Maish said he thought||@@||Mr. Marsh said he thought that a great numbei of Geimin||@@||that a great number of German civilians weie fed no bettet than||@@||civilians were fed no better than the piisoneis||@@||the prisoners. Piisoneis weie able to keep up willi||@@||Prisoners were able to keep up with the news although guaids weie con||@@||the news, although guards were con- tinuallv seaiching foi wiiele«s sets||@@||tinually searching for wireless sets which the men managed to make The||@@||which the men managed to make. The camp was full of rumouis of invasion||@@||camp was full of rumours of invasion foi months befoie D-Day which was||@@||for months before D-Day, which was celebiated with bath-tub gin" made||@@||celebrated with "bath-tub gin" made 'tom piunes and raisins fiom Red||@@||from prunes and raisins from Red Cross parcels||@@||Cross parcels. Accompanying: Mr Maish la an||@@||Accompanying Mr Marsh is an- olhei merchant seaman Mi Piedeiick||@@||other merchant seaman,, Mr. Frederick Savei who was on the Mareeba whpn||@@||Sayer, who was on the Mareeha when it was raptuied by the Kormorsn His||@@||it was captured by the Kormoran. His wife lives at Rose Bay.||@@||wife lives at Rose Bay. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17922806 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn SUMMARY OF TO-DAY'S NEWS||@@||SUMMARY OF TO-DAY'S NEWS Capture of Calais -The poit of||@@||Capture of Calais - The port of Calais and Cap Gris Ne7 site of||@@||Calais and Cap Gris Nez, site of the German ci ass-Channel guns||@@||the German cross-Channel guns, have been captuied by the||@@||have been captured by the Canadians||@@||Canadians There is a compaiathe lull along||@@||There is a comparative lull along the whole oOO mile fiont íiom NiJ||@@||the whole 500 mile front from megen to the Swiss bolder||@@||Nijmegen to the Swiss border In the Niimegen a tea oin budge||@@||In the Nijmegen area our bridge- head ncioss the Rhine is being steadilj||@@||head across the Rhine is being steadily expanded despite fieice count«||@@||expanded despite fierce attacks||@@||counter-attacks. In the south the main fighting is||@@||In the south the main fighting is in the Toiest of Panoj where the||@@||in the Forest of Parroy where the \meiicnn Thiid Aims has made some||@@||American Third Army has made some small gains (Page 1)||@@||small gains. (Page 1) LuftnatTe Mauled-Gieat ah battles||@@||Luftwaffe Mauled - Great air battles aie being fought over Nijmegen as the||@@||are being fought over Nijmegen as the Get mans attempt to smash the vital||@@||Germans attempt to smash the vital bridge o\cr the Waal||@@||bridge over the Waal. R A F fighters foi the îoss of one||@@||R A F fighters for the loss of one Spitfire shot down 33 enemy fighteis||@@||Spitfire shot down 33 enemy fighters and damaged 11 (p 1)||@@||and damaged 13. (p 1) Record Bombing -R A F Bombei||@@||Record Bombing - R A F Bomber Command in Septembei assaulted||@@||Command in September assaulted German industiiil centres moie||@@||German industrial centres more heavily than In any previous month||@@||heavily than in any previous month. (p 1)||@@||(p 1) Kutslans In 1 usoblawi-Russian||@@||Russians in Yugoslavia - Russian tioops dom Rumania ate making a||@@||troops from Rumania are making a double thiust aimed at the heait of||@@||double thrust aimed at the heart of Yugoslavia (p 1)||@@||Yugoslavia. (p 1) Fifth Army Push-Fifth Aimj||@@||Fifth Army Push - Fifth Army tioops in the noithein foothills and||@@||troops in the northern foothills and the Apennines ate nine miles fiom||@@||the Apennines are nine miles from aiteiial communications in the Po||@@||arterial communications in the Po Vallej (p 3)||@@||Valley. (p 3) Contiolling Go main -Piesident||@@||Controlling Germany - President Roosevelt and Mi Eden emphasis»,||@@||Roosevelt and Mr. Eden emphasise that Geimanv must not be allowed to||@@||that Germanv must not be allowed to become a menace again to succeeding||@@||become a menace again to succeeding geneiations (p 3)||@@||generations. (p 3) RAAF Guard Shot-Moie than||@@||R.A.A.F. Guard Shot.-.More than 100 police weie seaichlng eaily this||@@||100 police were searchlng early this morning for an aimed Air Foice||@@||morning for an aimed Air Force trainee who fired five shots at a guard||@@||trainee who fired five shots at a guard seiiously woundlnu him (p 3)||@@||seriously woundlng him. (p 3) Behaviour of Troops-Behaviour||@@||Behaviour of Troops - Behaviour Hiles foi US soldiei on leave and||@@||rules for U.S. soldiers on leave and on base duty In Svdncj ha\e been||@@||on base duty In Sydney have been tightened up (p 4)||@@||tightened up. (p 4) 1140 Invasion Sion-Nuises in||@@||1940 Invasion Story - Nurses in Antweip have told correspondents of||@@||Antwerp have told correspondents of treating Geiman soldieis burned in||@@||treating German soldiers burned in an attempt to cioss the Channel and||@@||an attempt to cross the Channel and invade England In 1940 (p 1)||@@||invade England in 1940. (p 1) Chini Reverses-Gloom unmatched||@@||China Reverses - Gloom unmatched since the daik da}s of Chinas lone||@@||since the dark days of China's lone battle has been caused in Chungking||@@||battle has been caused in Chungking bv recent sciions defeats m the south||@@||bv recent serious defeats m the south. (p 3)||@@||(p 3) Tnms Buses Idle-Melbourne was||@@||Trams, Buses Idle. -.Melbourne was without tiams and tiamway buses||@@||without trams and tramway buses fiom midnight on Friday until mid-||@@||from midnight on Friday until mid- night Saturdaj Tialns were rushed||@@||night Saturday. Tralns were rushed. (P 3)||@@||(P 3) Six Hour Dav Piooession-Moie||@@||Six Hour Dav Procession - More than 5") unions will be lepiesentcd in||@@||than 55 unions will be representcd in the Six-Hour Dav piocession in Syd-||@@||the Six-Hour Dav procession in ney to day (p 3)||@@||Sydney to-day. (p 3) Nazism in Argmtini -President||@@||Nazism in Argentina - President Roosevelt said Na?l-Fascist influence||@@||Roosevelt said Nazl-Fascist influence and methods while di awing cver||@@||and methods, while drawing ever- closei to defeat and final Judgment||@@||closer to defeat and final judgment elsewheie weic growing in Algentina||@@||elsewhere, were growing in Argentina. (P 3)||@@||(P 3) Moie CiocUcr> -Moie ciockeiy||@@||More Crockery - More crockery, cutleij and domestic cooking uten-||@@||cutlery and domestic cooking sils will be available in Austialia||@@||utensils will be available in Australia soon (p 3)||@@||soon. (p 3) 1 Til miles Buffeted-Three launches||@@||Launches Buffeted - Three launches buffeted on" the coast bj a stiong wind||@@||buffeted off the coast by a strong wind on Satin da} evcntuallv made port||@@||on Saturday eventually made port. One was dumaccri (p 4)||@@||One was damaged. (p 4) Volkers in Russh-If WOlkeis in||@@||Workers in Russia - If workers in Russia had a stnl e and hold up||@@||Russia had a strike and hold up pioduction the} would piobably be||@@||production they would probably be l}nched said a famous tiavellei now||@@||lynched, said a famous traveller now in S}dncy (p 4)||@@||in Sydney. (p 4) Pi enders Jalks-The question of||@@||Premier's Talks - The question of soldici lund settlement will It is ex-||@@||soldier land settlement will, it is pected have piionty in dlscussioi||@@||expected have priority in discussion when the Piemieis Confeience is||@@||when the Premiers' Conference is lesumed on Tuesriaj (p 4)||@@||resumed on Tuesday. (p 4) Loan Campaign-At the end of the||@@||Loan Campaign - At the end of the fit st week of the Second Victoiv Loan||@@||first week of the Second Victory Loan theie wcie slightly moie subsciibors||@@||there were slightly more subscribers than at the same stage of the Hist||@@||than at the same stage of the First Vlctoiy Loan (p 4)||@@||Victory Loan. (p 4) Record lerm -The- Pilme Ministei||@@||Record Term - The Prlme Minister Mi Cm tin vesteidav completed nine||@@||Mr. Curtin yesterday completed nine veais as leadei of the redcial Pii||@@||years as leader of the Federal lipment-uv Laboui Piity-a îccoid||@@||Parliamentary Labour Party - a record temi (p 4j||@@||term. (p 4j ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17923307 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn A. Y. MEMBREY KILLED||@@||A. V. MEMBREY KILLED The death bv accident al an opcia||@@||The death by accident at an opera- ttonal station of Flight-Lieut A V||@@||tional station of Flight-Lieut A. V. Membiev was announced vesle!day||@@||Membrey was announced yesterday. Mr Membiev was a piominent||@@||Mr Membrey was a prominent w01 ker in NSW lennis foi the last||@@||worker in N.S.W. tennis for the last Ivvontv veil«! Ile ?.civeri the Haid||@@||twenty years. He served the Hard Court As.sonn.tion in vailous rapacities||@@||Court Association in various capacities, and was al«o a member ol the council||@@||and was also a member of the council of th" Lawn Tennis Association Foi||@@||of the Lawn Tennis Association. For- meily he was a piominent plav,ci In||@@||merly he was a prominent player in Blackwell Cup matches with the Pai||@@||Blackwell Cup matches with the Par- lamatta-Gianville teams foi a number||@@||ramatta-Granville teams for a number of veais||@@||of years. Bcioic the otilhienk of the wai he||@@||Before the outbreak of the war he managed a NSW Haid Court Asso-||@@||managed a NSW Hard Court Asso- ciation teim which visited Queens-||@@||ciation team which visited Queens- land Mr M"mbrcj also uaw .seivice in||@@||land. Mr. Membrey also saw service in the Gieat War||@@||the Great War. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17923618 year 1944 type Article ILLUSTRATED title The Sydney Morn BRIDGE-BUILDER BAILEY||@@||BRIDGE-BUILDER BAILEY The Boy Willi Ihe Bedslead||@@||The Boy With the Bedstead By MAJOR JOHN NORTH||@@||By MAJOR JOHN NORTH (By Beam Wireless)||@@||(By Beam Wireless) TUST after the cloie of World||@@||JUST after the close of World " Wai J a visitot to Cambiiagc||@@||War I a visitor to Cambridge might havp obseived a flaxen||@@||might have observed a flaxen hall ed schoolboy staggetmR be-||@@||haired schoolboy staggering be- neath the weight of a decicpit||@@||neath the weight of a decicpit üon bedstead||@@||iron bedstead. Had he paused to Investigate he||@@||Had he paused to investigate he would have niscoyorpd thal the bpd||@@||would have discovered that the bed- utead had bpen honestly acqiuied foi||@@||stead had been honestly acqiured for three shillings ana that the youthful||@@||three shillings and that the youthful owner iy?s proposing lo rlothe the||@@||owner was proposing to clothe the tubular structure yyith painted canvas||@@||tubular structure with painted canvas end sall the eontraption on thp Rnei||@@||and sail the contraption on the River Cam Thp wieckage of thi- singulai||@@||Cam. The wreckage of this singular vessel Ls still discernible amid the||@@||vessel is still discernible amid the deeps of Byion s Pool-within easy||@@||deeps of Byron's Pool-within easy wilking distance of boy s School the||@@||walking distance of boy's School the scenp of the young designei s eaily||@@||scene of the young designer's early engineering studies Klstoiv doesn t||@@||engineering studies. History doesn't record whether it wai sucoessfullj||@@||record whether it was successfully launched||@@||launched. To-day after the hpse of a. quaitei||@@||To-day after the lapse of a quarter of a century this oncp flaxpn haiipd||@@||of a century this once flaxen haired "outh sits In an office within sight||@@||youth sits in an office within sight and sound of a much moie toimid||@@||and sound of a much more formid- «blp stietth of water-the English||@@||able stretch of water-the English Channel Thp offirp is thp holy of||@@||Channel. The officer is the holy of holies of one of the biainie-t men||@@||holies of one of the brainiest men behind thp Htitish Army||@@||behind the British Army. His hoin-iimmed speetarles aie peí||@@||His horn-rimmed spectacles are per- fpctlv attuned to the tenuous hands||@@||fectly attuned to the tenuous hands that hespea». Ihp artist The hands||@@||that bespeak the artist. The hands honey er thpsp davs wipld a pipp||@@||however these days wield a pipe offener limn an artists blush He is||@@||oftener than an artists brush. He is riiesspd in a pall of baggv gipy fian||@@||dressed in a pair of baggy green flan- ne) ti ouspi s and a ccoteh twppd jacket||@@||nel trousers and a Scotch tweed jacket. On the outside of thp dooi U a panel||@@||On the outside of the door is a panel bleakly Insciibed Mr D C Bailey||@@||bleakly inscribed "Mr. D. C. Bailey Supenntendent On the nail is fh»||@@||Superintendent." On the wall is the oiiginal of an instiuction shpet foi||@@||original of an instruction sheet for the assembly of the Bailey budge Ano||@@||the assembly of the Bailey bridge. And Ihe singularly nnafTpcted and holiday||@@||the singularly unaffected and holiday- looking peisonagp in thp chah is noyy||@@||looking personage in the chair is now woild-fsmous Mi Donald Coleman||@@||world-famous Mr. Donald Coleman Bailey who iniented it,-and helped||@@||Bailey who invented it -and helped lo ciny Allied aimies wheievpi they||@@||to carry Allied aimies wherever they haip bpen faced yyith one moip riipi||@@||have been faced with "one more river to cross||@@||to cross." Horn cailiest youth Bailpy tis IP||@@||From earliest youth Bailey has re- loippd in ythat psytholoai ts »yould||@@||joiced in what psychologists would temi a vatpi eomple\ Lons befoip||@@||term a "water complex." Long before hi ariyentmes on thp TUPI Cam||@@||his advenrures on the River Cam. vatPi-voiks yypip his «hiding passion||@@||Water-works were his abiding passion so lu- fafhpi spnt him to «heffirlo||@@||so his father sent him to Sheffield Uni ci ity The upshot wa thal||@@||University. The upshot was that Phcfiioln aeciuired a perfpptly goon||@@||Sheffield acquired a perfectly good rpspnon at Balky s hands||@@||reservoir at Bailey's hands. In 102P Bailey loined the Biitl<*h||@@||In 1929 Bailey joined the British Amys. E\p=i ¡mental Budging TMfb||@@||Army's Experimental Bridge Estab- lishmcnl ai a Chilian -taft Piiginpei I||@@||lishment as a civilian engineer. He had one diaught"nT»n and ?0 .>».||@@||He had one draughtsman and 20 ass- if»rt<>ri mcchanip - fitters Wael,smiths I||@@||sorted mechanics, fitters, blacksmiths, ptc-who yycie ayailablp to build e\||@@||etc., who were available to build ex- pcriment-il bridgps pioduceri from the||@@||perimental bridges produced from the nraughtsm=ns board and Baileys||@@||draughtsman's board and Baileys blain His fWd aimv is eomposed||@@||brain. His "field army" is composed of sappers in battle dresr who hay«,||@@||of sappers in battle dress who have done then best to bust Bailey s||@@||done then best to "bust" Bailey's biidgps undei the binden of real||@@||bridges under the burden of real tanks||@@||tanks. The F\p»i imental Bildguig F-tab||@@||The Experimental Bridging Estab- Irishmen I recen es instiuctions fiom th»||@@||lishment recieves intructions from the Supply Ministry In direct íesponsp to||@@||Supply Ministry in direct response to demands from the Wai Office who||@@||demands from the War Office who stale ipquirempnts in teinis of what||@@||state requirements in terms of what load a budge will bp ipqi irpd to bpai||@@||load a bridge will be required to bear. The PB F then allocates p dcsignei||@@||The E.B.F then allocates a designer yyho yvoiks on line"- lain down at the||@@||who works on lines laid down at the general conference of the Establish I||@@||general conference of the Establish- mpnl s designers ThPn the dtavJng||@@||ment's designers. Then the drawing- officer gets down to detail PS regards||@@||officer gets down to detail as regards deflections sti esses a piotofype is||@@||deflections, stresses, a prototype is oullt and the ti oops put it on trial||@@||bullt and the the troops put it on trial. Famous Em Hop«»||@@||Famous Envelope Thp Ballev bl idge howpvpr rump||@@||The Balley bridge, however, came into being on the bark of an envplope||@@||into being on the back of an envelope. Dunng the fhst Christmas of the wai||@@||During the first Christmas of the war Bailev was tra y piling in a rai with||@@||Bailey was travelling in a car with the then Duel toi of Equipment of the||@@||the then Director of Equipment of the Royal Engmeers al the Wai Office||@@||Royal Engineers at the War Office. Thev diicussed ipquirements foi||@@||They discussed requirements for biidge-buildmg und"i the neu condi-||@@||bridge-building under the new condi- tions of mechaiusea waifaip particu||@@||tions of mechanised warfare, particu- larly with regaid to lightness good||@@||larly with regard to lightness, good load rapacity easp of prection and||@@||load capacity, ease of erection and flexibility in IISP Bailey pinduced his||@@||flexibility in use. Bailey produced his own ¡oca on Ihp bael, o' an pniplope||@@||own idea on the back of an envelope, and by lune 1141 thp piototypt y||@@||and by June 1941 the prototype was in pxistpnee||@@||in existence. i Eighteen months latei Bailey||@@||Eighteen months later Bailey briciges In quantity, were cn route to||@@||bridges in quantity, were en route to Noith Africa ana thev hair since||@@||North Africa, and they have since I canted the Butisb Ainu acioss rnei^||@@||carried the British Army across rivers and acioss raimes in Tunisia Sicily||@@||and across ravines in Tunisia, Sicily, Italy and Fiance The big idea behind||@@||Italy and France. The big idea behind I the biidae is simpliuty Thp majoiiti||@@||the bridge is simplicity. The majority of biidger which aip des'gn»d foi lon||@@||of bridges which are designed for con- stitictton in the fl«ld to yarying degrees||@@||struction in the field to yarying degrees of strength are built by multiplying||@@||of strength are built by multiplying up Individual members parh membei||@@||up individual members, each member bpinn the component part of a girdci||@@||being the component part of a girder and pach unit being bulli up bv nut||@@||and each unit being built up by nuts and bolts||@@||and bolts. I The Bailey budge on the contiatv||@@||The Bailey bridge on the contrary, I is built bv multiplying up pie-fabii||@@||is built by multiplying up pre-fabri- I cated panels of girders which are||@@||cated panels of girders which are Ihemsphcs rompletp units of finished||@@||themselves complete units of finished giraeis Only one steel pin is raeeaed||@@||girders. Only one steel pin is needed I foi each min This nose-headed pin||@@||for each join. This nose-headed pin is jigged so accurately that ii does no1||@@||is jigged so accurately that it does not nppd to bp hammered home Foi a||@@||need to be hammered home. For a gieater load rapaeilv the biidge can||@@||greater load capacity the bridge can bp built in tiers and then only are||@@||be built in tiers and then, only are nuts and bolts IISPO||@@||nuts and bolts used. Tvn diamond- go to form pach||@@||Two "diamonds" go to form each panel Pach panel Is ten-feat long||@@||panel. Each panel is ten-feet long and consists of something nndei||@@||and consists of something under '0 parts The Bailey biioee can||@@||20 parts. The Bailey bridge can roy-r a 240-feet gap without pontoons||@@||cover a 240-feet gap without pontoons -a feat tinoqualled in biidge-making||@@||-a feat uequalled in bridge-making histoiv In Italy a 300-faet aotlble||@@||history. In Italy a 300-feet double- tieien biidgp was PI eden In Ifi hours||@@||tiered bridge was erected in 36 hours. Fiom a transportation viewpoint eierv||@@||From a transportation viewpoint every 10 fpet of biidge weighs thipp tons||@@||10 feet of bridge weighs three tons and yvill takp a ?0-lon losri In its||@@||and will take a 20-ton load in its Ughlpst form and PBPH panpl weighs||@@||lightest form and each panel weighs »711b ano Is capable of bein*' hsnrileo||@@||371lb. and is capable of being handled by si » men||@@||by six men. A Bailey bririor built across a river hi Britain.||@@||Pic: A Bailey bridge built across a river in Britain. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17923815 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn DOUBLE DECKER||@@||DOUBLE DECKER BUS OVERTURNS||@@||BUS OVERTURNS Thirteen People||@@||Thirteen People Tnjured||@@||Injured Thnteen people weie injured yester-||@@||Thirteen people wee injured yester- day when a double decker bus over-||@@||day when a double-decker bus over- turned in Kentwell Road Manlv Vale||@@||turned in Kentwell Road, Manly Vale. Those injured are Mrs E Bishop||@@||Those injured are Mrs E Bishop, 47 of Ocean Stieet Nanabeen Mis.||@@||47, of Ocean Street Narrabeen, Mrs. Evelyn Hassledd 60 oi Ramsay Stieet||@@||Evelyn Hassledd, 60, of Ramsay Street, Collai oy Thoia Botham 32 Gienfel)||@@||Collaroy; Thora Botham, 32, Grenfell avenue North Nanabeen and hei||@@||Avenue, North Narrabeen and her daughter Betty 11 months Mr Nor||@@||daughter Betty 11 months; Mr Nor- man Commar 55 of Campbell Stieet||@@||man Commar, 55, of Campbell Street, Citj Mis Piancis Platt 59 of Woi||@@||City; Mrs Francis Platt, 59, of Wor- mestei A\ernie Collaroy Mis P Hog-||@@||mester Avenue Collaroy, Mrs. F. Hog- gett 65 of Condamine Stieet Bal||@@||gett, 65, of Condamine Street Bal- gow lah Ma lor J Sampson 72 ana||@@||gowlah; Major J. Sampson, 72, and his wife Sarah 71 of Teimoy Avenue||@@||his wife Sarah, 71, of Fermoy Avenue Bayview William Mollison bus drher||@@||Bayview; William Morrison, bus driver; Mrs E Wassail 68 of Waterloo Stieet||@@||Mrs E Wassail, 68, of Waterloo Street, Balgowlah Mrs M Deitch Earl Street||@@||Balgowlah; Mrs M. Deitch, Earl Street, Brookvale Ptivate J Houston Gala||@@||Brookvale, Private J Houston, Gala Road Maioubta||@@||Road, Maroubra. The bus dnvei Mt William Morri-||@@||The bus driver Mr. William Morri- son 58 of Hawthorn Pat ade Haber-||@@||son, 58, of Hawthorn Parade, Haber- field told Manlv police that he had a||@@||field told Manly police that he had a fainting fit while dtiving down Kent||@@||fainting fit while driving down Kent- well Road and became unconscious||@@||well Road, and became unconscious. The bus clashed into a 16 inch elec-||@@||The bus crashed into a 16 inch elec- tric light standard and overturned||@@||tric light standard and overturned. The light standard snapped off and||@@||The light standard snapped off and electiic light wins trailed acioss the||@@||electric light wires trailed across the bus||@@||bus. Bioken glass showeied ovei passen-||@@||Broken glass showered over passen- gers and many weie thrown to the||@@||gers and many were thrown to the floor of the bus by the impact||@@||floor of the bus by the impact. Manlv Warringah ambulances sent||@@||Manly Warringah ambulances sent five waggons to the accident and offi-||@@||five waggons to the accident and offi- cers had to carrv many inlured people||@@||cers had to carry many injured people from the bus||@@||from the bus. Passengeis were warned bv ambu-||@@||Passengers were warned by ambu- lance officeis not to touch metal sec-||@@||lance officers not to touch metal sec- tions of the bus which were charged||@@||tions of the bus which were charged with elect!icity fiom the broken wires||@@||with electricity from the broken wires. Many injin ed weie suffering from||@@||Many injured were suffering from abiasions laeciatkins cuts fiom flying||@@||abrasions, lacerations, cuts from flying glass and shock They were taken||@@||glass and shock. They were taken to Manly Distilct Hospital the soldiei||@@||to Manly District Hospital; the soldier was taken to North Head mllilaiv bar||@@||was taken to North Head military bar- lacks ___________||@@||racks. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17925252 year 1944 type Article ILLUSTRATED title The Sydney Morn Injury Comes Back on||@@||Injury Comes Back on McCabe in Street||@@||McCabe in Street S. J. McCabc, the international batsman, bad a||@@||S. J. McCabe, the international batsman, had a recurrence of loot trouble in Brisbane on Sunday.||@@||recurrence of foot trouble in Brisbane on Sunday. He doubts ii be will be lil to lake pari in ibis season's)||@@||He doubts if he will be able to take part in this season's grade malcbefe. He can only bobble about.||@@||grade matches. He can only hobble about. The inJury carne hack on him i||@@||The injury came back on him during a morning walk througn j||@@||during a morning walk through the stieets||@@||the streets. McCabe and othci mcmbeis of tlu||@@||McCabe and other members of the cilcket team which has been (A A P ) -||@@||NEW YORK May 9 (A A P ) - President Maximiliano Martínez of||@@||President Maximiliano Martinez of the Cential Ameilcan Republic of Sal-||@@||the Central American Republic of Sal- vador has icsigned as a lesult of n||@@||vador has resigned as a result of a general stiike He had been in||@@||general strike. He had been in office 13 years||@@||office 13 years. The Psnama coi respondent of the||@@||The Panama correspondent of the New York Times" savs that onciaft||@@||"New York Times" says that aircraft have been foi bidden to land in Sal-||@@||have been forbidden to land in Sal- vador He e\plains that all busi-||@@||vador. He explains that all busi- ness houses In the capital Snn Sal||@@||ness houses In the capital San Sal- vadoi, were closed in protest against||@@||vador, were closed in protest against the execution of Dr Ai turo Romero||@@||the execution of Dr Arturo Romero, leaoci of an aboitive îevolt against||@@||leader of an abortive revolt against Piesldent Maitinez in April Execu-||@@||President Maitinez in April. Execu- tions of rebels are said lo be occur-||@@||tions of rebels are said lo be occur- ring dailv||@@||ring daily. rsalvadoi is the smallest of the||@@||[Salvador is the smallest of the Cential Ameilcan States with a popu-||@@||Central American States with a popu- lation of 1 SOO 000 The PieMdent||@@||lation of 1,800,000. The President, who has .wide powers is noimally||@@||who has wide powers is normally limited to one fom-yeai term but||@@||limited to one four-year term but President Martinet was ie-elected foi||@@||President Martinez was re-elected for a second temi in 1935 and in 1919||@@||a second term in 1935 and in 1939 had a constitutions] convention ex-||@@||had a constitutional convention ex- tend his office until January 1 1945||@@||tend his office until January 1 1945. A "state of sieçe had been in foi ce||@@||A "state of siege" had been in force for some time vv hen this was done ]||@@||for some time when this was done.] ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17877720 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn JAPANESE ATROCITIES||@@||JAPANESE ATROCITIES Sir-The official storv of toituie'||@@||Sir,—The official story of torture Inflicted bv the Japanese on Allied||@@||inflicted by the Japanese on Allied pusoneis of war should îestore a||@@||prisoners of war should restore a rense of realitj to manv on the home||@@||sense of reality to many on the home front who consiaei themselves hard||@@||front who consider themselves hard don«» b^ Nothing that thev might||@@||done by. Nothing that they might endme could compare with the||@@||“endure” could compare with the puce paid b> those who stood bet-v-pn||@@||price paid by those who stood between th» enemv and the civilian popula-||@@||the enemy and the civilian popula- tions Bccau e of their devotion to||@@||tions. Because of their devotion to duty climnonsr in a sublime counge||@@||duty, climaxing in a sublime courage and sacrifice have we been spared||@@||and sacrifice, have we been spared vhat Ihej suffered' In the name of||@@||what they suffered? In the name of gratitude let us secuie and snug on||@@||gratitude let us, secure and snug on the home front iccovei among al'||@@||the home front, recover among all sections a sense of dutv to the cause||@@||sections a sense of duty to the cause foi which they wcie done to death||@@||for which they were done to death so mutallj||@@||so brutally. REMEMBRANCE.||@@||REMEMBRANCE. Kings Cross||@@||King’s Cross. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17878719 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn ALLEGED STATEMENT TO POLICE||@@||ALLEGED STATEMENT TO POLICE On the advice of his counsel.||@@||On the advice of his counsel, Mr J. McClemens, Tolley de-||@@||Mr J. McClemens, Tolley de- clined to give evidence||@@||clined to give evidence. A statement alleged to have been||@@||A statement alleged to have been made by him to Detective McMahon||@@||made by him to Detective McMahon on the day of the disaster was pro-||@@||on the day of the disaster was pro- duced by the Sanioi Police Piosicu||@@||duced by the Senior Police Prosecu- toi, Sageant McAuloy who ap-||@@||tor, Sergeant McAuley who ap- pealed to assist the Co'ona||@@||peared to assist the Coroner. Tolley was alleged to have said in||@@||Tolley was alleged to have said in the statement which was put in as||@@||the statement which was put in as evidence that on the morning of||@@||evidence, that on the morning of Januaiv 20 after having opened the||@@||January 20, after having opened the pates at the level aossins to allov||@@||gates at the level crossing to allow a bakei's cait thiougn he left tlv||@@||a baker's cart through, he left the sates open and went back into his||@@||gates open and went back into his "akin||@@||cabin. He did not again leave the cabin||@@||He did not again leave the cabin, according to the aliened statement,||@@||according to the alleged statement, until he heaid the noise of a train||@@||until he heard the noise of a train appicaching fiom Sydney||@@||approaching from Sydney. RUSHED FROM CABIN||@@||RUSHED FROM CABIN "I rushed out of the cabin " Tolley||@@||"I rushed out of the cabin," Tolley was alleged to have said, 'I saw a||@@||was alleged to have said, "I saw a tmm about 150 vaids on the Svdney||@@||train about 150 yards on the Sydney side of the ciosslpg travelling north||@@||side of the crossing travelling north very fast||@@||very fast. "I saw a motor bus laden with||@@||"I saw a motor bus laden with people appioachmg the aossing I||@@||people approaching the crossing. I was about si\ 01 «^ven "arris fiom the||@@||was about six or seven yards from the bus and I colled out to the driver.||@@||bus, and I called out to the driver, Hey stop1'||@@||'Hey, stop!' "The di n er looked towaids me but||@@||"The driver looked towards me, but Ihe bus continued on and vhen he||@@||the bus continued on, and when he was about half-way acio«s the aoss-||@@||was about half-way across the cross- ing the bus was stiuck bv the engine||@@||ing the bus was struck by the engine. "I closed my eves, and when I||@@||"I closed my eves, and when I opened them a few sreonds later the||@@||opened them a few seconds later the tiain was passing me and pieces of||@@||train was passing me and pieces of the bus weie stiewn on the lailway||@@||the bus were strewn on the railway line "||@@||line." "I leahse that I should have had||@@||"I realise that I should have had both the gates closed to «top road||@@||both the gates closed to stop road traffic" Tolley was alleged to have||@@||traffic," Tolley was alleged to have stated to McMahon 'I did not do||@@||stated to McMahon. "I did not do this, as theie was a lot of load traf-||@@||this, as there was a lot of road traf- fic and I thought I could hear the||@@||fic, and I thought I could hear the ti a ins coming and close the gates||@@||trains coming and close the gates b2foie thev came||@@||before they came. "I pm sonv for what I have done||@@||"I am sorry for what I have done, and now íealise the spuousness of .t||@@||and now realise the seriousness of it and the împoi tance of keeping the||@@||and the importance of keeping the gates closed||@@||gates closed." DRIVER'S EVIDENCE||@@||DRIVER'S EVIDENCE John Sponberg dina of the Kemp-||@@||John Sponberg, driver of the Kemp- sey mail on Januaiv 20 the fitst wit-||@@||sey mail on January 20, the first wit- ness A esta day said that when ap||@@||ness yesterday, said that when ap- proochins the level aossing about a||@@||proaching the level crossing, about a quatta of a mile away he sounded a||@@||quarter of a mile away, he sounded a long blast on the whistle Speed wns||@@||long blast on the whistle. Speed was reduced to 40 miles an hoin before||@@||reduced to 40 miles an hour before leaching the ciosstng and a second||@@||reaching the crossing, and a second whistle was sounded||@@||whistle was sounded. Spnnbcrs said that when the tiain||@@||Sponberg said that when the train was about 80 yards fiom the cros=in;||@@||was about 80 yards from the crossing he saw a bus moving toward the||@@||he saw a bus moving toward the northan gate His attention then||@@||northern gate. His attention then tinned to the railway signal neaia||@@||turned to the railway signal nearer the railway station which was at the||@@||the railway station which was at the 'all cleat||@@||"all clear." When he looked again at the cioss||@@||When he looked again at the cross- mr, the bus had moved tinht m front||@@||ing, the bus had moved right in front of the tiain and stopped on the do"'n||@@||of the train and stopped on the down ti?ck He noticed the noithan eate||@@||track. He noticed the northern gate was open but could not sav if the||@@||was open, but could not say if the southern gate was open to load traffic||@@||southern gate was open to road traffic. We crashed into the bus at about||@@||"We crashed into the bus at about 40 miles an hour Sponbeig said||@@||40 miles an hour," Sponberg said. We weie about 12 feet from the bus||@@||"We were about 12 feet from the bus. I could see th» passengcis in it I||@@||I could see the passengers in it. I noticed paiticulailv two nuns||@@||noticed particularly two nuns. The emcigency brakes weie ap-||@@||"The emergency brakes were ap- plied and everything I could do was||@@||plied, and everything I could do was done before the crash occuired The||@@||done before the crash occurred. The engin" started oscillating and bumped||@@||engine started oscillating and bumped violently owing to patts of the bus||@@||violently owing to parts of the bus getting under the engine||@@||getting under the engine." Sponbeig stated that when the||@@||Sponberg stated that when the engine was about half-wav along the||@@||engine was about half-way along the Haw I esburv River station platform the||@@||Hawkesbury River station platform the tender left the load camp into con-||@@||tender left the road, came into con- tact with the noithern end of the||@@||tact with the northern end of the olatform damaging the brickwork||@@||platform, damaging the brickwork. The engine stopped loO jarcL from the||@@||The engine stopped 150 yards from the piatf01 m||@@||platform. I jumped off the engine and ran||@@||"I jumped off the engine and ran along the train to see if mj passengers||@@||along the train to see if my passengers weie safe he said||@@||were safe," he said. There was a lot of wreckage m||@@||"There was a lot of wreckage in fiont of the engine I had to sit||@@||front of the engine. I had to sit down for a while Ambulance men||@@||down for a while. Ambulance men gave me some powdeis which did me||@@||gave me some powders which did me good Workeis theie pailicularly||@@||good. Workers there, particularly women did a îeallv giand job in||@@||women, did a really grand job in ns=iiting unfoitúnate victims||@@||assisting unfortunate victims. riRrrviANS si OR Y||@@||FIREMAN'S STORY Hai old Henij Mollei fireman of the||@@||Harold Henry Moller, fireman of the tiain said that as thev appioached||@@||train, said that as they approached the level cio'sing he heaid Sponberg||@@||the level crossing he heard Sponberg call out and then the bonnpt of the||@@||call out, and then the bonnet of the bil' and a window came into his violon||@@||bus and a window came into his vision on his side of the engine||@@||on his side of the engine. He "-aw bus seats pa«sengeis and||@@||He saw bus seats, passengers, and bluemetal scatteied a ound Several||@@||bluemetal scattered around. Several bodies rolled out of the bus||@@||bodies rolled out of the bus. Edward Augustine O Buen perma-||@@||Edward Augustine O'Brien, perma- nent gatekeepei at Biookhn level||@@||nent gatekeeper at Brooklyn level ciossing said there was a woiking||@@||crossing, said there was a working time-table in the gatekeepers cabin||@@||time-table in the gatekeeper's cabin. At the time of the acciaenl theie was||@@||At the time of the accident there was no list of the lunning times of hains||@@||no list of the running times of trains, but one was placed theie since Fiom||@@||but one was placed there since. From the c°bin window theie was a clear||@@||the cabin window there was a clear view of the up road to Cowan a dis-||@@||view of the up road to Cowan a dis- tance of 16 chains||@@||tance of 16 chains. O Bi len told Mi McClemcns tint||@@||O'Brien told Mr. McClemens that in the cabin theie was no clock no||@@||in the cabin there was no clock, no telephone no bell no water tank no||@@||telephone, no bell, no water tank, no san tai v cinveniences and no method||@@||sanitary conveniences, and no method of getting into touch with the station||@@||of getting into touch with the station- mastei The gatekeeper woiked a 12||@@||master. The gatekeeper worked a 12- hour shift||@@||hour shift. O Buen said that the working||@@||O'Brien said that the working time table had the fiist half-dozen||@@||time-table had the first half-dozen pages torn off and it had not been||@@||pages torn off, and it had not been amended to piovide foi big alterations||@@||amended to provide for big alterations made last December||@@||made last December. He told Mr Hunt (for the ownrr||@@||He told Mr. Hunt (for the owner of the bus; that if he could not sec||@@||of the bus) that if he could not see a hain he would open the line to||@@||a train he would open the line to vehicular tiaffic||@@||vehicular traffic. The Coionei at the conclusion of||@@||The Coroner, at the conclusion of the healing expiessed sjmpathv with||@@||the hearing, expressed sympathy with the íelathes of the victims||@@||the relatives of the victims. Mr R C Kl:b (In In ciert by Messrs||@@||Mr. R. C. Kirby (instructed by Messrs. Frlc Ho arrl nnd Solcmcnl appeared Irr the||@@||Eric Howard and Solomon) appeared for the lnll no tnmils and lehtlses rl others de||@@||Italiano family and relatives of others de- r r«td Mr J McClcmens distracted bj C||@@||ceased ; Mr. J. McClemens (instructed by C. Idle =;iillli and Co I for Tolles and the||@@||Jollie Smith and Co.) for Tolley and the V R U \ i r W Brctnait Irr Hie Commlv||@@||A. R. U. ; Mr. F. W. Bretnall for the Commis- mci foi Rall as« Mr E A Hunt (or Ber||@@||sioner for Railways ; Mr. E. A. Hunt for Ber- ¡.id A Callen propilelrr of thr bus Mr||@@||nard A. Callen, proprietor of the bus ; Mr. C H Be1l||@@||passenger in the bus, said he was sit- ting neai the dooi As thej nppioached||@@||ting near the door. As they approached the level uossing he did not hear oi||@@||the level crossing he did not hear or ee a ti nn The north gate «as||@@||see a train. The north gate was wide open and hooked back||@@||wide open and hooked back. The dinei dice though this gate||@@||The driver drove though this gate, end then stopped between the two set»||@@||and then stopped between the two sets of lailt,||@@||of rails. He did not know what caused the||@@||He did not know what caused the bus lo «top and could not «et anvonc||@@||bus to stop and could not see anyone on the line||@@||on the line. I Diicctly the bus stopped a woman||@@||"Directly the bus stopped a woman behind me called out Look theies||@@||behind me called out, 'Look, there's the engine Mush said 1 looked||@@||the engine,' " Marsh said. "I looked lound and sighted a gieen painted||@@||round and sighted a green-painted engine The next second there was||@@||engine. The next second there was <\ bing and we «eie over||@@||a bang and we were over." Maish said a hen he fust siw the||@@||Marsh said when he first saw the engine it «as close to the bus He||@@||engine it was close to the bus. He heird no whistle befoic the impact||@@||heard no whistle before the impact. The next thing he lemunbeied «as||@@||The next thing he remembered was Ijlng between the up and down lines||@@||lying between the up and down lines, and seeing the tiain wheels going past||@@||and seeing the train wheels going past him||@@||him. To Mi Kiiby (foi the Itiliano fim||@@||To Mr. Kirby (for the Italiano fam- ilj ) Maish said that womans exen||@@||ily ) : Marsh said that womans' excla- mation the stopping of the bus and||@@||mation, the stopping of the bus, and the bang all happened at the same||@@||the bang all happened at the same time||@@||time. Maish told Mr McClcmens that the||@@||Marsh told Mr. McClemens that the gates at the level ciossing had not||@@||gates at the level crossing had not been ¡mpioved since 1914 «hen theie||@@||been improved since 1914, when there was no motor traffic to Brooklyn||@@||was no motor traffic to Brooklyn. I There had never been any device it||@@||There had never been any device at the ciossing to give warning of an||@@||the crossing to give warning of an appioaching train||@@||approaching train. rather T J O Brien pi iest of St||@@||Father T. J. O'Brien, priest of St. Catherines Biooklvn said that he||@@||Catherine's, Brooklyn, said that he had alvvavs consideied the ciossing||@@||had always considered the crossing dangerous He believed a bell should||@@||dangerous. He believed a bell should be Installed to wain the gatekeepei||@@||be installed to warn the gatekeeper of the appiôach of tiains||@@||of the approach of trains. OWNER'S EVIDENCE||@@||OWNER'S EVIDENCE Piivate Austin Callen AIP o«ner||@@||Private Austin Callen, A.I.F., owner of the bus said that his fithei one||@@||of the bus, said that his father, one of those killed «as driving the bus at||@@||of those killed, was driving the bus at the time of the accident He (wit-||@@||the time of the accident. He (wit- ness) had driven on the loute tor||@@||ness) had driven on the route for foin oi five veais befoie joining the||@@||four or five years before joining the Armj Approaching the crossing it||@@||Army. Approaching the crossing it was not possible to see a train coming||@@||was not possible to see a train coming from Sjdnev oi to hear it because ol||@@||from Sydney, or to hear it because of the noise of the bu«||@@||the noise of the bus. He had seen the gate on the Brook-||@@||He had seen the gate on the Brook- lyn side of the crossing aitei being||@@||lyn side of the crossing after being opened shak closed again It wa«||@@||opened shake closed again. It was a veij light gate||@@||a very light gate. Callen told Mi Tapeiell (loi the||@@||Callen told Mr. Taperell (for the relative» of Keith Camelon) that be||@@||relatives of Keith Cameron) that be- ioie the accident his bus was nearly||@@||fore the accident his bus was nearly hit by a nain On that occasion||@@||hit by a train. On that occasion the gates «eic open He had not||@@||the gates were open. He had not 'heaid of one of his dri\ers having||@@||heard of one of his drivers having had a similar expeuence||@@||had a similar experience. I Joseph Finest Cox of Biooklvn told||@@||Joseph Ernest Cox, of Brooklyn, told Mi Khbv that when he caine to the||@@||Mr. Kirby that when he came to the l lev el crossing that moulin* In a rai||@@||level crossing that morning in a car theie vis no gatekeepei in sisht and||@@||there was no gatekeeper in sight and the gates »eie closed A schoolboy||@@||the gates were closed. A schoolboy opened the gîtes foi him||@@||opened the gates for him. At the gatekeepei s cabin theie were||@@||At the gatekeeper's cabin there were no lavatorj facilities and no «atei||@@||no lavatory facilities, and no water tank The gatekeepei «ould hRve to||@@||tank. The gatekeeper would have to go to the i all« ay station||@@||go to the railway station. GATEKFEPER "AG1ÏATED"||@@||GATEKEEPER "AGITATED" Wai rant-officer John R Denness||@@||Warrant-officer John R. Denness said he pissed over the cios«ing in||@@||said he passed over the crossing in a militai v ti lick shortly before the||@@||a military truck shortly before the bus The (Cates were opened he slid||@@||bus. The gates were opened, he said, when he cro«ed the l\\w He had||@@||when he crossed the line. He had gone about 200 j aids on the Biooklvn||@@||gone about 200 yards on the Brooklyn Icicle when he heaid a ciash He went||@@||side when he heard a crash. He went over to the railway stitlon gates Hist||@@||over to the railway station gates, just as the train passed||@@||as the train passed. The lowci pan ol the bio «as on||@@||The lower part of the bus was on the fiont of the engine He noticed||@@||the front of the engine. He noticed a couple of childi en In this wieckage||@@||a couple of children in this wreckage. Othei bodies \eie on the line||@@||Other bodies were on the line. He took ohatge of some soldiers who||@@||He took charge of some soldiers who had arrived and the bodies «eie taicen||@@||had arrived, and the bodies were taken norn the Une and the wreckage of||@@||from the line and the wreckage of the bus removed||@@||the bus removed. A lad was hum In« fiom the cross-||@@||A lad was hurrying from the cross- ing towards him Denness «aid He||@@||ing towards him, Denness said. He Identified him in court as Peter John||@@||identified him in court as Peter John Tolley the gatekeepei Tollej he||@@||Tolley, the gatekeeper. Tolley, he said «as very agitated||@@||said, was very agitated. I «aid to him witness continued||@@||"I said to him," witness continued, you did not have trios* gates shut||@@||"you did not have those gates shut. Ht said No||@@||He said "No." The inque*t «ill be lesumed to-da\||@@||The inquest will be resumed to-day. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17920845 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn DOBELL TO PAINT||@@||DOBELL TO PAINT GOVERNOR||@@||GOVERNOR The Governor Lord Wakehuist has||@@||The Governor Lord Wakehurst has agieed to a request bv the Lotd Mavoi||@@||agreed to a request by the Lord Mavor Aldeiman Baitley that he should||@@||Alderman Bartley that he should accept a pot ti alt lo be painted by the||@@||accept a portrait to be painted by the Aithibuld Pit?« winnei William||@@||Archibald winner William Dobell||@@||Dobell. Aldeunau Butlley su id j est ti du}||@@||Alderman Bartley said yesterday Hut Loid Waleluu&l in neem dune«||@@||that Lord Wakehurst in accordance with custom had been asked lo st led||@@||with custom had been asked to select the ni list and he hid named Mi||@@||the artist and he had named Mr. Dobell who begun woik two months||@@||Dobell who begun work two months ago||@@||ago. Theie will be two pot li alls one of||@@||There will be two portraits one of which will be hung in Goveminent||@@||which will be hung in Goverment House In line with pievious Gol email||@@||House in line with previous Governors, and the other will be piescnled by the||@@||and the other will be presented by the Loid Ma}oi on behalf of the etti/ens||@@||Lord Mayor on behalf of the citizens to Loid Wakehuisl||@@||to Lord Wakehurst. No public appeal will be made foi||@@||No public appeal will be made for subscriptions but voluntaty donations||@@||subscriptions but voluntary donations will be received fiom citizens||@@||will be received from citizens. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17916096 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn MYITKYINA||@@||MYITKYINA TAKEN||@@||TAKEN Double Blow||@@||Double Blow in Burma||@@||in Burma KANDY Aug 4 (A A P ) - A '||@@||KANDY Aug 4 (A A P ) — A South-east Asia communique||@@||South-east Asia communique "ays that Allied forcps have eao||@@||says that Allied forces have cap- tureo Myitkvin? bieqe^t town m||@@||tured Myitkyina, biggest town in noil h Burma ano a fonal point||@@||north Burma and a focal point in load, tail, and liver com-||@@||in road, rail, and river com- munications.||@@||munications. Messages fiom Chungking pnnounce||@@||Messages from Chungking announce S!multan°ouclv that Chin»se force' in||@@||Simultaneously that Chinese forces in ïiestein Yunnan have broken Into the||@@||western Yunnan have broken into the main Jaoancs» bssp of Tengchung||@@||main Japanese base of Tengchung th» largest city west of the Salvveen||@@||the largest city west of the Salween Rivei||@@||River These forcps pre battling their wav||@@||These forces are battling their way into Burma to link up Tlh the force||@@||into Burma to link up with the force horn Myitkjina This link which||@@||from Myitkyina. This link which would mean the reopening of a land||@@||would mean the reopening of a land toute for supplying China h«>-, non||@@||route for supplying China. has now become a much moip leal pos'ibihtj i||@@||become a much more real possibility I It was staten at h»aaquaiteis that |||@@||It was stated at headquarters that I the capluie of Mvitkjina shouln allow |||@@||the capture of Myitkyina should allow I thp íoao to be pushed on from theif||@@||the road to be pushed on from there with cpcuiitv Prom Mjitkjma the '||@@||with security. From Myitkyina the advance could go on to Bhamo 3i mile||@@||advance could go on to Bhamo 35 miles faithei «outh or along one of the||@@||farther south or along one of the nirect tracks thiough the hills to i||@@||direct tracks through the hills to Lunghn? «0 miles south-ect||@@||Lunglin. 90 miles south-east The entup Jananese o? ritson al||@@||The entire Japanese garrison at \Iyitl 3 ina was pithei Ulled oi cap||@@||Myitkyina was either killed or cap- tureo Tnp onginal gairison va» "> J00||@@||tured. The original gairison was 2,300. but it n»o been reinforced ano casu?l||@@||but it had been reinforced and casual- tips o' oi thp 'est two months totalleo||@@||ties over the last two months totalled more than 1 000||@@||more than 3,000 An outstanoing feature was a stiate||@@||An outstanoing feature was a strate- alc manoeuvip by the Chinese com||@@||gic manoeuvre by the Chinese com- mandpi in thp «ruth Strong Chinese||@@||mander in the south. Strong Chinese combat team«: inflltiacvi at night||@@||combat teams infilitrated at night through thp Japanese lines and m||@@||through the Japanese lines and in the mornini attackeo 'tubboinlv d«||@@||the morning attacked stubbornly de- fenoerl enemv position- norn the nar||@@||fended enemy positions from the rear Th» pre? ->ps qulckh claaieo when||@@||The area was quickly cleared when th» noithem snd --outhein atfackeis||@@||the northern and southein attackers convened ¡Wen/ Js.rjan»>'i!» were killen||@@||converged. Many japanese were killed trving to escape aown the rivei on||@@||trying to escape down the river on I lafts||@@||rafts I Mvit'cjina had been held bv the||@@||Myitkyina had been held by the lappne-e foi tvo 'drs Lieutenant||@@||Japanese for two years. Lieutenant- IG enera 1 Stilwell- Chine-e ano Amen||@@||General Stilwell's Chinese and Ameri- |"fn foice^ cantinea th- anfleld south-||@@||can forces captured the airfield south- west of M'itkynif m a suioiis» taio||@@||west of Myitkyina in a surprise raid on Ma" 17 but their advancp into||@@||on May 17, but their advance into thj fitv had hep'i «¡inc» bitterlv con||@@||the city had been since bitterly con- tec' Pd yaid bv v^id Thp Ho^ne-p||@@||tested yard by yard. The Japanese icie cnticnch-d in a formidable as-||@@||were entrenched in a formidable sys- tern of pill-bo ves and deep dugout*||@@||tem of pill-boxes and deep dugouts from which they had lo be chiselled||@@||from which they had to be chiselled bv concentiatea artilleiv nie fol-||@@||by concentrated artillery fire. fol- io ^pd b' hand-to-hand fighting||@@||lowed by hand-to-hand fighting As th» mon-oon advanced and thp||@@||As the monsoon advanced and the »iea became ? beg it was signed that||@@||area became a bog. it was argued that rhc unmeoiat» R3ins would not havp||@@||the immediate gains would not have ^stifled the lorses incuired hi a||@@||justified the losses incurred in a frontal assault ,||@@||frontal assault , The Allies now hold all three bese*||@@||The Allies now hold all three bases -Mjit'cvlna Mogaung and Kamamg||@@||—Myitkyina, Mogaung. and Kamaing -in the triangle In north Burma fiom||@@||— in the triangle in north Burma from which the Tapaness had hoped to||@@||which the Japanese had hoped to launch future attacks||@@||launch future attacks FLYING-BOATS' DERING||@@||FLYING-BOATS' DARING One of the most daring aeiial opeia||@@||One of the most daring aerial opera- tions in th» Bui ma campaign has||@@||tions in the Burma campaign has been completed with the evacuaMon||@@||been completed with the evacuation by Sunderland flying-boats of sick||@@||by Sunderland flying-boats of sick I and wounded Chindits fiom Jananes»||@@||and wounded Chindits from Jananese teiritorv in the heart of Bui ma Foi||@@||territory in the heart of Burma For a whole month the tro aitciaft||@@||a whole month the two aircraft threaded then wav through 8 000ft||@@||threaded their way through 8,000ft Deaks blanketed with cloud and mon||@@||peaks blanketed with cloud and mon- soonal rain landed on Lake Indswayi||@@||soonal rain. landed on Lake Indawgyi. took on the sick walkin-wounded and||@@||took on the sick walking wounded and stietchei c?-es and took off with th»||@@||stretcher cases and took off with the lea-t delav bsforp thev could be dis||@@||least delay before they could be dis- covPied bv encm flghlerc||@@||covered by enemy fighters. Thev n»w lo Di'brugaih v here they||@@||They flew to Disbrugarh where they landed orecariouslv on the Brahma -||@@||landed precariously on the Brahma - outra River now swollen laden with||@@||outra River. now swollen laden with log= and flowing at 1? knots Ther»||@@||logs and flowing at 12 knots There th» wounoed were transfened to an||@@||the wounoed were transfened to an Amencan 'duck and trken to choie||@@||American duck and taken to shore and ho'pital while the boat« were||@@||and hospital while the boats were sei viced and filled with bacUnading||@@||serviced and filled with backloading stores and equipment foi next trip||@@||stores and equipment for next trip The fh in?-boats repeatedly h?d to||@@||The flying-boats repeatedly had to tutn back bacausc of thp weather||@@||turn back because of the weather ano oooi visibility precluded ftghtei||@@||and poor visibility precluded fighter escort _______«_»_____^||@@||escort. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17923447 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn Trees Save Plane in||@@||Trees Save Plane in Freak Crash||@@||Freak Crash MELBOURNE, Thursday -||@@||MELBOURNE, Thursday - Foiced down by an rturenls, a||@@||Forced down by air currents, a RAAF plane clashed into trees||@@||RAAF plane crashed into trees in New Guinea and iemain<-d||@@||in New Guinea and remained suspended six feet from the||@@||suspended six feet from the gi ound||@@||ground lhe occupant i sufieied only t,upci||@@||The occupants suffered only super- ficial mjuiies and weie led back to||@@||ficial injuries and were led back to safctv by native children aftci a nine||@@||safety by native children after a nine day maich through jungle||@@||day march through jungle The plane an Avio Anson which||@@||The plane an Avro Anson which was piloted by an Adelaide fiyui-,||@@||was piloted by an Adelaide flying oflirei had as passcngeis Bugndiei||@@||officer had as passengers Brigadier 7ohn Field ComnnndPi of an Aus-||@@||John Field, Commander of an Aus- tralian mfantiy biigade his bugadc||@@||tralian infantry brigade his brigade maim Coipoial A H Shepherd of||@@||major Corporal A. H. Shepherd of Hornsby (NSW), and Private J E||@@||Hornsby (NSW), and Private J. E. HmchofT ot Devonpoit (Tasmania)||@@||Hinch of Devonport (Tasmania) ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17921710 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn A.W.U. OFFICERS||@@||A.W.U. OFFICERS DISMISSED||@@||DISMISSED Wholesale dismissals of offi- '||@@||Wholesale dismissals of offi- cials in the New South Wales I||@@||cials in the New South Wales branch of the Australian Work-1||@@||branch of the Australian Work- ers' Union have been authorised ,||@@||ers' Union have been authorised , by the governing bodv, the exe-||@@||by the governing body, the exe- cutive council, now in session m I||@@||cutive council, now in session in Sydney||@@||Sydney. , This follow» the action of the branch 1||@@||This follow the action of the branch I in unsuccessfully applying to the||@@||in unsuccessfully applying to the TCquity Court foi lecoprnirion as a||@@||Equity Court for recognition as a i separate union||@@||separate union Branch officer» who have been te-|||@@||Branch officers who have been re- i moved iiora all official positions In- j||@@||moved from all official positions in- 1 elude rhe president Mi J Mois vice||@@||include rhe president Mr. J. Moss; vice- presidents, Messri O Hearne and T '||@@||presidents, Messrrs. O. Hearne and T. I Da HOD, »ecietaiy Mt C Bowen, exe-I||@@||Dalton; secretary Mr. C. Bowen, exe- I cutlve members Messrs L King E||@@||cutive members Messrs. L. King, E. irvine, ii Connors, S Evans C Can-||@@||Irvine, I. Connors, S. Evans C. Can- oon, oijanisers Me^is T Dalton and||@@||oon, organisers Messrs T. Dalton and 1 O Hearne ,||@@||O. Hearne. i The new officeis will be Piesident||@@||The new officers will be President Mi T fiedsam vice-presidents I||@@||Mr. T Ledsam vice-presidents Mesar« f Walsh and J Kins, secie- |||@@||Messrs. P. Walsh and J. King, secre- tary, Mr W "Wilson organisers i||@@||tary, Mr. W.Wilson; organisers Mews F Walsh and J King, exe-||@@||Messrs. P. Walsh and J. King, exe- cutive members, Messrs T Liston J||@@||cutive members, Messrs. T Liston, J. Daniells, W Brown T Cavanagh and||@@||Daniells, W. Brown, T. Cavanagh and . A Goidon New delegates ha-e also||@@||A. Gordon. New delegates have also been appointed to the Trades and||@@||been appointed to the Trades and Labour Council and to the Aiistialien||@@||Labour Council and to the Australian Labour Part? conference||@@||Labour Party conference. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17913643 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn NOT UNDERSTOOD||@@||NOT UNDERSTOOD By J. R. KINGHORN, C.M.Z.S.||@@||By J. R. KINGHORN, C.M.Z.S. The Bandicoot is a much maligned||@@||The Bandicoot is a much maligned Australian digger whose only crime is||@@||Australian digger whose only crime is I hat he does not fill in the holes he||@@||that he does not fill in the holes he makes in the ground after eating.||@@||makes in the ground after eating. BANDICOOTS aie extiemely||@@||BANDICOOTS are extremely active at present and hun-||@@||active at present, and hun- dreds, perhaps thousands||@@||dreds, perhaps thousands, of home gaideneis aie some-||@@||of home gardeners are some- what anxious concerning the||@@||what anxious concerning the alleged depiedations of these||@@||alleged depredations of these little animals because it is||@@||little animals, because it is vudely stated and believed that||@@||widely stated and believed that bandicoots di? under the roots||@@||bandicoots dig under the roots oí plants to eat the tendei 100t||@@||of plants to eat the tender root- ||@@||lets. Questions relatin» to methods of||@@||Questions relating to methods of tripping and possible extermination||@@||trapping and possible extermination often have been put to -wologists and||@@||often have been put to zoologists, and I hese cleirlv indicie that ludgment||@@||these clearly indicate that judgment ali cady has been passed on the bandi||@@||already has been passed on the bandi- coot purely on chcumstantial evi-||@@||coot purely on circumstantial evi- dence folio vin« the finding of||@@||dence following the finding of «ciatchings ind footprints in the Sai-||@@||scratchings and footprints in the gar- den or lawn||@@||den or lawn. At this point some might well ask||@@||At this point some might well ask, what exactly is a bandicoot and what||@@||what exactly is a bandicoot, and what is its relationship to other Austialian||@@||is its relationship to other Australian animals0 Reference to the writings||@@||animals? Reference to the writings of Ellis Troughton Australia s lead-||@@||of Ellis Troughton, Australia's lead- ing mammalogist would give us all||@@||ing mammalogist would give us all the answei-s There aie neirlv 20||@@||the answers. There are nearly 20 species of these little animals found||@@||species of these little animals found in Australia some are grouped because||@@||in Australia, some are grouped because of then Ion? ears and burrowing||@@||of their long ears and burrowing habits and aie called îabbit-bandl||@@||habits, and are called rabbit-bandi- roots this group Includes the once||@@||coots;this group includes the once well-lnown but now verv ure Bilby||@@||well-known but now very rare Bilby. The majoritv are generally placed||@@||The majority are generally placed as îat bandicoots because of their||@@||as rat bandicoots because of their generil rat like appearance short ears||@@||general rat-like appearance, short ears and the colouration of the fur and of||@@||and the colouration of the fur, and of these the long-nosed bandicoot Pera||@@||these the long-nosed bandicoot "Pera- mele- nasuta undoubtedly is the best||@@||meles nasuta," undoubtedly is the best known The habits of all are very||@@||known. The habits of all are very «lmlhr and because of this it is||@@||similar and because of this it is assumed that it is this species that||@@||assumed that it is this species that digs little pits in your garden and||@@||digs little pits in your garden and lawn||@@||lawn. ThouFh somewhat rat like except||@@||Though somewhat rat-like, except 1 for the long hopping typ» of hind||@@||for the long hopping type of hind limbs bandicoots are not closely re-||@@||limbs, bandicoots are not closely re- lated to lats thev are marsupials theV||@@||lated to rats, they are marsupials, they are pouched animals and as such are||@@||are pouched animals and as such are more closelv i elated to native cats||@@||more closely related to native cats, wallabies and kangaroos than thev||@@||wallabies and kangaroos than they aie to rats Bandicoots are classed||@@||are to rats. Bandicoots are classed with a specialised group of animals||@@||with a specialised group of animals that among other chaiacters have||@@||that, among other characters, have gieatlv modified feet and eth the||@@||greatly modified feet and teeth, the litter indicating ths-t they are insccti||@@||latter indicating that they are insecti- voious in diet They undoubtedly pre-||@@||vorous in diet. They undoubtedly prefer fer a diet of insects and insect larvae||@@||a diet of insects and insect larvae such as white grubs though in cap-||@@||such as white grubs, though in cap- tivity th-" miv be enticed to eat||@@||tivity they may be enticed to eat almost anj thing||@@||almost anything. In the garden occasionally thev mav||@@||In the garden occasionally they may nibble at jnicj rootlpts and tubers||@@||nibble at juicy rootlets and tubers such as potatoes 01 yams but||@@||such as potatoes or yams, but this mav pi ove the rcarcity of||@@||this may prove the scarcity of insect larvae and in any case the||@@||insect larvae, and in any case the dfmage is negligible In comparison||@@||damage is negligible in comparison with the good work done In destroy-||@@||with the good work done in destroy- ing root eating in<=cct larvae Bandi-||@@||ing root-eating insect larvae. Bandi- coots seldom are seen at work becruse||@@||coots seldom are seen at work because they ara nocturnal in habits Durinr||@@||they are nocturnal in habits. During the davtlmc thev sleep curled no in a||@@||the daytime they sleep curled up in a nest like bundle of grass built In a||@@||nest-like bundle of grass, built in a How depies-ion at the base of a||@@||shallow depression at the base of a i oi los and when disturbed run||@@||stump or log, and when disturbed run away with an extraordinary turn of||@@||away with an extraordinary turn of speed, and take refuge In a hollow log||@@||speed, and take refuge in a hollow log or crevice In a rock where immedi-||@@||or crevice in a rock where immedi- ately thev go soundly off to .'.eco||@@||ately they go soundly off to sleep again. This turn of soeod is really||@@||again. This turn of speed is really astounding when compared with their||@@||astounding when compared with their clumsy jumpy movements made when||@@||clumsy jumpy movements made when honn- ? .-.bout the garden in search of||@@||hopping about the garden in search of food at night.||@@||food at night. Evidence of the presence of bandi-||@@||Evidence of the presence of bandi- coots in the garden at night is gene-||@@||coots in the garden at night is gener- rally manifested by their peculiar||@@||ally manifested by their peculiar trumoet-llke grunts, and the conical||@@||trumpet-llke grunts, and the conical pits made in search of food. It is||@@||pits made in search of food. It is because of these pits that false con-||@@||because of these pits that false con- clusions are drawn relative to their||@@||clusions are drawn relative to their food, and so the bandicoot is accused||@@||food, and so the bandicoot is accused of damagins the plants, whereas the||@@||of damaging the plants, whereas the actual damage is restricted to some||@@||actual damage is restricted to some holes In the lawn which, when filled||@@||holes in the lawn which, when filled In, are hardly more noticeable than||@@||in, are hardly more noticeable than the scars left by the removal of weeds.||@@||the scars left by the removal of weeds. Often these pits are dug nenr the roots||@@||Often these pits are dug near the roots of ros«\s and other plants, and careful||@@||of roses and other plants, and careful observation would show that seldom||@@||observation would show that seldom are the roots exposed or damaged.||@@||are the roots exposed or damaged. It Is suggested that the home gar-||@@||It is suggested that the home gar- dener dees far more damage to the||@@||dener does far more damage to the roots with his spade and fork. In one||@@||roots with his spade and fork, in one week-end, than would all the bandi-||@@||week-end, than would all the bandi- coots that might visit his garden in a||@@||coots that might visit his garden in a whole year. If the bandicoots were||@@||whole year. If the bandicoots were after roots they would hardly dig a||@@||after roots they would hardly dig a lot of widely scattered holes in garden||@@||lot of widely scattered holes in garden and lawn. They would, perhaps, dig||@@||and lawn. They would, perhaps, dig a trench or furrow, and follow that||@@||a trench or furrow, and follow that until the roots travo out. The reason||@@||until the roots gave out. The reason fcr the scattered pits is that the bandi-||@@||for the scattered pits is that the bandi- coot has located the insect larvae, and||@@||coot has located the insect larvae, and is not just searching for them. The||@@||is not just searching for them. The animal has a very highly developed||@@||animal has a very highly developed sense of smell, and it digs iust where||@@||sense of smell, and it digs iust where the grub or worm is hidden, and no-||@@||the grub or worm is hidden, and no- where else.||@@||where else. If it were not for this sense of smell||@@||If it were not for this sense of smell a bandicoot might easily dig up a||@@||a bandicoot might easily dig up a whole plot of land without securing||@@||whole plot of land without securing enough grubs for a meal, but that||@@||enough grubs for a meal, but that would be guesswork-a gamble, and||@@||would be guesswork — a gamble, and Nature does not work that way. No,||@@||Nature does not work that way. No, the bandicoot can smell the grub, and||@@||the bandicoot can smell the grub, and wastes no time or energy through||@@||wastes no time or energy through digging lust on chance.||@@||digging just on chance. It Is the gardener who makes the||@@||It is the gardener who makes the mistake, he sees the holes in the lawn||@@||mistake, he sees the holes in the lawn or garden, and he has been told by||@@||or garden, and he has been told by someone who was told by someone||@@||someone who was told by someone else, that bandicoot« are destructive,||@@||else, that bandicoots are destructive, and he believes it. On the circum-||@@||and he believes it. On the circum- stantial evidence before him he might||@@||stantial evidence before him he might be excused for jumping to conclusions.||@@||be excused for jumping to conclusions. Perhaps he is now trapping and kill-||@@||Perhaps he is now trapping and killing ing bandicoots, so why not use some of||@@||bandicoots, so why not use some of them In settling the arfrument. Why||@@||them in settling the argument. Why not cut one or two open and examine||@@||not cut one or two open and examine the stomach contents, or send it to the||@@||the stomach contents, or send it to the mammalogist at the museum, and he||@@||mammalogist at the museum, and he will do the Job in front of the gar-||@@||will do the job in front of the gardener dener and settle the question satis-||@@||and settle the question satisfactorily. factorily. It can be proved that,||@@||It can be proved that, apart from being a nuisance, the ban-||@@||apart from being a nuisance, the ban- dicoot is a friend in the garden.||@@||dicoot is a friend in the garden. This little marsupial is protected||@@||This little marsupial is protected under the Birds and Animals Protec-||@@||under the Birds and Animals Protec- tion Act because it is harmless. If||@@||tion Act because it is harmless. If it were not so. its name would be||@@||it were not so, its name would be added tn the rogues list of animals||@@||added to the rogues list of animals Hint it"- d'- rnrtive||@@||that are destructive. lets||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17868124 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn STRATHFIELD WOMAN||@@||STRATHFIELD WOMAN 100 TO-MORROW||@@||100 TO-MORROW Mi«; Emilie I-R-,» of Albeit Road||@@||Miss Emilie Kaye, of Albert Road Strathfield will celebiate hei 100th||@@||Strathfield, will celebrate her 100th biilhüA*, to monow She came lo||@@||birthday tomorrow. She came to AUatmha ni the late sulita and as||@@||Australia in the late sixties, and, as a named nu se lids de\oi«.d nrailj||@@||a trained nurse, has devoted nearly ill hu lue lo the eau 01 tnt ¿ick nnu||@@||all her life to the care of the sick and 111«, uUtuic of uiili||@@||the welfare of girls. A n nive oi lA.tuii'-liiit Miss Ka*,«||@@||A native of Devonshire, Miss Kaye oiutd hu Li tain«; Pt.>iod ul Uie Al||@@||served her training period at the Al- lied Hu -jil U AliIboittne and lau||@@||fred Hospital, Melbourne, and later Let mi. m mun ol tile L./.mu- llouiv.||@@||became matron of the Lazarus Home loi h pt-i-- ut ljuiii, ii ii nnu sub i.||@@||for Lepers at Long Bay, and subse- l|ltUlll\ HllUUll ol Uic 1J m mi itli in||@@||quently matron of the Parramatta in- alislii 1 ¿jUu>ol lui Cllili U lu ¡,he||@@||dustrial School for Girls. Later she whs niition of a mu in« home ii||@@||was matron of a nursing home at Mutend||@@||Maitland. vlivS is. ve «ds one of the found||@@||Miss Kaye was one of the found- crs of the Hciuj G"oirc league in||@@||ers of the Henry George League in S*-dne\ _||@@||Sydney. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17915137 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn "CHAPS ON GROUND" IN PRAISE||@@||"CHAPS ON GROUND" IN PRAISE OF R.A.A.F. FEAT||@@||OF R.A.A.F. FEAT From Our War Correspondent. H. I. Williams||@@||From Our War Correspondent. H. I. Williams WI1H RAAF SQUADRoN||@@||WI1H RAAF SQUADRON NORMANDY Tulv 27 Atutía||@@||NORMANDY July 27 Austra- Han pilots on Tuesdn\ shuecl in||@@||lian pilots on Tuesday shared in the most sperlactilai Typhoon||@@||the most spectacular Typhoon suet ess of the wai||@@||success of the war. Ihcv weie mcmliers of the wing||@@||They were members of the wing which foi its help in smishltig the||@@||which for its help in smashing the fleice Geiman rountei attack south||@@||fierce German counter- attack south of Caen IPCPIVPO a ptompt mpssage||@@||of Caen received a prompt message of thanks and cnnpiatulition fiom the||@@||of thanks and congratulation from the Aimv foi th"ii e\crllent woik in||@@||Army for their "excellent work in the closest possible «-uppoit of the||@@||the closest possible support of the chaos on the gtound||@@||chaps on the ground The wing was detailed to Mippoit i||@@||The wing was detailed to support a fsmous Biitish aiincuieri unit Al||@@||famous British armoured unit. At times its locket attacks weit on iii||@@||times its rocket attacks were on tar- S°l o close to otu iv n foi v id ti mp||@@||gets so close to our own forward troops lint in ihe wo c if the ¿mund ron||@@||that, in the words of the ground con- tiollei we hid to keep calling to the||@@||troller, "we had to keep calling to the bo\s In the air to wateh out foi o ii||@@||boys In the air to watch out for our boys below but Ihev nevei made otu||@@||boys below but they never made one ni take||@@||mistake." rilare wtie Tv plioons in the ali||@@||There were Typhoons in the air above the Biitish nimout foi eieiv||@@||above the British armour for every minute a minute of 1 14 boin dav and aircnit||@@||minute of a 14-hour day and aircraft of this wing made Ho oities||@@||of this wing made 145 s0rties. It Wes ni?aid watihing tho«e chaps||@@||"It was wizard watching those chaps come down time aftei time ii"ht on||@@||come down time after time right on the tarRet we gave them said the||@@||the target we gave them." said the English Sqnadion I*atVi who||@@||English Squadron-Leader who manned the visual (ontiol post Hie||@@||manned the visual control post. "The Aimv liaison OHILCI would Mdio the||@@||Army liaison officer would radio the Reglmentil Tan* Commanriei Cm||@@||Regimental Tank Commander, "Can we help ion" He would an wei \es||@@||we help you"? He would answer, "Yes, thcie s a couple of tanks making a||@@||there' s a couple of tanks making a mu lance of themselves just ovei||@@||nuisance of themselves just over their||@@||there." Td cell np the bovs In ilie ali and||@@||"I'd call up the boys in the air and in less than file minute? thev would||@@||in less than five minutes they would be on Hie taigei and the Tjphnons||@@||be on the target and the Typhoons woulo be in with their lockets||@@||would be in with their rockets That went on al) dav with tatget||@@||"That went on all day with target after taiget||@@||after target." When the tallv of Ociman tanks||@@||When the tally of German tanks was madp up at du-k the commander||@@||was made up at dusk the commander of the British aimoured unit awarded||@@||of the British armoured unit awarded half the total destro\ed in his sectoi||@@||half the total destroyed in his sector to the Tvphoons||@@||to the Typhoons. Four Australian Spitfiie pilots on||@@||Four Australian Spitfire pilots on patrol on Mono i j asked tot and ob-||@@||patrol on Monday asked for and ob- tained peí mission lo extend then j||@@||tained permission to extend their patrol foi 10 minutes and in that||@@||patrol for 10 minutes and in that lime dpstioipd two German fightois||@@||time destroyed two German fighters and damaged two moie||@@||and damaged two more. Thev siiffeicri no lo-,*. 01 darna <||@@||They suffered no loss or damage. It was a small but spectatuUi||@@||It was a small but spectacular battle riighl-Lieiitenint Geoige||@@||battle . Flight-Lieutenant, George Robeits of "welbourne opened the||@@||Roberts of Melbourne opened the score with a rocke-Wulf||@@||score with a Focke-Wulf rhght-Lieiitenant Pat McDade of||@@||Flight-Lieutenant Pat McDade of Casino NSW chased a Messet||@@||Casino N.S.W. chased a Messer- schmidt which shammed dead bv||@@||schmidt, which shammed dead by lolling <>vei and beginning to iall||@@||rolling over and beginning to fall awaj McDade ppisisted in his at-||@@||away McDade persisted in his at- tack and caught the German almost||@@||tack and caught the German almost ir giound level||@@||at ground level. Warrant-Oficei Haitis of Yenda||@@||Warrant-Officer Harris of Yenda NSW living his usual íole as the||@@||N.S.W. flying his usual role as "the peilett No J tinned tom Geiman||@@||perfect No. 2," turned four German flghlPis on* McDade« tail while the||@@||fighters off McDade's tail while the chase vvfc.s on||@@||chase was on. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17916293 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn "KATINKA^JtEVlVAL||@@||"KATINKA REVlVAL Katinka was revived at the||@@||Katinka was revived at the Theatre Royal on Satuidav night with||@@||Theatre Royal on Saturdav night with much coloui in costuming much style||@@||much colour in costuming; much style in pioduction, and much colourlessness||@@||in production, and much colourlessness in singing and acting||@@||in singing and acting. Drowned in the lollv-pop sentimen-||@@||Drowned in the lollv-pop sentimen- tality of the age in which it spianj.||@@||tality of the age in which it sprang. Katinka" did not fully respond to||@@||Katinka" did not fully respond to the artificial lespnntion piovided bv||@@||the artificial respiration provided by Don Nicols topical quip«||@@||Don Nicol's topical quips A slot v of a couple of glddv-mlnded||@@||A story of a couple of giddv-mlnded Lochmvais who lesctie a scheming||@@||Lochinvars who rescue a scheming Russians bride via a Tuikish harem||@@||Russians bride via a Turkish harem and a Parisian cafe "Katinka* icln||@@||and a Parisian cafe "Katinka" rein- tioduced Gladys Moncilefl to Sydnci||@@||troduced Gladys Moncrieff to Sydney. Hei singing wps far fiom wann 01||@@||Her singing was far from warm or comfoitable but the audience seemed||@@||comfortable but the audience seemed happy enough to applnud hei on hei||@@||happy enough to applaud her on her leputation Vocally Alan Eddv was||@@||reputation. Vocally Alan Eddy was outstanding his stlperb bass belongs||@@||outstanding; his superb bass belongs in much more Illustrious companj||@@||in much more Illustrious company. The ballet was coloui ful and well dis-||@@||The ballet was colourful and well dis- ciplined||@@||ciplined. Ml Eddv as the Russian biide||@@||Mr Eddv as the Russian bride- gioorti also «liaied the few acting||@@||groom also shared the few acting honours with Sydney Wheelers portlv||@@||honours with Sydney Wheeler's portlv harem-kceppi and Don Nicols caiica||@@||harem-keeper and Don Nicols caicature tuie Ameiicin miltlonahe Heibeit||@@||American millionaire. Herbert Browne Eric Gormley, and Malle La||@@||Browne, Eric Gormley, and Marie La Vat re were good In parts -L B||@@||Varre were good in parts - L B ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17924020 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn ROLAND WAKELIN||@@||ROLAND WAKELIN A new and dfstuibing quality has||@@||A new and disturbing quality has cntciod the woik of Roland Wakelin||@@||entered the work of Roland Wakelin now showing at the Macqimic Gil||@@||now showing at the Macquarie Gal- leiies To a lal gc extent it defeats the||@@||leries. To a large extent it defeats the seaich foi those weight j foims which||@@||search for those weighty forms which made his best paintings so sculptural||@@||made his best paintings so sculptural in content This quality is one of||@@||in content. This quality is one of anxiety to lecoid the pleasing aspects||@@||anxiety to record the pleasing aspects of his subtcct matter-the sensuous||@@||of his subject matter - the sensuous appeal of a landscape which ht failed||@@||appeal of a landscape which he failed to submit to the ncccssaiy aichitec||@@||to submit to the necessary architec- tonic discipline The superimposing of||@@||tonic discipline. The superimposing of these two dements the one so well||@@||these two elements, the one so well undei stood the othei so ill conceived||@@||understood, the other so ill conceived is cuiious and unfortunate since it||@@||is curious and unfortunate since it riislntegtates the veiy foundation upon||@@||disintegtates the very foundation upon which1 he has built so powcifully n||@@||which he has built so powerfully in the past||@@||the past. His habit of concentiating all the||@@||His habit of concentrating all the light upon the stiongly outlined centre||@@||light upon the strongly outlined centre of his canvas and then to join all the||@@||of his canvas and then to join all the suirounding caith and sky with a||@@||surrounding earth and sky with a compaiatively vague shadow not onlj||@@||comparatively vague shadow not only thiows his pictuie out of tone but||@@||throws his picture out of tone but lobs it of all stabilitv This occurs||@@||robs it of all stability. This occurs paiticulailv in Cloud Diama Even||@@||particularly in "Cloud Drama," "Even- ing Light and Black Mountain||@@||ing Light" and "Black Mountain." Golden light is fiankly sacchaiine||@@||"Golden light" is frankly sacchaiine, but Biookvale Landscape is bioad||@@||but "Brookvale Landscape" is broad and poweiful and in some ways con||@@||and powerful and in some ways con- talus a spiiit of giandeui||@@||tains a spirit of grandeur. These ciiticisms aie of couise lela||@@||These criticisms are of course rela- live foi Wakelin is one of oui most||@@||tive, for Wakelin is one of our most foicefu) painteis and a ccitain un||@@||forceful painters and a certain un- evenness is chanctenstic of his ex||@@||evenness is characteristic of his ex- ploiing tempeiament He is also||@@||ploring temperament. He is also within his powei to discaid all ex||@@||within his power to discard all ex- ti aneous mattei||@@||traneous matter. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17868013 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED||@@||PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED -5||@@|| Hie Neu bconomj Rollt Boothby M p||@@||The New Economy. Robt. Boothby M.P. isccler and Wai bure )||@@||(Secker and Warburg.) The Commnnd ol the Air Glullo Douhei||@@||The Command of the Air. Giulio Douhet (Faber and Fabsr )||@@||(Faber and Faber.) Ritiila irlumphaiil Gcoisc Sa\d. il aber||@@||Russia Triumphant. George Sava. (Faber and Fubcr )||@@||and Faber.) Whv I Am a Jew Ldmond l'icj translatée||@@||Why I Am a Jew. Edmond Fleg: translated by Victor Oollanta (Gollanc )||@@||by Victor Gollancz. (Gollanz.) Island Farm r Fraser Darling ia Bell||@@||Island Farm F. Fraser Darling. (G. Bell ?uki Sons )||@@||and Sons.) Builat Monsolla Abriditd from the||@@||Buriat Mongolia. Abridged from the Russian wcili ci V 1 Pomua Libour ana||@@||Russian work of V. I. Pomus. Labour and Latour Rclitluis In the Neu Indúctiles ot||@@||Labour Relations in the New Industries of bculll-ue«! Uhlna Kuo-Loiirj Shlh and Ju-||@@||South-west China. Kuo-Leng Shih and Ju- lian,, lien Three Tj->e« ol Rural Econtmn||@@||Kang Tien. Three Types of Rural Economy In Yunnan and Maslc and Science In Western||@@||in Yunnan, and Magic and Science in Western Yunnnu (Institute cl Pacifli Re'atlons Ne*||@@||Yunnan. (Institute of Pacific Relations. New \ork )||@@||York.) Corolin micalth National Library Annual||@@||Commonwealth National Library. Annual catalogue c1 Austiallan Publications 1U4J||@@||Catalogue of Austiallan Publications 1942. Compiled under the direction of Kenneth||@@||Compiled under the direction of Kenneth B'nns, librarian||@@||Binns, librarian. New Guinea Action Pictorial Record o]||@@||New Guinea Action Pictorial Record of the Alllrd Ad\anco (Roser Welch. Sj.dney )||@@||the Allied Advance (Roger Welch, Sydney.) To-morrow «i Houslne Wallace O Poole«||@@||To-morrow's Housing, Wallace G. Pooley (Association of Co-opcrutive Bulldlnc Societies||@@||(Association of Co-operative Building Societies, Sydney.) Wings Ha.\e We. Julia Caima. (Frederick||@@||Wings Have We, Julia Cairns. (Frederick Muller.) Barjai No 12. (Barjai Publishing Ser-1||@@||Barjai No 12. (Barjai Publishing Ser- vice, Brisbane ) I||@@||vice, Brisbane.) ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17883753 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn CARROCEÎN SAVES||@@||CARBOGEN SAVES RARY||@@||BABY Caiboçen administeied by Manh||@@||Carbogen administered by Manly Ambu ance officiais vesicidav, îevived||@@||Ambulance officials yesterday revived a nine months old bab\ Lv nette||@@||a nine-months' old baby, Lynette Ravenseioft of Towri Stiegt Manlv||@@||Ravenscroft, of Tower Street, Manly, who had benn immersed in hei bath||@@||who had benn immersed in her bath foi two minute||@@||for two minutes. Mis Ravensi mil left the bibv ves||@@||Mrs. Ravenscroft left the baby yes- teidav to obtain a towel when she le||@@||terday to obtain a towel, when she re- mined she found the baby hine lae«||@@||mined she found the baby lying face downwairis in the bath appairntlv||@@||downwards in the bath, apparently lifeless Manlv ambulance was called||@@||lifeless. Manly ambulance was called Caiboeen was administered and In||@@||Carbogen was administered and in thiee minutes the r-abv showed siens||@@||three minutes the baby showed signs of life Aitidtial rispintion was ap||@@||of life. Artificial respiration was ap- plied for ifvrirfl minutes and the||@@||plied for several minutes, and the child wes lenovrd to Manl Hospital||@@||child was removed to Manly Hospital foi ti calment Her condition is re-||@@||for treatment. Her condition is re- ported to be satisfactory||@@||ported to be satisfactory. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17910017 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn Botvh||@@||Bowls EARLY CLUBS||@@||EARLY CLUBS Growth of tke||@@||Growth of the Game ft averia (1893)||@@|| Some enthusiasts vahóse know-||@@||Some enthusiasts whose know- ledge of bowls goes back 40 years||@@||ledge of bowls goes back 40 years wie compaimg notes at one of||@@||were comparing notes at one of tne subuioan gieens yesterday,||@@||the suburban greens yesterday, and theiemaikaole expansion of||@@||and the remarkable expansion of tne grme Via? discussed||@@||the game was discussed. In 1906 tneie wcie 22 metiopolitan||@@||In 1906 there were 22 metropolitan fid 14 countn c'ub to-aay there||@@||and 14 country clubs to-day there SIP D8 dubs in the metiopolitan area||@@||are 58 clubs in the metropolitan area end 126 unacr outlier association* .||@@||and 125 under district associations . *u isolated (.oun'iv clubs and two||@@||six isolated country clubs and two taonoisn clubs |||@@||honorary clubs. Of the 22 metropoltan club": in i||@@||Of the 22 metropolitan clubs in txisfnce 36 \<>f>is ao.o three h've dis-1||@@||existence 36 years ago, three have dis- nppesrea-¿nnannak. Ellecmeie and||@@||appeared - Annandale, Ellesmere and P*diein||@@||Redfern. The old Annandale ult b was the||@@||The old Annandale club was the frt bow lint1 club open to tot1 geiiDial)||@@||first bowling club open to the general pwtic m S^dnej hovms bP"n foi med||@@||public in Sydney, having formed In 1378 For a ^enr or two it was||@@||In 1878. For a year or two it was t c orlj club but soon othei no\ lui"||@@||the only club but soon other bowling etta wtie formed tie promoters||@@||Clubs were formed the promoters beta" (oi the mon pi t memb=is oí||@@||being for the most part members of /Mándale who went foith ino||@@||Annandale who went forth and Inuncá new clubs The fist New||@@||formed new clubs. The first New SMich Wale«-Victoria match MC||@@||South Wales-Victoria match was pa\ed on th° Annandale t?re°n in||@@||played on the Annandale green in lofiO and sc\eral sub"cquent inlet-1||@@||1880 and several subsequent inter colonial bowling matches weie also||@@||colonial bowling matches weie also pi») ed there||@@||played there. INVITATION GKCrN||@@||INVITATION GREEN The Annandale club carried or foi ,||@@||The Annandale club carried on for «bout se\en jear= «hen it was||@@||about seven years, when it was fHered ano Mi Tohn \ounj cemea|||@@||altered and Mr John Young carried it on PS a pi not" invitation Tieen to .||@@||it on as a private invitation green to pacéis genenlH> "nd foi officially||@@||players generally and for officially receiving and enteits nmg tisitlng |||@@||receiving and entertaining visiting t aiis 'tom aoroad ano fiom other||@@||teams from abroad and from other parr«; of Australia The Rieen was||@@||parts of Australia The green was on Mr "iounas piopeitt at Annan-||@@||on Mr Jones property at Annandale. dale||@@||A new Annandale club was formed A ne\ Annandale club 'was forrrea||@@||about 1897, and some time after 1906 fbouf 1807 pud some nme alter 1006||@@||it ceased to exist. In the last men- i ceased to e 1st In the last-men-||@@||tioned year its membership was only tioned vear H<= membership was onlj||@@||26. !5||@@||The old Redfern club was established The old P-dfem club wa« estáb-||@@||in 1890, the green in Redfern il nea in 1890 the giecn in Redfern||@@||Park being first opened for play on Park bein? firct opened for play on||@@||January 15, 1891. In 1906 the club entlarv 1. 1391 In 1906 the club||@@||had a membership of 72, but it ceased ida memociship of 72 but it cased||@@||to exist some years ago. to exist sime vears ago||@@||The Ellersmere club was a private The Elie m°ie club vas a puvate||@@||one, more or less, the green being one rroie or less the green bsins||@@||owned by and attached to the resi- owed by and attached to the rcsi||@@||dence of a former Premier, Sir Joseph cence of a foimer Prernlei Su Joseph||@@||Carruthers, at Sans Souci. Carruhei <¡ at San* Souci||@@||The other Clubs in existence 36 years Tlie otnei clubs in e estenos 36||@@||ago were Ashfield (formed in «1rs aço rere Ashfield (formed in||@@||1889), Balmain (1880), Burwood 1339) Balma n (1080) Buivood||@@||(1904), Chatswood (1900), City (19041 Chats \ood (1900) City||@@||(1880), Gladstone Park (1898), Hunters (1880) Gladstone P?rk (1808) Hun||@@||Hill (1904), Manly (1898), Marrickville l»rs Hill (1904) Manly (1838) Mar-||@@||(1905), Mosman (1902), North tille (190o) Mosman (1902)||@@||Sydney (formerly St Leonards (1888) North Sjdnej formerly St leonards||@@||Parramatta (1881), Petersham (18?8) Parramatta (1881) Feltham||@@||(1896), Randwick (1`894), St George (139R) Randwick (1894) St Geor^||@@||(1900), Strathfield( 1888), Victoria Park (lOuO) Strathfield (1888) \ letona||@@||(1887), Warringah (1903), and l"k (1887) Waninga« (1903) mci||@@||Waverley (1893) Game||@@|| ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17916069 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn BOOKS OF THE WEEK||@@||BOOKS OF THE WEEK With Wingate s Jungle Raiders in Burma||@@||With Wingate's Jungle Raiders in Burma , ''Wingate Adventure," hy W11'||@@||''Wingate Adventure," by Wil- fred C. Burchett.-F. W. Cheshire||@@||fred C. Burchett.-F. W. Cheshire Pty., Melbourne.||@@||Pty., Melbourne. MAJOR-GENERAL WINGATE||@@||MAJOR-GENERAL WINGATE was not only a brave fighter||@@||was not only a brave fighter but a great tactician The bril-||@@||but a great tactician. The bril- liant success he achieved In||@@||liant success he achieved in Ethiopia as a guerilla leader he||@@||Ethiopia as a guerilla leader he cai ried on Into Bui ma Then||@@||carried on into Burma. Then came death||@@||came death. After leading guenlla land and air||@@||After leading guerilla land and air- borne forces on some of the most||@@||borne forces on some of the most amazing long-iange raids in militan||@@||amazing long-range raids in military Instan Wingate was killed in « plan*||@@||history. Wingate was killed in a plane crash on Mai cn 24 1944||@@||crash on March 24, 1944. Although Charles Olde Wingate was||@@||Although Charles Orde Wingate was born in compaiati\el\ fortunate eil||@@||born in comparatively fortunate cir- cumstances no íeadei of this book||@@||cumstances, no reader of this book is likelj to attribute hh success in||@@||is likely to attribute his success in militan sei vice to an} thing hut hic||@@||military service to anything but his own abilitj It is eas\ to gue^s the||@@||own ability. It is easy to guess the psjchological and phjsical consti||@@||psychological and physical consti- tuents that consummated it This most||@@||tuents that consummated it. This most cultnated of men with a penchant foi||@@||cultivated of men with a penchant for Onental and social studies this sol||@@||Oriental and social studies this sol- dier-scholat with deep >et e\es finel>||@@||dier-scholar with deep-set eyes, finely chiselled lips and fierce hawk nose||@@||chiselled lips and fierce hawk nose, this man of action who looked like an||@@||this man of action who looked like an artist or a religious lecluse but who leo||@@||artist or a religious recluse, but who led and fought like a Hannibal cotilo||@@||and fought like a Hannibal, could command-and hold-the trusted de||@@||command-and hold-the trusted de- \otion of the haraest bitten suet illa||@@||votion of the hardest-bitten guerilla men of an\ continent in which he||@@||men of any continent in which he sought to sene||@@||sought to serve. As a soloier he combined com||@@||As a soldier he combined com- petence and authontj with charm||@@||petence and authority with charm of mannei and a humanitj as warm||@@||of manner and a humanity as warm as it was wide Wingate in short||@@||as it was wide. Wingate, in short, was n natural leadei of uncomen||@@||was a natural leader of unconven- tional men and uncomentioml ven||@@||tional men and uncoventional ven- tures-a \i\ld peisonalit\ in fact It||@@||tures-a personality, in fact. It was that personalitj backed up bj||@@||was that personality, backed up by the personalities of the men whom||@@||the personalities of the men whom it never failed to inspiie that car||@@||it never failed to inspire, that car- ned Wingate s Raiders successfully||@@||ried "Wingate's Raiders" successfully to the loglcpl conclusion of theil||@@||to the logical conclusion of their splendid and peiilous missioni||@@||splendid and perilous missions. The gieat tillie of this boo,, i flisi||@@||The great value of this book is first thpt ii provines us with a nmative||@@||that it provides us with a narative, not quite complete perhaps 01 Win||@@||not quite complete perhaps, of Win- gates initial Ion., iange expedition||@@||gate's initial long range expedition into Buima which had 101 it« piime||@@||into Burma, which had for its prime motive the disruption of the Japan||@@||motive the disruption of the Japan- »se lines of communication and||@@||ese lines of communication and second that it shows us in graphic||@@||second that it shows us in graphic glimpses that British troops "iven||@@||glimpses that British troops, given training aie econd to none in the||@@||training, are second to none in the art of tactical infiltiation ann ningi«5||@@||art of tactical infiltration and jungle fighting At Is t we tan see \hat||@@||fighting. At last we can see what Wingate s ragged nri wav worn com||@@||Wingate's ragged and way-worn com- mandos achieved Tor after si>. months||@@||mandos achieved. For after six months of ns tough a halnin" as an\ tioops||@@||of as tough a training as any troops éter underwent they spent foui||@@||ever underwent, they spent four months behind the Japanese line,||@@||months behind the Japanese lines beyond Imphal-four month.-, of in||@@||beyond Imphal-four months of in- credible haidships stark peril and||@@||credible hardships, stark peril and almost superhuman endeavoui||@@||almost superhuman endeavour. lemhy Pi nation«||@@||Terrific Privations Ihe first task for Wmgat» wa« to||@@||The first task for Wingate was to get his foi ce* across liO mile« of||@@||get his forces across 150 miles of enemy occupied country noss the||@@||enemy-occupied country, cross the wide flowing Chindvin Rivei and||@@||wide-flowing Chindwin River and (hen operate astute the mpin iailw.iv||@@||then operate astride the main railway line in the Japanese r»ar without||@@||line in the Japanese rear without being inteiceptcri Ben een the lum||@@||being intercepted. Between the lum- benn" wrinkled pack elephants in||@@||bering, wrinkled pack elephants in front of his columns and the groan||@@||front of his columns and the groan- ins ox caits and mules in the icai||@@||ing ox-carts and mules in the rear, weie about 3 000 highly seasoned||@@||were about 3,000 highly seasoned tioop«-Gurkha« a Bntish Commando||@@||troops-Gurkha's, a British Commando Company Burma Rifles Indian ma||@@||Company, Burma Rifles, Indian ma- houts and muleteers||@@||houts and muleteers. When gioups veie near to stan ins||@@||When groups were near to starving they collected funei and caught||@@||they collected fungi and caught locusts rats and monkeys Partly||@@||locusts, rats and monkeys. Partly, too they weie fea from the air bj an||@@||too, they were fed from the air by an R A F transport squadron doing gro||@@||R. A.F. transport squadron doing "gro- eery rounds This squadron in «low||@@||cery rounds." This squadron, in slow- flying planes without fighter pioter||@@||flying planes, without fighter protec- tion flew feep into enemj territorj||@@||tion flew deep into enemy territory, and nevei failed to drop theil giocr||@@||and never failed to drop their grocer- ip-, in time and at the light rende?||@@||ies in time and at the right rendez- VOU1||@@||vous. The tiacks yvound precariously||@@||The tracks wound precariously tounri the siaes of massive mountain||@@||round the sides of massive mountain chains down into dried rivei teds up||@@||chains, down into dried river beds up along giddy knife edges At night||@@||along giddy knife edges.At night the men lust coileo up and slept where||@@||the men just coiled up and slept where thej stopped But they went on||@@||they stopped. But they went on. From a strictlj operational point of||@@||From a strictly operational point of view the lesnlts yvere not spectaculai||@@||view the results were not spectacular, but they were «.ffcctive Bridge aftei||@@||but they were effective. Bridge after bridge was demolished ammunition||@@||bridge was demolished, ammunition dumps were bloyyn up railwajs djna||@@||dumps were blown up, railways dyna- mited loads blocked airfields y reck-||@@||mited, roads blocked, airfields wreck- ed In the most obi°ctl\e passage-»||@@||ed. In the most objective passages the personalitj of the foi ce emeiges||@@||the personality of the force emerges clear and vivid It wa-, a ghost||@@||clear and vivid. It was a ghost armj in action and the Japs rarely||@@||army in action, and the Japs rarely knew what was going on until aftei||@@||knew what was going on until after the event||@@||the event. But Wingate s Raiders dio moie||@@||But "Wingate's Raiders " did more than disiupt Japanese communica-||@@||than disrupt Japanese communica- tions they tied down a force sayo||@@||tions: they tied down "a force" says Mr Burchett betyveen foui and five||@@||Mr. Burchett " between four and five times as great as then own and||@@||times as great as their own and forced Jap headquarters to call off||@@||forced Jap. headquarters to call off operations which had already stait||@@||operations which had already start- ed Nor did enemv foi ces during||@@||ed." Nor did enemy forces, during all this time e\er succeed in catch||@@||all this time, ever "succeed in catch- me up with am laige pan of the||@@||ing up with any large part of the Wingate Raiders They killed some||@@||Wingate Raiders." They killed some and captured some but the miionty||@@||and captured some, but the majority returned to india And bv the tim°||@@||returned to India. And by the time they icali«ed the Wingate men had||@@||they realised the Wingate men had eluded then far flung nets the Japs||@@||eluded their far-flung nets, the Japs had lost the use ol the dry season||@@||had lost the use of the dry season, the monsoon \ as on them and any||@@||the monsoon was on them and any impending operation« they mav have||@@||impending operations they may have planned had to be called off||@@||planned had to be called off. Wingate s men in short had de||@@||Wingate s men in short had de piivad the enemy of his last chance||@@||piivad the enemy of his last chance of invading india.||@@||of invading india. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17906702 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn INQUIRY INTO CREEK||@@||INQUIRY INTO CREEK TRAGEDY||@@||TRAGEDY DENILIQUIN Satuidav -An in||@@||DENILIQUIN Saturdav -An in- quiiv was commenced bv the Coioncr||@@||quiry was commenced by the Coroner Mr M Wjse at Mathoura vcsleidav||@@||Mr M Wyse at Mathoura yesterday into the deaths of Mis Amelia Lauia||@@||into the deaths of Mrs Amelia Laura Winnell 21 and her five childi en||@@||Winnell, 29, and her five children. Margaret 12 Matilda 8 Geoige 5||@@||Margaret 12, Matilda 8, George 5, Shit lev 3 veais 1 month« and Gwen-||@@||Shirley 3 years 9 months and Gwen- neth 3 months whose bodies weie ic||@@||neth 3 months, whose bodies were re- coieied fiom Gulpa Cicek last week||@@||covered fiom Gulpa Creek last week. Evidence was given that Hem j Beit||@@||Evidence was given that Henry Bert Winnell husband of the dead woman||@@||Winnell, husband of the dead woman wis a sleeper cuttei and earned thp||@@||was a sleeper cutter and earned the biggest pi\ rheoue in the distict||@@||biggest pay cheque in the distict. Mis Sai ah Ann Fennessv sistci ni||@@||Mrs Sarah Ann Fennessy, sister of Mrs Winnell said there was nothing||@@||Mrs Winnell said there was nothing unusual in her demcanoui when she||@@||unusual in her demeanour when she met hei on the dav of the tiagedv||@@||met her on the day of the tragedy. At no time had Mis Winnell thieat||@@||At no time had Mrs Winnell threat- ened to take hei life oi the lives oí||@@||ened to take her life or the lives of her children Mis Winnell wis de-||@@||her children. Mrs Winnell was de- voted to hei family and to hei hus-||@@||voted to her family and to her hus- band who gave them the utmost care||@@||band who gave them the utmost care and was of sobei habits||@@||and was of sober habits. Mrs Ellen Amelia Ciane said she||@@||Mrs Ellen Amelia Crane said she lived 200 vards fiom the cieek Earlv||@@||lived 200 yards from the creek. Early in the afternoon of April 28 she cn\\||@@||in the afternoon of April 28 she saw Mis Winnell vith I he childi cn ap-||@@||Mrs Winnell with the children ap- proaching Gulpa Cieck hiidgc Mis||@@||proaching Gulpa Creek Bridge. Mrs Winnell said she v as feeling «veil and||@@||Winnell said she was feeling well and remaiked that mushrooms weie scarce||@@||remarked that mushrooms were scarce. Mrs Winnell was veiv white and ap-||@@||Mrs Winnell was very white and ap- peared anxious to leav e hoi||@@||peared anxious to leave her. Mr« Emilv Logan said Mis Winnell||@@||Mrs Emily Logan said Mrs Winnell was fond of hei husband and had told||@@||was fond of her husband and had told her many times that he w as v cry good||@@||her many times that he was very good to hei and the children||@@||to her and the children. The Coroner adiourned the Inquirj||@@||The Coroner adjourned the Inquiry to a date to be fi\cd_||@@||to a date to be fixed. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17923443 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn DOG FINDS OLD||@@||DOG FINDS OLD MAN||@@||MAN The police Alsatian, Zoe, led police||@@||The police Alsatian, Zoe, led police foi neaily five miles ovei a mi tuons||@@||for nearly nearly five miles over a tortuous riack ihrouch thick undeigiosvlh neal||@@||track through thick undergrowth near Richmond yesleiday lo find an old||@@||Richmond yesterday to find an old man who had been lost||@@||man who had been lost The man Thomas Hpndon 70, an||@@||The man Thomas Hendon, 79, an old-as;e pensione) had wandeied fiom||@@||old-aged pensioner) had wandered from his home on "Wednesday afternoon||@@||his home on Wednesday afternoon. He suffeied fiom loss of memory||@@||He suffered from loss of memory and sshen polite found him he was||@@||and when police found him he was Ivins unconscious tluough e\haustion||@@||lying unconscious through exhaustion The polire cut dosvn tsso saplings||@@||The police cut down two saplings, ried their shins to them io make an||@@||tied their shirts to them to make an improtis^d stietehci and earned Hen-||@@||improvised stretcher and carried Hen- don to his home||@@||don to his home. Thev *aid lhal hed 7,op not riis||@@||They said that had Zoe not dis- povcteri him Hencion ssould piobahls||@@||covered him Hendon would probably hise died He had collapsed at ?||@@||have died. He had collapsed at a spot which could not be seen foi molt||@@||spot which could not be seen for more than p few vaids||@@||than a few yards SpiRcant Moifean and Constable||@@||Sergeant Morgan and Constable Herring and Hunt »erp thp police||@@||Herring and Hunt were the police ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17875661 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn HUNT FOR MEN||@@||HUNT FOR MEN IN LAUNCH||@@||IN LAUNCH -1||@@||-----0---- Planes, Navy Boats||@@||Planes, Navy Boats Join Search||@@||Join Search Aiiciaft and naval patiol||@@||Aircraft and naval patrol- boats were used ye&teiday in the||@@||boats were used yesterday in the search for thiee men who left||@@||search for three men who left Poit Hacking In a 16ft launch on||@@||Port Hacking in a 16ft launch on Wednesday morning for a day's||@@||Wednesday morning for a day's fishing and did not íetuin||@@||fishing and did not return. List night scirchcis had almost||@@||Last night searchers had almost abandoned hope but the whes of||@@||abandoned hope, but the wives of the thiee men belic\e that the\||@@||the three men believe that they mano°uviccl the launch into a remote||@@||manoeuvered the launch into a remote pait of the const and aie waiting foi||@@||part of the coast and are waiting for the seas to abite||@@||the seas to abate. The missing men nie Charles B||@@||The missing men are Charles B. Hall W an employe of the Austn||@@||Hall, 47, an employee of the Austra- llan Gas Light Co Wllficd Thomas||@@||lian Gas Light Co., Wilfred Thomas Wlscombc 37 a bicuei and William||@@||Wiscombe, 37, a brewer, and William Henry McLem 29 employed it an air||@@||Henry McLean, 29, employed at an air- cinft facton Theil homes nie in||@@||craft factory. Their homes are in Patiick Street Huistvillc||@@||Patrick Street, Hurstville. roon tor day only||@@||FOOD FOR DAY ONLY The men hiicd the launch-It had||@@||The men hired the launch - it had a 2'-hp engine in good older-fiom||@@||a 2½-h.p. engine in good order - from J A Liebiands bonlshcd nt Cronulla||@@||J. A. Liebrand's boatshed at Cronulla. The\ took with them food and watci||@@||They took with them food and water sufficient foi a day onlj||@@||sufficient for a day only. In blindinp lain with n gale lash-||@@||In blinding rain, with a gale lash- ing the seas to fun the seiuch \ent||@@||ing the seas to fury, the search went on \cstcrdn\ loi miles out to se'» and||@@||on yesterday for miles out to sea and fiom Cape Solindei to Mulc\ Beach||@@||from Cape Solander to Marley Beach. Patiol bonis ueie bullctcd licwih||@@||Patrol boats were buffeted heavily. Police and lisheimen who scinched||@@||Police and fishermen who searched places in wnich the missin men||@@||places in which the missing men might lm\e -hollered îcpoucd lis||@@||might have sheltered reported last night thpt thnj hid found no tinco1||@@||night that they had found no trace of the 'lunch ¡||@@||of the launch. I||@@|| ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17873400 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn POTATO SUBSIDY||@@||POTATO SUBSIDY Sli-Mr Scullvs recpnt announce-||@@||Sir.-Mr. Scully's recent announce ment that £ 1 000 000 had bren paid||@@||ment that £ 1 000 000 had been paid in potato subsidies Is interesting but||@@||in potato subsidies is interesting, but reouiies a little claiiflcatlon Cer-||@@||requires a little clarification. Cer- tainly Mi Scully ha- not said so in||@@||tainly, Mr. Scully has not said so in so manv woids but neseithele-s the||@@||so many words, but nevertheless the infrifnce is thpre-thit this renrcjents||@@||inference is there-that this represents a subsids to the potato-?ra \ing In||@@||a subsidy to the potato growing in dtistiy This is for fiom being tine||@@||dustry. This is far from being true, is the subsidy ¡s puiely one to benefit||@@||as the subsidy ¡s purely one to benefit the general public and enable the con||@@||the general public and enable the con *umpi to obtiln chnp potatoes In-||@@||sumer to obtain cheap potatoes. In- deed the consumei is octtinlh busing||@@||deed the consumer is actually buying Hiern at below the cost of pioriitction||@@||them at below the cost of production, es cn undei not mil ch amistantes||@@||even under normal circumstances. Up to the time of intieduction of||@@||Up to the time of introduction of rent-c1 "ne1 inteifeicnce ssith noimal||@@||control interference with normal iripikels no ciy for subsidy was h-aid||@@||markets, no cry for subsidy was heard fiom the indi'stly and although the||@@||from the industry, and although the « holes-'e pi ice of potatoes wa-s then||@@||wholesale price of potatoes was then £16 pel ton no cornpl»int was rn'rie||@@||£16 per ton, no complaint was made from the public lcgoiding price It||@@||from the public regarding price. It Is hrrd to understand Ihcrcfoie lust||@@||is hard to understand therefore just whv pctatc-s «houltl bp ~ingled oui to||@@||why potatoes should be singled out to pio'loc an estimated cut In th" cost||@@||provide an estimated cut in the cost of Using of si spence pei week Tsh*n||@@||of living of sixpence per week, when other equally essential, but manufac-||@@||other equally essential, but manufac- tured aitic'e- aie allowed to soai and||@@||tured articles are allowed to soar and and to the cost of living if not In||@@||add to the cost of living, if not in actual pi ice then b" d"tciioration in||@@||actual price, then by deterioration in the standard of quality||@@||the standard of quality. The fivd contract pi ice may be a||@@||The fixed contract price may be a satlsfnctoiv cn» under noimal seasonal||@@||satisfactory one under normal seasonal conditions but with a oiought piè||@@||conditions but with a drought pre spillng in mtnv of the potato dis||@@||vailing in manyof the potato dis tilcto it Is fpa||@@||tween the British and their oversea visitors||@@||visitors The Ameiicans aie not only set||@@||-The Americans are not only get tins the first taste of what the Biithh||@@||ting the first taste of what the British underwent dm ins the Witt but thp||@@||underwent during the blitz, but the Blitish are able to see the average||@@||British are able to see the average Americans Taimlipaited sympathy||@@||American's warmhearted sympathy and reaolness to help antone in dis-||@@||and readiness to help anyone in dis- tress||@@||tress. "RELATIONS CEMENTED" |||@@||"RELATIONS CEMENTED" The flvinc-bomb has done more to||@@||The flving-bomb has done more to cement Vnslo-Ameiican relations at||@@||cement Anglo-American relations at thp level that counts most than all||@@||the level that counts most than all thp committees established for that||@@||the committees established for that purpose since the -var besan||@@||purpose since the war began. EbCoited US heavv bombers to-dav |||@@||Escorted US heavy bombers to-day attacken au field in Belçlnm and,||@@||attacked airfields in Belgium and Hollano and fl>tru-bomb launching||@@||Holland, and flying-bomb launching platfoims and other taifiets in Pas OP||@@||platforms and other targets in Pas de Calais Bpcause of oveicast homblnft||@@||Calais. Because of overcast bombing was done by instruments All the||@@||was done by instruments. All the «¡tciaft íeturned||@@||aircraft returned. The Air Minislrv NPVVS S»IVICP says||@@||The Air Ministry News Service says fighters and anti-auciaft suns des||@@||fighters and anti-aircraft guns des- trojed a number of flying-bombs ./es-||@@||troyed a number of flying-bombs yes- ter da\ Three more RAP fishtei||@@||terday. Three more R.A.f. fighter rilots each destrojed three bombs||@@||pilots each destroyed three bombs dur in« sinfile patiols||@@||during single patrols. RAP Halifa-îes and Lancasters||@@||R.A.F. Halifaxes and Lancasters undei flghtei covei yesterday aftei||@@||under fighter cover yesterday after- noon without loss attacked flvins||@@||noon without loss attacked flving- bomb installations in the Pas de||@@||bomb installations in the Pas de Calais||@@||Calais. An Air Minishv communique sajs||@@||An Air Ministry communique says Bombei Command planes list nicht||@@||Bomber Command planes last night heavily attacked flyinR-bomb install i||@@||heavily attacked flying-bomb installa- lions in noithem Ti ance Visibilitv||@@||tions in northern France. Visibility wa-> eood and flist lepoits indicatp||@@||was good, and first reports indicate that bombing was well concentiated||@@||that bombing was well concentrated. A tone of Mosquitoes attackPd a||@@||A force of Mosquitoes attacked a synthetic oil plant in the Ruhi Mine«||@@||synthetic oil plant in the Ruhr. Mines weie laid in enemv wateis Thirteen||@@||were laid in enemy waters. Thirteen of oin planes are missinn||@@||of our planes are missing. An RAAF Mosquito squadron took||@@||An R.A.A.F. Mosquito squadron took part in a record moonlight forav last||@@||part in a record moonlight foray last night by Mosquitoes ano Bostons of||@@||night by Mosquitoes and Bostons of the RAF against trains and loan||@@||the R.A.F. against trains and road convoys in Fiance to hamper the||@@||convoys in France to hamper the movement of panter foi ces to the||@@||movement of panzer forces to the battle area from south of Paus||@@||battle area from south of Paris. It was the best hunting since||@@||It was the best "hunting" since D Dav||@@||D-Day. Mosquito night flghteis from »n||@@||Mosquito night-fighters from an R tAT squadron ciesfrovcn foul||@@||R.A.A.F. squadron destroyed four enerm planes ovei the Channel Ia<-i||@@||enemy planes over the Channel last night making 16 dcstroveo ov the||@@||night making 16 destroyed by the squadron since D-Day and si dp«||@@||squadron since D-Day and 31 des- troved this yeal||@@||troyed this year. Flying-Offlcers S J Williams (pilot||@@||Flying-Officers S. J. Williams (pilot) of Swanhill Vic ) and K VA void||@@||of Swanhill, Vic. ) and K. W Havord (obsenei of Sydney; got a Doiniei||@@||(observer, of Sydney), got a Dornier 217 last night||@@||217 last night. Pilot-Office-- I W Sanderson (of||@@||Pilot-Officer I. W. Sanderson (of Condobolin) TIS pilot of a plane that||@@||Condobolin) was pilot of a plane that destrojed a Helnkel 177 Flight -||@@||destroyed a Heinkel 177. Flight- Setgeant W li Atkinson of Bathurst||@@||Sergeant W. E. Atkinson of Bathurst was obseivei in a plane that shot down||@@||was observer in a plane that shot down a H»inkel 177||@@||a Heinkel 177. Impinvpd weathpr ovei the Con-||@@||Improved weather over the Con- tinent jesteroav enabled Ipige num||@@||tinent yesterday enabled large num- bers of Allied bomhn « fightpi||@@||bers of Allied bombers, fighter- bomb0is and richters to attack enerm||@@||bombers and fighters to attack enemy tprget« About 2 000 sot ties were||@@||targets. About 2,000 sorties were flown bpfoip middav||@@||flown before midday. US fighters dilling the dav heiulv||@@||U.S. fighters during the day heavily stiated ano dive-bombed Gciman||@@||strafed and dive-bombed German îailwav watei and motor transpon||@@||railway, water, and motor transport, I shooting down 17 enemv phnes in||@@||shooting down 17 enemy planes in combat||@@||combat. Thundeibolts and Lightnings i the||@@||Thunderbolts and Lightnings in the evening attacked maishallins; vains||@@||evening attacked marshalling yards rolling stock canal barges ami motoi||@@||rolling stock, canal barges, and motor vehicles on an sic pxtenning from tht||@@||vehicles on an arc extending from the Cambrai »re^ to Nantes||@@||Cambrai area to Nantes. Yesterdav our planes destioved oi||@@||Yesterday our planes destroyed or damaged 84 locomotives 700 iaih/av||@@||damaged 84 locomotives, 700 railway cauiagps and numerous transpon||@@||carriages, and numerous transport vehicles||@@||vehicles. One group of flghtet-bomber» re-||@@||One group of flghter-bombers re- ported the biggest dog-fight sincp th°||@@||ported the biggest dog-fight since the invasion Ihev shot down si\ ot 40||@@||invasion. They shot down six of 40 Focke-Wulf 190s encountered in the||@@||Focke-Wulf 190s encountered in the St Lo area||@@||St. Lo area. Pielnninaiv repoits indicate that 12||@@||Preliminary reports indicate that 12 of oin fighters are missing on all||@@||of our fighters are missing on all opei ations||@@||operations. Pioot of the effectiveness of Allied||@@||Proof of the effectiveness of Allied bombing of enemv communications||@@||bombing of enemy communications has been given bv a Gciman piisoner||@@||has been given by a German prisoner. It is officially stateo that he íevetleri||@@||It is officially stated that he revealed he lrvd tiken a fortnight to ictch tin||@@||he had taken a fortnight to reach the nont line ovei a route which noim||@@||front line over a route which norm- allv would have tsken n few hours||@@||allv would have taken a few hours. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17883747 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn U.S. STAND ON||@@||U.S. STAND ON PALESTINE||@@||PALESTINE NO APPROVAL GIVEN||@@||NO APPROVAL GIVEN 1939 WHITE PAPER||@@||1939 WHITE PAPER NFW YORK Maieh 10 (A A P ) -||@@||NEW YORK March 10 (A A P ) - Piesident Roosctelt has disclosen to||@@||President Roosevelt has disclosed to Jewish learieis that the Amoilean Om||@@||Jewish leaders that the American Gov- ernmrnt has nevei giten apmovil lo||@@||ernment has never given approval to the Riitish White Papei of 1931 which||@@||the British White Paper of 1939 which tiittiallv foibids the ultu of lews||@@||virtually foibids the entry of Jews into Palestine aftPi Much 31 tills||@@||into Palestine after March 31, this vcai savs the Washington conespon||@@||year, says the Washington correspon- dent of the Heiald Tiibunc||@@||dent of the "Herald Tribune." The Piesident *,a\e no indication||@@||The President gave no indication that he would counter the Wai Dt||@@||that he would counter the War De- paitment-, opposition lo Con^icisioinl||@@||partment's opposition to Congressional I evolution in "In" Bntains tulluna tal||@@||resolutions urging Britain's withdrawal nf tne White Papei Ihe conciponnent||@@||of the White Paper, the correspondent adas||@@||adds. The War Departments stand is||@@||The War Department's stand is based on the fen that abiogatlon of||@@||based on the fear that abrogation of the While Papei minht incite an||@@||the While Paper might incite an Ainb letolt and theieby rli'luil} mill-||@@||Arab Revolt and thereby disturb mili- an plan« Piesidenl Roisc\olt In||@@||tary plans. President Roosevelt in- dinted lo the Trwish leacleis 111=11||@@||dicated to the Jewish leaders that I--urh a stand piompteri bt militait||@@||such a stand prompted by military I nrrr sities might lie ic\ci,en aftci the I||@@||necesities might be reversed after the I"'_I||@@||war. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17866769 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn ! PUBLIC RELATIONS||@@||PUBLIC RELATIONS i INQUIRY SOUGHT||@@||INQUIRY SOUGHT i -*||@@|| CANBERRA Sunday-Mi Kenneth||@@||CANBERRA Sunday-Mr. Kenneth Slessoi who lesigned last week as||@@||Slessor who resigned last week as Official Wai Concspondent has sug-||@@||Official War Concspondent has sug- gested that an inquirí b\ a civilian||@@||gested that an inquiry by a civilian should be held into the whole of the||@@||should be held into the whole of the woiUns of the present public rela-||@@||workings of the present public rela- tions svstem as it affected wai coi||@@||tions system as it affected war cor- lespondents||@@||respondents. Mr Spender M P had pioposed ?*.||@@||Mr. Spender M.P. had proposed a Chilian lnquiiv Into Mi Slessoi s||@@||civilian inquiry into Mr. Slessor's ti «aiment hv the Arm«,||@@||treatment by the Army. Mr Slessoi said that the Ti ess re-||@@||Mr. Slessor said that the Press re- lations 01 r pulsation seemed to be ova -||@@||lations organisation seemed to be over- staffed and that theie was considei||@@||staffed and that there was consider- able dtssaticfaction at ceitain aspects||@@||able dissatisfaction at certain aspects of its administration||@@||of its administration. Apart fiom mv own case I am in||@@||Apart from my own case I am in a position to pi ove at the îi-ïht tim»||@@||a position to prove at the right time fiom evidence in mv iccotds tnat eoi||@@||from evidence in my records that cor- tcpondonts have been coeioed into||@@||respondents have been coerced into submission to unicasonable oideis||@@||submission to unreasonable orders Killed bv Colonel rasinu=s"n a*> head||@@||issued by Colonel Rasmussen as head of Aimv Public Relations ' Mi Sles-||@@||of Army Public Relations," Mr. Sles- soi f-nld||@@||sor said. H" ?"'id that a îelevant standing||@@||He said that a relevant standing 01 dei foi accredited wai coi respon-||@@||order for accredited war correspon- dents issued bv the Australian Armv||@@||dents issued by the Australian Army read Without asslpnlng anv reason||@@||read: "Without assigning any reason (lie Dlicctoi-Gonoial of Public Rela-||@@||the Director-General of Public Rela- tions ninv icfuFe acciedit«tim to anv||@@||tions may refuse accreditation to any applicant and vhcre a licence ha«||@@||applicant and where a licence has b-"«n Issued mav suspend oi revoke||@@||been issued may suspend or revoke such licence He 'aid he knew||@@||such licence." He said he knew tint this had twen used to Intimídale||@@||that this had been used to intimidate icciedited coricspondents||@@||accredited correspondents. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17877164 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn FOOD PLANNING |||@@||FOOD PLANNING Sir-Tlie inevitable milk shortage||@@||Sir-The inevitable milk shortage leferred to bv the manager of the||@@||referred to by the manager of the Camden Park Estites in his pub-||@@||Camden Park Estates in his pub- lished statement and the equally in-||@@||lished statement and the equally in- evitable potato famine we mu»t||@@||evitable potato famine we must shortly face aie adoitional monu||@@||shortly face are additional monu ments to the inept buiepuciatic||@@||ments to the inept bureaucratic planning which-in spite ot all li"||@@||planning which-in spite of all the propaganda with which the cour r||@@||propaganda with which the country is flooded-is the main cause of the||@@||is flooded-is the main cause of the food chaos||@@||food chaos. Another serious dcvelopmr-nt which||@@||Another serious development which is not jet "o obvious is the efee*||@@||is not yet so obvious is the effect on international relations on which||@@||on international relations on which oui post war welfare so largelj û=||@@||our post war welfare so largely de pends Probablv owing to what Mi||@@||pends. Probably owing to what Mr. Churchill described as the ronfimnd||@@||Churchill described as the confirmed unteachnbilitj ot the bureau« afi"||@@||unteachability of the bureaucratic mind the lessons of pist economr||@@||mind the lessons of past economic nationalism and self sufficiencj poll||@@||nationalism and self sufficiency poli ctes will be lost if little-mind»d||@@||cies will be lost if little-minded buieauciats nie peimitted to imple||@@||bureaucrats are permitted to imple ment their economic ideas bv the||@@||ment their economic ideas by the application and abuse of i errulation":||@@||application and abuse of regulations pin porting to be for othei objectives||@@||purporting to be for other objectives. Already our neighbours in N*>w||@@||Already our neighbours in New Zealind aie being anhgonised an-1||@@||Zealand are being antagonised and Important paits of oui future food||@@||important parts of our future food supplies îeopardi^ed by this method||@@||supplies jeopardised by this method npplied b^ undei linas whilst the||@@||applied by underlings whilst the political learleis of both countries aie||@@||political leaders of both countries are ibout to confer at Canbena 'o||@@||about to confer at Canberra to ai range for ioint and co-opeiati ?>||@@||arrange for joint and co-operative actions on post wrtr nfTaiis Acto||@@||actions on post war affairs. Action must be talen to cuib these acM''||@@||must be taken to curb these activi ties or we shall see not onK gieatei||@@||ties or we shall see not only greater chaos on the food fiont heic but a||@@||chaos on the food front here but a lppetition on a sieatei seal» of th»||@@||repetition on a greater scale of the bad relations between neighbour||@@||bad relations between neighbours ".nich aiose a few \PIIS aso from the||@@||which arose a few years ago from the p\r)usim on the fllm«\ pietext of||@@||exclusion on the flimsy pretext of New Zeiland potatoes during -\||@@||New Zealand potatoes during a potato shoitsgc heie and the e\||@@||potato shortage here and the ex elusion fiom New Zealand of oui cit||@@||lusion from New Zealand of our cit ris fruits with othei îetaliatoiv de||@@||ris fruits with other retaliatory de îelopmcnts so damaging to both||@@||velopments so damaging to both I peoples||@@||peoples. A SPENCER WATTS||@@||A SPENCER WATTS Sydnev||@@||Sydney ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17909390 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn TO »CARRY FOR FOURTH||@@||TO MARRY FOR FOURTH TIME||@@||TIME Ceremony in London||@@||Ceremony in London (OUR STAFF CORRESPONDENT.)||@@||(OUR STAFF CORRESPONDENT.) LONDON, June 2-The wedding||@@||LONDON, June 2-The wedding will take place shoitlv in London||@@||will take place shortly in London of Mis Doia Knowles Davies former-||@@||of Mrs Dora Knowles Davies former- ly of Dalling Point Sydney, youngest||@@||ly of Darling Point, Sydney, youngest daughtei of the late Mi and Mrs||@@||daughter of the late Mr and Mrs C Stii.ut Alc\.inclu of Albury and||@@||C. Stuart Alexander, of Albury and ávdnej and Mttjoi Law i once Byrne,||@@||Sydney and Major Lawrence Byrne, eldei son of Mi and Mis J. F.||@@||elder son of Mr and Mrs J. F. Uu ne, of Edgbaston||@@||Byrne, of Edgbaston. Mis Danes» lett Sydney in I«"!"»!,||@@||Mrs Davies left Sydney in 1938, lillee months aftet hei seciet mat||@@||three months after her secret mar- liage to an Englishman Mi Ben||@@||riage to an Englishman Mr Ben Knowles D ivies ii ho had hied in||@@||Knowles Davies who had lived in Sidnej foi l8 mouths bcfoie their||@@||Sydney for l8 months before their niiiu u¿e She .mci hot husband||@@||marriage. She and her husband liai ulled by ttitlticnt imites, Mr.||@@||travelled by different routes, Mr. UUMLS to nsit Aiiieiic.i on business||@@||Davies to visit America on business befóte Joiiiuiii his ivifo in England.||@@||before joining his wife in England. He LonlniLlcd uti illness in New Yoik,||@@||He contracted an illness in New York, as a tesiill of w lut h he died at sea||@@||as a result of which he died at sea eu unite to England The maiuage||@@||en route to England. The marriage ivas not to hine been announced||@@||was not to been announced until tht-i had uti h ed in London to||@@||until they had arrived in London to mfoim Mi Davies s mothei||@@||inform Mr Davies 's mother. The son of het lust tu.uiiage to||@@||The son of her first marriage to Mi Leslie Waitui ti, iiccompiinicd Mis||@@||Mr Leslie Walford, accompanied Mrs Davies to England, ulieie he entcied||@@||Davies to England, where he entered Winchcstei School Aftei hei fil st.||@@||Winchester School. After her first husbands death Mis Walfoid mar||@@||husbands death Mrs Walford mar- tied Mi Euc Shellei, whose widow||@@||ried Mr Eric Sheller, whose widow i she ivas n hen she mai i led Mi Davies.||@@||she was when she married Mr Davies. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17919065 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn BRITISH AGAIN ON||@@||BRITISH AGAIN ON CHIN!) WIN||@@||CHINDWIN KANDY, Äug 30 (A A P ) -To-||@@||KANDY, Aug 30 (A.A.P.) -To- day s South-east Asia communique||@@||day's South-east Asia communique says that British tioops yesteiday||@@||says that British troops yesterday reached the Chindwin Rivei at||@@||reached the Chindwin River at Hwemate aftei smashing Japanese îe||@@||Hwemate after smashing Japanese re- sistance on the tiaclc fiom Thanan||@@||sistance on the track from Thanan. Five bundled enemy dead have so||@@||Five hundred enemy dead have so fai been counted on the Uack, and||@@||far been counted on the track, and much heavy equipment has been||@@||much heavy equipment has been captured||@@||captured. A fi\e-mile advance on the Tiddim||@@||A five-mile advance on the Tiddim Ro.id followed a successful load block||@@||Road followed a successful road block action Japanese losses were heavy||@@||action. Japanese losses were heavy. Biitish tioops aie now hack at the||@@||British troops are now back at the Chindwin for the ni st time since the||@@||Chindwin for the first time since the Japanese ciossed the mer in Mnich||@@||Japanese crossed the river in March this yeal Hwemate is 32 miles north||@@||this year. Hwemate is 32 miles north past of Uamu||@@||east of Tamu. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17914853 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn MR. W. W. MONAHAIS||@@||MR. W. W. MONAHAN DEAD||@@||DEAD Mr W VA Monahan K. C onr ol||@@||Mr W W Monahan K. C. one of the best kno n memhpis of the Syd||@@||the best known members of the Syd- ney Rai died at his horn? at Vaucluse||@@||ney Bar died at his home at Vaucluse vpsterday a<*ed fifi||@@||yesterday, aged 68. Mi Monahnn had b»rn an Min"||@@||Mr Monahan had been an Acting Jud0p of the Snpieme Comt and thp||@@||Judge of the Supreme Court and the Distiipt Conit and lcprpsenled the||@@||District Court and represented the Ciown at a numbei of Roval Com||@@||Crown at a number of Royal Com- mi«sions||@@||missions. In 1037 he wrnt to rutland wheie||@@||In 1937 he went to England where vith Dnnli«h counsel lip app^aipd bp||@@||with English counsel he appeared be- foio thp Pi lu Counnl in an appeal||@@||fore the Privy Council in an appeal bv Tooth and Co rid||@@||by Tooth and Co Ltd. Mi Monahnn was admitted to lhe||@@||Mr Monahan was admitted to the Rai on lebt lui y 14 1 °07 and wa||@@||Bar on February 14, 1907, and was "n minted Kin" s Co ins^l in Maich||@@||appointed King's Counsel in March 1027 fie acted a n Di«ulpt Court||@@||1927. He acted as a District Court ludpc m IIS1! and 102" and a« a||@@||Judge in 1925 and 1927, and as a Judge of the SuniPmr Com | in 1118||@@||Judge in the Supreme Court in 1938. He wa« appointed to a «ist the Com||@@||He was appointed to assist the Com- mlssionci« at Royal Cammi<- lons into||@@||missioners at Royal Commissions into tin baie incing In New South Wales||@@||tin hare racing in New South Wales in 1032 and the «alp of the State||@@||in 1932, and the sale of the State undprtakln"« in 1037 and 1018||@@||undertakings in 1937 and 1938. Shoitlv nfl"t tin» wai beean he v\a«||@@||Shortly after the war began he was appointed to the Anppal Committee||@@||appointed to the Appeal Committee foimcri to hpai oblpctions from in||@@||formed to hear objections from in- teincd aliens||@@||terned aliens in Septcmbci 1041 the PedPial||@@||In September 1941, the Federal Govemment apooinfpd him «enioi||@@||Govermment appointed him senior counsel at the Roval Comnus«ion st t||@@||counsel at the Royal Commission set up to inve«tif.atp thp use of the Com||@@||up to investigate the use of the Com- monvvpalth secict fund||@@||monwealth secret fund. A sei vice will be held al St Janie«||@@||A service will be held at St James Kin" Stien nt ° 10 oclocl this aftei||@@||King St, at 2.30 o'clock this after- noon aftçi which th° funeinl will||@@||noon after which the funeral will leave foi the Noithein Subuib« Cie||@@||leave for the Northern Suburbs Cre- matoi mm_||@@||matorium. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17889726 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn WOMAN FROM SHACK IN COURT||@@||WOMAN FROM SHACK IN COURT Mis Lucy Collins, in vUios«5||@@||Mrs. Lucy Collins, in whose shack near Albuij Dr Palmei I||@@||shack near Albury Dr. Palmer Benbow alleges the Pyjama i||@@||Benbow alleges the "Pyjama Gals deith occuried v,as in.||@@||Girl's" death occurred was in couit to-day||@@||court to-day. Attei telling the Coioner he hid||@@||After telling the Coroner he had inloimed the police that Mrs Collin«||@@||informed the police that Mrs Collins «ould be useless as a witness until||@@||would be useless as a witness until he «as lehabihtated caiefullv looked||@@||she was rehabilitated, carefully looked after and weaned from liquor Di||@@||after and weaned from liquor, Dr. Palmei Benbow said She is looking||@@||Palmer Benbow said, "She is looking bettei than I have evei seen hei||@@||better than I have ever seen her." I Police saj the Pyjama Gul was||@@||Police say the "Pyjama Girl" was Linda Agostml Hei husbuid An||@@||Linda Agostini. Her husband, An- tomo Agostuu ins been chaiged with||@@||tonio Agostini has been charged with having mindel ed hei J||@@||having murdered her. "SWEET Nfe.1 V||@@||"SWEET NELL" To Mi Moiii»Ii.iii (lui Mis Kout||@@||To Mr. Monahan (for Mrs. Rout- lcd»*e) Di Palmei Benbow ;>aid that||@@||ledge), Dr. Palmei Benbow said that «hen he visited Mis Collins s stuck||@@||when he visited Mrs. Collins's shack to til and lind out elie mine of u||@@||to try and find out the name of a gul who hud visitcil hei Mis Collins||@@||girl who had visited her Mrs. Collins told linn she had called the gul feweel||@@||told him she had called the girl "Sweet Nell 01 Nellie||@@||Nell" or "Nellie." She had mentioned the name Nellie||@@||She had mentioned the name Nellie OCallithei and had told him that||@@||O'Callaher and had told him that the girl had come fiom Victoua men||@@||the girl had come from Victoria, men- cloning Hoi shim||@@||tioning Horsham. Nellie O Collagher Lut.} Collins had||@@||Nellie O'Callagher, Lucy Collins had said was still alive and had associatea||@@||said, was still alive and had associated with a man «ho had since died He||@@||with a man who had since died. He had not belle» ed Mrs Collins and had||@@||had not believed Mrs. Collins and had iconsideied it dcsnable that hei sloij||@@||consideied it desirable that her story should be tested so he had included it||@@||should be tested so he had included it ¡n his final report to the CIB Invc»||@@||in his final report to the C.I.B. Inves- US at ion had shown that hei story was||@@||tigation had shown that her story was coirect-that hid occurred long befoie||@@||correct--that had occurred long before he knew Mrs Rontledge||@@||he knew Mrs Routledge. Having made his final îeport to the||@@||Having made his final report to the CIB he wis dissitisfiea that no||@@||C.I.B., he was dissatisfied that no action was taken and as a lesult he||@@||action was taken and as a result he told Mi Mitthews of the CIB that||@@||told Mr. Mitthews of the C.I.B. that he would go direct to the Commis||@@||he would go direct to the Commis- aionei The Chief Couinu«sionei had||@@||sioner. The Chief Commissioner had made othei amusements foi action||@@||made other arrangements for action with the Police Dcpaiemeni but not||@@||with the Police Department, but not the CIB Findinp tint the action||@@||the C.I.B. Finding that the action had come to nothing he had done cer-||@@||had come to nothing he had done cer- tain things to get «hit he consideied||@@||tain things to get what he considered the tacts brought beloie the public and||@@||the facts brought before the public and into conn to be thorouDhlv" investi||@@||into court to be thoroughly investi- gated Up to that state he hid tiken||@@||gated. Up to that state he had taken a leiv desultotj inteiest in the identity||@@||a very desultory inteiest in the identity of the girl-he had fMt tim once the||@@||of the girl--he had felt that once the clime had been estibhshed the iden||@@||crime had been established the iden- titv would folio« as a m»tt«i of com se||@@||tity would follow as a matter of course. Dr Palmei Benbow said he con-||@@||Dr. Palmer Benbow said he con- sideied that he hid established the||@@||sidered that he had established the identity of the gil 1 beiore he met Mra||@@||identity of the girl beiore he met Mrs. Routkíge but the fact that she had |||@@||Routledge, but the fact that she had co-operated with him made a great||@@||co-operated with him made a great difference When Mrs Routledge||@@||difference. When Mrs. Routledge had established the identitv of the||@@||had established the identity of the Pjjimi Gill alter having viewed||@@||"Pyjama Girl" after having viewed the bods he thought the Pol cp||@@||the body he thought the Police Depaitment would hive welcomed||@@||Department would have welcomed the tact because when he was at the||@@||the fact because, when he was at the C I B the identitv of the bods seemed||@@||C.I.B. the identitv of the body seemed to be the main issue Police opposi||@@||to be the main issue. Police opposi- tion howevei was suongei than||@@||tion, however, was stronger than oetoie and that led to legal action to||@@||before, and that led to legal action to obtain the bodv to have Mrs Rout,||@@||obtain the body, to have Mrs Rout- ledges daughtei declaied de id and||@@||ledge's daughter declared dead, and to have the inquest reopened The||@@||to have the inquest reopened. The actions weic all iiniiicccsitul but the||@@||actions were all unsuccessful, but the Judge decided to send the pipers to||@@||Judge decided to send the papers to the Clown Luv Ut paiement which||@@||the Crown Law Department, which leliised lo siippuit the application to||@@||refused to support the application to leopen the inquest||@@||reopen the inquest. Di Puluiei Benbow pioduced a||@@||Dr. Palmer Benbow produced a Ululen piece oi in old oin »inentil||@@||broken piece of an old ornamental bedale ni winch he said weighed||@@||bedstead, which, he said weighed ..bout, l?u/ «us about six inches long||@@||about 17oz. was about six inches long, nid » >s \eiy ioimittuiilc Its shape||@@||and was very formidable. Its shape, lie sild hiul been lepiodmccl in the||@@||he said, had been reproduced in the hole on the left temple side of the||@@||hole on the left temple side of the Pyjama Gills skull||@@||"Pyjama Girl's" skull. Theie was a Jilted edge on the||@@||There was a jagged edge on the piece o bedstevd where the pipe had||@@||piece of bedstead where the pipe had been bioken off In the foiehead oil||@@||been broken off. In the forehead of the bodj theie was a semi cncular cut||@@||the body there was a semi-circular cut, and the diameter of the cut was iden |||@@||and the diameter of the cut was iden- tical with the diametei of the pipe||@@||tical with the diameter of the pipe which was coveicd with green paint||@@||which was covered with green paint. GRbEN PAlN'i CLUE||@@||GREEN PAINT CLUE He had isolated a hair fiom the||@@||He had isolated a hair from the bone which hid been bashed and||@@||bone, which had been bashed and split and under the microscope he||@@||split, and under the microscope he could see tiaces of gieen paint The||@@||could see traces of green paint. The b oken ornamental piece gave a verv||@@||broken ornamental piece gave a very positive leaction to a test tor blood||@@||positive reaction to a test for blood. He had discoveied the piece under||@@||He had discovered the piece under- neath a tank at Quinn s shack||@@||neath a tank at Quinn's shack. Io Mr Read Dr Palmei Benbow||@@||To Mr. Read, Dr. Palmer Benbow said that before he cime to Australia||@@||said that before he came to Australia he hau never interested himself in||@@||he had never interested himself in criminólo^||@@||criminology. Befoie becoming inteiested in the||@@||Before becoming interested in the Pyjinn Girl case In 1939 he had||@@||"Pyjama Girl" case in 1939 he had ah ead) had contact with the police||@@||already had contact with the police about another crime||@@||about another crime. He had nevei studied hjpnotism||@@||He had never studied hypnotism. He had read some books on crime||@@||He had read some books on crime bj Edgii Ahm Poe Conan Doyle||@@||by Edgar Allan Poe, Conan Doyle, Ashton Wolfe md Austin Freeman||@@||Ashton Wolfe, and Austin Freeman, but apart from those he had not read||@@||but apart from those he had not read ans books on cnmtnologj and during||@@||any books on criminology, and during Ins investigations he had not turned||@@||his investigations he had not turned to anv authomative work to obtain||@@||to any authoritative work to obtain assistance||@@||assistance. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17912935 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn SOLDIER OF 16||@@||SOLDIER OF 16 KILLED||@@||KILLED (rarage Explosion||@@||Garage Explosion at Pymille||@@||at Pymble Pii\ate John Latama Assheton||@@||Private John Latama Assheton 16 of the AI F \v-\s killed 'ycs||@@||16 of the AI F was killed yes terdav afternoon when a fuse||@@||terday afternoon when a fuse cap exploded in a Rarasre at the||@@||cap exploded in a Garage at the home of his uncle Flight-Lieu||@@||home of his uncle Flight-Lieu tenant H A Chin in Pentecost||@@||tenant H A Chin in Pentecost Avenue Pymble||@@||Avenue Pymble Pin ate Assheton was the onH son||@@||Private Assheton was the only son of the late Colonel Challes F A »she||@@||of the late Colonel Charles F Asshe ton form°i)v a Main Reids rncinci i||@@||ton formerly a Main Roads engineer nt Glen Innes who was one of thi||@@||of Glen Innes who was one of the first Austialians to enlist and wa«||@@||first Australians to enlist and was lolled in action in Milawa||@@||killed in action in Malaya Relatives of th° youth said that he||@@||Relatives of the youth said that he haa wort led his moth..- for pnnus||@@||has worried his mother for permis- non to enlist T want to have a go||@@||sion to enlist "I want to have a go «t the Jip foi killing my oad wa*||@@||at the Jap for killing my dad," was his insistent appeal He toined thi||@@||his insistent appeal He joined the Al F nmr month ago giving his aee||@@||AIF nine months ago giving his age *s 1R A few days ago he was given||@@||as 18. A few days ago he was given 21 da v s leave and stayed nth Fllghl||@@||21 days' leave and stayed with Flight Ueutenant Chin who is a dental sur||@@||Lieutenant Chin who is a dental sur- E^in His mothci > nose home is now||@@||geon. His mother whose home is now «lT?niwoith vvao -lso in the house||@@||in Tamworth was also in the house ALONE IN HOUSE||@@||ALONE IN HOUSE Ytstndny aftcmoon he was left||@@||Yesterday afternoon he was left 'lone in the hou e A few minutes||@@||alone in the house. A few minutes after 4 30 pm there was an e\plo-,ion||@@||after 4.30 pm there was an explosion «hieh alarmed íesidents of Penlciost||@@||which alarmed residents of Penticost Highvvpy Sergeant Douglas Mudie||@@||Highway. Sergeant Douglas Mudie of the RAAF v ho liv rs in the same||@@||of the RAAF who lives in the same str et ran to Di Chins caiage||@@||street ran to Dr Chins garage. In the semi-darkness he said list||@@||"In the semi-darkness," he said last nirht I lound Assheton lying on tht||@@||night "I found Assheton lying on the door tcnibly intuied and buned hy||@@||floor, terribly injured and buried by fittings which had been blown oil ttv||@@||fittings which had been blown off the »all of the "atage He aied as I was||@@||wall of the garage. He died as I was waiting foi a doctoi and the Cential||@@||waiting for a doctor and the Central Distilct Ambulince to suive A few||@@||District Ambulance to arrive. A few minutes later his mothei "nri Di and||@@||minutes later his mothe and Dr and Mrs Chin ai rived back at the hoiibC||@@||Mrs Chin arrived back at the house Wh'n they saw the v aiting ambulance||@@||When they saw the waiting ambulance I brol« the new to them||@@||I broke the news to them." It i not known how Pin ate A^she||@@||It is not known how Private Asshe- .on obtalncQ the fuse-cap Piat,menti||@@||ton obtained the fuse-cap. Fragments e\dmined bv Detective-Seineant,s W11||@@||examined by Detective-Sergeants Wil- son and White suggested tint it was||@@||son and White suggested that it was dom a two-inch mortal Fragments||@@||from a two-inch mortar. Fragments blew a hole in the celling of the||@@||blew a hole in the ceiling of the garage nnd di ove a laige tin dish up||@@||garage, and drove a large tin dish up lo the tiles||@@||to the tiles. On a l-cnch police found a scievv||@@||On a bench police found a screw- duvci Mid a large lack knife ana it||@@||driver and a large jack knife, and it Is Mie ed that Piivate Assheton wa||@@||Is believed that Private Assheton was vising one of these on the fuse-cap||@@||using one of these on the fuse-cap tthen it exploded None of his rela-||@@||when it exploded. None of his rela- tives knew that he had the fuse-cap||@@||tives knew that he had the fuse-cap ta his rjos,secslnn||@@||in his possession (Picture, pag* I.)||@@||(Picture, page 4.) ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17883039 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn 157,671 INVEST IN||@@||157,671 INVEST IN LOAN||@@||LOAN Better Response||@@||Better Response Needed||@@||Needed By last night 157,671 peisons||@@||By last night 157,671 persons had subsetibed to the First Vic||@@||had subscribed to the First Vic- toiy Loan This means that so||@@||tory Loan. This means that so far only one person in 46 has||@@||far only one person in 46 has subset ibed||@@||subscribed. Victo!ia leads with 1 in 32 South||@@||Victoria leads with 1 in 32, South Austiaha is next with 1 in 45 followed||@@||Australia is next with 1 in 45, followed by New South Wales (I hi 51), Wes-||@@||by New South Wales (1 in 51), Wes- tern Aust'aha and Queensland (1 in||@@||tern Australia and Queensland (1 in 63) and Tasmania (1 in 75)||@@||63), and Tasmania (1 in 75). Admittance is fice to th" Loan Con-||@@||Admittance is free to the Loan Con- çu at the Svdnev Town Hall at||@@||cert at the Sydney Town Hall at 2 "50 p m to-moiiow Jack Davey and||@@||2.30 p.m. to-morrow. Jack Davey and Virtor E Lone will be featuied||@@||"Victor E. Lone" will be featured. St">ge and radio stars will appear||@@||Stage and radio stars will appear In an open-an conceit at Epping||@@||in an open-air concert at Epping Paik at 2 p m to-moiiow and a rally||@@||Park at 2 p.m. to-morrow, and a rally will be held at Manly to-monovv after-||@@||will be held at Manly to-morrow after- noon Battle for Russia will be||@@||noon. "Battle for Russia" will be seicencd at Marrickville Town Hall||@@||screened at Marrickville Town Hall at 8 p m||@@||at 8 p.m. The Acme Thcatie Rockdale has||@@||The Acme Theatre, Rockdale, has oisranis»d a loan conceit for 8 pm||@@||organised a loan concert for 8 p.m. to-monow||@@||to-morrow. Suhscnptions announced yesteiday||@@||Subscriptions announced yesterday weie -||@@||were :- M'llri rn» and Metror'lltan Trnmm\»||@@||Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways IVruri irlriltlcnil £ it) 000 making £ 4SO 000||@@||Board, additional £50,000, making £ 450,000; Tctci «merman Dcllcacv Co Ltd £ 23 000||@@||Peters American Delicacy Co. Ltd., £ 25,000; N n M A Insurance Co Ltd additional||@@||N.R.M.A Insurance Co. Ltd., additional £ -i non minim: £30n00 United Iniurancn||@@||£5,000, making £30,000; United Insurance Cc Ltd ndrflttrnnl £ IS 000 muline.||@@||Co. Ltd., additional £15,000, making £2S(ino Crrsco Fertilisers (WAI Ltd||@@||£35,000; Cesco Fertilisers (W.A.) Ltd., £ IS non r additional £2 000 makins||@@||Joseph A. Levy, additional £2,000, making £3 000||@@||£3,000. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17922179 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn ART OF HERftmr||@@||ART OF HERBERT B. CAf.WP||@@||R. GALLOP KV OUR ART CRITIC.||@@||BY OUR ART CRITIC. Hcrbnrc R. Gallop is one ni||@@||Hcrbert R. Gallop is one of i ch?i -vast number of painter? i||@@||that vast number of painters I whose art fonstitute- a patiem '||@@||whose art constitutes a oetien ! eopvvnß of the emin tr.y side.||@@||copying of the countryside. Í The cosncsccntt 'wually i-eiar '«||@@||The cosncsccntt usally refer to their "fine ci.-uinnfiu.-jhip." ?nd, in||@@||their "fine draftsmanship, and in- íiertí. fur. Gnllop is no woice I han '||@@||deed Mr Gallop is no worse than anv of the others. His wort. mi%-?ó||@@||any of the others. His work misses ÄverythiiiR oí importance. Then; i*||@@||everything of importance. There is no /mm or design or individual out-||@@||no form or design or individual out- look, p.¡vi ona wonders vii» fh»;p|||@@||look, and one wonders why xxxx suenes should have been pe-rpatuated||@@||xxxx should have been ?perpetuated --<' not for eternity, ftt iro.'t for home||@@||if not for eternity, at ?least for some '?oiiJicîei'Pntg time||@@||considerable time. I , A critic hfcie is .iomev,'h-.u out oí||@@||A critic here is somewhat out of plKce. But inte ons. at least, prefer?||@@||?place. But this one at least, prefers ¿»ature, as Mich, in the wide op¡»n i||@@||nature as such in the wide open ¿paces rjther Than within the nnrro1* J||@@||spaces rather than within the narrow | confines of a /rams.||@@||confines of a frame. "Still iV-Jieis. 8uiip.ciOia.n-!: Valley '||@@||"Still Waters, Burragorang Valley ' i« 7, char/nin? little vr.isr.'olour.||@@||is a charming little ?watercolour. The ftxhihlticn ooens to-div at the||@@||The exbibition opens today at the Grosvenor Gallarles._||@@||Grosvenor Gallaries. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17918968 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn THE COAL CRISIS||@@||THE COAL CRISIS Sir-A gi eat deal has been published||@@||Sir,—A great deal has been published about tile mesponsibihty of the coal||@@||about the responsibility of the coal minei who is accured oi striking ti "t||@@||miner who is accused of "striking first and arguing afteiwdrd^ ' Seldom hov||@@||and arguing afterwards." Seldom how- ever is the public gi\"n the whole lacts||@@||ever is the public given the whole facts in legaid to mining disantes I am a||@@||in regard to mining disputes. I am a minei in the Helcnsbuigh pit South Coast||@@||miner in the Helensburgh pit, South Coast. On August 17 a Go/ernment inspector||@@||On August 17 a Government inspector stopped the working of a horse in mv||@@||stopped the working of a horse in my particular place m the mine because latge||@@||particular place in the mine because large soies on the animals ban prevented him||@@||sores on the animals back prevented him being siddled without wat ciuelty M'||@@||being saddled without great cruelty. My mate and I were taken oft the coal and||@@||mate and I were taken off the coal and given odd jobs to do until anothei boree||@@||given odd jobs to do until another horse I vas piovid^d Each morning the rr?n||@@||was provided. Each morning the man- agement piomised a hoi~e nould be ? ail||@@||agement promised a horse would be avail- oble the ne^vt day but up to date notning||@@||able the next day, but up to date nothing has been aone in the mattPi||@@||has been done in the matter. Vhen I suggested that future hold-uos||@@||When I suggested that future hold-ups could be avoided by pioviding a íesere||@@||could be avoided by providing a reserve of spare pit horses foi such emeigencies,||@@||of spare pit horses for such emergencies, I was told in no uncertain manner thrt||@@||I was told in no uncertain manner that the management would not consldei such||@@||the management would not consider such a scheme No îeason via» given Later,||@@||a scheme. No reason was given. Later, we discovered a spare horse in the pit||@@||we discovered a spare horse in the pit stables which had not been used previously||@@||stables, which had not been used previously in this type of woik Howevei, my mate||@@||in this type of work. However, my mate oftered to di ive the horse, while I mined||@@||offered to drive the horse, while I mined the coal The management flatly refused||@@||the coal. The management flatly refused us permission to do so||@@||us permission to do so. Nine davs have elapsed since the man-||@@||Nine days have elapsed since the man- agement first prom sed to íeplace tne||@@||agement first promised to replace the sick hor-e failuie to keep this simple||@@||sick horse: failure to keep this simple promise h~s resulted in a personal loss of||@@||promise has resulted in a personal loss of twelve shillings a dav for my mate and||@@||twelve shillings a day for my mate and me, and what is far moie significant,||@@||me, and what is far more significant, at least 270 tons of coal to the war||@@||at least 270 tons of coal to the war eñort||@@||effort. W. HENDRY.||@@||W. HENDRY. Helensburgh.||@@||Helensburgh. Sir,-Concerning my recent letter about||@@||Sir,—Concerning my recent letter about the coal crisis, the omission of that pelt||@@||the coal crisis, the omission of that part cealing with the loss of oui coal expoit||@@||dealing with the loss of our coal export tiade may ha\e left your readers with||@@||trade may have left your readers with wrong impiessions of mv argument My||@@||wrong impressions of my argument. My letter stated that coal mining having be-||@@||letter stated that coal mining having be- come a protected industrv theie aie moie||@@||come a protected industry there are more miners than ever The infeience was or||@@||miners than ever. The inference was, or was meant to be, that undesirables ha'e||@@||was meant to be, that undesirables have orowaed the 'ndustiy As it lead my||@@||crowded the industry. As it read, my stptemcnt might ba open to the asseition||@@||statement might be open to the assertion that theie are actually fewer mincis than||@@||that there are actually fewer miners than befoie the piesent troubles aiose Mv||@@||before the present troubles arose. My whole meaning was that the majority of||@@||whole meaning was that the majority of genuine mincis aie men of good inten-||@@||genuine miners are men of good inten- tions, who, gl\cn safet}, would proouce||@@||tions, who, given safety, would produce all the coal needed, but to do this they||@@||all the coal needed, but to do this they must he protected against an aggiecshe||@@||must be protected against an aggressive minority||@@||minority. Teirigal W M FLEMING.||@@||Terrigal W. M. FLEMING. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17889130 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn TRAP SET FOR||@@||TRAP SET FOR WIFE||@@||WIFE -?-.||@@|| Man's "Despicable||@@||Man's "Despicable Trick"||@@||Trick" Bj' spi inging a trap upon his||@@||By springing a trap upon his wife .who sought to divorce him||@@||wife who sought to divorce him a man íecently succeeded in hav-||@@||a man recently succeeded in hav- ing hei petition dismissed Yes||@@||ing her petition dismissed Yes- teiday the Full Couit reveised||@@||terday, the Full Court reversed the 01 dei foi dismissal and gave||@@||the order for dismissal and gave the wife a decree nisi||@@||the wife a decree nisi. The case came originallv befoie Mi||@@||The case came originally before Mr. Justice Edwards when Rosanna Julia||@@||Justice Edwards, when Rosanna Julia Spilstead petitioned foi dissolution 0J||@@||Spilstead petitioned for dissolution of hei mai nage with George Edgar Spil-||@@||her marriage with George Edgar Spil- stead on the ground of adultery Mi||@@||stead on the ground of adultery. Mr Justice Edvvaids found adulteij||@@||Justice Edwards found adultery pioved but dismissed the petition be-||@@||proved, but dismissed the petition be- cause of condonation bj the wife||@@||cause of condonation by the wife, Against this decision Mrs Spilstead||@@||Against this decision Mrs. Spilstead appealed to the Pull Couit||@@||appealed to the Full Court. The husband was fiist discovered to||@@||The husband was first discovered to be guilty of adultctv In 1D36 On that||@@||be guilty of adultery in 1936. On that occasion the wife forgave him In||@@||occasion the wife forgave him. In 1041 he was again found to be adul- '||@@||1941 he was again found to be adul- tcrous She then lefused to allow him||@@||terous. She then refused to allow him to live with her and on June 27 filed||@@||to live with her, and on June 27 filed petition foi di voice Tor some weeks||@@||petition for divorce. For some weeks aftc- that Spilstead ícpeatedly visited||@@||after that Spilstead repeatedly visited the dics'-maWing shop she then had||@@||the dressmaking shop she then had at Kings Cioss and lang up pleading||@@||at Kings Cross, and rang up pleading foi forgiveness Mrs Spilstead lefused||@@||for forgiveness. Mrs Spilstead refused. On July 31 he told her he had joined||@@||On July 31 he told her he had joined the Aimv and had 10 days leave and||@@||the Army and had 10 days' leave and b°ggcd hei to go out with him be-||@@||begged her to go out with him be- cause he was going to the war and||@@||cause he was going to the war and would ptobablv nevet see her again||@@||would probablv never see her again. During the 10 days she went vvitn||@@||During the 10 days she went with him to dinnct dances and thcaties||@@||him to dinner dances, and theatres. On the last day she was with||@@||On the last day she was with him at a lonelv spot when a||@@||him at a lonely spot when a i aiding paitv atrhed the respondent||@@||raiding partv arrived, the respondent having arranged to trap his wife into||@@||having arranged to trap his wife into what he hoped would be an act of||@@||what he hoped would be an act of condonation||@@||condonation. Tile Chief Justice (Sn riedeilck.||@@||The Chief Justice (Sir Frederick Joidanl in the com se of ludgment||@@||Jordan), in the course of judgment, said that in his opinion the fact,||@@||said that in his opinion the facts did not indica te a decision on Vii s||@@||did not indicate a decision on Mrs. Spilstead s pait to icsumc matu||@@||Spilstead's part to resume matri- monial relations It was onlj at the||@@||monial relations. It was only at the eleventh houi of what she was led||@@||eleventh hour of what she was led to suppose would be the last daj before||@@||to suppose would be the last day before Spilstead went into the Aimy that he||@@||Spilstead went into the Army that he induced hei to allow a mai Ita! act as||@@||induced her to allow a marital act as the final and on her pait unpremedi-||@@||the final, and on her part unpremedi- tated incident of the day s outing at||@@||tated incident of the day's outing at a moment when all futther association||@@||a moment when all futther association between them was about to be severpd||@@||between them was about to be severed. It was a despicable tilck to tiv to||@@||It was a despicable trick to try to thwait his Rifes obvious intention to||@@||thwart his wife's obvious intention to divorce him||@@||divorce him. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17863870 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn LIBRARY AND CRAFT CENTRES||@@||LIBRARY AND CRAFT CENTRES Tollowing the establishment at Ar-||@@||Following the establishment at Ar- tarmon of the eleventh children s lib||@@||tarmon of the eleventh children's lib laiy ano craft ccntie tinder the||@@||laiy and craft centre under the auspices of the Children s Lib-||@@||auspices of the Children s Lib- ral y Movement the St Maivs||@@||rary Movement, the St Marys Duiatlon Cottage Fiogic-s Assoch||@@||Duration Cottage Progress Associ tion is co-opeiating with the move-||@@||tion is co-operating with the move- ment to open a libiary and clift club||@@||ment to open a library and craft club foi the local childi en In one of the||@@||for the local children in one of the duiation cottages Good books are||@@||duration cottages. Good books are urs»enrl\ neeaed ana nnj be left in||@@||urgently needed and may be left in tov n at the Phillip Paik centic ad||@@||town at the Phillip Park centre ad ioinlns the Inriustiial Blind Institu-||@@||joining the Industrial Blind Institu- tion 01 at Chatswood telephones||@@||tion 0r at Chatswood; telephones M\3877 and JA4122||@@||MA3877 and JA4122 Dm in; the (list weel of the Aitni||@@||During the first week of the Artarmon nion contle '9S bovs and guts weie||@@||centre 298 boys and girls were eniolled The locil auxilian which||@@||enrolled. The local auxiliary which has assumeo responsll ilitv for con-||@@||has assumed responsibility for con- ducting the libiaiv is «nanging woik||@@||ducting the library is arranging work ing bees to convcit an aiea of land||@@||ing bees to convert an area of land adjoining the centre in Elizabeth||@@||adjoining the centre in Elizabeth Stioet into an ooen ali aits and||@@||Street into an open air arts and ciafts ccntie in which the older boys||@@||crafts centre in which the older boys vill a M=t The land has been made||@@||will assist. The land has been made aviilablp to the movement bv the De-||@@||available to the movement by the De- partment of Railwav||@@||partment of Railways. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17924908 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn FATHER FINDS||@@||FATHER FINDS GIRL'S BODY||@@||GIRL'S BODY Youth Charged||@@||Youth Charged With Murder||@@||With Murder OUR SPECIAL REPORTER||@@||OUR SPECIAL REPORTER LITHGOW Sunday -The body||@@||LITHGOW Sunday -The body of Dons Winifred Shorney, 20||@@||of Doris Winifred Shorney, 20 of Lithgow Sheet Lithgow, was||@@||of Lithgow Sheet Lithgow, was found lying in long gi ass in ihe||@@||found lying in long grass in the public paik at 5 30 am to-day||@@||public park at 5 30 am to-day by hei fathei||@@||by her father She had been sti angled||@@||She had been strangled This afternoon a youth was anesteri||@@||This afternoon a youth was arrested and charged with murder||@@||and charged with murder The girls father Mr F Shompy||@@||The girls father Mr F Shorney I said that his daughtei went to the||@@||said that his daughter went to the loictmps with a gill fiiend last night||@@||pictures with a girl friend last night He had been told thal she lefl the||@@||He had been told that she left the theatre at thp interval but had le||@@||theatre at the interval but had re tumed||@@||turned The park wheip hei bod\ was found||@@||The park where her body was found i" close to her home and it ts believed||@@||is close to her home and it ts believed that she mav have walked thiough the||@@||that she may have walked through the park on hei wa\ home fiom the pic||@@||park on her way home fiom the pic tuips||@@||tures When she had not ictutnod bv mid||@@||When she had not returned by mid night hPi fathei became anxious and||@@||night her father became anxious and searchpa the stipcts foi hei||@@||searched the streets for her. SYDNEY DETECflVrS||@@||SYDNEY DETECTIVES Lithgow police called thp C1 B m||@@||Lithgow police called the C.I.B. Sydne\ and foul Sydnev detective||@@||Sydney and four Sydney detectives weie s°nt to the town||@@||were sent to the town Latei the isslstant chief of the||@@||Later the assistant chief of the [CIB Detective Inspect« James and||@@||CIB Detective Inspector James and the Government medical offtcei Di||@@||the Government medical officer Dr Percv also went to Lithgow||@@||Percy also went to Lithgow The youth wa« anesled late in Ihe||@@||The youth was arrested late in the afternoon when a hu« letuining with||@@||afternoon when a bus returning with a tourist partv trom Jenolan Caves||@@||a tourist party trom Jenolan Caves wa« stopped some miles from Lithgow||@@||was stopped some miles from Lithgow An autopsy was cal ried out b\ Di||@@||An autopsy was carried out by Dr Pprcv and thp local Government||@@||Percy and the local Government medical officsi Di P McAithui||@@||medical officer Dr P McArthur Loiaine and Bess Ellwood of||@@||Loraine and Bess Ellwood of Gi eat V'cslein Highway Lithgow||@@||Great Western Highway Lithgow said that they had been woik mates||@@||said that they had been work mates of Miss Shomev at thp Lithgow Small||@@||of Miss Shomey at the Lithgow Small Aims Factoiv||@@||Arms Factory Shp vas well known and liked She||@@||She was well known and liked She was a quiet "irl and had never made||@@||was a quiet girl and had never made an pnemv thev said||@@||an enemy they said Mis Shoincj vis to have celebiatpd||@@||Miss Shorney was to have celebrated hei twentv-fhst bnthdav next Satut||@@||her twenty-first birthday next Satur da\ Ananoements had been com||@@||day Arrangements had been com pleted bl friends foi a surprise partv||@@||pleted by friends for a surprise party Detect we Inspectai Tanvs Detec||@@||Detective Inspector James. Detec tive-Seigeants Clifton Paimetei ano||@@||tive-Sergeants Clifton, Parmeter and laidine and Detective Baret were||@@||Jardine and Detective Baret were assisted bv Detective Seigeant Tavloi||@@||assisted by Detective Sergeant Taylor and Warbuiton and Constable Ileion||@@||and Warburton and Constable Heron and othei Lithgow police||@@||and other Lithgow police William John Hugh roye 14 clippei||@@||William John Hugh Foye 19, clipper employed at Lithgow Mine will appear||@@||employed at Lithgow Mine will appear at Idthgow Couit to da\ on a charge||@@||at Lithgow Court to day on a charge ot minder||@@||ot murder ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17922774 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn ||@@|| -President Roose"elt issued a||@@||-President Roosevelt issued a st-itemcnt vesteidav savins that||@@||statemcnt yesterday saying that he had been following closelv||@@||he had been following closely snd with incieasmg concein the||@@||and with increasing concern the Ai «entine situation||@@||Argentine situation. This situition pi events the extia||@@||"This situation presents the extra- ordinalv paiadox of the giowth of||@@||ordinary paradox of the growth of >azi Fiscist influence and the In-||@@||Nazi-Fascist influence and the In- creasing application of Nazi Fiscist||@@||creasing application of Nazi-Fascist methods in a countn of this hemi||@@||methods in a country of this hemi- inhere at the veiy time those forces||@@||sphere at the very time those forces of oppussion and aggression are||@@||of oppression and aggression are drawing ever rlosoi to final defeat and||@@||drawing ever closer to final defeat and indûment chevvheie in the woild he||@@||judgment elsewhere in the world", he fa id||@@||said. The paiadox is accentuated ty the||@@||"The paradox is accentuated by the lno\vledi?c which we all possess||@@||knowledge, which we all possess, tliat the last m^joritv of the people||@@||that the vast majority of the people oí the Aigenfme remained iteadfast||@@||of the Argentine remained steadfast In their faith in then o\n free demo||@@||in their faith in their own free demo- eratic traditions and in theil suppoit||@@||eratic traditions and in their support ot the mtions who have been making||@@||of the nations who have been making such Rreat sicufices in the fight||@@||such great sacrifices in the fight .?Mn«t the Na?I-Fascists||@@||against the NazI-Fascists. The Aigentine Government has||@@||The Argentine Government has repudiated its solemn int«>i American||@@||repudiated its solemn inter-American obligations on the basts of which the||@@||obligations on the basis of which the nations of this hemisphere developed||@@||nations of this hemisphere developed » vstem of defence to meet the||@@||a system of defence to meet the challenge of Axis aggression||@@||challenge of Axis aggression. CHURCHILL QUOTED||@@||CHURCHILL QUOTED Unless we demonstiate a cipacitv||@@||'Unless we demonstrate a capacity to develop a tradition of respect foi||@@||to develop a tradition of respect for such obligations among civilised||@@||such obligations among civilised nations theie cm be little hope foi||@@||nations there can be little hope for a svstem of international securitv||@@||a system of international security »tv-oieucalh created to maintain the||@@||theoretically created to maintain the principle foi which the peoples aie||@@||principle for which the peoples are w diy siciificlng to the limit||@@||to-day sacrificing to the limit. I subseiibe wholc-heaitedH to the||@@||"I subscribe whole-heartedly to the «ords of Mr Churchill in the House||@@||words of Mr Churchill in the House ol Commons This is not like some||@@||of Commons: 'This is not like some wall wars of the past *hete all||@@||small wars of the past where all willa be foigotten and foignen||@@||could be forgotten and forgiven. étions must be judged b\ the puts||@@||Nations must be judged by the parts tnev pia\ Not onh belüget ents but||@@||they play. Not only belligerents but "futráis will find their position in the||@@||neutrals will find their position in the 'orlo cannot lemain entlieh un||@@||world cannot remain entirely un- «lecteo b\ the pan thev have chosen||@@||affected by the part they have chosen to pla\||@@||to play.' I hive ronsidcied it impoitant to||@@||"I have considcred it important to Tu tí* 'torment of the position o(||@@||make this statement of the position of r us Go'ernment at this time||@@||the US Government at this time »S-?ll5f 'I,"" rome ,0 "» ittention||@@||because it has come to my attention Hint the Nari Rndio beamed ro Latin||@@||that the Nazi Radio beamed to Latin Aircrica the pro Nazi Piess in||@@||America, the pro-Nazi Press in fnJ?I?;lna, nnd R fe« iitcsponsible||@@||Argentina, and a few irresponsible IT,Cu U Rnri R10"P'Î in certain othei||@@||individuals and groups in certain other «£1 llcs .?'* circulating the vicious||@@||republics are circulating the vicious ISir .u""'. counsels «re divided||@@||rumour that counsels are divided tw55 '"«American îepublicv and||@@||among the American republics and Argenti Ntttlons on P°licy towards||@@||United Nations on policy towards Argentina." ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17864589 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn HALF-CASTE FOR||@@||HALF-CASTE FOR UNIVERSITY||@@||UNIVERSITY CANBERRA Ihllisdav - The Min||@@||CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Minister isici foi the Intel ioi Senatoi Col||@@||for the Interior, Senator Collings, lings has nnnn"ed foi admission oí||@@||has arranged for admission of a half ciste lad Iiom the Noithcin||@@||a half-caste lad from the Northern lenitotj Joe Cioft to Quccnslhnd||@@||Territory, Joe Croft, to Queensland Unhusitj to undeilake in tngineti||@@||University to undertake an engineering in» louise Hie co 1 of his feo? atid||@@||course. The cost of his fees and maintenante will be nitt b\ the Com||@@||maintenance will be met by the Commonwealth monwealth Government||@@||Government. Ropoits leeeived b\ Stnaioi Col||@@||Reports received by Senator Collings lings indihe had been injin cri internally||@@||that she had been injured internally. Hie police have discoypied nothing||@@||The police have discovered nothing lo suggest that he had íereived any||@@||to suggest that she had received any of liri iniuriea b°foie she fell fiom||@@||of her injuries before she fell from the cliff||@@||the cliff. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17912048 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn SÏR JOSEPH BANKS||@@||SIR JOSEPH BANKS MEMORIAL FUND||@@||MEMORIAL FUND The Pi emier Mi McKell said last||@@||The Premier Mr McKell said last nrht that he had appioved a ¿riant of||@@||night that he had approved a grant of £2 000 to the Sir Joseph Banks||@@||£2,000 to the Sir Joseph Banks Mcmoml fund to mske possible the||@@||Memorial fund to make possible the PTpnrntion and publication of the||@@||preparation and publication of the B-uiks Joui nil at piesent in the||@@||Banks Journal at present in the Mitchc 1 Libiirs||@@||Mitchell Library. vu McKell slid that unrlci piescnl||@@||Mr McKells said that under present conciliions these papéis vvoic ivailable||@@||conditions these papers were available onlv to scholns aid students who weie||@@||only to scholars and students who were abe to devote the time to the studv of||@@||able to devote the time to the study of tue«" v iHifi bl-» miiniscnpts||@@||the manuscripts. Tne Ooveinment felt thnt the p ib||@@||The Government felt that the publication licvtion of the lotunnl would ptovidc||@@||of the journal would provide s li'tinr tiibitc to the mcinoiv of a||@@||a lasting tribute to the memory of a meit man piomincnt m Austi allan||@@||great man, prominent in Australian hilton ano would make mailibtc to||@@||history and would make available to c citone n lccoid of the part that he||@@||everyone a record of the part that he tod plaved in it«, history||@@||had played in its history. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17891017 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn POWERFUL SPITFIRE j||@@||POWERFUL SPITFIRE LONDON Maich 8 (AAP)-I||@@||LONDON, March 8 (A.A.P.)— The most poweiful of all Spit- ¡||@@||The most powerful of all Spit- fires is now destroying Geiman l||@@||fires is now destroying German fighters in air battles ovei the'||@@||fighters in air battles over the English Channel '||@@||English Channel. This new tv pe it is levealed is||@@||This new type, it is revealed, is fitted with an entiiclv new Rolls-1||@@||fitted with an entirely new Rolls- Rojee engine known as the Griffon ,||@@||Royce engine known as the "Griffon," This gives the plane Its liest perfor-'||@@||This gives the plane its best perfor- manee at combat altitudes between I||@@||mance at combat altitudes between lo 000 and 25 000 feet Its hoise||@@||15,000 and 25,000 feet. Its horse- povver is still a sea et I||@@||power is still a secret. The Griffon is a 12-cvlindei I||@@||The Griffon is a 12-cylinder liquid-cooled engine Its greater powei||@@||liquid-cooled engine. Its greater power is indicated bv the fact that its c**. Un-||@@||is indicated by the fact that its cylin- der slz" is 23 pet cent gieater than||@@||der size is 23 pet cent greater than that of the Merlin I||@@||that of the Merlin. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17914618 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn POLISH PREMIER MAY||@@||POLISH PREMIER MAY VISIT MOSCOW||@@||VISIT MOSCOW -?- , .||@@|| Ending Dispute With Russia||@@||Ending Dispute With Russia From Our Staff Correspondent, Colin Bingham||@@||From Our Staff Correspondent, Colin Bingham LONDON, July 23.-Now that the Red Army||@@||LONDON, July 23.—Now that the Red Army seems to be about to cross the 1940 frontier of Poland,||@@||seems to be about to cross the 1940 frontier of Poland, and perhaps to enter Czecho-Slovakia, the Polish||@@||and perhaps to enter Czecho-Slovakia, the Polish Premier, M. Mikolajczyk, has discussed with Mr.||@@||Premier, M. Mikolajczyk, has discussed with Mr. Churchill his desire to visit Marshal Stalin in an||@@||Churchill his desire to visit Marshal Stalin in an attempt to solve the Russo-Polish dispute, and it is||@@||attempt to solve the Russo-Polish dispute, and it is believed that he has asked Mr. Churchill ones again||@@||believed that he has asked Mr. Churchill once again to act as mediator.||@@||to act as mediator. The Czecho-Slovak Government in London has||@@||The Czecho-Slovak Government in London has appointed a delegation to take over the administration||@@||appointed a delegation to take over the administration of its liberated territories as soon as the Soviet Com-||@@||of its liberated territories as soon as the Soviet Com- mand agrees to place them under civilian Czecho||@@||mand agrees to place them under civilian Czecho- Slovakian control.||@@||Slovakian control. According to a special cor-||@@||According to a special cor- respondent of the "Sunday||@@||respondent of the "Sunday Times," M Mikolajczyk reallies||@@||Times," M. Mikolajczyk realises that there is small hope ot||@@||that there is small hope of reaching a settlement through||@@||reaching a settlement through the ordinary diplomatic chan-||@@||the ordinary diplomatic chan- nels, and he has told Mr||@@||nels, and he has told Mr. Churchill that he is prepared to||@@||Churchill that he is prepared to go to Moscow to negotiate with||@@||go to Moscow to negotiate with Maishal Stalin direct||@@||Marshal Stalin direct. Thus pioposil has been passed on||@@||This proposal has been passed on to President Roosevelt and Maishal||@@||to President Roosevelt and Marshal Stalin savs the conespondent||@@||Stalin, says the correspondent. The Polish Miniitiy of Infoimation||@@||The Polish Ministry of Information in London whose allocatiin irom the||@@||in London,whose allocation from the Polish buaget for piopaganoa in 1944||@@||Polish budget for propaganda in 1944 is £8a8,000 has r^ued two flnel'||@@||is £838,000, has issued two finely- printed and peisuasnelv-wiitt^n||@@||printed and persuasively-written pamphlets stating the re\sons wh\||@@||pamphlets, stating the reasons why Vilna and Lwow should not be taken||@@||Vilna and Lwow should not be taken from Poland pnd whv East Piu-si«||@@||from Poland, and why East Prussia and Dmaig should be Incorpoiated||@@||and Danzig should be incorporated in Poland||@@||in Poland. CZFCHS PREPARE||@@||CZECHS PREPARE The C~echo-Slovikian delegation||@@||The Czecho-Slovakian delegation consists of Di Nemets who is Ministsi||@@||consists of Dr. Nemetz, who is Minister foi Reconstruction Induktiv ana||@@||for Reconstruction, Industry, and Commet ce and Geneial Viest Undei||@@||Commerce; and General Viest, Under- Secretary foi War Thev will so wo||@@||Secretary for War. They will go to fuoscow and fiom there they y ill||@@||Moscow, and from there they will go to the Sub-Caipathian Uki ailie||@@||go to the Sub-Carpathian Ukraine, v Inch is the Czacho-Slovaklan Pro-||@@||which is the Czecho-Slovakian Pro- vince llkeh to be freed ni st \||@@||vince likely to be freed first. A gioup of five members of the C?°cho||@@||group of five members of the Czecho- Slovak Stale Council will act as an||@@||Slovak State Council will act as an ad\l-oiv body||@@||advisory body. The State Council in London has||@@||The State Council in London has unsnimously appioveo. a decree foi||@@||unanimously approved a decree for the îestorition of the C^echo-Slovdh.||@@||the restoration of the Czecho-Slovak Constitution vithin the limits of the||@@||Constitution within the limits of the prr-Munich fiontms When C'echo||@@||pre-Munich frontiers. When Czecho- Slovr'ia is liberated all Geiman and||@@||Slovakia is liberated all German and ' Hun?aiian deciecs la>vs ina regula||@@||Hungarian decrees, laws, and regula- I tions vhich have been mtioduced will||@@||tions which have been introduced will be decliied null and void escept||@@||be declared null and void except in so fir a- thev mav be necessaiy lo||@@||in so far as they may be necessary to avoid adminiitiathe chaos In no||@@||avoid administrative chaos. In no ciieumstances hovevei mav thev re||@@||circumstances, however, may they be maintained for moie than a month||@@||maintained for more than a month. Tinker is another countiv vvheie||@@||Turkey is another country where a forward-loi! mg political attitude||@@||a forward-looking political attitude has develooed is a result of the||@@||has developed as a result of the Russian summer offensive as well as||@@||Russian summer offensive, as well as the Normandy invasion and Gtneial||@@||the Normandy invasion and General Ale^andei s progre s m Italy||@@||Alexander's progress in Italy. It appears that a desire to. have||@@||It appears that a desire to have the friendliest treaty relations with||@@||the friendliest treaty relations with Russia is an important factor in the||@@||Russia is an important factor in the recent ? Turkish steps towards a re-||@@||recent Turkish steps towards a re- alignment of her foreign policy to||@@||alignment of her foreign policy to harmonise with the Allied viewpoint.||@@||harmonise with the Allied viewpoint. Tile Cairo correspondent of the||@@||The Cairo correspondent of the "Observer" .'?ays: "Strong pressure is||@@||"Observer" says: "Strong pressure is likely to keep the Turks from going||@@||likely to keep the Turks from going to war on any but the Allied terms."||@@||to war on any but the Allied terms." The most useful military service||@@||The most useful military service which Turkey could render to the||@@||which Turkey could render to the Allies at this late stage-without the.||@@||Allies at this late stage—without the risk of political complications that||@@||risk of political complications that would attend a Turkish attack on||@@||would attend a Turkish attack on Bulgaria-would be to allow Allied use||@@||Bulgaria—would be to allow Allied use of Turkish bases and ports for a||@@||of Turkish bases and ports for a campaign to clean up the Aegean.||@@||campaign to clean up the Aegean. I It is pointed out that once the German||@@||It is pointed out that once the German j garrisons in the Aegean Rre rooted||@@||garrisons in the Aegean are rooted out and Germany's Bulgarian air bases||@@||out and Germany's Bulgarian air bases neutralised, the British and Americans||@@||neutralised, the British and Americans } could send supplies safely to Russia||@@||could send supplies safely to Russia ¡ through the Dardanelles.||@@||through the Dardanelles. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17924405 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn MAN'S DEATH IN||@@||MAN'S DEATH IN ROAD SMASH||@@||ROAD SMASH --.-_ «||@@||--.-_ « The Ctt\ Comnet Mr Hauls tc||@@||The City coroner Mr Harris re- coiding a finding of accidental death||@@||corded a finding of accidental death at an inquest -\csteida5 into the death||@@||at an inquest yesterday into the death of Gilbeit Thomas Myers 61 Beach||@@||of Gilbert Thomas Myers 61, Beach Road Bondi said that because of the||@@||Road Bondi, said that because of the probabiliU of litigation he would||@@||probability of litigation he would withhold comment||@@||withhold comment. M\eis who was knocked down In||@@||Myers who was knocked down In the sheet immediately after a collision||@@||the street immediately after a collision between a motot bus and a militai \||@@||between a motor bus and a military tiuck al the tnteisection of Cuilewls||@@||truck at the intersection of Curlewis Stieot ind Glen AM Avenue Bondi on||@@||Street and Glen Ayr Avenue Bondi on Septembei 14 died horn a fiactmed||@@||September 14 died from a fractured skull and chest In tuiles in an ambit||@@||skull and chest injuries in an ambulance lance corney lug him to St Vincents||@@||conveying him to St Vincents Hospital||@@||Hospital. Both John Tuuu Smith oi To\oi||@@||Both John Trevor Smith of Tover St lempo dmoi of n US nm\||@@||St Tempe driver of a US army ti nek and Samuel John liodciick Mil||@@||truck and Samuel John Frederick Miller lel of Mon mouth St Randwick a bus||@@||of Monmouth St Randwick a bus dihoi (inploKd b^ the Tionspott||@@||driver employed by the Transport Dopt declined on the nd\lce of theil||@@||Dept declined on the advice of their lespectht counsol \r> answci cot tain||@@||respective counsels to answer certain questions which mif,ht tend to lnctlmi||@@||questions which might tend to incriminate nate them||@@||them. It was stated in c\idcnec that Mveis||@@||It was stated in evidence that Myers was seen bing in the gutlet aftei the||@@||was seen lying in the gutter after the collision between the vehicle both of||@@||collision between the vehicles, both of which had to be towed awa^||@@||which had to be towed away. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17864904 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn MISSING MAN||@@||MISSING MAN FOUND||@@||FOUND Dazed After Three||@@||Dazed After Three Week's Absence||@@||Week's Absence Keith Ingle 23 of Newcastle||@@||Keith Ingle, 23, of Newcastle, who disappeaied fiom his home||@@||who disappeared from his home on Mai cb. 29, was found last||@@||on March 29, was found last night in a dazed and weakened||@@||night in a dazed and weakened condition, riding a bicycle at||@@||condition, riding a bicycle at Millfield, on the road fiom Wol-||@@||Millfield, on the road from Wol- lombi to Cessnock||@@||lombi to Cessnock. Ingles unkempt appeaiancc and||@@||Ingle's unkempt appearance and weakened condition atti acted the at-||@@||weakened condition attracted the at- tention of a local ícsldent who stopped||@@||tention of a local resident who stopped the bicjele Ingle was weanng seveial||@@||the bicycle. Ingle was wearing several weeks giowth of beaid h - hair v/as||@@||weeks' growth of beard, his hair was long and h» appealed to be suffering||@@||long and he appeared to be suffering fiom malnutntion H-> was taken bv||@@||from malnutrition. He was taken by ambulance to Cessnock Hospital and||@@||ambulance to Cessnock Hospital and aoniltteci He was too weak to be||@@||admitted. He was too weak to be questioned||@@||questioned. A continued seaich of not thorn dis||@@||A continued search of northern dis- ti lets had been made foi lucie At||@@||tricts had been made for Ingle. At Easter time he was plaving the l<*ad||@@||Easter time he was playing the lead- ing tole in an amatan piodurtion of||@@||ing role in an amateur production of The Student Prince in Newcastle||@@||"The Student Prince" in Newcastle. He left home as ucual on the morning||@@||He left home as usual on the morning of Maich 29 foi Islingtoi where he||@@||of March 29 for Islington where he was emplov d at the T echnical College||@@||was employed at the Technical College. He was net hentd of m s"cn a ain||@@||He was not heard of or seen again until found list ni ht||@@||until found last night. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17913211 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn A.L.P. KXCUJHES BRIAN||@@||A.L.P. EXCLUDES BRIAN FITZPATRICK||@@||FITZPATRICK MELBOURNn luesday- Mr Brian||@@||MELBOURNE Tuesday.—Mr Brian Fitzpatrick history íesearch officer of||@@||Fitzpatrick, history research officer of Melbourne Unlyersity has been||@@||Melbourne University, has been lelicved of his membership in (he||@@||relieved of his membership in the Australian Labour Party||@@||Australian Labour Party. The sectetaiy of the ALP Mr D||@@||The sectetary of the A.L.P., Mr. D. McNamaia said to-day lhat mcmbeis||@@||McNamara, said to-day that members of the central e^ecutne alleged that||@@||of the central executive alleged that Mi Fit7patiick had written for pub-||@@||Mr. Fitzpatrick had written for pub- lication aiticles conti ai y to ALP||@@||lication articles contrary to A.L.P. policy on the powers leieiendum Mr||@@||policy on the powers referendum. Mr. Fit/patiick had lcfused to piomise||@@||Fitzpatrick had refused to promise that he would not write further||@@||that he would not write further aiticles on similar lines||@@||articles on similar lines. Mr Fit'patiiek said to-dty thal||@@||Mr Fitzpatrick said to-day that the executive had misinterpieted his||@@||the executive had misinterpreted his tlcws Ile fatoureo thp Yes' cim||@@||views. He favoured the "Yes" cam- pnitn and yeste-C>\ he had been ap-||@@||paign, and yesterday he had been ap- pointed a member of the Victouan||@@||pointed a member of the Victorian committee to uigi clectois to suppoit||@@||committee to urge electors to support the lequest of the Fedeial Gotern||@@||the request of the Federal Govern- ment He challenged the executives||@@||ment. He challenged the executive's right to exclude an} member||@@||right to exclude any member. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17878301 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn FAST, NEW LONG-RANGE||@@||FAST, NEW LONG-RANGE FIGHTER||@@||FIGHTER I OUR STAFF CORRESPONDENT.||@@||OUR STAFF CORRESPONDENT. LONDON Jan 14-The new Allied I||@@||LONDON Jan 14-The new Allied fightei »vhich acted as eocoit for the I||@@||fighter which acted as escort for the first time in Tuesdays îaids is the1||@@||first time in Tuesdays raids is the Mustang (PJIB) the longest lange||@@||Mustang (P51B) the longest lange lngle-englne fighter in the woild and||@@||single-englne fighter in the world and one of the fastest||@@||one of the fastest. It is of Anglo Amcilcan ioint pio||@@||It is of Anglo American joint pro duction Built 01 gina Hy in the United||@@||duction. Built orginally in the United States to specific Mons sent out b}||@@||States to specifications sent out by the Ministry of Ali ci aft Production in||@@||the Ministry of Aircraft Production in 1940 »vhen Bntain badlj needed||@@||1940 when Bntain badly needed fighteis the plane has been el»en||@@||fighters the plane has been given gieatei sjeed ana lift by the fitting||@@||greater speed and lift by the fitting of a new t»»o stage Rolls Rove Mel lin||@@||of a new two stage Rolls Rove Merlin engine in placo of the onglnal liquid||@@||engine in place of the orginal liquid cooled Allison unit||@@||cooled Allison unit Its speed i- icpoitcd to csceed 400||@@||Its speed is reported to exceed 400 miles an horn and aueiliaiy tanks||@@||miles an houn and auxiliary tanks make it possible to bilns Bellin within||@@||make it possible to bring Berlin within its l-nge||@@||its range. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17921075 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn WOMEN IN LOCAL||@@||WOMEN IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT||@@||GOVERNMENT Future Opportunities||@@||Future Opportunities 1v»ci eased oppoi tumties foi women I||@@||Increased opportunities for women in lot al po'Pinnvcnt aie uiaed bv Ihc||@@||in local government are urged by the piesiden* of th° Local Go\ eriimen||@@||president of the Local Government Association of Ne« South »Vales Mr||@@||Association of New South Wales Mr ) R Tirlh m ni-- nrnual upoit||@@||J. R. Firth in his annual report. V'hclher b\ elysian o»- accident||@@||"Whether by design or accident nmen tuite hid Mtl» sa», in loca1||@@||women have had little say in local <;oveiniii"nt In Ho \ Siutn Wales ano||@@||government in New South Wales and et the». ATP nell qualified in nrw||@@||yet they are well qualified in many expect«, lo uno"!ti\e woiV nssociatea I||@@||respects to undertake work associated uth it hi« icpnit states||@@||with it," his report states. Wc must '«.eep in mind too that||@@||"'We must keep in mind too that local Government in the luture w. ill||@@||local Government in the future will extend \en laiseh Into the field ot||@@||extend very largely into the field of «ocinl sel »'¡co en-bracin? bri bl < linios||@@||social service embracing baby clinics, cniln vclCoi" nncl recr'Ptional ana||@@||child welfare and recreational and culuunl ncrhities||@@||cultural activities." In tile opinion of the c\pcttli\»||@@||"In the opinion of the executive i vo'ikl hn to tlip advantage of loco!||@@||it would be to the advantage of local 5o»e nment and the people p^nenlli||@@||government and the people generally ii «omen weie pi\en a crieetei oppot||@@||if women were given a greater opportunity tuniH for municipal sei vice||@@||for municipal service." Lad», Wakehurst will open ihr||@@||Lady Wakehurst will open the 'nilli" ¿lid"!! fet" to lo hold in thp||@@||spring garden fete to be held in the sioii'idi of rRii'ifitci Doubla Bo ». the||@@||grounds of Fairwater, Double Bay, the hom= of Ladj faille on Octobei 38||@@||home of Lady Fairfax, on October 28, in aid of the N 8 'V Timitucion for||@@||in aid of the N.S.W. Institution for Deaf Dumb ina Rlind Children||@@||Deaf Dumb and Blind Children. Gift« foi the fot» should be sent to||@@||Gifts for the fete should be sent to the offltes of the institution Room||@@||the offices of the institution. Room 810 St James Builriir? 100 elizabeth||@@||818, St. James Building, 109 Elizabeth Street||@@||Street. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17889652 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn DEAF CHILDREN||@@||DEAF CHILDREN Sil -Maj I point out another dif-||@@||Sir,—May I point out another dif- ficulty whlcn arioLS with deal chil-||@@||ficulty which arises with deaf chil- dren1 I icier to those cithei boin||@@||dren? I refer to those either born deal or thocc who acquiie thi han-||@@||deaf or those who acquire this han- dicap at a verj eaih i"s. Hil child||@@||dicap at a very early age. The child who heat« ei,eii though pcihips othct||@@||who hears, even though perhaps other- wise handicapped leatns to speak||@@||wise handicapped learns to speak almost unco-iscnu-lv thtouuh ho-ii||@@||almost unconsciously through hear- inp fiom infancy but the deaf child||@@||ing from infancy but the deaf child, living in a v oild oí i lence cm nevu||@@||living in a world of silence, can never ipeal without spcciil instiuction The||@@||speak without special instruction. The teaching of speech without healing||@@||teaching of speech without hearing ii jeihaps the neatest ochievemem||@@||is perhaps the geatest achievement of modem education and it is almost||@@||of modem education,and it is almost inpossible for trio e who nie not in||@@||impossible for those who are not in act i"l contact with riear cliilrten lo||@@||actual contact with deaf children to icaliie how difficult this ta is It||@@||realise how difficult this task is. It is e st Mia I fat siccul attention be||@@||is essential that special attention be given the^e children in intancj in||@@||given these children in infancy in older to pi event intellcctu"l incitia||@@||older to prevent intellectual inertia ciiii mt, a i criod when found ttions of||@@||during a period when foundations of lions cfiicicncv intellectual as \ eil||@@||future efficiency, intellectual as well ns physical a e l~id I'eihiii »orne||@@||as physical, are laid. Perhaps some 1 i t ir/arten s nice could be or"n||@@||kindergarten service could be orga- niscd and riso s¡x."ific ínstiiirtions||@@||nised and also specific instructions i sued to patents as a gande to the||@@||issued to parents as a guide to the distinct rjpo of ti arning nr-ccssaiv foi||@@||distinct type of training necessary for these childi«n Unleis thi ii done||@@||these children. Unless this is done the», mas In Ihr lune thej leach||@@||they may, by the time they reach school-age be clc >«d as sub-noimal||@@||school-age be classed as sub-normal. MARY NICHOLLS.||@@||MARY NICHOLLS. Haberfield.||@@||Haberfield. ||@@|| *$*OVERPROOF*$* 17907905 year 1944 type Article title The Sydney Morn CEMETERY AS||@@||CEMETERY AS PARK||@@||PARK Rcsu nip lion Issue||@@||Resumption Issue al Camperdown||@@||at Camperdown BV A STAFF CORRESPONDENT||@@||BV A STAFF CORRESPONDENT In the heal I of one of the most||@@||In the heart of one of the most (on.,esued districts in the metio||@@||congested districts in the metro- politin aioa the )1 aciei that||@@||politan area the 13 acres that compiliez Cainpndown Ccme||@@||comprises Camperdown Ceme- t°iv is to-day a drab and melan-||@@||tery is to-day a drab and melan- choly wilderness ovcigiown with||@@||choly wilderness overgrown with ti°Sj and sciub||@@||grass and scrub. in the lanes and roads that run||@@||In the lanes and roads that run through neaibv teicments children||@@||through nearbv tenements, children play «as Infested with bugs There||@@||ship was infested with bugs. There «va good deal of irritation among||@@||was a good deal of irritation among the troops on board because of thr||@@||the troops on board because of the filled Insistence on excessive saluting||@@||alleged insistence on excessive saluting. He had been worried as he had not||@@||He had been worried as he had not heard (rom his wife for some time||@@||heard from his wife for some time ann he attributed his absence to hi=||@@||and he attributed his absence to his state oí mind as a result of thc«e||@@||state of mind as a result of these conditions The filthy state of the||@@||conditions. The filthy state of the ship had bioken his heart||@@||ship had broken his heart. Holder said he had got any lobs he||@@||Holder said he had got any jobs he co ild and he had surrendered on Mav||@@||could and he had surrendered on May 1 He had served In various parts||@@||3. He had served in various parts M 1*10 world In the present war he||@@||of the world. In the present war he han served In France and had come||@@||had served In France, and had come "it of Dunkirk During his loti"||@@||out of Dunkirk. During his long '»nice he had had onlv a few petfv||@@||service he had had onlv a few petty enaryes prefened against him and||@@||charges preferred against him and nunn" the past two years he had bao||@@||during the past two years he had had « clem sheet||@@||a clean sheet. A captain of the Biitish Armv ST id||@@||A captain of the British Army said ¡h't 'ince Holder had surrendeieri his||@@||that since Holder had surrendered his Mnuoin had been above aveiage||@@||behaviour had been above average. ||@@||