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  2. UNITED STATES DEFENCE.

    WASHINGTON, June 4.—President Roosevelt has asked Congress for 1,277,741,170 dollars (about £319,435,300 sterling at the current rate of exchange) ...

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  3. R.A.A.F. VOLUNTEERS.

    The number of applicants for air-crew service in the Royal Australian Air Force yesterday was almost double the usual daily total received at the Perth ...

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  4. A.I.F. RECRUITING.

    Following a quiet period over the holiday week-end, there was a rush of applications during the past two days in the metropolitan area for enlistment in the ...

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  5. EXODUS FROM MIDDLE EAST.

    ALEXANDRIA, June 5.—Hundreds of Italians are leaving Egypt, Syria and Palestine. Today 250 Ballila boys travelled by, train to Port Said to board the ...

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  6. MONEY FOR WAR.

    MELBOURNE, June 5.—The subscription of £15,500,000 to the £20,000,000 war loan was announced tonight by the Federal Treasurer (Mr. Spender) at the ...

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  7. Germans Prefer Internment.

    ALEXANDRIA, June 5.—The majority of 500 Germans in Egypt who have been ordered to leave or be interned prefer Internment. ...

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  8. WAR SAVINGS DRIVE.

    At a meeting of the Perth Road Board on Tuesday night it was decided to co-operate with the war loan and war sayings certificate organisation by arranging ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  9. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S PART.

    WASHINGTON, June 4.—Mr. Stephen Early, secretary to President Roosevelt, said today that the President was continuing his "correspondence" with ...

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  10. A MOSCOW OPINION.

    MOSCOW, June 4 —"Trud," the trade union paper published in Moscow, says that Italy's sabre-rattling against the Allies is only aimed at concealing her ...

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  11. FREE CONTRIBUTIONS.

    CANBERRA, June 5.—Public response today to the Government's appeal for financial assistance for the war effort brought the total gifts and ...

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  12. UNEASY GREECE.

    ATHENS, June 4.—The Greek Prime Minister (General Metaxas) said in a speech before the national youth organisation today:—"Though we are at ...

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  13. RECRUITING DRIVE.

    SYDNEY, June 5.—Sir Donald Cameron, chairman of the Royal Australian Air Force recruiting drive committee, said today that 88.809 applications to join ...

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  14. This State's Total Swelled.

    War loan subscriptions recorded at the Commonwealth Sub-Treasury, Perth, yesterday, amounted to £7,445/10/11. Free-of-interest loans lodged have ...

    Article : 258 words
  15. ALLIED LEADER IN TURKEY.

    ISTANBUL, June 5.—General Mittelhauser, the new Allied Commander-in-Chief in the Levant, arrived at Ankara yesterday. He was received by the ...

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  16. IN QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, June 5.—Another 160 applications for enlistment in the Royal Australian Air Force were received today. Because the unabated rush of applicants ...

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  17. MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING.

    ALEXANDRIA, June 5.—The British authorities are establishing the navicert system of contraband control for all shipping bound for European neutral countries ...

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  18. BRITAIN AND SOVIET.

    LONDON, June 5.—It was announced over the Moscow radio yesterday that the Soviet accepted Sir Stafford Cripps as the British Ambassador in Moscow in ...

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  19. EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS.

    MELBOURNE, June 5.—A decision to introduce a correspondence tutorial system, designed for Royal Australian Air Force reservists waiting to be called up. ...

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  20. PERTH RALLY TOMORROW.

    A comprehensive programme will be presented in the Capitol Theatre tomorrow night, when a rally will be held to raise money for the conduct of the war. ...

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  21. TROOPS IN WEST INDIES.

    OTTAWA, June 4.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Mackenzie King) told the House of Commons today that Canadians had relieved British troops in the West ...

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  22. MORE NAZI ALLEGATIONS.

    WASHINGTON. June 4.—The American Embassy in Berlin is reported to have been handed a Press announcement alleging that Britain and France intend to sink ...

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  23. TRAINING OF FITTERS.

    BRISBANE, June 5.—Queensland's plan for training 100 air fitters for the air force has been rejected by the Air Board. The State Government was ...

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  24. POSITION OF POLICEMEN.

    The Commissioner of Police (Mr. D. Hunter) said yesterday that members of the police force were not allowed to join the military forces in any ...

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  25. A.I.F. IN PALESTINE.

    GAZA, June 5.—After a preliminary inspection of the A.I.F. In Palestine to-day, the commanding officer of the second contingent (Major-General ...

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  26. MACHINE-TOOLS EMBARGO.

    WASHINGTON, June 4.—It is learnt that the Administration has placed a complete embargo on the export of machine-tools for defence reasons and has ...

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  27. WEST AUSTRALIAN MISSING.

    Flying-Officer Percival John Hamilton Rowan (24), of the Royal Air Force, who has been missing since May 10. The only son of Mr. A. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  28. EASTERN STATES VOLUNTEERS.

    ADELAIDE, June 5.—With the number of enlistments barely 200 short of South Australia's quota of 2,258 for the 7th Division, it is confidently expected that ...

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  29. PROPOSAL FOR WOOLGROWERS.

    T. V. Williams (Duranillin), writes:— I am sure we are all convinced that the war position is serious. Men and money are the sinews of war. Many would like ...

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  30. Indignation in Tokio.

    TOKIO, June 5.—Again America has shocked the Japanese by its forthcoming prohibition on the export of important products to all countries. This is likely ...

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  31. "SCOURGE OF GOD."

    NEW YORK, June 4.—The British Ambassador (the Marquess of Lothian), in an address today, outspokenly criticised the democracies' peacetime ...

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  32. N.Z. ECHELON.

    AUCKLAND, June 5.—Some 250 soldiers of the third echelon, who were in training at the Papakura camp, are suffering from influenza. Wards at the ...

    Article : 86 words
  33. POST OFFICE PROPERTY.

    CANBERRA, June 5.—Arrangements have almost been completed for the guarding of all post office property by a volunteer organisation of post office employees. ...

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  34. RAILWAYMEN'S EFFORT.

    At a largely-attended meeting of railway employees at Narrogin on Sunday. it was decided to inaugurate a war savings certificate group. Following an ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  35. AIR FORCE BADGES.

    In the Royal Australian Air Force there is one cardinal rule. Only a qualified pilot is entitled to wear "wings," worn over the left breast pocket. It is a ...

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  36. N.Z. TAXI-DRIVERS' AWARD.

    AUCKLAND. June 5.—A New Zealand taxi-drivers' award issued by the Arbitration Court today provides for a weekly wage of 5 for a working week of ...

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  37. SECRET SITTING IN N.Z.

    AUCKLAND, June 5.—A secret sitting of Parliament to discuss the war effort began this afternoon. All the doors were locked and guarded and there remained ...

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  38. LASCARS IMPRISONED.

    SYDNEY, June 5.—"We wish these men to be punished as severely as possible," said Mr. R. A. Shires at the Central Police Court today, when 52 Lascars, ...

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  39. GUILTY OF MURDER.

    BRISBANE, June 5.—Dixon Hudson 4 50). carpenter, was found guilty in the Criminal Court today of having wilfully murdered Agnes Kate Lennon (about ...

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  40. FORMER S.A. MAN KILLED.

    ADELAIDE, June 5.—Captain Henri Teesdale-Smith—who, according to a cablegram from London, has been killed in action-was a brother of Mr. Paul ...

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  41. AN AIR-GUNNER KNIGHT.

    LONDON. June 4.—Lieut.-Col. Sir Arnold Wilson. K.C.I.E., D.S.O., an air gunner in the Royal Air Force, is reported missing. He had represented the ...

    Article : 161 words
  42. TRAINING FOR SERVICE.

    Sir,—Mr. Hawke still makes great play about my rushing into print and in doing so successfully evades the real issue. So cutting out the frills and padding, will ...

    Article : 125 words
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  44. FATAL COLLIERY EXPLOSION.

    LONDON, June 5.—Six persons were killed and eight. injured in an explosion at the Upton Colliery, Yorkshire, today. ...

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