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  2. EXTRAORDINARY DEBATE ON ENDOWMENT BILL

    CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The certainty that child endowment will become law and will be brought into operation on July I was established to-night, when, after an extraordinary debate, the House of Representatives passed without division the first of three ...

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  3. 370lb. ANSWER TO AGGRESSION

    Massive gun, isn't it? And it's a massive shell they are putting into it, Yes, a 9.2 gun and its 379lb. missile indeed shows that Britain has might as well as right.—Department of Information. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. ITALIAN SHIPS PROBABLY SOUGHT CONVOY

    LONDON, Monday.—Although the reason why the defeated Italian naval units put to sea is not yet clear, it seems probable that they were attempting to intercept our convoys. A captured Italian officer said the fleet left port ...

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  5. GREAT SHORTAGE OF TOBACCO IN GT. BRITAIN

    LONDON, Tuesday.—A serious shortage in cigarettes and tobacco from which the north-eastern district was recently ...

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  6. Stock Sales GOOD QUALITY CATTLE

    The Associated Agents report that an Killafaddy yesterday the average yarding of cattle which came forward included some of the best quality animals ...

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  7. REV. L. E. BARNARD FAREWELLED

    Thanks for the splendid way in which Rev. Lewis E. Barnard had served the Margaret-street Methodist Church and associated bodies were ...

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  8. MALTA RUSHING UP AIR RAID SHELTERS

    MALTA, Monday.—Not only men but women and children are working in the construction of rock shelters ...

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  9. WOMEN DEMANDING RECOGNITION

    CANBERRA, Tuesday.—There was no public recognition for women in Australia, Mrs. Jessie Street complained to-day, when she led a deputation from feminist organisations to Mr. Holt, Minister for Labour and National ...

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  10. FULL RETREAT TOWARDS ADDIS ABABA

    LONDON, Monday.—Italian troops which abandoned Diredawa, in Abyssinia, are now in full retreat toward Addis ...

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  11. Share Market ADVANCE IN INDUSTRIALS

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Led by market leaders, appreciable gains were registered in the industrial ...

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  12. AWARDS FOR 98 A.I.F. MEN IN LIBYA FIGHT

    CANBERRA, Tuesday.—General Sir Archibald Wavell, C.-in-C. of the British forces in the Middle East, has communicated to the Minister for the Army ...

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  13. BAPTIST MISSION

    The general secretary of the Australian Baptist Foreign Missionary Society (Rev. F. A. Marsh) arrived from Melbourne yesterday for a month's ...

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  14. Cruiser Personnel Honoured

    CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Personnel of H.M.A.S. Hobart, which planned a prominent part in the evacuation of British Somaliland last year, have been ...

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  15. PETROL SUPPLIES FOR COMMERCIAL MEN

    Although commercial motor users will not be able to increase their yearly petrol supplies, adjustment of monthly supplies will be permitted so that ...

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  16. STATE LOAN

    The State Government is to add £10,000 to the cheap loan of £20,000 granted by the Commonwealth ...

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  17. Agriculture Dept. to Control Deep Sea Fisheries

    Because it is likely that the fishing industry will develop further in the near future with the establishment of a canning factory in the South, Cabinet ...

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  18. METAL FACTORY HOLD-UP

    SYDNEY, Tuesday.—About 1000 employeers of Metal Manufactures. at Port Kembla stopped work to-day to discuss claims for ...

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  19. TO-DAY'S SUMMARY

    FORECAST—Fine at first, unsettled later. HIGH TIDE—4.34 a.m., 4.57 p.m. LIGHTS ON VEHICLES—6.2 p.m. to ...

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  20. FALLING OFF IN A.I.F. ENLISTMENTS

    CANBERRA, Tuesday.—An appeal for more recruits for army was issued to-night by the Army Minister (Mr. Spender), who admitted in the House of Representative this afternoon that there had been a falling off in ...

    Article : 338 words
  21. SOLDIERS MUST NEVER PART WITH PAYBOOKS

    MELBOURE, Tuesday.—Specific directions that a soldier and his paybook must never be parted have been given by the ...

    Article : 90 words
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  23. Playford Government Holds Majority

    ADELAIDE. Tuesday. — With few additional figures available, counting in the state elections to-day produced no change in the position of the Playford ...

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  24. ENQUIRY INTO ARMY BREAD SUPPLY

    CANBERRA. Tuesday.—A special Gazette issued to-day announces the appointment of Mr. Justice Maxwell, of the New South Wales Supreme ...

    Article : 86 words
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