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  2. PARLIAMENT IN EXILE.

    A private house—No. 114 Park Street, W1—has become the Czecho-Slovakian Parliament House. The whole machinery of government ...

    Article : 413 words
  3. DEFENCE OF U.S.A.

    The Assistant Secretary of War, Mr. Louis Johnson, said in an interview yesterday that the United States wanted full equipment for 1,000,000 ...

    Article : 323 words
  4. PILOTS' POOL PLANNED.

    Members of the New South Wales Recruiting Drive Committee have placed before the Minister for Air, Mr. Fairbairn, a scheme for the ...

    Article : 150 words
  5. COLONIES IN WEST.

    The Argentine delegation to the Pan-American Conference at Havana has proposed a form of declaration by, the conference, expressing opposition to ...

    Article : 316 words
  6. TRUTH FOR FRANCE.

    The dropping of British leaflets on Prance as a counter to German propaganda is applauded as an action likely to add greatly to Germany's difficulties ...

    Article : 480 words
  7. FIRST EVACUEES FROM HONG KONG.

    Top: Members of the first party of women and children to be evacuated from Hong Kong who have arrived in Sydney. Lower left: Three of the children, Laureen Clemen, 8 years; Coralic Wolfe, 8 years; and Joan Thomson, 10 years. Lower right: Mrs. G. Milne and her daughter, Sheila, 6 months, and Mrs. A. L. Fisher and her daughter Angela, 6 months. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 67 words
  8. EXAMINATION CHANGES.

    Intended changes in the "intermediate" and "leaving" certificate examinations have been postponed indefinitely. ...

    Article : 137 words
  9. S[?]LL MANUFACTURE IN CANADA.

    It is officially announced that orders for shells and the creation of shell manufactories total 57,000,000 dollars (£A,16,285,714,), of which 12,000,000 dollars (£A,3,428,571) ...

    Article : 69 words
  10. TRAVEL CONCESSIONS TO FORCES.

    The Premier, Mr. Mair, said yesterday that the issue of free railway passes once a month to members of the armed forces who had enlisted for ...

    Article : 168 words
  11. ACCOUNTANTS ASSIST WAR EFFORT.

    In response to the request of the Defence and Munitions and Supply Departments for voluntary assistance w[?]h the growing volume of accountancy work, accountants have ...

    Article : 206 words
  12. DISMISSALS AT DOCKS.

    A conference took place yesterday between the management of Cockatoo Dock and representatives of the Boilermakers' and Ironworkers' Unions about ...

    Article : 146 words
  13. FLIGHT FROM EAST.

    About 110 women and children, including many babies in arms, arrived in Sydney yesterday as the vanguard of 4,000 or more Europeans who were ...

    Article : 449 words
  14. ESCAPE FROM FRANCE.

    The story of another gallant episode in the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Belgium and France is now rev[?]aled. ...

    Article : 230 words
  15. THE BALLET.

    Two new ballets appealed in last night's programme at the Theatre Royal. "Le Pavillon," by David Lichine, was danced for the first time ...

    Article : 575 words
  16. CITIZEN RIGHTS WITHDRAWN.

    The French Government has deprived four French Ministers, 14 Deputies and one Senator of their citizenship rights and possessions, because they left France after May 10 (the ...

    Article : 68 words
  17. GRAVING DOCK.

    The Minister for Works and Local Government Mr. Martin, said yesterday that the boring of the harbour bed for the £3,000,000 graving dock was proceeding as rapidly as ...

    Article : 87 words
  18. ENEMY BROADCASTS DISCREDITED

    The Minister of Information, Mr. Duff Cooper, in the House of Commons yesterday, declined to ask the Press not to publish enemy broadcasts. ...

    Article : 110 words
  19. Advertising

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  20. WORK CURTAILED.

    Because of the continued shortage of bar steel, the rolling mills at Lysaght's Newcastle works will not work on Monday, and the galvanising section will be closed on ...

    Article : 97 words
  21. INCOME TAX RETURNS.

    Returns of income from personal exertion for both State and Federal purposes are due on July 31. The Taxation Department has not yet been ...

    Article : 284 words
  22. BOYS' BRIGADE.

    Declaring that child neglect can be the most costly by-product of civilisation, speakers at the 58th annual meeting of the Boys' Brigade yesterday ...

    Article : 399 words
  23. TRAINING SKILLED MEN.

    An offer by the Metal Trades Employers' Association to the Air Board several weeks ago for the practical training of Empire Air Scheme ground personnel in skilled trades ...

    Article : 116 words
  24. "BOYS' TOWN."

    A public meeting in the Lower Town Hall, Sydney, yesterday, attended by more than 1,500 people, agreed that "Boy's Town" should be placed on a ...

    Article : 318 words
  25. PATRIOTIC GIFTS EXEMPT.

    The Treasurer, Mr. Richardson, announced last night that the State Cabinet had decided that gifts of 10/ and over to a public institution or public fund for the comfort, ...

    Article : 83 words
  26. EVACUEES NO CHARGE ON AUSTRALIA.

    Evacuees from Hong Kong who will arrive in Australia in four steamers in the next few weeks will be distributed among all States, and the Australian ...

    Article : 103 words
  27. POLISH-AUSTRALIAN BALLET.

    The reaction to the work of the PolishAustralian Ballet is that the members are contributing something definite and worthwhile to the development of an Australian ...

    Article : 312 words
  28. TRAINEES' LIABILITY.

    A ruling given by Federal taxation authorities determines that universal service trainees and members of the militia will not be eligible for exemption from payment of ...

    Article : 74 words
  29. STORMY SCENE.

    There was a stormy scene at the meeting of the Legislative Council to-day, when unofficial members of the Council opposed any further evacuations, and criticised the ...

    Article : 155 words
  30. MR. D. O. WATKINS, MP., ENLISTS.

    Mr. D. O. Watkins, M. P. for Newcastle, has enlisted in the R.A.A.F. and expects to be called before the selection committee in about three weeks. ...

    Article : 102 words
  31. IMPORTS FROM EAST INDIES.

    Netherlands Indies goods that will continue to be subject to the Commonwealth's import restrictions were notified by the Minister for Trade and Customs, Senator McLeay, to-day ...

    Article : 131 words
  32. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Tin was quoted to-day at £267 a ton (unchanged). Rubber was quoted at 12[?]d per [?]b. Mining quotations:—North Broken Hill, ...

    Article : 27 words
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