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  2. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT

    Guarded replies were given by Federal Ministers in the House of Representatives to-day questions by members seeking information on the terms ...

    Article : 166 words
  3. THE DOMINIONS

    The despatch of expeditionary forces is not the only method whereby the Dominions can serve the common cause, says the "Daily ...

    Article : 226 words
  4. AUSTRALIA AND WAR

    Due largely to Australia's prompt support of Britain's declaration of war, British officials and manufacturers are encouraging the ...

    Article : 259 words
  5. PRICE CONTROL

    An invitation to people who believe they are being made victims of profiteers to make complaints to the price control authorities, was issued to-day ...

    Article : 58 words
  6. WOOL INDUSTRY

    More than 500 wool and basil workers have received notice of dismissal because of the war, according to the secretary of the Wool and Basil ...

    Article : 143 words
  7. GOERING'S SPEECH

    A bulletin from the Ministry of Information declares: "Official circles consider that Marshal Goering's speech revealed the bankruptcy of German ...

    Article : 426 words
  8. The Latest

    Light but general rain is raining in Poland. This is the beginning of the autumnal rains on which the Poles are counting heavily to stem the German ...

    Article : 132 words
  9. Mr. Menzies Firm

    After further conversation with Sir Earle Page to-day, the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies), it is understood, has sent the Country Party leader a ...

    Article : 115 words
  10. TASMANIAN ACTION

    Adequate steps are to be taken to see that the prices fixed by regulation are strictly adhered to, said the Chief Secretary (Mr. Brooker) to-day. He ...

    Article : 42 words
  11. PETROL PRICES

    The Customs Department yesterday authorised garage proprietors to increase the retail price of petrol by a penny a gallon. As, however, the oil ...

    Article : 61 words
  12. GERMAN COMMUNIQUE

    The High command announces that the German forces have occupied Thorn. All the territory of Poland belonging to Germany before the 1914-18 war is now in German hands. ...

    Article : 60 words
  13. The Militia

    Last week's decision to call up the militia in drafts of 10,000 for sixteen days' training, will probably be replaced to-morrow by an order calling up ...

    Article : 168 words
  14. JAPANESE NEEDS

    Referring to the Japanese approach to Canberra regarding Japan's supplies of wool, in view of the fact that England has contracted for all ...

    Article : 74 words
  15. On the Western Front

    Germany is rushing heavy artillery to the West Wall. The French have consolidated their methodical gains. ...

    Article : 25 words
  16. IN THE SENATE

    The wide extent of transactions between moneylenders and Federal public servants was revealed in the Senate to-day when the Minister in Charge ...

    Article : 166 words
  17. BRICK PRICES

    Holding that it had power to revoke any decision given by itself for the fixation of brick prices, the Full Bench of the Industrial Commission to-day ...

    Article : 46 words
  18. French Airmen

    Two French officers who lost their lives in an air battle were buried at Karisruhe, with full military honors. The German Army sent a wreath. ...

    Article : 35 words
  19. TOPS MARKET SLOW

    There was very little business on the Bradford tops market because topmakers are dissatisfied with the maximum fixed prices, contending that ...

    Article : 53 words
  20. CANADA'S BIG EFFORT

    The Canadian Government notified Parliament to-day that it proposes to immediately raise by tax 100,000,000 dollars to carry on the war, including ...

    Article : 284 words
  21. FLOUR TAX REDUCED

    A proclamation which was issued to-night announces tHat as from to-morrow morning the flour tax will be reduced from £5/14/9 to £5/2/9 a ton. ...

    Article : 30 words
  22. Wrestling

    George Coverly (16.7) was unable to continue at the end of the fourth round of his wrestling contest against Ray Steele (16.4) at the Newcastle Stadium ...

    Article : 55 words
  23. Turkey's Attitude

    The Prime Minister, opening the Turkish National Assembly, declared that Turkey's relations with the belligerents were normal. The military ...

    Article : 70 words
  24. AUSTRALIAN INVENTION

    Claiming that it will enable a motor torpedo-boat to change in a second from full-speed ahead to full-speed astern when manoeuvring, a Brisbane ...

    Article : 41 words
  25. EXPORT PROHIBITED

    A proclamation was issued to-day prohibiting the export of wool, wool tops, noils and waste from Australia. Mr. Menzies said that this action was ...

    Article : 117 words
  26. GRANT OF FOODSTUFFS FOR BRITAIN

    After providing for the well-being of the Australian people, the Commonwealth should make a grant of £1,000,000 worth of foodstuffs to the ...

    Article : 384 words
  27. N.Z. Enlistment

    There was a splendid response throughout the Dominion for the first day's recruiting for a force of 6600 to serve within or beyond New Zealand ...

    Article : 44 words
  28. TURKEY AND WAR

    The Prime Minister of Turkey told the National Assembly to-day that Turkey was out of the war and hoped the conflagration would not reach the ...

    Article : 86 words
  29. STOCK EXCHANGE SALES

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 213 words
  30. POLISH REFUGEES

    Although hostilities have been proceeding only 11 days, Poland is already facing a refugee problem with tragic intensity, says the New York ...

    Article : 134 words
  31. GEELONG SURVEYOR

    Three youths, one of them armed with a shotgun and the others with tyre levers, threatened a surveyor on a vacant allotment of land at the rear ...

    Article : 73 words
  32. CANON HAMMOND

    Canon R. B. S. Hammond, who in July celebrated the 21st anniversary of his appointment as rector of St. Barnabas', George-street West, has been ...

    Article : 166 words
  33. FALSE AIR RAID ALARM

    The magistrate at the Fareham Court fined a sixty-year-old army pensioner £5 on a charge of sounding a whistle contrary to the Control of Noise ...

    Article : 67 words
  34. CITY CAFE HOLD-UP

    One of three men who were alleged to be concerned in a hold-up at a city cafe from which £19/10/ was stolen to-day was handed over to the police, ...

    Article : 89 words
  35. HIGH COMMISSIONER

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) announced in the House of Representatives to-day that the Commonwealth Government intendel to ...

    Article : 77 words
  36. KING'S MESSAGE TO SEAMEN

    The following message from the King for the British merchant navy and fishing fleets has been received by the president of the Board of Trade ...

    Article : 204 words
  37. Western Front Defences

    The French Maginot Line and the German "West Wall," or Siegfried Line, face each other for 250 miles, from the Swiss frontier to Luxemburg, ...

    Article : 474 words
  38. SOUTH AFRICAN TROOPS

    South African troops will not be sent overseas, but will be retained for home defence, said the new Prime Minister of South Africa (General ...

    Article : 139 words
  39. MR. J. A. LYONS

    The late Joseph Aloysius Lyons, whose death occurred while he was Prime Minister of Australia, left an estate valued at £1673 and liabilities ...

    Article : 92 words
  40. GERMAN SCHOOL

    The story of a feud between Australians and Germans at a country town in South Australia, with threats of bombing and allegations that the ...

    Article : 257 words
  41. "MEIN KAMPF"

    Stackpole and Sons and the Telegraph Press are seeking the invalidation of an injunction preventing their publication of "Mein Kampf." The case ...

    Article : 50 words
  42. BROADCASTING

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 111 words
  43. SWEDISH FEARS

    The Stockholm correspondent of the New York "Herald" says that the Scandinavian countries are apprehensive regarding their ability to ...

    Article : 56 words
  44. TWO KILLED

    George Thomas and Anthony Gent, both of Perth, were killed, but five other persons escaped injury, when a motor lorry somersaulted on the road ...

    Article : 57 words
  45. £74,000,000 ANNUALLY

    Excluding meat, it is estimated that Great Britain's war purchases of Australian primary products will total £74,000,000 annually. ...

    Article : 68 words
  46. KING'S MESSAGE TO INDIA

    Their Majesties' message to India, which was read by the Viceroy to a crowded joint session of the Legislature, declared that Britain was fighting ...

    Article : 63 words
  47. IN NEW YORK

    Steel shares on the New York Stock Exchange reached new nigh levels to-day, the gain ranging over a dozen points, due to the anticipation of a ...

    Article : 77 words
  48. RESTRICTIONS IN BERLIN

    Every other school has been turned into a hospital. Mondays and Fridays have been proclaimed as meatless days. The restrictions in Vienna are ...

    Article : 40 words
  49. Advertising

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    Advertising : 110 words
  50. MORE OFFERS OF AID

    A Bureau of Information communique states that British Honduras and Northern Rhodesia have joined the long list of dependencies and colonies ...

    Article : 36 words
  51. BRITISH YOUTH

    In a message to the British Youth Peace Assembly, "The German Youth" says: "We stand firm with you to achieve victory for freedom. We greet ...

    Article : 93 words
  52. INTERNED ALIENS

    The Prime Minister to-day denied that some of the aliens who had been interned as enemy suspects at the outbreak of war had been released ...

    Article : 101 words
  53. RESOURCES OF INDUSTRY

    A questionnaire is being posted by the Federal Government to 16,000 factories in the Commonwealth, covering 16 classes of industries, which in turn ...

    Article : 148 words
  54. EIRE'S NEUTRALITY

    Eire's neutrality cannot harm Britain, says the Dublin correspondent of "The Times." It may be valuable, since, while southern Irish ports ...

    Article : 162 words
  55. YOUTH INJURED

    With a report that could be [?] more than half a mile away, the flywheel of an engine of a motor lorry burst into fragments while the vehicle ...

    Article : 147 words
  56. GOLD £10/10/ AN OUNCE

    The commonwealth Bank to-day quoted the price of gold at £10/10/ Australian per ounce fine. Sovereigns were quoted at £2/6/2. ...

    Article : 26 words
  57. ECONOMIC WAR

    Mr. Chogoro Miyagi (Minister of Justice) warned the people of Japan to-day to bear in mind Germany's defeat in the last war, which, he said, ...

    Article : 103 words
  58. U.S. WHEAT CROP

    The Department of Agriculture estimates the production of winter wheat at 551,000,000 bushels, durum wheat 33,000,000 bushels, and other spring ...

    Article : 53 words
  59. CONSTABLE'S DEFENCE GIFT

    A constable stationed at a remote settlement in the Northern Territory posted a cheque for £50 to the administrator of the Northern Territory ...

    Article : 63 words
  60. BRIDGES CASE ENDS

    The Harry Bridges deportation hearing has ended and the prosecution and defence have been ordered to submit briefs within six weeks. ...

    Article : 28 words
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