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  2. HOME DEFENCE

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- The formation of an official army reserve of returned soldiers for home defence was announced to-day by the Minister ...

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  3. NEW BATTLE STARTED

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Advice from Paris says: A day communique states that all information received from the front since the early hours shows that a new battle has begun, with violent enemy efforts directed so far between the sea and the Laon-Soissons Road. ...

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  4. NATIONAL GOVERNMENT

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--An appeal to every trade unionist in Australia to support the formation of a National Government was made by the Prime Minister (Mr. R. G. Menzies) in a nation-wide ...

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  5. ITALIAN CABINET

    LONDON, Tuesday. -- Fifty-one measures approved by the Italian Cabinet meeting included the substitution of women for mobilised men on ...

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  6. PARIS AIR RAID

    LONDON, Tuesday.--A message from Paris says: It is officially revealed that there were 906 casualties in yesterday's air raid. There were 254 ...

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  7. AIR FORCE FITTERS

    BRISBANE, Wednesday. -- Queensland's plan for training 100 fitters for the Air Force has been rejected by the Air Board. The State Government ...

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  8. LOAN OF £20,000,000

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- Announcing that £15,500,000 had been subscribed to the £20,000,000 war loan at the win-the-war rally to-night the ...

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  9. THE AIR FORCE

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Requests have been made for an increase in Queensland's monthly quota of recruits for service under the Enrobe ...

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  10. REFUGEE CHILDREN

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The executive of the Council of Agriculture sent a telegram to the Minister for the Interior (Senator H. S. Foil) ...

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  11. MANY ALIENS INTERNED

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.--A large number of aliens, most of them Germans, were interned after a series of raids carried out in Sydney and other ...

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  12. PRODUCTION

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The stimulation of production is a subject in which Queensland will be most interested at the meeting of the Australian ...

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  13. CRASHED TO DEATH

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.--Henry John Bailey (55), principal of the firm of H. J. Bailey and Sons, upholsterers, of Waverley, was killed when he crashed ...

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  14. SPECIAL GUARDS

    CANBERRA Wednesday. -- About 6000 postal employees have volunteered as special guards to protect post office property throughout Australia. ...

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  15. WOUNDED SOLDIERS

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.--The Postmaster-General and Minister for Health (Mr. H. V. C. Thorby) said tonight that Australia should set up an ...

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  16. ALLIES' GOLD

    LONDON, Wednesday. -- Latest reports from New York of the movement of British, French, Belgian and Dutch gold reserves ...

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  17. ENGINE DRIVERS

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  18. COAL HOLD-UP

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.--'If hold-ups continue in the coal mining industry will have to suspend these proceedings, said Judge sir George Beeby ...

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  19. SEVENTH DIVISION

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--About 175 men sought enlistment with the Seventh Division to-day. It was estimated to-night that 4350 had applied for ...

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  20. SEVERE CRITICISM

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.--The Leadef of the State Opposition (Mr. W. J. McKell) said to-night that the Minister for the Navy and the Leader of the ...

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  21. FLOWN 1000 MILES

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--To receive attention from a specialist in the city, Hugh McMaster, of Derwent Station, near Cloncurry, was flown 1000 miles ...

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  22. SPORTING TELEGRAMS

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  23. APPRAISED WOOL

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Wool appraised in Queensland to the end of last month was worth £9,000,000. This is an increase of £2,750,000 on the ...

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  24. GIFTS AND LOANS

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.--Contributions to the war effort in gifts and interest-free loans totalled £1,232,000 to-night £1,121,000 in loans and ...

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  25. POTATO GROWING

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.--The Potato Growers Licensing Bill has been assented to, and steps are being taken to proclaim July 1. 1940 as the date ...

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  26. HELD IN CUSTODY

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--An Australian, Richard Barfoot, who according to cabled reports is being held in custody by the Danish authorities in ...

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  27. "HOODED GIANT"

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The man who terrorised the north coast district in March by roaming about the country armed with a rifle and frequently ...

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  28. ENGLISH WOOL IMPORTS

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.--An English authority estimates that 250,000,0001b. of imported wool was retained for use in the United Kingdom during January ...

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  29. SUSPECTS IN EIRE

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Three hundred and ninety suspects throughout Eire have been arrested. The internment camp at Curragh is overflowing, and ...

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  30. NARVIK DESTROYED

    LONDON, Tuesday. -- The correspondent of the British United Press near Narvik reports that a fire has destroyed Narvik as the result of a raid ...

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  31. N.S.W. PUBLIC SERVICE

    SYDNEY. Wednesday. -- Cabinet agreed to-day to a proposal by the Public Service Board that employees in the professional, clerical and ...

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  32. STOCK EXCHANGES

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.--Despite the fact that falls in share prices greatly exceeded the number of gains, the market on the Sydney Stock Exchange ...

    Article : 66 words
  33. PATRIOTIC FUND

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 43 words
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