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  2. RECRUITING CAMPAIGN

    MELBOURNE, Jan. 24.—Success for the campaign for 70,000 militia volunteers as well as for the £63,000,000 defence programme was in sight, the ...

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  3. DEFENCE DEFICIENCY

    LONDON, Jan. 23.—It is learnt that further serious charges will be made against the Government in connection with alleged defence and air raid ...

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  4. DEFENCE PLANS.

    MELBOURNE, Jan: 24.—Australians f should know that the defence programme was being carried out with the greatest possible expedition, and that ...

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  5. ATTEMPTED ROBBERY.

    BRISBANE, Jan. 24.—Two armed intruders late last night entered the cyanide treatment works of Mr. William Scott, at Millchester, Charters Towers, battered the ...

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  6. SYDNEY TRAM SMASH.

    SYDNEY. Jan. 24—When a tram bound for Leichhardt crashed into the rear of a tram going to Abbottsford at the Larking-street stop in ...

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  7. HERE AND THERE.

    Other cable headings: "Non Intervention. Britain and France Firm." What does the dictionary give as the meaning of the word "firm"? ...

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  8. AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS.

    LONDON, Jan. 23.—The Home Office has dispatched a memorandum to local authorities disclosing that there will be whole-time as well as part-time air raid ...

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  9. GUN TURRETS FOR PLANES.

    LONDON, Jan. 23.—Speaking on the subject of gun turrets for military aircraft at a factory in Surrey which he visited today, the Secretary for Air (Sir ...

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  10. HOSPITAL INCIDENTS.

    SYDNEY, Jan. 24.—Evidence of un- usual happenings at the Junee District Hospital was heard at Junee today before mr. W. A. E. Lewis, a member of the ...

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  11. HOBART TRAGEDY.

    HOBART, Jan. 24 —With a bullet wound in his forehead, Athol Suckling (15), of Derwent Park, was found lying unconscious in the back yard of his home ...

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  12. A GOOD EXAMPLE.

    BRISBANE, Jan. 24.—Mr. F. M. J. Baker, M.H.R., Labour member for the Federal electorate of Grimith, enlisted to day and joined the 2/14th Light ...

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  13. ANTI-AIRCRAFT MEASURES.

    LONDON, Jan. 23.—The Government, It is understood, has adopted a policy for the standardisation of anti-aircraft equipment, one item being the Swedish Bofors ...

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  14. READERS' VIEWS.

    T. Newton Mackenzie: Your correspondent, W. Cyril Taylor, Is to be congratulated on his concise and skilful treatise on defence. I submit, however, that he ...

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  15. MARTIAL CANBERRA.

    CANBERRA, Jan. 24.—The militia campaign in Canberra has been so successful that there is now one soldier in the city for every three eligible civilians. ...

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  16. Amateur Boxers' Support.

    At the last meeting of the West Australian Amateur Boxing and Wrestling Association the following motion was carried unanimously:— ...

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  17. PRICE OF BRICKS.

    SYDNEY, Jan. 24—In evidence today at the inquiry into the price of bricks in the metropolitan area, a witness admitted. that the Great Northern Co., in the last ...

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  18. GUNS FOR MERCHANTMEN.

    LONDON. Jan. 22.—In connection with the Government's measures to prepare all British merchantmen for a possible crists, the naval correspondent of the ...

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  19. A RECORD DAY IN PERTH.

    Enlistments in the militia forces at the main recruiting depot at the corner of Barrack-street and Murray-street yesterday totalled 64, increasing the ...

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  20. VICTORIAN FIRES.

    MELBOURNE, Jan. 24.—Judge Stretton, a member of the County Court Bench, was appointed a royal commissioner today to conduct an investigation ...

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  21. STAFF COLLEGE EXTENSION.

    LONDON, Jan. 23.—The Duke of Gloucester today opened a new wing of the Staff College at Minlel Manor, near Camberley. From now the old buildings at ...

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  22. PRACTICAL SYMPATHY.

    WARSAW, Jan. 23.—Seven English bachelors have proposed by letter to unknown girls in the Zbonszyn refugee camp, on the frontier of Germany and ...

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  23. MR. BRUCE'S PART.

    SYDNEY, Jan. 24.—The failure of Britain to fulfil Important armament orders for Australia will be one of the vital subjects discussed by the Australian ...

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  24. DASH TO SON'S BEDSIDE

    BRISBANE, Jan. 24.—A dash by rail and air from Perth by Mr.P. R. T. Wills (secretary to the Commissioner for Railways) and Mrs. Wills to reach the ...

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  25. MR. BRIDGES'S ACTIVITIES.

    WASHINGTON, Jan. 123.—The Secretary of Labor (Miss Frances Perkins), in a statement issued today, declared that the Dies Committee which is ...

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  26. TASMANIAN OUTBREAKS.

    HOBART Jan. 2—Many serious bush fires are raging in the northern part of Tasmania, particularly on the north-west coast and, so serious has the position ...

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  27. South Perth Activity.

    Representatives of the South Perth Road Board, South Perth sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, Southern Suburbs Cricket Club, South Perth Tennis ...

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  28. FEDERAL POLICY.

    KALGOORLIE, Jan. 24.-Senator Clothier, who passed through Kalgoorlie to-night by the Great Western express on his way to Perth after a tour of New ...

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  29. GAOLED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT.

    HONOLULU, Jan. 23.—Patrick J. Cassidy, who was extradited from Adelaide end subsequently found guilty of the embezziement of 13,0OO dollars (£2,600) from ...

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  30. NAVAL WIRELESS STATIONS.

    DARWIN, Jan. 24.—With the clearing of the land now almost completed, an early start is likely to be made with the erection of two of the most powerful naval ...

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  31. Advertising

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  32. Claremont to Co-operate.

    The Claremont Municipal Council on Monday night decided to assist the recruiting campaign by forming a sub-branch of the Australian Defence League ...

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  33. ESPERANTO.

    "The Progress of Esperanto in Five Continents," was the subject of a public lecture which Miss Martha L. Root, a New York journalist, gave on Monday ...

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  34. DEFENCE WORKS.

    The employment of British labour only is permitted on public works in connection with defence, it was stated at Military Headquarters yesterday. in ...

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  35. BOY RESCUED FROM HARBOUR

    When a five-year-old boy, Mervin Beard, of South;-street, South Fremantle, jumped into Fremantle Har[?] from a drifting dinghy yesterday afternoon he ...

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  36. Mosman Park Action.

    In response to a request from the Australian Defence League for co-operation in the recruiting campaign, the Mosman Park Road Board at its last meeting ...

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  37. Interest at Northam.

    NORTHAM, Jan. 21.—A meeting of "A" Company, 28th Battalion Welfare and Recruiting Committee was held last night. A list, drawn up at a meeting of officers ...

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  38. FIJI CYCLONE.

    SUVA, Jan. 24.—A cyclone in Fiji during the week-end caused minor damage to plantations, roads and telephonic communications. A Fijian and his wife and ...

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  39. FARMER FOUND DEAD.

    WYALKATCHEM, Jan. 24.—Richard Walter Phillips (about 65), farmer, of Korrelocking. was found dead in his bed at his lodgings in Wyalkatchem this ...

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