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  3. HILLS FIRE SPREADS.

    A bridge and another cottage at Piesse Brook were destroyed yesterday by the bushfire sweeping through the Darling Range road district. An area of about ...

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  4. CONDITIONS AT FREMANTLE.

    Fremantle experienced the worst day of the summer yesterday. The temperature at the Fremantle Signal Station rose to 106deg. shortly before 2 p.m. The ...

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  5. SOUTHERN OUTBREAK.

    KATANNING, Feb. 8.—A report was received today that a fierce bushfire broke out on Tuesday morning in the Orchard Valley district, about 16 miles ...

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  6. COALMINING INDUSTRY.

    SYDNEY, Feb. 8.—A general strike in the coalmining industry throughout Australia now appears to be inevitable. The combined mining unions today issued an ...

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  7. AIRCRAFT CONSTRUCTION.

    SYDNEY, Feb. 8.—In the next 2½ years the Federal Government will spend £25.000,000 in aircraft construction and maintenance. This was announced today ...

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  8. EXECUTED TERRORISTS.

    LONDON, Feb. 7.—Eire is in mourning for Peter Barnes (32) and James Richards (29). the Irish Republican Army terrorists, who were hanged this ...

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  9. IN THE COUNTRY.

    Many country districts have been in the grip of a heat wave since last week Yesterday, 112deg. was recorded at Northam and Walebing, and at York, ...

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  10. INTERVENTION REFUSED.

    LONDON, Feb. 8.—The "Daly Telegraph's" Vatican City correspondent says:—"It is understood that the Pope's intervention was sought on behalf of the ...

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  11. AMERICAN SYMPATHISERS.

    NEW YORK, Feb. 7.—Irish Republican Army sympathisers today invaded the closed grounds of the World's Fair. lowered to half-mast the Eire flag and laid ...

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  12. HISTORIC HOMESTEAD BURNT.

    ALBANY, Feb. 8.—Although a few bushfires are still burning in the back country, they are no longer a danger to settlements. Losses in dry feed have been ...

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  13. YOUTH SENT TO BORSTAL.

    LONDON, Feb. 7.—Brendan Beham (16), of Dublin, charged in the Liverpool Police Court today with the possession of explosives, said: "I have no ...

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  14. GENERAL SMUTS'S POLICY.

    CAPE TOWN, Feb. 7.—The souse Assembly again endorsed the war policy of the Prime Minister (General Smuts) to-day by a majority of 20 votes, when the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  15. POST OFFICE ISOLATED.

    The Deputy-Director of .Posts and Telegraphs (Mr. P. W. Arnold) was notified yesterday afternoon that bushfires had isolated the post office at Darradup. ...

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  16. EMPIRE AIR SCHEME.

    BRISBANE, Feb. 8.—In this war there seemed to be little doubt that Hitler hoped to strike a lightning blow against the Allies with his mighty air force, ...

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  17. FATE OF POLAND.

    LONDON, Feb. 7.—The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Mr. Butler) was asked by a member in the House of Commons today if, without prejudice to ...

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  18. WEATHER BUREAU BUSY.

    For several hours yesterday the Weather Bureau was kept buoy answering continuous inquiries over the telephone concerning the temperature. "We have ...

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  19. EMPLOYERS EMPHATIC.

    SYDNEY, Feb. 8.—"If the miners declare a strike, then it shall be fought out to a finish," said a leading colliery proprietor tonight. "There can be no ...

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  20. ASCERTAINING THE CAUSE.

    A suggestion that the Darling Range Road Board should seek a coroner's inquiry into the cause of the bushfires which have swept through Gooseberry ...

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  21. LESS WATER CONSUMED.

    During the 24 hours ended at 8 a.m. yesterday, 30,973,000 gallons of water was consumed in the metropolitan area, being 1,973,000 gallons less than on the ...

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  22. BURDEN OF CLOTHES.

    While women walked the streets yesterday in diaphanous contentment, men wore heavy clothing and felt very uncomfortable. Of 100 men who passed a ...

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  23. SUPPORT FOR UNIONS.

    SYDNEY, Feb. 8.—The New South Wales Trades and Labour Council, which is the governing body of the trade union movement in New South Wales and ...

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  24. GERMAN ECONOMIC SYSTEM

    LONDON, Feb. 7.—Interesting reports are reaching London from reliable sources which reflect the strain on the German economic system. In the textile ...

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  25. GROUND PERSONNEL.

    MELBOURNE, Feb. 8.—Coincidentally with a nation-wide broadcast by Sir Donald Cameron tonight the Minister for Air (Mr. Fairbairn) announced that ...

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  26. WONTHAGGI DISPUTE.

    MELBOURNE, Feb. 8.—Agreement was reached by the Railways Commissioners and representatives of the Wonthaggi miners today on terms for a resumption ...

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  27. COPPER FOR GERMANY.

    SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8.—Speculation as to whether the Mexican port of Manzanillo has become the point of trans-shipment for American copper ...

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  28. DEFRAUDING OF REFUGEES.

    LONDON, Feb. 7.—William Young (67), an Australian, who described himself as a "lumberjack," was charged at the Marylebone Police Station today with ...

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  29. NEW GERMAN PLANES

    LONDON, Feb. 7.—The "Aeroplane" publishes details of two new German planes which the Nazis have hitherto believed to be secret. The Focke-Wulf 198 ...

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  30. DEFENCE SPENDING.

    CANBERRA, Feb. 8.—Defence expenditure from revenue between July and December was £3,165,444 greater than in the corresponding period of last year. ...

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  31. AIR TRAINING IN N.Z.

    LONDON, Feb. 7.—Three New Zealand members of the Royal Air Force—Squadron-Leader R. J. Cohen and Flight-Lieuts. A. B. Greenaway and L ...

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  32. DUTCH DEFENCE.

    THE HAGUE, Feb. 8.—It is believed that the Cabinet has decided to order three battle-cruisers of about 26.000 tons each, with a speed of 33 knots. ...

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  33. ICEFLOE BREAKS UP.

    AMSTERDAM, Feb. 7.—The icefloe which has been sweeping down the Rhine has broken up, seriously endangering dykes, ships, bridges and houses. Masses ...

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  34. Works and Building Tenders.

    CANBERRA, Feb. 8.—Tenders for defence works aggregating £306,000 were accepted formally today. Included in the list of works are the first tenders for the ...

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  35. Japanese Naval Comment.

    TOKIO, Feb. 8.—Commenting on a report that the Netherlands Government was planning a strong naval base and three battle-cruisers for the East Indies ...

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  36. HOUSE ON FIRE.

    LONDON, Feb. 8.—Awakening at 3 a.m. to find the living-room downstairs ablaze, Mrs. Walker, of Battersea, rushed out to I knock up her neighbours. In the ...

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