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  2. NATIONAL GOVERNMENT.

    CANBERRA, Sept. 8.—After conferences this evening, the Leader of the Country Party (Sir Earle Page) announced that, as his continued ...

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  3. GLOOM OF WAR.

    LONDON, Sept. 8.—Britain has been blacked-out nightly for a week. Theatres, cinemas and some restaurants are closed, dog-racing has ceased, and tens of ...

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  4. CANADIAN PARLIAMENT.

    OTTAWA, Sept 7.—An emergency session of the Canadian Parliament was opened today by the Governor-General (Lord Tweedsmuir), who did not disclose ...

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  5. NEWS DISTRIBUTION.

    CANBERRA, Sept. 8.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) announced in the House of Representatives yesterday that the Ministry of Information, which ...

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  6. Advertising

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  7. PLANES IN ATTACK.

    A Warsaw communique says that the capital was bombed eight times during Thursday. In the eighth raid the German planes also scattered a large ...

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  8. GDYNIA STILL STANDS.

    The isolated Polish port of Gdynia is reported to be still in Polish hands but the Germans repeat their claim to have captured the isolated garrison at ...

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  9. TRADE CONTROL MEASURE.

    CANBERRA, Sept. 8.—The importance of preventing neutral countries from acting as middlemen in transactions between Australia and enemy countries was ...

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  10. REPORTS OF GAS UNCONFIRMED.

    LONDON, Sept. 7.—In the House of Commons today, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Foreign Office (Mr. Butler), replying to a question, said ...

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  11. "WELTER OF RUMOUR"

    SYDNEY, Sept. 8.—A welter of rumour which circulated throughout Sydney today concerning the sinking. of large liners the capture of German vessels and ...

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  12. CZECHS AND SLOVAKS

    LONDON, Sept. 7.—The "Paris Solr" reports that the German High Command has disbanded the Czech National Guard and stationed 60,000 troops in ...

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  13. IN THE UNITED STATES.

    WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.—President Roosevelt held an emergency Cabinet meeting today. He indicated also that he was canvassing Congressional ...

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  14. LABOUR COUNCIL.

    The Metropolitan Council of the Australian Labour Party is pressing for the appointment of a full-time industrial magistrate. At a meeting of the council ...

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  15. FACTORY DISPUTE.

    The employees of Mills and Ware's cake and biscuit factory at South Fremantle, who ceased work on the morning of Monday, July 31, it order to hold ...

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  16. BUSY PARLIAMENT.

    CANBERRA, Sept. 8.—The feature of the first war session of the Commonwealth Parliament has been the terrific rush to enact emergency legislation to ...

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  17. RUSH OF VOLUNTEERS.

    The military authorities in Perth are being embarrassed by the rush of volunteers for military service and by the flood of applications received by letter from ...

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  18. LABOUR'S WAR POLICY.

    MELBOURNE, Sept. 8.—The venue for the meeting of the Federal Labour Advisory Committee fixed for Monday has been changed to Canberra. The war ...

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  19. TREASURE TROVE.

    Early this year a native wandering along the coast about 40 miles north of the Murchison River found coins, small ingots of silver, parts of a lock, breeches ...

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  20. AMERICAN SHIPS IN WAR ZONE.

    NEW YORK, Sept. 7.—The Maritime Union has demanded a 40 per cent wage increase and a bonus of 250 dollars (£50) for the members of crews in the war ...

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  21. OFFICER'S RETIREMENT.

    CANBERRA, Sept. 8.—A Senate Select Committee appointed to inquire into the discharge of Captain T. P. Conway from the military forces and the refusal of ...

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  22. SOVIET ATTITUDE TO POLAND.

    LONDON, Sept. 7.—The Moscow correspondent of "The Times" says it is understood that the Soviet Government has informed the Polish Ambassador that ...

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  23. REFUGEES OFFER HELP.

    SYDNEY, Sept. 8.—At a meeting at the New Australians Club tonight refugees from Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia unanimously carried a resolution ...

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  24. NEW ZEALAND FORCE.

    AUCKLAND, Sept. 8.—The maximum age limits for officers in the New Zealand military force will be as follows:—Subalterns, 30: captains, 35: majors, 40; and ...

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  25. IF POLAND COLLAPSES.

    NEW YORK, Sept. 7.—The Rome correspondent of the "New York Times" says that if the Polish resistance collapses Germany will be free to turn her ...

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  26. WAR'S EFFECT ON SPORT.

    LONDON, Sept. 8.—The position of all connected with British horseracing is one of suspense. All next week's racing fixtures have been abandoned, also the ...

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  27. SMALL ARMS FACTORY.

    SYDNEY, Sept 8.—The Commonwealth Small Arms Factory is to establish three shifts as soon as possible. It will then be on a similar footing to that ...

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  28. N.S.W. SHALE OIL PLANT.

    SYDNEY, Sept. 8.—The operations of the National Oil Pty., which is about to develop the shale oil deposits in the Newnes-Capertee Valley, are being ...

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  29. OVERSEAS FREIGHTS.

    CANBERRA, Sept. 8.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) said today that the Government fully realised the necessity of keeping overseas freights within ...

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  30. INTRUDER AT AERODROME

    SYDNEY, Sept. 8.—Guards at the Kingsford Smith aerodrome fired shots at a man they surprised near one of the hangars tonight. The man escaped ...

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  31. SECURITY BILL.

    CANBERRA, Sept. 9.—The National Security Bill passed through all stages in the House of Representatives by 8.30 am. yesterday after 11½ hours' discussion and ...

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  32. RUSH FOR SAFETY.

    LONDON, Sept. 7.—A statement issued by the Ministry of Information today states that German merchant vessels are being driven steadily from the seas. They ...

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  33. ROUND-UP OF ALIENS.

    LONDON, Sept. 7.—Over 6,000 suspected enemy agents are now detained in various parts of Britain, including numerous British-born people, including ...

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  34. THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

    GENEVA, Sept. 7.—The "City of Peace" has been taken over as one of the Swiss defended frontier towns. The long corridors of the palace of the League of ...

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  35. CIVIL AIR RESERVE.

    MELBOURNE, Sept. 8.—The European war will probably cause considerable alteration in the scope and conditions of the training of pilot under the Civil ...

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  36. SOUTH-WEST AFRICA AT WAR.

    CAPE TOWN, Sept. 8.—South-West Africa (a former German colony) is automatically at war with Germany as a result of the decision of the South ...

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  37. YUGOSLAV MOBILISATION.

    LONDON, Sept. 7.—A report that Yugoslavia had ordered general mobilisation has been unofficially denied in Belgrade, where it is stated that only a ...

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  38. "BRITISH WARMONGERS."

    LONDON, Sept. 8.—A "lecture" entitled "British warmongers" was given yesterday in a radio broadcast from Berlin. The British Cabinet was said to ...

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  39. UNITED STATES MARKETS

    NEW YORK, Sept. 7.—Despite resistance to profit-taking, upward pressure continued on the Stock Exchange today. Gains ranged up to two points for war ...

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  40. Checking Exodus of Pilots.

    CANBERRA, Sept. 8.—Efforts will be made by the Federal Government to check the exodus of well-trained aeroplane pilots from Australia. The ...

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  41. CZECH LEGIONS.

    LONDON, Sept. 8.—As has already been indicated, Czech legions are being formed in London and Paris. Circulars in connection with the movement issued ...

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  42. GENERAL FRANCO AND ITALY.

    LONDON, Sept. 7.—The correspondent of the United Press in Rome says it is certain that General Franco will shortly visit Rome. ...

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  43. ECONOMIC WARFARE.

    LONDON, Sept. 7.—Sir Frederic Leith Ross, Chief Economic Advisor to the British Government, has been appointed Director-General of the Ministry of ...

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  44. EXPORT OF LEMONS.

    The West Australian Fruitgrowers and Market Gardeners' Association is exporting about 2,000 bushels of lemons to the Eastern States a week. The ...

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  45. GERMAN PUBLIC'S IGNORANCE.

    NEW YORK, Sept. 7.—Indicating the ignorance in which the German public is kept, the Berlin correspondent of Associated Press reports that it is stated ...

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  46. INSIDE GERMANY.

    LONDON, Sept. 7.—The Rotterdam correspondent of "The Times" says that the successes on the eastern front have done something to lessen among ...

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  47. COMPANY'S 90TH ANNIVERSARY.

    ADELAIDE, Sept. 8.—From yesterday until Wednesday next, G. and R. Wills and Co., Ltd. will celebrate the 90th anniversary of the establishment of the ...

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  48. COAL FOR SCANDINAVIA.

    HELSINKI, Sept. 7.—The Scandinavian countries will in future obtain all their supplies of coal from Germany as a result of the visit of a German ...

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  49. SICK TROOPS AT DARWIN.

    DARWIN, Sept. 8.—A military hospital is to be established at Darwin at once, as the Darwin Hospital is incapable of catering for the swollen civil ...

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  50. Palestine Czechs Anxious to Fight.

    JERUSALEM, Sept. 8.—The Czech Consul-General said he believed that a special legion of Czechs was being formed "Hundreds of Czechs in Palestine have ...

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  51. SUMATRA AIR ATTACK.

    LONDON, Sept. 8.—It is learnt that the Berlin High Command has issued a communique stating that British planes unsuccessfully attacked the steamer ...

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  52. POLISH HEROISM.

    ROME, Sept. 7.—Although the Italian Press gives prominence to German victories. "Popolo d'Italia" pays a tribute to the "heroic resistance of the Poles." ...

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  53. DRIED FRUIT PRICES.

    LONDON, Sept. 8.—The Government has prohibited the sale of dried fruit at prices above those current during the seven days ended August 29. The ...

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  54. AMERICAN'S OFFER TO FRANCE.

    NEW YORK, Sept. 8.—Colonel Joseph Stehlin, a member of the former Lafayette Escadrille, has cabled to Paris offering to furnish and finance an ...

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  55. 76-YEAR-OLD DEPUTY ENROLS.

    BRUSSELS, Sept. 7.—M. Hubin, a 76-year-old Belgian deputy, has left Brussels, having enrolled with the French pioneers. ...

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