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  2. CANBERRA DISASTER.

    CANBERRA, Aug. 20.—The Minister for Air (Mr. Fadden) announced tonight that following the decision of the Government that an open inquiry would be ...

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  3. RAPID ACTION IN OTTAWA.

    OTTAWA, Aug. 19.—The Canadian Government indicated today that it was moving rapidly to give effect to the Canadian-American mutual defence ...

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  4. FEDERAL ELECTION.

    CANBERRA, Aug. 20.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) announced in the House of Representatives tonight that he would recommend the Governor-General ...

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  5. SECURITY REGULATIONS.

    CANBERRA, Aug. 20.—While both the Federal and Lang Labour Parties, contrary to expectations, combined in the House of Representatives today to ...

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  6. JAPANESE FEELING.

    LONDON, Aug. 19.—The Tokio correspondent of "The Times" says that, whatever its objects, the recent anti-British movement is losing force and ...

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  7. AMERICAN DEFENCE.

    WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—The Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously approved today the £5,000,000,000 dollar (£1,250,000,000 sterling) supplementary ...

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  8. PRESIDENT URGES HASTE.

    WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—President Roosevelt today telephoned to the heads of the State, War and Navy Departments from Hyde Park, his, home in New York ...

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  9. U.S. PRESIDENCY.

    NEW YORK, Aug. 20.—The Chicago "Daily News," of which the principal proprietor is the Secretary of the Navy (Colonel Franklin Knox), supports in an ...

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  10. JAPANESE INTERPRETATION.

    TOKIO, Aug. 20.—The vernacular Press generally interprets the agreement between the United States and Canada for a joint Defence Council as a further ...

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  11. SHANGHAI SECTOR.

    NEW YORK, Aug. 20.—The situation resulting from the withdrawal of the British troops from Shanghai has become even more complicated. The Japanese, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  12. AUSTRALASIAN EFFECT.

    CANBERRA, Aug. 20.—The establishment of the joint United States and Canadian Defence Board had very interesting implications for Australia and ...

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  13. SERVICE IN THE ABBEY.

    LONDON, Aug. 20.—Westminster Abbey was crowded with Empire representatives today at the memorial service for the victims of the Canberra disaster. ...

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  14. CANADIAN NAVY GROWS.

    OTTAWA, Aug. 19.—The Naval Ministry announced today that it had placed orders for a fleet of motor torpedo-boats similar to the German E-boats. The ...

    Article : 85 words
  15. A.I.F. IN PALESTINE.

    GAZA, Aug. 19.—Asked whether he could give any indication as to what role was likely to be allotted to the A.I.F. If the Italians attacked Egypt in force, the ...

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  16. FULL SUPPORT FOR BRITAIN.

    NEW YORK, Aug. 19.—The president of the American Federation of Labour (Mr. William Green), speaking at Buffalo today, urged full American support for ...

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  17. WOMAN KILLED.

    When she was struck by the locomotive of a shunting train on a crossing in Stirling-highway, Leighton, about 4 p.m. yesterday, Mrs. Marie Rosa Gretchen ...

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  18. U.S. SHIP'S VOYAGE.

    LONDON, Aug. 19.—The United States Army transport American Legion (13,736 tons), which is homeward bound from Petsamo (Finland) with 897 American ...

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  19. APPLES AND PEARS.

    Mr. H. W. Soothill, who returned on Monday evening from a meeting of the Apple and Pear Marketing Committee which opened in Sydney on August 9. ...

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  20. JAPANESE BA[?]ISTERS.

    TOKIO, Aug. ?—Associations of Japanese barrier as have passed a resolution urging the Government to take steps for the immediate occupation of the ...

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  21. SOUTHWARD POLICY.

    TOKIO, Aug. 20.—After Cabinet discussions last night Ministers indicated that the Japanese Government was near an important decision in connection with ...

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  22. IN THIS STATE.

    The first hint, given several weeks ago, of a Federal election set into motion party machinery already prepared for the campaign in this State. There will ...

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  23. SHANGHAI GUNMEN.

    SHANGHAI, Aug. 19.—Gunmen today shot and seriously wounded a Chinese named Chang Han-uen, who is believed to be a high agent in the service of Wang ...

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  24. TIMBER INDUSTRY.

    "The first effect of the war on the Australian timber industry has been felt in a shortage of imported softwoods due to shipping difficulties, diversion of ...

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  25. VICTORIAN LABOUR.

    MELBOURNE, Aug. 20.—Apart from a few electorates for which candidates will be selected on Friday night the Victorian Labour Party has made all preparations ...

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  26. INTERNEE ESCAPES.

    MONTREAL, Aug. 20.—The police report that a powerful radio transmitting set has been found under the roof of one of the internment camps "somewhere ...

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  27. DUTCH PRODUCE.

    LONDON, Aug. 20.—The Minister for Economic Warfare (Dr. Hugh Dalton) stated in the House of Commons this afternoon that the R.A.F. was greatly ...

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  28. ARMY LEADERSHIP.

    With the rapid expansion of the Australian Army there is a need for additional and efficient leaders. To provide this need schools have been established ...

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  29. MENZIES-STEVENS INTERVIEW.

    CANBERRA, Aug. 20.—In the House of Representatives today, Mr. Gander (Lang Labour, N.S.W.) asked the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) to "clear up the ...

    Article : 237 words
  30. CONSULAR OFFICIAL'S TRIP

    LONDON, Aug. 20.—Thomas Spence, formerly British Vice-Consul at Stavanger, has arrived at Newcastle with his Norwegian wife and their three ...

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  31. CONSUL OFFENDS.

    WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—The Under- Secretary of State (Mr. Sumner Welles) announced today that Germany was transferring Dr. Freidrich Reed, one of ...

    Article : 154 words
  32. U.S. SHIP STOPPED.

    SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19.—The American freighter Herman Frasch (4,494 tons) has wirelessed all United States naval and commercial stations the ...

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  33. THE ISSUES AT STAKE.

    LONDON, Aug. 19.—The Trinidad and Tobago Trades Union Council has forwarded to the Secretary for the Colonies (Lord Lloyd) the text of the following ...

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  34. HONG KONG EVACUEES.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 20.—Mrs. W. P. Thompson, whose husband is an officer in the Hong Kong Police Force, gave birth to a daughter on the evacuee ship ...

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  35. PASTORAL RESEARCH TRUST

    As a memorial to the late Mr. George Aitken, to whose efforts the Australian Pastoral Research Trust owed its inception, the members, at an extraordinary ...

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  36. SOLDIER FRANCHISE.

    CANBERRA, Aug. 20.—A Bill to franchise all members of the fighting forces overseas was introduced in the Senate to-day. This measure Is part of the ...

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  37. QUEEN'S NEPHEW A PRISONER.

    LONDON, Aug. 19.—The Queen's nephew, the Master of Elphinstone, who is heir to Lord Elphinstone, is a prisoner of war in Germany. He is aged 26 years. ...

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  38. DRY CANTEENS IN N.Z.

    AUCKLAND, Aug. 20.—The New Zealand Government has decided that there will be no wet canteen in Territorial camps. ...

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  39. UGANDA'S WAR AND EFFORT.

    LONDON, Aug. 19.—The Uganda war fund committee has sent a further £7.500 to Britain, bringing the total of its contribution since July 1 to the war effort to £39,000. ...

    Article : 35 words
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