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  2. NEWS AND NOTES.

    Cloudy at times, with a tendency for showers, but chiefly fine is the weather forecast for the metropolitan area today. City Council By-Election. ...

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  3. PERSONAL.

    Mr. Alan S. Watt, of the Department of External Affairs, has been appointed First Secretary of the Australian Legation, Washington. He will leave for ...

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  4. SQUALLY WEEK-END.

    After having intensified rapidly on Friday night, a depression moved across the southern half of the State during the week-end, bringing stormy weather ...

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  5. TEXTILE INDUSTRY.

    MELBOURNE, Aug. 25.—An agreement covering more than 9.000 men and 10.000 women employees in the woollen, worsted and cotton sections of the textile industry ...

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  6. MUNITIONS DRIVE.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 25.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) said yesterday that important munitions projects, widely distributed over the commonwealth, were ...

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  7. The West Australian.

    There can be little doubt that the men now ruling France are more afraid of a British than a German victory. They all belong to groups who had ...

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  8. MAGIC CARPET TOUR.

    DARWIN, Aug. 24.—"Since the out-break of the war Australia has certainly pulled itself up by its boot straps," said Mr. Steven Richards, a member of the ...

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  9. CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN MICA.

    ADELAIDE, Aug. 25.—The Minister for Trade and Customs (Senator McLeay) announced today that following upon the recent fixation of the price of mica by ...

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  10. NAZI PROPAGANDA.

    NEW YORK, Aug. 23.—The Secretary of the Navy (Colonel Knox), in summarising a series of four articles by Colonel William J. Donovan (the American ...

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  11. DAIRY PRODUCE.

    AUCKLAND, Aug. 25.—An arrangement for the sale of more butter and cheese to Great Britain during the coming season at the same prices as last ...

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  12. LIVERPOOL DOCKS.

    LONDON, Aug. 23.—According to the Press Association malcontents are endeavouring to hold up work at the Liverpool docks. Members of certain ...

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  13. DISTRICT REPORTS.

    The following reports were received from country correspondents during the week-end:— MARRADONG.—Heavy rain Fell at ...

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  14. GERMAN TOURIST OFFICE.

    NEW YORK, Aug. 23.—The committee appointed by the House of Representatives under the chairmanship of Mr. Martin Dies to investigate un-American ...

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  15. RURAL POLICY.

    The Minister for Industrial Development (Mr. A. R. G. Hawke), who represented the State at the recent meeting of the Australian Agricultural Council in ...

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  16. HONG KONG EVACUEES.

    SYDNEY. Aug. 25.—The seventh and probably the last ship that will carry evacuees from Hong Kong to Australia arrived on Saturday afternoon with 179 ...

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  17. OFFICIAL REGISTRATIONS.

    Following are the official rainfall registrations for the 24 hours ended at 9 a.m. on Saturday:— NORTH COASTAL.—Geraldton, 2 Points: ...

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  18. AUSTRALIAN JOURNEY.

    NEW YORK, Aug. 24.—Further impressions of Australia are contained in a dispatch sent from Brisbane on Thursday by Mr. Harold Callender, a member of ...

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  19. ROAD ACCIDENTS.

    John David Meldrum (69), of Rokeby-road, Subiaco, died at the Perth Hospital about 8.50 p.m. on Saturday from injuries received when a parlour car and ...

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  20. UNIVERSAL TRAINEES.

    At the city recruiting depot on Saturday, 135 men of the 22 age group in the metropolitan military area 44A answered the call-up under the national training ...

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  21. MONS REMEMBERED.

    The courage and tenacity shown at Mons, when the men of Britain's "contemptible little army" faced a German army immeasurably superior in men and ...

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  22. ARGENTINE PRESIDENT.

    BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 24.—The Argentine Legislative Assembly today rejected the resignation of President Ortiz by 170 votes to one. One Senator ...

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  23. PEDESTRIAN KILLED.

    An elderly woman received fatal injuries when she was struck by a motor cycle near the Mt. Lawley subway about 9 p.m. on Saturday. She was Eliza ...

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  24. SYDNEY STILL NEEDS RAIN.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 25.—The maximum temperature in Sydney on Saturday was 78.9 degrees and today 79.2 degrees. These were the warmest two consecutive days ...

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  25. MAIL TIMETABLES.

    CLOSING TIMES.—Closing times hereunder are for the Perth G.P.O. Registered articles must be posted one hour before closing time for letters; but between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. ...

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  26. CANBERRA DISASTER.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 25.—Mr. Justice Lowe, of the Supreme Court Bench of Victoria, will open in Melbourne on Tuesday next a public inquiry into the Canberra air ...

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  27. SKID NEAR YARLOOP.

    YARLOOP, Aug. 25.—Four members of a family were injured when a small sedan car somersaulted near Yarloop about 11.45 a.m. today. The victims ...

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  28. BRITISH CHILDREN.

    MONTREAL, Aug. 23.—A liner has visited an eastern port with 800 children evacuated privately from Great Britain. Two hundred and eighty-five, aged from ...

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  29. NATIONAL FITNESS.

    The Minister for Education (Mr. W. H. Kitson) gave an address at the University yesterday morning before the instructors and leaders who are ...

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  30. AUSTRALIAN WHEAT BOARD.

    CANBERRA, Aug. 25.—National Security Regulations issued yesterday confer on the Australian Wheat Board power to adjust disputes over contracts affected ...

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  31. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

    (Every request for information must be accompanied by the name and address of the writer, not necessarily for publication but as a guarantee of good faith.) ...

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  32. CLAREMONT COLLISION.

    When a motor car in which she was a passenger collided with a utility truck in Claremont about 7.50 a.m. on Saturday. Constance Power (23), of ...

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  33. SUNDAY SPORT.

    Keen interest is being shown at Fremantle in the question of Sunday sport Several weeks ago the Fremantle City Council refused applications by both ...

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  34. RURAL ECONOMY.

    It is probably inevitable that the strain of war finance should be reflected in rising costs of primary production, but it is important that such a vital ...

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  35. DEFENCE VOLUNTEERS

    SYDNEY, Aug. 25.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) said on Saturday that voluntary defence units in Australia must be equipped as soon as possible after the ...

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  36. TODAY'S ENTERTAINMENTS.

    AMBASSADORS: Three Cheers for the Irish and Too Dangerous to Live. GRAND: Law of the Pampas and Our Neighbours, the Carters. HOYTS: Daytime Wile and Years Without ...

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  37. SOUTH AFRICAN WOOL.

    LONDON. Aug. 25.—The Ministry of Supply announced yesterday that fresh arrangements had now been made with the Government of the Union of South. ...

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  38. AIR RAIDS UPSET COWS.

    LONDON, Aug. 24.—The defence that cows are adversely affected by air raids was successfully pleaded at Barry yesterday, when a summons was dismissed ...

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  39. U.S. PRESIDENCY.

    NEW YORK, Aug. 23.—The magazine "Editor and Publisher" has conducted a survey which shows that 66.3 per cent of the nation's daily newspapers are ...

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  40. Suburban Theatres.

    BEACON: Ninotchka and Destry Rides Again. CLAREMONT and SWANBOURNE: U-Boat 29 and Green Hell COMO and HURLINGHAM: Damaged Goods ...

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  41. POWER ALCOHOL INQUIRY.

    SYDNEY. Aug. 25.—The Power Alcohol Committee, which will investigate the possibilities of producing power alcohol from suitable agricultural products, is ...

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  42. LINKS WITH TOKIO.

    SYDNEY. Aug. 25.—The Postmaster- General (Mr. Thorby) on Saturday expressed a hope that the proposed establishment of radio-telephonic ...

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  43. TROTSKY'S DEATH.

    WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.—In response to an inquiry from the American Consul in Mexico City, the State Department has refused to admit the body of M. Leo ...

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  44. THE LAW COURTS.

    IN CHAMBERS.—At 10.30 a.m.. before Mr. Justice Wolff. ...

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