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  2. UNREST IN FRANCE.

    LONDON, Aug. 23.—Drastic measures to deal with unrest in France are announced in Vichy, including the assignment of 16,000 ...

    Article : 301 words
  3. DUKE OF KENT.

    NEW YORK, Aug. 23.—New Yorkers flocked to La Guardia airfield to-day to welcome the Duke of Kent, the first member of the British royal ...

    Article : 435 words
  4. The West Australian.

    With the support of the Ministerial parties Mr. Menzies has made a new proposal for a National Government on terms which offer a ...

    Article : 610 words
  5. COST OF THE WAR.

    CANBERRA, Aug. 24.—Australian war spending in the current financial year will amount to about £260,000,000—an increase of ...

    Article : 1,015 words
  6. PERSONAL.

    Sir Frederick Mann, Chief Justice of Victoria, was welcomed at the Field Naturalists' Club, Melbourne, recently, when he presented the ...

    Article : 414 words
  7. THE WAR AT SEA.

    LONDON, Aug. 23.—In a speech at Ayr last night, which was broadcast, the First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. A. V. Alexander) said that the ...

    Article : 509 words
  8. SIR IVEN MACKAY.

    CANBERRA, Aug. 23.—Criticism reported to have been made by Major-General Sir Iven Mackay on deficiencies in Australia's war ...

    Article : 499 words
  9. NEWS AND NOTES

    Becoming cloudy but otherwise fine for the present is the weather forecast for the metropolitan area to- day. The maximum shade ...

    Article : 808 words
  10. GERMAN PRISONERS

    SYDNEY, Aug. 24.—Germans captured in Libya told guards on the ship that has brought the first batch of German war prisoners to ...

    Article : 263 words
  11. TROOPS FROM SYRIA.

    LONDON, Aug. 23.—It is announced in Vichy that three ships carrying French troops from Syria have reached Marseilles. ...

    Article : 27 words
  12. WOMEN'S ARMY.

    CANBERRA, Aug. 23.—Daily rates of pay for the Australian Women's Army Service were announced today by the Minister for the Army (Mr. ...

    Article : 250 words
  13. DETAINED VESSEL.

    BATAVIA, Aug. 23.—It is learnt that the Vichy steamer Dupleix (7,135 tons), which was recently detained by a Dutch warship and has ...

    Article : 86 words
  14. A.I.F. CASUALTIES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 514 words
  15. ESCAPE FROM CRETE

    In June Mr. and Mrs. J. Haddock, of Claremont, received advice that their son Jack was missing in Crete. Seven weeks and two days ...

    Article : 339 words
  16. FRENCHMAN "KIDNAPPED."

    LONDON, Aug. 23.—The Berlin radio states that a French officer who was a British prisoner of war escaped to Spain, where he was ...

    Article : 59 words
  17. ARMY TRAINING.

    Manoeuvres on a scale unprecedented in the Western Command were carried out by the Australian Military Forces on four days of the ...

    Article : 476 words
  18. PORT HOBART SINKING.

    LONDON, Aug. 22.—A postcard which has been received in London reveals that eight women pasengers for Australia and New Zealand on ...

    Article : 128 words
  19. RAILWAY DISPUTE.

    The dispute between the West Australian Amalgamated Society of Railway Employees and the Commissioner of Railways (Mr. J. A. Ellis) ...

    Article : 567 words
  20. INDIES GLASS INDUSTRY.

    BATAVIA, Aug. 23.—An Australian concern and a Dutch East Indies firm, will shortly jointly establish a glass industry at Surabaya, ...

    Article : 49 words
  21. BISMARCK'S SISTER-SHIP.

    LONDON, Aug. 22.—The German battleship Tirpitz (35,000 tons), a sister-ship of the Bismarck, which was destroyed following the loss of ...

    Article : 51 words
  22. MAIL TIMETABLES.

    CLOSING TIMES.—Closing times hereunder are for the Perth G.P.O. Registered articels must be posted one hour before closing time for letters, but ...

    Article : 201 words
  23. KIMBERLEY SETTLEMENT.

    Speaking to the members of the Fremantle Chamber of Commerce on Friday night the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. J. S. Wise) broke a ...

    Article : 494 words
  24. RUSSIAN BOOKS.

    CANBERRA, Aug. 24.—An attack was made on the Minister for the Army (Mr. Spender) tonight by Major Cameron (U.A.P., S.A.) as a ...

    Article : 192 words
  25. BERMUDA GOVERNORSHIP.

    LONDON, Aug. 22.—The Bermuda House of Assembly has replied to a message from the Governor (Lieut.-General Sir Denis Bernard) ...

    Article : 204 words
  26. A.D.C. TO THE KING.

    LONDON, Aug. 23.—The Commander-in-Chief in India (General Sir Archibald Wavell) has been appointed Aide-de-camp to the King, ...

    Article : 49 words
  27. QUESTION ANSWERED.

    (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.) ...

    Article : 51 words
  28. RUSSIAN SHIPS.

    CANBERRA, Aug. 23.—Russian ships may soon be carrying Australian produce to the United Kingdom. ...

    Article : 59 words
  29. EASTERN STATES LISTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 287 words
  30. CANBERRA DRILL HALL.

    CANBERRA, Aug. 23.—The Minister for the Army (Mr. Spender) threatens to interfere in a dispute between the Army Eastern ...

    Article : 157 words
  31. THE LAW COURTS.

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

    Article : 13 words
  32. PARCELS FOR PRISONERS.

    LONDON, Aug. 22.—To ensure that in the event of a transport breakdown between Britain and Geneva every British prisoner in ...

    Article : 122 words
  33. PETROL RATIONING.

    Irrespective of the arrival of oil tankers in Australia in addition to those scheduled, there will be no relaxation of the present petrol ...

    Article : 335 words
  34. Advertising

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    Advertising : 63 words
  35. AFRICAN SCENE.

    CAPE TOWN, Aug. 23.—The Prime Minister (Field Marshal Smuts), speaking at a United Party rally at Bethal (Transvaal) today, ...

    Article : 111 words
  36. LABOUR COUNCIL.

    Third-party compulsory insurance for car owners is favoured by the Metropolitan Council of the Australian Labour Party, and at a ...

    Article : 200 words
  37. A.B.C. PROGRAMMES.

    The main features of today's programmes from the national stations 6WF and 6WN are given below:— Station 6WF: 6.45, 8 a.m., 2.15, 4 ...

    Article : 142 words
  38. COSTLY SPITE.

    NEW YORK, Aug. 23.—The police revealed today that three valuable paintings, including two Gainsboroughs—"The Black Boy" and ...

    Article : 72 words
  39. WAR PRISONERS.

    CANBERRA, Aug. 23.—Vatican lists of Australian prisoners of war held by Italy will in future be treated as authentic and official for ...

    Article : 149 words
  40. SYMPATHY FOR BRITAIN.

    Solemn pontifical mass for the suffering people of Great Britain was recently celebrated in St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York. The service ...

    Article : 91 words
  41. SHIP RUNS AGROUND.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 24.—A coastal ship of about 400 tons ran ashore on Cook Island, near Tweed Heads, on the north coast today, according to a ...

    Article : 79 words
  42. ULSTER WAR SAVINGS.

    LONDON, Aug. 23.—The Postmaster-General, speaking in Belfast yesterday, said that the amount raised in Northern Ireland up to ...

    Article : 29 words
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