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  2. LIFE IN TOBRUK.

    CAIRO, Aug. 16.—Towards sunset each night in Tobruk an uncanny atmospheric stillness sets in. Now and then the quietness is ...

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  3. PERSONAL.

    The Premier (Mr. J. C. Willcock), who attended a meeting of the Loan Council in Canberra recently, returned to Perth on Saturday by the ...

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  4. WESTERN DESERT.

    LONDON, Aug. 15.—A special correspondent in the Western Desert says that the German adventure in Russia has not entirely cut off Axis ...

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  5. A.I.F. CONTINGENT.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 17.—The largest A.I.F. contingent to leave Australia has arrived safely in the Middle East, it was announced today. Two ...

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  6. THE WAR REVIEWED

    LONDON, Aug. 16.—Speaking at Newcastle this evening, the Secretary for War (Captain Margesson) said there was a general feeling of ...

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  7. EFFECT OF STRIKE.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 17.—The strike of 35 crane-drivers in metropolitan steel foundries, it was stated tonight, is having a serious effect upon the ...

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  8. The West Australian.

    The terms of the Churchill-Roosevelt Note to Stalin, dispatched from last week's Atlantic conference, provide a considerable measure ...

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  9. NEWS AND NOTES

    Cloudy weather, with some showers and moderate westerly winds, is forecast for the metropolitan area today. The maximum shade ...

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  10. WHEAT PROBLEMS.

    WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.—The International Wheat Conference, which was scheduled to resume on Monday, has been postponed indefinitely ...

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  11. AUTHORITY ON CANCER

    TOKIO, Aug. 16.—Dr. Matao Nagayo, the noted cancer authority and former president of the Tokio Imperial University, has died from ...

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  12. LONDON MISSION.

    CANBERRA, Aug. 17.—The Canberra branch of the Australian Labour Party today decided to request the Federal Parliamentary ...

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  13. THE CAUTIOUS TURK

    LONDON, Aug. 16.—The Ankara correspondent of "The Times" states that the Turkish reaction to the Anglo-Russian declarations is one of ...

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  14. MAIL TIMETABLES.

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

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  15. R.A.A.F. CRASH.

    MELBOURNE, Aug. 17.—Two officers and two airmen were killed when a Royal Australian Air Force aircraft crashed at Darwin on ...

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  16. WOMEN'S ARMY.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 17.—The War Cabinet has authorised the establishment of an Australian Women's Home Army. Anouncing this today ...

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  17. QUESTIONS 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.) ...

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  18. BRITISH NEWSPAPER'S VIEW

    LONDON, Aug. 16.—The "Observer," in a leading article today, states:—"The wish is very strong here that the Australian Prime ...

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  19. ROAD ACCIDENTS.

    ROEBOURNE, Aug. 16.—A young woman was killed and four persons were injured when a motor truck overturned within two miles of ...

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  20. WAR INDUSTRIES.

    The report of the West Australian war Industries committee, which met in Perth some months ago and took evidence in camera on the ...

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  21. CRASH ON TO HOUSE

    LONDON, Aug. 16.—Six out of seven children in one family were killed when a Royal Air Force plane crashed "In flames on a house at ...

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  22. GERMAN REPRISAL.

    LONDON, Aug. 16.—A Belgrade communique announces that the Germans have burnt the Serbian town of Gola as a reprisal for an ...

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  23. CAR SOMERSAULTS.

    Audrey Joyce Sims (16), of Church-street, Perth, had her right leg fractured, and Noel Wintle (16), of Brisbane-terrace, Perth, had his ...

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  24. BAKERIES PICKETED.

    BRISBANE, Aug. 17.—Bread strikers who are protesting against the 5 a.m. start awarded by the Industrial Court, began picketing of ...

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  25. W.A. OFFICER'S FATE

    The name of Captain J. Fitzhardinge, of Western Australia, is included in the list of 101 members of the A.I.F. who are prisoners of ...

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  26. SHIPS FOR NAVY.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 17.—On Saturday, for the first time in the shipbuilding history of Sydney, two ships for the Royal Australian Navy were ...

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  27. NAZIS IN IRAN.

    LONDON, Aug. 17.—he diplomatic correspondent of the "Sunday Express" states that Britain and Russia have sent strongly worded ...

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  28. BULGARIAN UNREST

    LONDON, Aug. 16.—The Cairo correspondent of the "Daily Express" says that a neutral, upon arrival from the Balkans, revealed ...

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  29. GERMANS IN MOROCCO.

    LONDON, Aug. 16.—The Madrid correspondent of the Vichy news-agency says it is officially denied that German divisions have crossed ...

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  30. WOOL CONTROL.

    The following statement has been issued by the chairman of the Central Wool Committee:—"The Central Wool Committee announces that ...

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  31. ARMY OFFICER INJURED.

    AUCKLAND, Aug. 17.—Captain H. Whitebread, side-de-camp to General Sir Guy Williams, Military Adviser to the New Zealand ...

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  32. THE LAW COURTS.

    NISI PRIUS.—At 10.30 a.m., before the Chief Justice: Petitions in divorce: Ruby Clarice Walker v. Harry Reginald Clarke Walker; Clifford George Yann v. ...

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  33. A.I.F. RECRUITS.

    Up to the week-end new recruits for the A.I.F. during the present month totalled approximately 300, it was stated at Western Command ...

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  34. A.I.F. CASUALTIES.

    Eastern States casualty lists received in Perth last night contained a total of 44 names, divided as follows:— ...

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  35. Advertising

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  36. STRONG POINT CAPTURED.

    LONDON, Aug. 16.—A communique issued by British General Headquarters in Cairo yesterday afternoon described how a ...

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  37. HITLER'S MONEY.

    LONDON, Aug. 17.—The Exchange Telegraph states that the secret German transmitter yesterday revealed particulars of secret funds ...

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  38. DUTCH NAVY.

    LONDON, Aug. 16.—The Netherlands Admiralty announced today that one of their submarines operating with the Royal Navy sank ...

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  39. FINE FEATHERS IN SYDNEY

    SYDNEY, Aug. 17.—A large number of Italian prisoners of war who will be interned in Australia until the war ends arrived in Sydney ...

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  40. RUNNING BLOCKADE.

    LONDON, Aug. 17.—The German freighter Norderney (3,667 tons), carrying a valuable cargo for Germany, left Pam harbour (Brazil) on ...

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  41. PLEDGE TO PETAIN.

    LONDON, Aug. 16.—A decree issued in Vichy provides that in future all French Cabinet Ministers from the Vice-Premier and Foreign ...

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  42. 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 am., 2.15, ...

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  43. AUSTRALIAN METHODS.

    LONDON, Aug. 16.—A special correspondent of the Milan "Corriere della Sera" in the Western Desert complains about the methods of the ...

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  44. GERMAN CHILDREN.

    ANKARA, Aug. 16.—Greek refugees report the arrival of 30,000 German children in Greece for a "change of air." They add that ...

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  45. BUILDING SHIPS.

    MELBOURNE, Aug. 17.—Government factories to make marine engines for ships being built in Victoria and New South Wales will be ...

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  46. THUNDER OVER CHANNEL.

    LONDON, Aug. 16.—German long-range guns at Cap Gris Nez and Calais this evening shelled ships in the Channel for nearly an hour. The ...

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  47. BARONET'S DEATH.

    LONDON, Aug. 17.—Captain Sir James Herbert Croft, 11th Baronet, was found fatally wounded in a room at an hotel In Ayrshire today. The ...

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  48. VISIT TO EGYPT.

    LONDON, Aug. 17.—It vas anounced in Pretoria last night that the Prime Minister (Field Marshal Smuts) had left for Cairo by air to ...

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