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  2. PERSONAL.

    The Supply Minister (Mr Beasley) has recovered from a slight attack of influenza. He left Canberra last night for Sydney, where ...

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  3. TROOPS' CONDUCT.

    MELBOURNE, May 10.—It was very evident that there had been a substantial improvement in the defences of the northern States in ...

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  4. U-BOAT WAR.

    WASHINGTON, May 10.—The Navy announced yesterday that one United States and one Honduran merchantman have been torpedoed ...

    Article : 561 words
  5. HEROIC BELGIANS.

    LONDON, May 10.—On the occasion of the second anniversary of the German invasion of Belgium—May 10—the Belgian Foreign ...

    Article : 311 words
  6. WORLD PEACE.

    LONDON, May 10.—Hitler's delusion that there are people in Britain who would be prepared to make peace with him was the ...

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  7. AMERICAN LABOUR.

    NEW YORK, May 10.—The Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey, has agreed to comply with the National ...

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  8. The West Australian.

    Throughout the week-end Australians have been heartened by the accumulating evidence that the first I big naval and aerial action ever to ...

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  9. NEWS AND NOTES.

    The manager for Australian National Airways (Mr D. A. Gair) said last night that the East-West airliner which left Melbourne ...

    Article : 597 words
  10. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 115 words
  11. SIGNALS CORPS.

    MELBOURNE, May 10.—The recruiting of 1,000 women who are urgently needed for the Australian Corps of Signals will open tomorrow in ...

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  12. YMCA SERVICE.

    "Reading matter was at a premium and 100 cases of it meant nothing in the Middle East," said Mr W. E. Pickering on Friday ...

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  13. AERO ENGINES.

    NEW YORK, May 10.—The Wright Aeronautical Corporation has announced, after 5 years of research, the production of a machine ...

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  14. PERTH ARRANGEMETS.

    Recruiting of women for the Australian Corps of Signals will start in the metropolitan area today, when enrolment forms may be obtained at ...

    Article : 64 words
  15. MISSING BOY.

    The wide search for John McLean (4), who was reported missing from his parents' home at the corner of Wavell-road and Bellevue-avenue, ...

    Article : 331 words
  16. LOOKING US OVER.

    "I felt a heel when people treated me with deference on the grounds that we had come here just to save Australia. We are here to save our ...

    Article : 497 words
  17. GALLUP POLL.

    Australians are fairly evenly divided on the question of whether the Government should take over essential defence industries for the ...

    Article : 378 words
  18. FLAG DAY.

    WASHINGTON, May 10.—President Roosevelt yesterday asked American citizens to honour the peoples of all the United Nations in ...

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  19. SHIPS FROM CANADA.

    OTTAWA, May 10.—The Minister for the Navy (Mr MacDonald) told the House of Commons yesterday that ships lost by enemy action ...

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  20. NZ'S THERMAL BATHS.

    WELLINGTON, May 7.—New Zealand's famous thermal region is playing a particular part in the nation's war effort. Regular bathing ...

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  21. THE CHURCH IN WARTIME

    Three addresses on church problems in wartime were given on Wednesday afternoon to a gathering of laymen and ministers during the ...

    Article : 720 words
  22. SPICES RATIONED.

    WASHINGTON, May 10.—The War Production Board, because many spice-growing regions are now in enemy hands, has ordered a quota ...

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  23. WHITE FEATHERS.

    CAIRO, May 10.—Incredible though it may seem, Australian fighting-men in the Middle East have recently received white feathers ...

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  24. BRITISH EMPIRE.

    LONDON, May 10.—The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Dominions (Mr G. H. Shakespeare), addressing South Derbyshire ...

    Article : 217 words
  25. ALCOHOL FROM WHEAT.

    WASHINGTON, May 10.—The Secretary for Agriculture (Mr Claude R. Wickard), testifying before the Senate Agriculture Sub-Committee ...

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  26. GIRLS AT CANBERRA

    CANBERRA, May 10.—Light clothes brought from hot climates of WA, Queensland and other States by girls in Canberra Government ...

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  27. MARINE INSURANCE.

    CANBERRA, May 10.—Marine war risk insurance under amended regulations gazetted covers goods afloat on a barge, hulk or other craft ...

    Article : 65 words
  28. FOOD CONTROL COUNCIL.

    CANBERRA, May 10.—When the Australian Food Control Council holds its first meeting on Monday it will review the vast problem of ...

    Article : 104 words
  29. ARMY CASUALTIES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 191 words
  30. CRISIS OF THE WAR.

    NEW YORK, May 9.—The US Vice-president (Mr Henry A. Wallace) predicted today that the supreme crisis of the war would ...

    Article : 105 words
  31. NEW ZEALAND'S POSITION.

    AUCKLAND, May 9.—New Zealand was in a strong military position, the Minister for Defence (Mr Jones) emphasised when speaking ...

    Article : 300 words
  32. WET CANTEENS.

    SYDNEY, May 10.—Drinking among soldiers constituted a real danger to the defence of Australia, said the president of the NSW ...

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  33. MILK AND BREAD.

    SYDNEY, May 8.—All the metropolitan area, involving 1,410,000 people in 480,000 homes, is now zoned for block delivery of milk. The ...

    Article : 113 words
  34. THREE-DAY ROYAL TOUR.

    LONDON, May 10.—During a three-day tour of the west country the King and Queen drove through the devastated areas of Plymouth. ...

    Article : 121 words
  35. THE UNIVERSITY.

    In his report to Convocation of the University of Western Australia on Friday night the Vice-Chancellor (Dr G. A. Currie) said that an ...

    Article : 281 words
  36. INFORMATION SERVICE.

    MELBOURNE, May 9.—To coordinate and collect all news of the Netherlands East Indies received by radio, escapees and other sources. ...

    Article : 83 words
  37. SOVIET LEGATION.

    CANBERRA, May 10.—Dr L. W. Nott, of Canberra, has proposed that the Australian Government should offer the Soviet a site free of charge ...

    Article : 57 words
  38. MINING AND MANPOWER.

    KALGOORLIE, May 10.—The general, secretary of the Chamber of Mines (Mr Anderton) made the following statement today: "In the ...

    Article : 142 words
  39. PANIC BUYING.

    In their calmer moments those Australians who participated in the scrimmage should blush for the shopping scenes that were enacted ...

    Article : 219 words
  40. ABC PROGRAMMES.

    Features of today's programmes from the national stations 6WF and 6WN are as follows: Station 6WF.—6.40, 7.45 and 9 am, ...

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  41. KIMBERLEY PIONEER.

    F.C.B. writes: Mr J. C. McDonnell who has died at the Australian Inland Mission Hospital at Hall's Creek was one of the few ...

    Article : 233 words
  42. MAIL TIMETABLES.

    CLOSING TIMES.—Closing times here-under are for the Perth GPO. Registered. articles must be posted 1 hour before, closing time for letters, but between 9 ...

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  43. NEW ZEALAND DEBATES.

    AUCKLAND, May 9.—Stating there was an air of unreality about Parliamentary debates now when the fate of New Zealand was in the ...

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  44. DAIRYING INDUSTRY.

    SYDNEY, May 10.—The Chairman of the New South Wales Cheese Processing Society (Mr H. J. Bate) former MLA and prominent ...

    Article : 138 words
  45. 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.) ...

    Article : 124 words
  46. APPLE AND PEAR BOARD.

    CANBERRA, May 10.—Regulations gazetted yesterday suspend polls of growers to elect members of the Apple and Pear Board, formed ...

    Article : 75 words
  47. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.

    CANBERRA, May 9.—Replying to Mr Rosevear (Lab, NSW) in the House of Representatives yesterday the Prime Minister (Mr Curtin) said ...

    Article : 55 words
  48. TODAY'S LAW COURTS.

    IN CHAMBERS.—At 10.30 am before the Chief Justice. ARBITRATION COURT.—At 10.30 am. ...

    Article : 15 words
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