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PERSONAL.
The Lord Mayor of Perth (Dr T. W. Meagher) has been appointed a trustee of the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery in place of ...
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WAR FACTORY.
In a rural locality somewhere in Australia 3,000 Australian workmen are building one of the largest explosives factories in the southern ...
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MEAL PRICES.
CANBERRA, July 31.—In Melbourne recently all the restaurants and cafes in the city area were inspected by officers of the Prices ...
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SECOND FRONT.
NEW YORK, July 30.—Commenting on the second front problem in an editorial, the "New York Times" offers uncommonly sharp criticism ...
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WARTIME SHIPPING.
CANBERRA, July 31.—The creation of a central organisation to collate all information concerning shipping coming to and leaving ...
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EUROPEANS IN INDIA.
LONDON, July 30.—The position of Europeans in India was discussed in Parliament today. In the House of Commons the ...
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The West Australian.
By the synchronisation of two rare events the West Australian financial year which ended on June 30 established a memorable record. ...
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NEWS AND NOTES.
The Rome radio, addressing Italians yesterday, declared: "When rumours are spread that Italian Fascist troops are in the line in Egypt ...
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MANPOWER RULES.
SYDNEY, July 31.—"The amending manpower regulations which will become operative shortly will give the authorities more effective ...
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COAL HOLD-UPS.
CANBERRA, July 31.—The Leader of the Opposition (Mr Fadden) today returned to the attack on the Government concerning coal hold-ups. ...
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SCRAP RUBBER.
CANBERRA, July 31.—Last Saturday's house-to-house drive for scrap rubber by boy scouts met with outstanding success, according to ...
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DESERTION CHARGES.
SYDNEY, July 31.—Men of the AIF charged with desertion at a District Court Martial at Victoria Barracks today complained of ...
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CLOTHING PLAN.
The Deputy-Director of Rationing (Mr F. F. Anderson) said yesterday that the tentative provision made for industrial clothing had ...
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LITVINOFF SEES ROOSEVELT.
WASHINGTON, July 30.—President Roosevelt conferred with the Soviet Minister (M Litvinoff) today but declined to reveal the nature of ...
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CONTROL MACHINERY.
CANBERRA, July 31.—The cost of living in Australia had increased by only 17.9 per cent, as compared with much greater increases in other ...
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STRIKE ON SAFETY ISSUE.
SYDNEY, July 31.—Claiming that the lives of employees were being endangered by the management's methods of timbering Pelton miners ...
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MELBOURNE'S GAS.
MELBOURNE, July 31.—Substantial modification of the gas restrictions in Melbourne and suburbs comes into effect tomorrow and will ...
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WAR ON MOSQUITOS.
SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, July 31.—Soldiers armed with fly-sprays launched a full-scale attack today on mosquitos—dark cupboards ...
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SERVICE CALL-UP.
Consequent upon a recent agreement between Army and Air Force Headquarters, the Royal Australian Air Force is now permitted to ...
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INCOME TAX.
CANBERRA, July 31.—Tax concessions to those members of the fighting services in the lower income groups will be provided in the ...
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S AUSTRALIA'S PLIGHT.
ADELAIDE, July 31.—The Premier (Mr Playford) said today that it would be at least a fortnight before any rationing scheme ...
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TANKER'S END.
Lying side by side at an Australian port are 2 big tankers, flying flags of different Allied nations, One of them has her deck buckled and ...
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SHORTAGE OF COAL.
MELBOURNE, July 31.—The shortage of coal in Melbourne which has already contributed largely to the serious position of gas supplies ...
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LABOUR PARTIES.
LONDON, July 31.—The National Executive of the Labour Party has proposed that a conference of the political labour parties ...
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CARRIER PIGEONS.
CANBERRA, July 31.—One of the oldest news-carrying methods in history, the carrier pigeon, is being used by the Volunteer Air Observer ...
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PETROLEUM POOL.
CANBERRA, July 31.—The formation of a petroleum pool was officially announced tonight under which distribution of petroleum ...
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MINISTER INTERVENES.
SYDNEY, July 31.—A stoppage was prevented at a war factory in NSW today through the intervention of the Minister for Labour (Mr ...
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NEW ORDER GAZETTED.
CANBERRA, July 31.—The Victory Clothing Regulation restricting the quantity of materials used in manufacturing men's, women's and ...
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WAR FINANCE.
WASHINGTON, July 30.—The Secretary of the Treasury (Mr H Morgenthau, jun) told his Press conference today that war bon[?] ...
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AIR FORCE CRASH.
MELBOURNE, July 31.—Two RAAF air crew trainees were killed when the aircraft in which they were on an exercise crashed last week 15 ...
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TRAFFIC FEES.
The Acting Minister for Works (Mr Gray) announced yesterday that he had approved of the appropriation of £38,000 from the ...
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ECHO OF THEFT CHARGE.
MELBOURNE, July 31.—William John McCaskill, former superintendent and secretary of the Victorian Deaf and Dumb Institution, at ...
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POST-WAR FOOD CONTROL.
LONDON, July 31.—Sir John Orr, a noted expert on nutrition, speaking at St Andrew's yesterday on "Food and the Post-War World," ...
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FOOTWEAR CONTROLLER.
CANBERRA, July 31.—Mr J. S. Rosevear, MHR, has been appointed and has begun duties as Commonwealth Controller of Footwear and ...
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GAZETTE NOTICES.
CANBERRA, July 31.—The Prime Minister (Mr Curtin) has ordered an investigation into the security aspects of some of the information ...
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WEATHER FORECASTS.
SYDNEY, July 31.—The promotion of the science of long-range weather forecasting and continuous research into the subject were ...
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FEDERAL OPPOSITION.
CANBERRA, July 31.—Declaring that the Opposition had not departed from its undertaking given last October to give the Government ...
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THEATRE EMPLOYEES.
MELBOURNE, July 30.—The Theatrical Employees' Union has decided to withdraw its threat to hold stopwork meetings at every theatre ...
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MAIL TIMETABLES.
CLOSING TIMES.—Closing times hereunder are for the Perth GPO. Registered articles must be posted 1 hour before closing times for letters but between ...
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BOMBS ON BURMA.
NEW DELHI, July 31.—RAF bombers on July 28 attacked railway stations and rolling stock on the Mandalay-Myitkyina railway. One ...
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DUKE OF GLOUCESTER.
NAIROBI, July 31.—It is announced that the Duke of Gloucester is carrying out a programme of military and RAF inspections in Kenya. ...
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DROP IN BUTTER PRODUCTION
CANBERRA, July 31.—Australia's factory production of butter for the 11 months of the statistical year 1941-42 ended May 31 had dropped ...
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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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CANADIAN BROADCASTING.
OTTAWA, July 30.—The "Evening Citizen" disclosed today that when the Board of Governors of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporations ...
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NO WET CANTEENS.
CANBERRA, July 31.—While Mr Makin is Minister there will be no wet canteens at munition factories. The Minister said today that he was ...
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AIR FORCE CROSS AND OBE.
CANBERRA, July 31.—The Governor-General (Lord Gowrie) at Admiralty House, Sydney, yesterday presented the Air Force Cross to ...
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KING OF EGYPT.
CAIRO, July 30.—King Farouk yesterday celebrated his 5th anniversary as King of Egypt. There was a State luncheon at the ...
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MASONIC INSTALLATION.
CANBERRA, July 31.—The Governor-General (Lord Gowrie) was installed at the Masonic Hall, Sydney, today as Grand Master of the ...
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A WEALTHY ESTATE.
The will of the late Mr Manuel Abrahams, of Melbourne, a well-known merchant who died in Victoria in October, 1938, has been ...
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