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  2. HEAT WAVE.

    With the temperature rising to 100.5 degrees on Sunday the heat wave in Perth became the most sustained since 1933 and the most ...

    Article : 700 words
  3. THE CONSTITUTION.

    MELBOURNE, Dec 14.—The proposals by the present Commonwealth Government for obtaining plenary powers to control Australia after the ...

    Article : 401 words
  4. PERSONAL.

    The Naval Board has received advice that the King has approved the mention in dispatches for good service in the Malayan campaign of ...

    Article : 276 words
  5. AUSTERITY LOAN.

    MELBOURNE, Dec 14.—A record last-minute rush for bonds in the Austerity Loan which closes tomorrow night commenced today and is ...

    Article : 307 words
  6. LIGHTS OUT.

    At approximately 10.40 o'clock last night, the city and suburbs were plunged into darkness owing to a temporary breakdown of the electric ...

    Article : 383 words
  7. WORKS COUNCIL.

    SYDNEY, Dec 14.—Referring to-day to recent criticism of allegedly indiscriminate arrests of workers Attorney-General (Dr Evatt) said ...

    Article : 287 words
  8. The West Australian.

    Resuming the desert offensive, the Eighth Army is on the way to completing a new and vital chapter in the two and a half years' history of ...

    Article : 874 words
  9. NEWS AND NOTES.

    President Roosevelt will give a Christmas Eve broadcast, it was announced from Washington yesterday, in the form of a short seasonal ...

    Article : 289 words
  10. HOSPITAL STAFFS.

    'The statement on Saturday by the Director-General of Manpower, indicating that the position of Sydney hospitals with regard to ...

    Article : 407 words
  11. ONE-ARMY PLAN.

    When the special State Labour congress meets next Friday in Perth to consider the Prime Minister's proposal to make the militia ...

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  12. SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF.

    Members of a fighter squadron of the US Navy have painted a tombstone insignia on the tail of their aircraft as a monument to the squadron's triumph over Japanese flyers in the Solomon Island. Each ball represents a Japanese aircraft destroyed early in the battle. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  13. REGULATIONS CRITICISED.

    BRISBANE, Dec 14.—The Minister in charge of civil defence (Mt Hanlon) made a vigorous attack on the regulations under the National ...

    Article : 512 words
  14. WOOL MARKETING.

    CANBERRA, Dec 14.—The Minister for Commerce (Mr Scully) said today that he hoped to call a conference soon between the ...

    Article : 198 words
  15. PLEDGE FOR VICTORY.

    CANBERIRA, Dec 14.—If the Government goal of 500,000 subscribers to the £100,000,000 Austerity Loan was to be reached 150,000 must ...

    Article : 303 words
  16. WAITING FOR WA.

    CANBERRA, Dec 14.—Discussion on the Prime Minister's mililtia proposal is in abeyance here pending the vital West Australian decision ...

    Article : 56 words
  17. DOMESTIC WORK.

    In connection with the temporary abandonment of the proposal to disemploy domestic servants the Deputy-Director-General of ...

    Article : 154 words
  18. SENATOR IN OPPOSITION.

    MELBOURNE. Dec 14.—The ABC has written to the Minister for Aircraft Production (Senator Cameron) stating that it is unable to accede ...

    Article : 184 words
  19. EMPIRE COMMUNICATIONS.

    CANBERRA, Dec 14.—The Commonwealth telegraph conference will open at Canberra tomorrow to discuss communications problems which ...

    Article : 63 words
  20. LOCAL ACTIVITIES.

    The Austerity Loan campaign will close in Perth today with a non-stop show in Forrest-place from 11 am to 3.30 pm. ...

    Article : 339 words
  21. MAIL TIMETABLES.

    CLOSING TIMES.—Closing times here Under are for the Perth GPO. Registered articles must be posted 1 hour before closing times for letters, and between ...

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  22. BOYS AND GIRLS.

    MELBOURNE. Dec 14.—Boys and girls in Victoria who leave school this year will be called upon to render some form of national service ...

    Article : 78 words
  23. LABOUR WOMEN.

    Referring to a Canberra message relative to the probable attitude of the WA executive of the Australian Labour Party which appeared In ...

    Article : 161 words
  24. ICE SHORTAGE.

    The sudden heat wave has caught Perth ice manufacturers unprepared. Added to their difficulties manufacturers have been affected by ...

    Article : 107 words
  25. SPENDING POWER.

    CANBERRA, Dec 14.—Reviews which are being made by the Government and the Commonwealth Bank Board of current tendencies ...

    Article : 391 words
  26. GAS PRODUCERS.

    The deputy-chairman of the Liquid Fuel Control Board (Mr T. H. Bath) said yesterday that acting under instructions from the ...

    Article : 360 words
  27. TODAY'S LAW COURTS.

    CBIMINAL COURT.—At 10.30 am, before the Chief Justice and a jury. BANKRUPTCY COURT.—At 10.30 am. before Mr Justice Dwyer: In the matter ...

    Article : 85 words
  28. JUNGLE FIGHTERS.

    George Johnston, Australian war correspondent, has sent from the Buna front a series of four intimate articles ...

    Article : 97 words
  29. FORM OF INQUIRY.

    CANBERRA, Dec 14.—The form of the inquiry into the activities of the Allied Works Council which Federal Labour caucus instructed ...

    Article : 75 words
  30. ALBANY UNANIMOUS.

    ALBANY, Dec 14.—There was unanimous support for the Prime Minister (Mr Curtin) when a motion was submitted yesterday to a ...

    Article : 49 words
  31. Advertising

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  32. MANPOWER BREACHES.

    SYDNEY, Dec 14.—The Director- General of Manpower (Mr Wurth) said today that a number of prosecutions had been authorised by ...

    Article : 175 words
  33. POSTAL WORKERS' DECISION.

    The Prime Minister's plan has the support of the postal workers of Australia, said the secretary of the WA Branch of the Amalgamated ...

    Article : 115 words
  34. COTTON AND RAYON

    MELBOURNE, Dec 14.—A stock census of cotton and rayon piece goods will be taken by the Rationing Commission. Registered ...

    Article : 144 words
  35. INDIAN DEADLOCK.

    LONDON, Dec 14.—A large majority of non-party conference leaders including non-members attending the Standing Committee ...

    Article : 101 words
  36. SYDNEY SUBSCRIPTIONS.

    SYDNEY, Dec 14.—Latest subscriptions here to the Austerity Loan include: Zinc Corporation, Ltd, No 1 Account, £100,000; Insurance ...

    Article : 97 words
  37. BABY CARRIAGES.

    MELBOURNE, Dec 14.—Efforts were being made to overcome the shortage of perambulators so that every mother who needed a pram ...

    Article : 149 words
  38. ABSENTEEISM.

    SYDNEY, Dec 14.—Reports have been received from war factories that some employees in addition to absenting themselves from work ...

    Article : 139 words
  39. "MERIT MONEY."

    CANBERRA, Dec 14.—An amendment to the National Security Regulations issued today by the Minister for Labour (Mr Ward) preserves ...

    Article : 104 words
  40. AGRICULTURE DIRECTOR.

    BRISBANE, Dec 14—The Minister for Agriculture (Mr Bulcock) said today that he would take the necessary steps to resign from the ...

    Article : 108 words
  41. SOUTH-WEST POTATOES.

    BUNBURY, Dec 14.—South-West potato growers are facing severe loss because of the probability of 2,000 tons of potatoes being affected by ...

    Article : 110 words
  42. PREMIER'S APPEAL.

    A final appeal to the people of WA to support the Austerity Loan was made by the Premier (Mr Willcock) yesterday. "Many people," ...

    Article : 184 words
  43. WITHOUT A HOME.

    LONDON, Dec 14.—It was announced today that the British Government had requistioned Earl Baldwin's home, Astley Hall, Stourport ...

    Article : 64 words
  44. POWER PROJECT.

    OTTAWA, Dec 13.—The Canadian Minister for Munitions (Mr C. D. Howe) announced today that Canada is undertaking a tremendous power ...

    Article : 53 words
  45. THE ALEUTIANS.

    WASHINGTON, Dec 13.—A Navy Department communique today stated: "In the North Pacific on December 11, 3 Army Marauders ...

    Article : 57 words
  46. JAPANESE NAVY.

    LONDON, Dec 14.—The German- controlled Trans-Ocean Newsagency asserts that the Japanese have put in commission several 42,500-ton ...

    Article : 38 words
  47. USA TROOP TRAIN DERAILED

    NEW YORK, Dec 13.—A troop train carrying 250 war prisoners was derailed near a Missouri camp. One American soldier was killed and 7 ...

    Article : 36 words
  48. AXIS AND MOSLEMS.

    LONDON. Dec 14.—Berlin radio says that the Axis has decided to grant safe conduct for ships and planes carrying Moslems to the ...

    Article : 28 words
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