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  2. WORLD CURRENCY.

    LONDON, May 19.—In his maiden speech in the House of Lords yesterday, Lord Keynes, the noted economist, described "bancor" and ...

    Article : 247 words
  3. PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.

    CANBERRA, May 19.—The full Cabinet has decided that restrictions on public holiday observance should be reduced. Provision will be made ...

    Article : 289 words
  4. The West Australian.

    Italy is the first of the Axis partners to come under the threat of direct assault and the least able to resist it. With the Allied victory in ...

    Article : 605 words
  5. PERSONAL.

    Sir Edward John Russell, Director of the Rothamsted Experimental Station at Harpenden and of the Imperial Bureau of Soil Science, has ...

    Article : 374 words
  6. LABOUR TROUBLES.

    SYDNEY, May 19.—A meeting of strikers at a large munitions annexe in Sydney decided today to extend the strike to the main shop, thereby ...

    Article : 137 words
  7. DAIRY INDUSTRY.

    CANBERRA, May 19.—A substantial increase will be made in the subsidy to the dairying industry. Payments will be made ...

    Article : 460 words
  8. HOUSING SHORTAGE.

    CANBERRA, May 19.—Following the statement by the Minister for Customs (Senator Keane) that a Commonwealth Rent controller ...

    Article : 263 words
  9. Advertising

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  10. NEWS AND NOTES.

    The Railway Department announces that several alterations to the departure times of principal country trains from Perth will come ...

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  11. STATE RAILWAYS.

    "Mr watts Is so hard-pressed that he has had to rely upon an obvious misprint for his first and, therefore presumably his major point," said ...

    Article : 765 words
  12. N.S.W. COALMINES.

    SYDNEY, May 19.—The coalminers' leaders said today that they hoped to produce before next week a plan to prevent unnecessary ...

    Article : 126 words
  13. IN THE SEVEN SEAS.

    From the Persian Gulf to Archangel and throughout the Seven Seas Lt J. L. Nicoll, of Mt Lawley, WA, a member of the RANVR, knew ...

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  14. FIRST COMMISSION.

    Pilot-Officer P. J. Miller, of East Fremantle, was the first cadet from the Air Training Corps in Australia to receive a commission in the RAAF. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 103 words
  15. POST-WAR PLANS.

    SYDNEY, May 19.—"The Government has unnecessarily interfered with the functioning of private enterprise, the continued stability of ...

    Article : 320 words
  16. FEAR OF ANARCHY.

    SYDNEY, May 19.—The Federal Parliamentary Opposition executive today discussed the announcement by the Prime Minister (Mr Curtin) ...

    Article : 171 words
  17. U.S.A. TAX PLAN.

    WASHINGTON, May 18.—Fearful of the threatened Presidential veto the House of Representatives today rejected the Ruml "pay-as-you-go" ...

    Article : 580 words
  18. DELAY CRITICISED.

    BRISBANE, May 19.—Further delay in making available to dairy producers the subsidy necessary to meet production costs, as indicated ...

    Article : 208 words
  19. TRADE UNIONS.

    CANBERRA, May 19.—The Commonwealth Government has decided to hold a third trade union convention in Melbourne on June 18 and ...

    Article : 184 words
  20. AIR AWARDS.

    CANBERRA, May 19.—Pilot-Officer Leslie John Powell, of Armadale, Western Australia, has been awarded the Distinguished Flying ...

    Article : 191 words
  21. PRICE CEILING SUBSIDIES.

    The general secretary of the National Party (Mr C. L Harvey) stated yesterday that in reply to the National Party's request that the ...

    Article : 237 words
  22. INDUSTRIAL STOPPAGES.

    The Curtin Government has once again addressed itself to the problem of eliding strikes, and Cabinet agreed on Tuesday that any person ...

    Article : 355 words
  23. RAIDS ON DAMS.

    At least 9 members of the RAAF, as well as an Australian who is serving with the RAF, took part in the RAF raid on the Mohne and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 154 words
  24. DEPLETION OF HERDS.

    CANBERRA, May 19.—The Minister for Commerce (Mr Scully) will call a conference of dairying interests next week to frame measures ...

    Article : 144 words
  25. U.S.A. COAL DISPUTE

    WASHINGTON, May 18.—Hopes held by the president of the United Mine Workers of America (Mr John Lewis) of by-passing the War ...

    Article : 205 words
  26. NEW DIESEL TRAINS.

    The Minister for Railways (Mr E Nuisen) said yesterday that arrangements were in hand for the introduction of 6 more diesel trains on the ...

    Article : 88 words
  27. PILOT-OFFICER POWELL.

    A grocer's assistant in a store at Armadale before the war, Pilot-Officer Powell is in the RAAF flying bombers over Europe. His widowed ...

    Article : 136 words
  28. SUGAR INDUSTRY.

    CANBERRA, May 19.—A request for financial help to the sugar industry to enable it to meet high costs due to the war was made to the ...

    Article : 222 words
  29. INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

    The satisfactory results obtained through the operations of the Subiaco Municipal Council's diphtheria Immunisation clinics were ...

    Article : 172 words
  30. C.C.C. COMPENSATION.

    CANBERRA, May 19.—The War Cabinet today decided that the rates of compensation provided in the NSW Employees' Compensation Act ...

    Article : 215 words
  31. NEW GUINEA LEAVE

    CANBERRA, May 19.—Every soldier in New Guinea will be allowed leave as soon as operational needs and transport facilities permit. The ...

    Article : 109 words
  32. FLIGHT-SGT. MADDERN.

    Flight-Sgt Maddern's citation stated that since October, 1942, Maddern had taken part in many operational sorties, always pressing ...

    Article : 57 words
  33. FOOD PROBLEMS.

    SYDNEY, May 19.—Food problems were discussed by the Federal Parliamentary Opposition executive at Its meeting today. Strong ...

    Article : 160 words
  34. AUSTRALIAN INFORMATION

    CANBERRA, May 19.—A. Bureau of the Information Department will soon be established in London, said the Minister for Information ...

    Article : 49 words
  35. MALAYAN ART.

    At the opening yesterday of a Malayan arts and crafts exhibition, Sir Alexander small said that the display should serve as a reminder ...

    Article : 302 words
  36. REDUCED ACREAGES

    CANBERRA, May 19.—The Minister for External Territories (Senator Fraser) said tonight that the Minister for Commerce (Mr Scully) had ...

    Article : 114 words
  37. DISORDERLY HOUSES.

    SYDNEY, May 19.—The Premier (Mr McKell) obtained the suspension of standing orders in the Legislative Assembly today to pass through ...

    Article : 102 words
  38. EMPIRE AIR TRAINING.

    MELBOURNE, May 19.—Air Vice-Marshal 8. J. Goble, Air Liaison officer the RAAF In Canada, has returned to Australia to discuss with ...

    Article : 143 words
  39. CHRISTIAN MISSIONS.

    CHUNGKING, May 19.—The American Associated Press states that Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek has praised Christian missionaries in ...

    Article : 123 words
  40. UNITED JAPAN.

    "I have no wish to praise a people who are our enemies, but I must—in the Interests of our safety—list a few of their formidable ...

    Article : 214 words
  41. MAIL TIMETABLES.

    CLOSING TIMES.—Closing times hereunder are for the Perth GPO: Registered article must be posted one hour before ordinary letters but not earlier ...

    Article : 230 words
  42. U.S.A. FARM LABOUR.

    WASHINGTON, May 18.—The Associated Press states that President Roosevelt at today's Press conference disclosed that he had had a ...

    Article : 108 words
  43. GREAT HAZARD.

    LONDON, May 19.—The Victoria Cross has been awarded posthumously to late Acting-Capt Frederick Thornton Peters, DSO, DSC ...

    Article : 124 words
  44. SWINE FEVER.

    CANBERRA, May 19.—The Minister for External Territories (Senator Fraser) said today that £15,500 bad been provided to cover ...

    Article : 39 words
  45. CONTROL OF LEMONS.

    CANBERRA, May 19.—In a "Gazette" notice today lemons were declared under the National Security Prices Regulations. The ...

    Article : 128 words
  46. BUS SERVICES.

    CANBERRA, May 19.—Proposals for the rationalisation of bus services were discussed by the Production Executive today. No decision ...

    Article : 77 words
  47. 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 : 43 words
  48. METALLURGIST GAOLED.

    AUCKLAND, May 19.—An Australian metallurgist, Leo Edward Morland, found guilty at Christchurch of the theft of 3,650oz of ...

    Article : 50 words
  49. PRESIDENTIAL SPONSORS.

    SPRINGFIELD (Illinois), May 18.—The incorporation of a "MacArthur for President Club" is announced on a non-profit basis to promote the ...

    Article : 30 words
  50. TODAY'S LAW COURTS.

    IN CHAMBERS.—At 10.30 am, before Mr Justice Dwyer. NISI PRIUS.—At 10.30 am, before Mr Justice Wolff: Charles Zeek v Phyills ...

    Article : 27 words
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