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  2. RUSH TO JOIN ARMY Corps Recruiting

    Stimulated by the latest war developments, hundreds of young men in all kinds of civil occupations, most of them fine physical types, ...

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  3. DAILY DIGEST OF WORLD NEWS AND VIEWS

    History cannot show an age or an epoch in which so much was accomplished for the human mind as in the French Revolution. ...

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  4. THEY ENLIST BY TWINS OR FAMILIES— BUT NO TRIPLETS YET!

    There is quite a family atmosphere about enlisting for service in Australian forces oversea, if applications are any guide. ...

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  5. STRONG APPEAL TO MINERS "A National Duty"

    CANBERRA, Monday.—Emphasising the importance of maintaining coal supplies for essential industries, Mr. Menzies to-night ...

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  6. EXPANSION OF A.I.F.

    CANBERRA, Monday.—Although several members are understood to favour snch action, War Cabinet discussion, which occupied nearly ...

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  7. REDUCED GAS SUPPLIES Operate This Week

    Permission for eight gas undertakings to ration supplies to consumers because of the coal strike was yesterday granted by State ...

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  8. MARKING AN IMPORTANT STAGE

    in the development of Australian armament production, two 3.7in. anti-aircraft guns—the first to be made in Australia—were handed over to the Army yesterday by Mr. Fadden, Assistant Minister for Supply and Development. The guns were made at the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  9. FIRST OF THE FAIREY BATTLE AIRCRAFT

    provided by Britain for the Empire air scheme being assembled yesterday in Geelong aircraft park. In all 336 of these machines will be supplied by Britain. Each can carry 1,0001b. of bombs, and is fitted with Rolls-Royce, liquid-cooled engines. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  10. RATIONING HITS UNIVERSITY

    University authorities expect much interference with practical classes and research work when gas rationing begins on Thursday. ...

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  11. £5 DELAYS AOTEAROA CLEARANCE

    SYDNEY, Monday.—Because one passenger with dutiable goods had only New Zealand money the Tasman flying-boat Aotearoa was delayed 35 minutes for ...

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  12. TRAMWAY-MEN APPEAL

    Telegrams were sent yesterday to several groups of colliery proprietors in New South Wales and the Victorian Railways Commissioners by the Victorian ...

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  13. LAG IN N.S.W.

    SYDNEY, Monday.—It was officially stated to-day that recruiting for the A.I.F. in N.S.W. had so far failed to meet requirements. About 11,000 men are ...

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  14. RAILWAY LOSS, £100,000

    Mr. N. C. Harris, Chief Railways Commissioner, said yesterday the total loss in railway revenue due to the coal strike was estimated at about £100,000. ...

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  15. STOLEN CAR BURNT

    Stealing of a car which was burnt on a lonely road after a radio had been, taken from it was desciibcd by Judge Foster in General Sessions yesterday as a ...

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  16. DEATHS OF TWO AIRMEN Open Finding

    An open finding was recorded by Mr. Tingate, P.M., at an inquest yesterday into the deaths in an aeroplane crash at Campbellfield of ...

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  17. FINAL SALUTE BY BOMBER

    An R.A.A.F. bomber flew over the Williamstown Cemetery yesterday afternoon during the burial of Flying-Officer Allan Lindsay May, of ...

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  18. ENGINEER ASKS FOR £1,500 Claim Rejected

    Cash payment of £1,500, or alternatively, £500 with a weekly pension of £3, was sought last night from Richmond Council by its ...

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  19. MEALS AVAILABLE

    Gas rationing will not affect provision of meals in restaurants. Mr. H. A. Stubbs. Caterers' Association secretary, said yesterday that plans for ...

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  20. FIRST-AID MEN STARTED OFF ON WRONG LEG

    Two Melbourne volunteers studying first aid for A.R.P. found that treatment of injuries was not nearly as easy as instructors and textbooks ...

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  21. CAMP BUILDING DISPUTE

    Another "stop-work" meeting was held yesterday by building trade workers employed by contractors at Mount Martha military camp to enforce their demand ...

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  22. Obituary MRS. H. E. MORTON

    Mrs. Edith Caroline Morton, wife of Councillor H. E. Morton, former city engineer, died yesterday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. P. Fitzgerald, Kooyong ...

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  23. EFFECT ON HOSPITALS

    Cooking arrangements will involve difficulty in hospitals within the gasrestricted areas. Most of the cooking is done by gas in both public and private ...

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  24. MR. B. J. KEMP

    Mr. Benjamin James Kemp, who had lived in Essendon for 50 years, died during the week-end, aged 90 years. He was born in Lincolnshire, and came to ...

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  25. AIR FORCE COMMUNION

    Four hundred R.A.A.F. officers and men will attend corporate Communion at [?] a.m. Mass in St. Patrick's Cathedral on Sunday. Mass will be celebrated by ...

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  26. FUNERAL OF MR. C. P. RUSHTON

    Many commercial representatives attended the funeral yesterday of Mr. Claude P. Rushton, 51, of C. Rushton and Co. Pty. Ltd., manufacturers' agents, ...

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  27. "ICARE" WINS 20 CURTAINS

    It was more than novelty that won the ovation of the season for Lifar's percussion ballet "Icare" at His Majesty's last night. Plain ...

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  28. FLYING SOLICITOR HAS UNUSUAL CAREER

    Mr. C. M. S. Power, public solicitor, who has been appointed honorary instructor to the Royal Victorian Aero Club, has [?]ted ...

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  29. WOUNDING CHARGE REMAND

    James Spence, 30, labourer, of Bacchus Marsh, was remanded in the City Court yesterday to appear at the Bacchus Marsh Court on May 17 to answer a charge of ...

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  30. POLICE FIRE ON MAN

    Three shots were fired by police before they caught and arrested a man in Hill street, Toorak, at 3.30 a.m. yesterday. One shot the second, wounded the man's ...

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  31. SUFFOCATED BY SAND

    PERTH, Monday.—Phillip McCavdna, 14, Harrogate street. West Perth, was suffccated by a fall of sand in a vacant block in West Perth to-day. He had been ...

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  33. MR. E. JENNINGS

    Mr. Edward Jennings, 70, of Heyfield, Gippsland, died suddenly. He was a keen sportsman, and at one time owned several good racehorses and racing ponies. ...

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  34. "COMMUNIST" BRAND RESENTED

    West Brunswick branch of the A.L.P. objected last night to being branded "communistic." It decided to send this resolution to Mr. McNamara, M.L.C., ...

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  35. TAKING TROUT FOR RIDE

    Since railways are unable to carry young trout from Geelong hatcheries, due to coal restrictions, many fishermen have offered to transport them by car to ...

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  36. MELBOURNE OFFICER DIES AT SEA

    Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Joyce, of Chaucer st., St. Kilda, have been advised by the Defence Department of the death at sea of their son. Lieutenant Thomas ...

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  37. SIR HAL COLEBATCH NOW M.L.C.

    PERTH, Monday.—At the biennial Legislative Council elections, Sir Hal Colebatch, former Premier, senator. and Agent-General for Western Australia, ...

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  38. BUILDING PERMITS

    Statements relating to building permits [?] Greater Melbourne released by Mr. O. Gawler, Government statist, reveal that during April the value of permits issued ...

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  39. OVERCHARGING FINE

    HOBART, Monday.—Tasmanian Orchadists and Producers Ltd. was fined £10, with £7/7/ costs, in the Hobart Police Court to-day for having sold fruit ...

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  40. AMBULANCE MEN HAVE HARD TASK

    Civil Ambulance men had great difficulty in removing a man from the lift motor-room on top of the T. and G. Building yesterday. ...

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  41. LANG PARTY SUPPORTED

    SYDNEY, Monday.—After Mr. McKell, New South Wales Labour party leader, had addressed a meeting of State abattoirs employees at Homebush to-day, the ...

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  42. BELGIANS IN AUSTRALIA

    Belgian reservists in Australia have been called up for service, M. Rene Vanderkelen. Consul for Belgium, yesterday issued the following notice:— ...

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  43. PICTURES FOR CAMPS

    "Launching" the second mobile unit of the Soldiers' Motion Picture Entertainment Fund in the Town Hall courtyard yesterday. Mrs. A. W. Coles, Lady ...

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  44. SOIL EROSION

    Ravages of soil [?]rosion were robbing Victoria of vast areas of rich land. Mr. J. Brake, superintendent of agriculture, told members of the Constitutional Club ...

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  45. TWO INJURED BY CARS

    Two men were injured when struck by motor-cars last night. Harry Weiss, 45, King st., city, was admitted to Royal Melbourne Hospital, having suffered a ...

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  46. DESPATCH RIDER DIES

    John Wilkes. 22, of Station st., Port Melbourne, despatch rider attached to the Southern Command, died in Royal Melbourne Hospital yesterday. ...

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  47. POLICE INQUIRY

    The findings of the board of inquiry into charges of misconduct made against Sergeant Henry Spencer Dunn, officer in charge of Brunswick police station, will ...

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  48. £5,000 THEFT CHARGE

    PERTH, Monday.—Frederick Charles walker, civil servant, was committed for trial at the Perth Police Court to-day on a charge of having, between January 1, ...

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  49. ROYAL AIR FORCE FIGHTER SQUADRON

    on patrol over the Western Front. The R.A.F. is doing great work in Holland and Belgium, vigorously supporting defence forces and bombing advanced German columns. More than 40 enemy planes have been shot down by the R.A.F. since Saturday. (By airmail.) ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  50. SCARLETT O'HARA QUEST

    Melbourne girls who consider they resemble Vivien Leigh, who plays the role of Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone With the Wind," should ...

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  51. LAW NOTICES—(This Day)

    STATE FULL COURT.—Before Mr. Justice Macfarlan, Mr. Justice Lowe, and Mr. Justice O'Bryan.—In the Banco Court.—At 10.30— Littlejohn v. Haskin (part heard), Albert v. ...

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