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CHILDREN FROM WAR AREAS 5,000 to Arrive in Australia Soon
Five thousand children from Great Britain and the stricken war areas of Europe, who have been offered homes in Australia, are ...
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ALL ABOARD NIAGARA SAVED
The Niagara, which has been sunk by a mine, left Sydney last Thursday with a large general cargo. She arrived at Auckland on Monday, and left again last night. The Niagara carried 74 passengers from Australia, and 72 who ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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WOMEN PLAY THEIR PART IN AUSTRALIA'S WAR EFFORT:
Young assistants at the Deportment of Supply's laboratories at Maribyrnong testing gauges used in the production of munitions. From left: — Misses Nancy Haycraft, Nancy Dickinson, and Margaret Leahy. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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DAILY DIGEST OF WORLD NEWS AND VIEWS
Before the outbreak of the present war a survey of the German Government showed undernourishment of about 20 per cent. of the nation. War rationing has ...
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ENLISTS FOR FIFTH TIME Council Officer
Enlisting in British fighting forces for the fifth time, R. Daniels, City Council traffic officer, was one of 600 recruits medically examined at ...
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HUGE MILITARY HOSPITAL Cabinet Approves
Sketch plans and estimates of cost for an eight-story military hospital at Yaralla (N.S.W.) had been approved by Cabinet, Senator Foll (Minister for the Interior) ...
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PROBLEMS OF ARBITRATION
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—In the Federal Arbitration Court to-day Mr. Justice O'Mara amplified his statements about the future [?]unct on of the Court. ...
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MARATHON CASE GOES ON
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — After a hearing which has lasted 112 days evidence was concluded in the Central Police Court to-day in the case in which four men are ...
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"MOST URGENT"
Plans for evacuating British children in lalrge numbers are being considered by an interdepartmenta committee, and will be submitted to the Dominions at once. ...
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BEYOND POWER OF TYRANTS
"Let us show the tyrants of Germany and Italy that the will of the people of Britain is beyond their power of destruction," says an inspiring statement ...
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ROAD LICENCES CRITICISED "Big Loss to State"
Srtong criticism of Government policy in granting certain road transport licences was expressed last night by Mr. A. J. Fraser, Transport Board chairman. ...
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EVEN SOLDIERS MUST WEAR THEIR WINTER WOOLLIES
Soldiers warmly clad in winter woollies will have no need to fear frosty nights at training camps in the next few months. If they catch cold it will not be because ...
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JAPAN'S HUGE LOSSES At Least 1,650,000 Men
During three years of undeclared war in the Far East Japan has lost at least 1,650,000 men, Mr. W. Y. Tsao, Vice-Consul for China, said yesterday. China, ...
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TO CONTROL WASTE Officer Appointed
A campaign against waste in Victoria was inaugurated yesterday by State Cabinet, when it appointed Mr. G. Brown, Secretary for Mines, State Controller of ...
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CAMBERWELL RECRUITS
Sixty A.I.F. recruits from Camberwell were entertained by Cr. August, Mayor, at the town hall yesterday before they marched from the recruiting depot to ...
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12 AMBULANCES FOR OVERSEA
To purchase 12 ambulances for service with the British Red Cross Society and the A.I.F. oversea, the Australian society will cable £stg6,600 shortly. Central ...
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MEETINGS TO PLAN FLAX CAMPAIGN
A campaign to encourage farmers to plant 5,000 acres of flax in Victoria as part of the war effort has been planned by Mr. Hogan, Minister for Agriculture, ...
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WAR OF NERVES WORSE BY RADIO HORRORS
Should detective, gangster, ghost, and mystery plays be broadcast in such times as these? Objections to "radio horrors" have been ...
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FOOTSCRAY RALLY
Cr. C. A. Beever, Mayor of Footscray, is organising a big recruiting rally on Footscray Oval, the date for which has been fixed tentatively for Sunday, July 14. ...
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FAVOUR GIFT COUPONS
Several meetings have been called by women's organisations to protest against the State Government's intention to introduce legislation to abolish manufac ...
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COUNCILLORS TO TRAIN
A suggestion that Richmond Council should grant leave on public works committee meeting nights to councillors for them to attend A.R.P. instruction classes ...
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FATAL ACCIDENTS
When his two-horse brake and a car collided as he was backing the brake from a lane into Rose st., Fitzroy, yesterday morning, Donald McKay, 69, of George st., ...
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FREE DENTAL SERVICE
Free dental service to A.I.F. recruits has been offered by the Victorian branch of the Australian Dental Association. Melbourne Dental Hospital will make ...
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YOUTH DROWNED IN DAM
WARRACKNABEAL, Wednesday. — While swimming in a dam on his father's farm at Sheep Hills North, Ivan Ernest Oswald Huebner, 17, was drowned. ...
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"FIFTH COLUMN" DANGERS Report Concrete Facts
"Germany has successfully planted an Internal column in practically every country in the world, not excepting Australia," said Mr. A. M. Duncan, Police ...
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YARRAVILLE AMBULANCE
Having received £100 from a Yarraville citizen to help provide a fully equipped ambulance as a gift from Yarraville to the A.I.F., Mr. R. Weir has ...
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FLAG WILL FLY ON
Pointing to the Union Jack draped behind the chair of the president of the Rotary Club yesterday, Mr. E. W. Swan, who spoke on "This England," declared ...
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"NO WORKLESS CAMP"
A suggestion by a member of the Taxpayers' Association that unemployables should be sent to a camp to enable them to become self-supporting was flatly ...
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SPORTSMEN OFFER
ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—H. T. Warhurst, interstate footballer and tennis player; R. Brook and R. Lock, leading district tennis players; R. Moyle. ...
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Advertising
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ORGANISING WOMEN
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The Women's Australian National Service has received the approval of the Commonwealth Government. Decision to form the new ...
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SABOTAGE SUSPECTED
PERTH, Wednesday.—The Employers' Federation executive has written to members citing cases of suspecced sabotage in local industries, and stating that ...
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R.A.A.F. POSITION
Referring to a statement that for the time being R.A.A.F. recruiting would be concentrated on air crews and fitters, Mr. Fairbairn, Air Minister, said yesterday ...
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SUBVERSIVE LITERATURE
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Large quantities of subversive literature — books, pamphlets, and other documents—have been recovered in various parts of ...
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A.I.F. AND TRANSPORT LICENCES
Seeking renewal of licences at the Transport Board yesterday, Mr. C. L. Barbour, for F. Williams and Sons, Warragul, said that the licences were made out ...
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MR. MENZIES PRAISED
Mr. Menzies was one of the three outstanding men of the British Empire, said Mr. Dillon, M.L.A., addressing the Glenroy A.W.N.L. yesterday. ...
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EMPLOYEES' GESTURE
Employees of Wormald Bros. Pty. Ltd., fire protection engineers, of Williamstown rd., Port Melbourne, have voluntarily contributed to their war savings certificate ...
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APIARISTS MEET
A Victorian Honey Council, comprising representatives of the Apiarists' Association and the Producers' Distributing Co-operative Society, was formed at the ...
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WHELAN TAKES A MARK
MARCUS WHELAN, Collingwood's star centre man, won Victoria's highest football award last year—the Brownlow Medal. Marcus Whelan says: "The way to keep fit for football is to drink plenty of Bonox. That's the stuff to put beef into you." ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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R.A.N. MINESWEEPER FLOTILLA
at work off Australian coast. Each day these small craft, which are mostly t rawlers, put to sea to sweep coastal Waters for mines. Personnel are m ainly naval reservists, many of whom saw service in the last war. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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ELECTRICITY EXTENSIONS MAY BE DELAYED.
Further extensions of State Electricity Commission services are likely to be delayed because of the war. Replying yesterday to a deputation ...
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Obituary
Captain Leslie Richmond. Royal 10th Hussars, news of whose death in action in Belgium on May 28 has just been received, was a member of the English ...
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