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  1. DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA

    SYDNEY, Dec. 21.—A big crowd In Martin-place at lunch-time today cheered the wartime Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) as be made his first open-air address in ...

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  2. NEED FOR TRAINED MEN.

    ADELAIDE, Dec. 21.—"The voluntary System of military training may raise its 70,000 men but three years hence there will be only 70,000 trained ...

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  3. STATE CAMPAIGN.

    A meeting of the West Australian branch of the Defence League will be held in the City Council chamber, Murray-street, this afternoon at 4 o'clock. ...

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  4. EMPLOYERS' DECISION.

    The secretary of the West Australian Employers' Federation (Mr. L. L. Carter) said yesterday that at the quarterly meeting of the executive committee of the ...

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  5. THE 44TH BATTALION.

    COLLIE, Dec. 21.—Advice that the Defence Department has approved the establishment of a unit of the 44th Battalion at Collie has been received by the Mayor ...

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  6. INDUSTRIAL ADVISORY PANEL.

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 21.—The Minister for Defence (Brigadier Street) said today that the industrial advisory panel on defence had agreed to co-operate in ...

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  7. BRAVERY ALONE NOT ENOUGH.

    HOBART, Dec. 21.—"We are asking young men to join the army," said the State Commandant (Brigadier J. M. A. Durrant) at a Returned Soldiers' League ...

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  8. CITIZEN AIR FORCE TRAINEE.

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 21.—Desmond Lyons (21), eldest son of the Prime Minister, has been accepted as a trainee for the 21st City of Melbourne squadron of ...

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  9. EMPLOYMENT ASPECT.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 19.—The big defence programme announced by the Common-Wealth Government will have a most marked effect on employment in the ...

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  10. LITIGANT AIRMAN.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 21.—Goya Henry, the airman who first tested the powers of the Commonwealth Government over aviation in litigation which ultimately led ...

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  11. MUTTON AND LAMB.

    LONDON, Dec. 20.—The Minister of Agriculture (Mr. W. S. Morrison) announced in the House of Commons today that in view of the large proportion of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 275 words
  12. NO RESTRICTION NOW.

    SYDNEY, Dec, 21—The Assistant-Minister for Commerce (Mr. Thompson) said today that at the present time there was no question of Australia restricting her ...

    Article : 156 words
  13. MR. BRUCE'S RETURN.

    CANBERRA, Dec. 21—When the High commissioner (Mr. Bruce) reaches Australia late in January it is believed that he will hold important talks with the ...

    Article : 177 words
  14. CHRISTMAS SALES.

    LONDON, Dec. 20.—Unfavourable comment has been aroused as a result of Australia s failure to stage a Christmas meat show at Smithfield similar to the ...

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  15. ESCAPEE RECAPTURED

    SYDNEY, Dec. 21—A man who had escaped from the Callan Park mental hospital and who had been sentenced to death about nine years ago for a serious ...

    Article : 312 words
  16. PORT MORESBY WATER SUPPLY.

    CANBERRA, Dec. 21.—Following its recent decision to provide a reticulated public water supply for the town of Darwin, the Federal Ministry will shortly ...

    Article : 134 words
  17. Advertising

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    Advertising : 184 words
  18. ARBITRATION CASES.

    "The time has come, it sems to me, when it is absolutely necessary to have a permanent No. 2 Court appointed." said Mr. President Dwyer In the State ...

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  19. LABOUR AND DEFENCE

    A telegram from Canberra, published in "The West Australian" of December 8, contained certain references to the attitude of Mr. Brennan, M.H.R., during the ...

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  20. STRANDED BOMBER.

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 21.—The land rescue party and the crew of the Royal Air Force Vickers Wellesley bomber (which made a forced landing in rough country ...

    Article : 91 words
  21. Tarpaulins for Covering.

    The Acting-Under-Secretary of the Chief Secretary's Department (Mr. A. O. Neville) said yesterday that arrangements had been made to supply tarpaulins from ...

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  22. SEVERE STORM IN N.Z.

    CHRISTCHURCH, Dec. 21.—A severe thunder and hall storm swept portion of South Canterbury this afternoon, doing extensive damage to all kinds of crops ...

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  23. BUSINESS PIONEER.

    After an illness extending over several months, Mr. William Watson, founder of the Watson Supply Stores, Fremantle, and former representative for Fremantle in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  24. MR. CURTIN'S TRIBUTE.

    "Like every other West Australian, I have the highest regard for Mr. Watson's public service and for his private benefactions," said the Leader of the ...

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  25. THREE PEOPLE INJURED.

    Three people were injured when a motor cycle and sidecar collided with a pedestrian in Mt. Lawley early last evening. They were:— ...

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  26. STEAM PIPE ON FERRY BURSTS

    SYDNEY, Dec. 21.—When a steam pipe burst on the ferry Kamarooka as it was returning to Circular Quay this evening with 200 passengers, mostly ...

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  27. RESPECT FOR MR. CURTIN

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 21.—Accepting as final the statement made by the Leader of the Federal Opposition (Mr. Curtin) that, following the explanation made by ...

    Article : 219 words
  28. MR. CURTIN'S ATTITUDE.

    Referring yesterday to the personalities reported to have been expressed by the Minister for Civil Aviation (Mr. Thorby) in reply to criticism of the scope of the ...

    Article : 269 words
  29. QUESTIONS UNANSWERED.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 21.—The Minister for Civil Aviation (Mr. Thorby) refused today to see newspaper representatives but sent a message to them that written ...

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  30. FIVE-DAY WEEK.

    Conflicting views on whether a five-day week can be instituted by a road board for its employees without a breach of the award were received on Tuesday night ...

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  31. CAR HITS BRIDGE.

    When a car struck a bridge railing in Kalamunda yesterday afternoon Rosemary Ryan (22), of Wiluna, suffered a compound fracture of her left leg. She ...

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  32. FLYING BOATS' FAST TRIPS.

    BRISBANE, Dec. 21.—The Coriolanus achieved the distinction yesterday of being the first flying boat to make a flight from Darwin to Gladstone in one day. The ...

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  33. PROFESSOR J. E. NICHOLS.

    "The resignation of Professor Nichols from the Chair of Agriculture at the University of Western Australia will be deeply regretted by farmers in every ...

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  34. AUSTRALIAN WILD FLOWERS.

    A handy booklet for students of Australian wild flowers has been published by Robertson and Mullens, Ltd., of Melbourne. The work is the ninth of the ...

    Article : 136 words
  35. PUBLIC OFFICIAL'S DEATH.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 21.—Mr. Francis S. Jackson, an official of the New South Wales Department of Justice, collapsed and died at his home in Penkivil-street, ...

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  36. ALLEGED THEFT OF £320.

    A telegram from the Tasmanian police received by the Chief of the Criminal Investigation Branch (Inspector J. Doyle) yesterday afternoon stated that Harold ...

    Article : 76 words
  37. QUEENSLAND AERODROME WORK

    BRISBANE, Dec. 21.—The Minister for Civil Aviation (Mr. Thorby) informed the Premier (Mr. Forgan Smith) today that work at aerodromes and ...

    Article : 97 words
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