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  2. BALKAN CHANGES.

    LONDON, Aug. 10.—A conference between Rumanian and Bulgarian delegates concerning Southern Dobruja (Rumanian territory, which Bulgaria claims) opened ...

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  4. HOME DEFENCE.

    Action has been taken by the military authorities in this State to raise additional garrison units. The General Officer Commanding the Western Command ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. FEDERAL ELECTION.

    CANBERRA, Aug. 11.—September 14 is almost certain to be chosen as the date of the Federal general election, which is likely to be the most extraordinary in ...

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  6. OFFENDING DIPLOMAT.

    WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—The Under Secretary of State (Mr. Sumner Welles) announced today that Mr. John Cudahy (United States Ambassador to Belgium) ...

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  7. BRITISH IN CHINA.

    LONDON, Aug. 9.—The British Note to Japan regarding the withdrawal for service elsewhere of British troops at present stationed in Shanghai and North ...

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  8. U.S. DEFENCE DELAYS.

    WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—The Secretary of War (Mr. H. L. Stimson) told the Congressional Tax Committee yesterday that the War Department had been able ...

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  9. AMBASSADOR FLYING HOME.

    LONDON Aug 9.—The United States Ambassador to Belgium (Mr. Cudahy) left by air for Lisbon today on his return to America. The United States Embassy. ...

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  10. "THE GOVERNING FACTOR."

    ISTANBUL, Aug. 10.—The newspaper "Yeni Sabah" states:—"Soviet Russia is the deciding factor governing the 'New Order' for south-eastern Europe which ...

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  11. FOOD FOR EUROPE.

    NEW YORK, Aug. 11.—It is reported from Yellowstone (Montana) that Mr. H. C. Hoover (the former President) has disclosed that the European Food ...

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  12. MOTOR CAR IMPORTS.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 11.—No motor cars or car chassis will be imported into Australia between September 1 next and June 1, 1941, as the industry has agreed ...

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  13. NAZI PROPAGANDA.

    LONDON, Aug. 10.—An American who spent the first eight months of the war in Berlin, engaged in broadcasting commentaries for a radio chain, described ...

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  14. IN UNOCCUPIED FRANCE.

    PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 9.—The American Friends Service Committee (a co-operative committee of the Society of Friends in America) reports that millions ...

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  15. AMERICAN POSITION.

    WASHINGTON. Aug. 9.—When President Roosevelt was asked today whether the British withdrawal in China would affect United States policy in the Far ...

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  16. ROAD ACCIDENTS.

    Douglas Percy Birch (15), of Sydenham-street, South Belmont, received fatal injuries when a bicycle he was riding in Archer-street, Carlisle, was involved ...

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  17. MAYOR OF MONTREAL.

    QUEBEC, Aug. 10.—A number of prominent citizens, including Messrs. P. H. Hamen, J. E. Gregoire, Louis Even, Paul Bouchard and Rene Chalout, have signed ...

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  18. RETURNED MEN'S SERVICES.

    The Returned Soldiers' League has been informed by the Army Department that for men who have been on active service the age limits of enlistment for ...

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  19. PACT WITH CANADA.

    NEW YORK, Aug. 11.—The New York "Herald-Tribune's" military expert (Major Eliot) is urging the adoption of recent proposals for a pact with ...

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  20. EFFECT ON BRITAIN.

    LONDON, Aug. 11.—The City editor of "The Times" says that Australia's decision to refrain from importing private cars and chassis will deprive the British ...

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  21. SHANGHAI ASSASSINATION.

    SHANGHAI, Aug. 10.—Unidentified persons shot dead in the International) Settlement yesterday Mao Yu-feng, described as a lieutenant of Mr. Wang ...

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  22. LITHUANIAN FREIGHTER.

    RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 9.—Marines today occupied the Lithuanian freighter Cultvaira, which is under United States charter, after the freighter, which was ...

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  23. HIT BY MILITARY WAGGON.

    Albert Langley Manley (16), of Ferguson-street, Maylands, died in the Perth Hospital at 2 p.m. on Saturday, about two hours after a collision between a ...

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  24. INDO-CHINA.

    LONDON, Aug. 10.—The Moscow radio states that 100 Japanese warships are manoeuvring along almost the whole coast of Indo-China, and nearly 200 Japanese ...

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  25. HAWAIIAN AVIATION BASE.

    HONOLULU, Aug. 9.—The navy has disclosed that it is planning the largest naval aviation base in the Hawaiian area in the form of a 2,700-acre airport on ...

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  26. VIENNESE BALLET.

    The Viennese Ballet delighted a capacity audience at His Majesty's Theatre on Saturday evening. In striking contrast to the classical ballet, this form of ...

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  27. R.S.L. VOLUNTEER CORPS.

    Parades of units of the Returned Soldiers' League Volunteer Defence Corps were well attended yesterday morning. Most of the men wore the brassards ...

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  28. EXPLOSION IN ITALY.

    ZURICH, Aug. 10.—Casualties in the disastrous munitions works explosion at Piacenza, in northern Italy, were 600 workers and soldiers killed and severely ...

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  29. CAR HITS POLE.

    Harry James Ivey (24), of Albert street, North Perth, and Leonard Farrell (21), of Second-avenue, Mt. Lawley, were taken to the Perth Hospital by the St. ...

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  30. JAPANESE MIGRATION.

    TOKIO, Aug. 10.—Admiral Nomura, a former Foreign Minister, has returned from a month's trip to the South Seas. He stressed the necessity for the ...

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  31. PRODUCTION OF TANKS.

    WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—A British commission, aided by an advisory defence group, is arranging to spend £200,000,000 dollars (£50,000,000 sterling) ...

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  32. GALLANTRY AT SEA.

    LONDON, Aug. 10.—The story was told today of the gallantry of the captain and four of the crew of an unnamed tanker which resulted in the ...

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  33. PETROL AND GRAIN.

    LONDON, Aug. 10.—The Berlin radio complained today that the British contraband control at Alexandria had seized 25,000 tons of petrol belonging to the ...

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  34. IRON FOR GERMANY.

    LISBON, Aug. 11.—A fleet of 40 lorries left today for Germany with iron salvaged from the Dutch liner Orania, which went aground at Leixoes, in Portugal. ...

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  35. LABOUR'S VIEWPOINT.

    CANBERRA, Aug. 11.—Commenting on the speech made by the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) at Young on Friday night. the leader of the Opposition (Mr. ...

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  36. COLLISION AT NAVAL BASE.

    David Cyril Thomas (17). of Hamilton-road, Spearwood, died at the Fremantle Hospital about 3.15 a.m. on Saturday from injuries received about ...

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  37. ALASKA AND MALAYA.

    WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—Senator Rufus Holman, speaking in the Senate to- day, said: "I have learnt from authoritative military sources of the immient peril ...

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  38. NEW HEBRIDES.

    LONDON, Aug. 9.—General de Gaulle, the leader of free Frenchmen in Britain, announces that the French administration of the New Hebrides (in the ...

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  39. BOMBS ON CHUNGKING.

    CHUNGKING, Aug. 9.—A hundred Japanese planes bombed Chungking to-day. The casualties are estimated at 1,000, mostly civilians. Six areas within ...

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  40. GERMAN SHIPPING.

    LONDON, Aug. 10.—Information which has been received from Berlin reveals that freight rates for all shipping plying along the German coast have ...

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  41. BOY KNOCKED DOWN BY CAR.

    Peter Logan (6), of Shepparton-road, Victoria Park, was taken to the Children's Hospital by the St. John ambulance on Saturday afternoon, suffering from a ...

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  42. STRATEGIC CONSULATES.

    WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—The State Department announced today that consulates would be reopened soon at Dakar (French West Africa) and in St. Pierre ...

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  43. ABSENT GUESTS.

    LONDON, Aug. 10.—The Oversea League has given a hostage to fortune by inviting members of His Majesty's forces from overseas to attend a tea party to ...

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  44. VALUE OF RIFLE CLUBS.

    At an enthusiastic rally of men of the Greater Perth area at the Perth Oval yesterday morning many new recruits for rifle clubs were attested and enrolled. The ...

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  45. A SEA MYSTERY.

    MADRID, Aug. 10.—The Greek steamer Vassilios Destownis (3299 tons), laden with grain, has been found abandoned 40 miles of Aviles (on the northern coast ...

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  46. GIRL CYCLIST INJURED.

    Edith Harrison (18). of Gallipoli-street, Victoria Park, was admitted to the Perth Hospital about 5 p.m. on Saturday, suffering from shock and concussion. Her ...

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  47. HOME GUARD PARADE.

    LONDON, Aug. 10.—The King this afternoon inspected some 4,000 members of the Home Guard-the biggest parade of this citizen military force yet held. ...

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  48. HUGE U.S. DEFICIT.

    WASHINGTON, Aug. 9—The Secretary of the Treasury (Mr. Morgenthau) forecast today a record peacetime deficit of approximately 5.700,000,000 ...

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  49. ABORIGINAL MURDERER'S END.

    DARWIN, Aug. 11—One of the most cold-blooded aboriginal murderers in Australian history, Nemarluk, whose death sentence for murders in 1931 was ...

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  50. SHOT BY BURGLAR.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 11.—More Sydney detectives arrived at Wollongong tonight to augment the already large force searching for the burglar who shot dead ...

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  51. SYDNEY EASTER SHOW.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 11.—The Premier (Mr. Mair) will make representations to the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) In Canberra tomorrow for the removal of troops ...

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  52. HORSED UNITS.

    LONDON, Aug. 9.—A correspondent of "The Times" with the Northern Command, describing activity at a remount depot and the revival of horsed units ...

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  53. THE GOVERNMENT PARTIES.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 11.—The Leader of the Federal Country Party (Mr. Cameron) said in Sydney tonight that the Country Party and the United Australia Party ...

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  54. TASMANIAN RAILWAYMEN.

    LAUNCESTON, Aug. 11.—Claiming that he could not continue to associate with the "Communistic tendencies" of the Australian council, Mr. Paul Tracey, ...

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  55. The First Victim.

    LONDON, Aug. 11.—Ronald Nesbitt, aged 19, is the first member of the Home Guard to be killed by enemy action while on duty. He was patrolling a ...

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  56. OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 11.—The largest military march in the history of Australia will begin at 8.30 am. tomorrow, when 1,000 men of the 2nd/13 Battalion will ...

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  57. GIN KILLED.

    DARWIN.—Aug. 11.—Constable Turner arrived at Darwin yesterday in charge of two aborigines, who are alleged to have murdered a lubra in the Daly River ...

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  58. "BEYOND THE RULES OF WAR."

    LONDON, Aug. 9.—A Berlin message states that French ships And planes flying the colours of General de Gaulle "ill be combated by every means. They ...

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  59. SPANISH COMPLAINT.

    LONDON, Aug. 10.—The Madrid radio says that the British control of shipping is tantamount to a blockade of Spain and is causing many hardships. Spaniards ...

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  60. RUSSIANS DEFIED.

    LONDON, Aug. 10.—According to a Berlin report the Lithuanians (whose country, with Estonia and Latvia, has recently been included in the U.S.S.R.) ...

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  61. MR. STEVENS A CANDIDATE.

    SYDNEY. Aug. 11.—Mr. B. S. S. Stevens, a former Premier and a member for Croydon in the Legislative Assembly, announced tonight that he had resigned ...

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  62. ENGINEERING TRADES.

    LONDON, Aug. 9.—An industrial registration order requires the registration of men between the ages of 21 and 65 who have worked for 12 months during ...

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  63. NORWEGIAN VESSEL SUNK.

    STOCKHOLM, Aug. 9.—The Norwegian freighter Toran (3,318 tons) has been sunk by an explosion. Three members of the crew were killed, but the remaining ...

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