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  2. SWAN BY-ELECTION.

    CANBERRA, Dec. 10.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) will definitely take part in the Swan by-election campaign and will address a series of meetings. ...

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  3. ARMY METHODS.

    CANBERRA, Dec. 10.—The Minister for the Army (Mr. Spender), who, in his six weeks of office has put into effect several major reforms in army ...

    Article : 436 words
  4. Advertising

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  5. VICEREGAL.

    His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor and Lady Mitchell will attend the children's Christmas party organised by the Child Welfare Department to be held ...

    Article : 77 words
  6. NEWS AND NOTES.

    Unsettled weather, with lower temperatures, westerly winds and a tendency to thunder, is forecast for the metropolitan area today. The maximum shade ...

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  7. FEDERAL FINANCE.

    CANBERRA, Dec. 10.—Australia's total expenditure on defence and war services from July 1, 1939, to the end of last month amounted to approximately ...

    Article : 192 words
  8. RAIDERS AND MINELAYERS.

    The problem of the raider and the minelayer has become an urgent one in Australian waters. Four ships have been sunk by mines near the ...

    Article : 870 words
  9. PERSONAL.

    Mr. J. Curtin. Leader of the Federal Opposition, will leave Melbourne on Sunday next and is due to arrive in Perth by the Westland express on the following ...

    Article : 507 words
  10. FIVE MONTHS' FIGURES.

    CANBERRA,. Dec. 10.—Australia's expenditure on the war in the five months ended on November 30 amounted to £53,788,000. The Commonwealth Budget ...

    Article : 97 words
  11. DR. EVATT'S VISIT.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 10.—Dr. H. V. Evatt, M.H.R., left Sydney tonight for Western Australia to assist Mr. J. Dinan in his campaign in the Swan by-election as the ...

    Article : 503 words
  12. COMPANY TAXATION.

    CANBERRA, Dec. 10.—The Joint Parliamentary Committee appointed under the Budget compromise terms to review the Government's proposals for imposing ...

    Article : 290 words
  13. The West Australian.

    We must wait to see the scope and purpose of the British attack that General Sir Archibald Wavell has launched in the Egyptian desert against ...

    Article : 959 words
  14. GOLD AND THE WAR.

    To make representations to the Federal Government with the object of obtaining relief from the British Government's excess profits tax of 100 per ...

    Article : 629 words
  15. FOOD AND GROCERIES.

    Dealing with the retail prices of food and groceries (41 commodities) in the metropolitan area for November, 1940, the Acting-Government Statistician (Mr. ...

    Article : 171 words
  16. DANGERS AHEAD.

    CANBERRA, Dec. 10.—The Minister for External Affairs (Sir Frederick Stewart) in a broadcast tonight declared that the danger that Germany might be ...

    Article : 195 words
  17. COMMONWEALTH LOAN

    SYDNEY. Dec. 10.—Already there has been a response to the appeal made by the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) and the Treasurer (Mr. Fadden) for ...

    Article : 360 words
  18. EMPIRE AIR SCHEME.

    CANBERRA, Dec. 10.—The formation or extension of 10 units in four States, is involved in further R.A.A.F. developments under the Empire air scheme announced ...

    Article : 205 words
  19. "THE WESTERN MAIL."

    Each week in "The Western Mail" appears a six-page summary of the world's news, including local news and sporting events. Cut out ...

    Article : 45 words
  20. HEAT IN KALGOORLIE.

    KALGOORLIE. Dec. 10.—After several weeks of sultry and at times dusty weather, Kalgoorlie recorded its first century of the season today—exactly 100 ...

    Article : 145 words
  21. U.S. CONSUL-GENERAL IN N.Z.

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—Mr. Wesley Frost, the new United States Consul-General in New Zealand, will leave for Auckland-by the Monterey on January 7. ...

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  22. MAIL TIMETABLES.

    CLOSING TIMES.—Closing times hereunder are for the Perth G.P.O. Registered articles must be posted one hour before closing time for letters, but between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. ...

    Article : 345 words
  23. NEW ZEALAND UNITS.

    LONDON. Dec. 9.—Air Marshal Sir Cyril Newall, who will leave England in the near future to take up the position of Governor-General of New Zealand in ...

    Article : 89 words
  24. ROYAL VISIT TO MIAMI.

    MIAMI (Florida), Dec. 9.—Fifty police have been detailed to guard the wharf upon the arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor on the yacht ...

    Article : 72 words
  25. CHRISTMAS LEAVE.

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 10.—West Australian members of the R.A.A.F engineering school at the showground were deeply concerned today when they were told ...

    Article : 156 words
  26. COLONIAL OFFICE.

    LONDON, Dec. 9.—The Secretary for the Colonies (Lord Lloyd) Las appointed Dr. A. G. H Smart his medical adviser in succession to Sir Wilson Jameson, who ...

    Article : 88 words
  27. GRANTS TO STATES.

    CANBERRA, Dec. 11.—The House of Representatives Passed through all stages early this morning a Bill to pay the following State grants:—South Australia, ...

    Article : 55 words
  28. CHILDREN'S HOLIDAY SCHEME.

    The sponsors of the country children's holiday scheme in arranging summer holiday homes for close upon 100 wheatbelt children may justly ...

    Article : 268 words
  29. AMOUNTS IN THIS STATE.

    The organising secretary of the State War Loans Committee (Mr. R. W. Lloyd) said yesterday that during the day amounts of £5,000 from Boans, Ltd., and ...

    Article : 104 words
  30. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

    (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 : 377 words
  31. MR. NOEL COWARD.

    Mr. Noel Coward, the English playwright, actor and composer, who is touring Australia to raise funds for, the Red Cross, is at present in Adelaide, and he ...

    Article : 202 words
  32. PRISONERS OF WAR.

    Questions were recently asked in the House of Commons as to whether British prisoners of war in Germany were receiving parcels of food and clothing sent ...

    Article : 254 words
  33. TODAY'S ENTERTAINMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 71 words
  34. "THE WESTERN MAIL."

    Since the German occupation of Denmark and the resultant stoppage of that country's export of butter, the task of supplying Britain with dairy produce has ...

    Article : 268 words
  35. INDIAN UNREST.

    BOMBAY, Dec. 9.—Mrs. Vijaya Pandit, the first woman Cabinet Minister in India and a sister of Pandit Jawahadal Nehru (a former Congress president), who was ...

    Article : 60 words
  36. Suburban Theatres.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 169 words
  37. MISSING N.Z. SHIP.

    AUCKLAND. Dec. 10.—Wives and other dependants of the officers and crew of the missing steamer Holmwood, winch is overque on a voyage from ...

    Article : 73 words
  38. FEDERAL DROUGHT RELIEF.

    CANBERRA. Dec. 10.—The £1,000,000 which the Commonwealth Government has undertaken to provide for drought relief will be distributed only among ...

    Article : 87 words
  39. MELBOURNE AIR RACE.

    LONDON, Dec. 9.—Mr. A. O. Edwards, the backer of Captain C. W. A. Scott and the late Mr. T. Campbell Black who won the Melbourne centenary air race in ...

    Article : 82 words
  40. PRINCESS JULIANA.

    OTTAWA, Dec. 9.—Princess Juliana of the Netherlands, accompanied by Baron Devos, will leave for Washington on December 17 on a brief visit to ...

    Article : 53 words
  41. LORD MAYOR OF SYDNEY.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 10.—Alderman Crick was today unanimously re-elected Lord Mayor of Sydney for 1941. In a policy statement later, he said that he would ...

    Article : 46 words
  42. THE LAW COURTS.

    NISI PRIUS.—At 10.30 a.m., before the Chief Justice: Vincent Menara v. Herbert W. Green. IN CHAMBERS.—At 10.30 a.m., before Mr. ...

    Article : 27 words
  43. GIFT OF £5,000.

    LONDON. Dec. 9.—The Spitfire Fund has reached £15,000 with a gift of £5.000 acknowledged by the Minister of Aircraft Production (Lord Beaverbrook) from the ...

    Article : 36 words
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