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  2. NEWS AND NOTES.

    Pine weather, with milder temperatures, is forecast for the metropolitan area today. The maximum shade temperature at the Perth Observatory ...

    Article : 652 words
  3. Advertising

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    Advertising : 212 words
  4. PERSONAL.

    Mr. Justice H. R. Paine, of South Australia, arrived in Perth last night by airliner. During his visit to this State he will investigate claims made under the ...

    Article : 426 words
  5. EAST-WEST ROAD.

    CANBERRA. May 25.—The Assistant- Minister (Senator Collett) said at the week-end that the Government's decision to spend £250,000 on the road from Port ...

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  6. NEW FIELD MARSHAL.

    PRETORIA, May 23.—On the occasion of his 71st birthday, General Smuts, the Prime Minister of the Union, has been created a Field Marshal in the British ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. EMPIRE DAY.

    Soldiers from the Melville camp paraded at Melville on Saturday morning to honour Empire Day with a Royal salute. The parade ground was a stretch of ...

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  8. LAND TRANSACTIONS.

    CANBERRA, May 23.—Gifts of land to enemy aliens, other than under a will, are absolutely prohibited under amendments to the National Security (Land ...

    Article : 191 words
  9. The West Australian.

    The loss of the largest warship in the world, the battle-cruiser H.M.S. Hood, with all or nearly all of her crew of 1,340 men, is a matter of poignant ...

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  10. EAST INDIES DEFENCE

    BATAVIA, May 24.—Measures for compulsory military service by the native population have been introduced in the Dutch East Indies Paliament following ...

    Article : 393 words
  11. ACCIDENTS IN INDUSTRY.

    ADELAIDE, May 25.—To inaugurate an Australia-wide effort to reduce the greatly increasing number of preventable accidents, particularly in industry, a ...

    Article : 133 words
  12. BRITAIN'S FACTORIES.

    LONDON, May 24.—From time to time I have heard suggestions that Britain is not making a 100 per cent war effort so far as production is concerned, so when ...

    Article : 438 words
  13. UNITED STATES DROUGHT.

    WASHINGTON, May 24.—The Weather Bureau reported today that the entire eastern half of the United States, excepting Florida, was in the grip of a severe ...

    Article : 62 words
  14. "BATTLE OF BRITAIN."

    "The Battle of Britain," the official history of the momentous days from August 8 to October 31, 1940, will be published in full in ...

    Article : 271 words
  15. IF INVASION COMES.

    LONDON, May 24.—If invasion comes to Britain Mr. Churchill's orders to the population are to stand firm and carry on. Fourteen million leaflets will be ...

    Article : 321 words
  16. SOUTH AFRICAN VETERANS.

    Many men who had served the Empire on the battlefield in the reign of the late Queen Victoria met on the anniversary of her birthday. Empire Day, on the ...

    Article : 255 words
  17. 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. ...

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  18. A.I.F. RECRUITING.

    Every man who offers his services to the A.I.F. up to midday today at either the Perth or Fremantle recruiting bureaus will, if he so desires, be medically ...

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  19. WARTIME FOOD PRICES

    CANBERRA, May 24.—Average prices of food and groceries in thirty principal Australian cities and towns rose by only 0.4 per cent from April, 1940, to ...

    Article : 319 words
  20. HOME GUARD.

    To mark the fusion into the Home Guard of the Returned Soldiers' League Volunteer Defence Corps, the rifle clubs, and men who so far have not yet joined ...

    Article : 428 words
  21. MERCHANT SEAMEN PRAISED.

    The courage, bravery and devotion to duty of British merchant seamen were referred to by Captain J. M. Miller in an address on "Convoys in Wartime" at ...

    Article : 278 words
  22. A.I.F. CASUALTIES.

    Eastern States casualty lists issued by Army Headquarters, Melbourne, on Friday and received in Perth last night give the names of 120 members of the A.I.F. ...

    Article : 185 words
  23. DUTCH MINISTERS.

    NOUMEA, May 24.—The Governor (M. Sautot), accompanied by the Dutch' Consul, visited the clipper base this afternoon to greet the Netherlands ...

    Article : 89 words
  24. MIDDLE EAST MAIL.

    BATAVIA, May 24.—K.L.M (Royal Dutch Airlines) has contracted with the army and post office to fly at least six loads of troop-mail from the Middle East ...

    Article : 285 words
  25. NEW ZEALAND AND AMERICA.

    WASHINGTON, May 24.—A New Zealand mission of eight, headed by the Minister for Lands (Mr. Langstone) and Mr. J. G. Coates (an Opposition member ...

    Article : 125 words
  26. THE LAW COURTS.

    FULL COURT.—At 1030 a.m., before the Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Dwyer: Frank Carter v. Cresco Fertilisers (W.A.). Ltd.; Davison Clyde Dowdell v. Florence Marguerite ...

    Article : 45 words
  27. QUARANTINE REGULATIONS.

    SYDNEY, May 25.—Strict quarantine precautions are to be observed with returning soldiers and enemy prisoners brought to Australia for internment with ...

    Article : 86 words
  28. TODAY'S ENTERTAINMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 263 words
  29. CANADIAN FIRES.

    TORONTO. May 24.—Forestry officials said today that the situation caused by the forest fires was extremely grave in the Ontario district of Nipgon, although it is ...

    Article : 137 words
  30. SEX EDUCATION.

    SYDNEY, May 25.—Theories which he holds on sex education have been practically tested on his own family by the New Zealand Government Controller of ...

    Article : 233 words
  31. HESS TRUCULENT.

    LONDON. May 24.—Rudolf Hess, Hitler's deputy, who landed in Scotland by parachute on May 10, is now reported to be adopting a truculent attitude and ...

    Article : 90 words
  32. N.Z. PARTY STRIFE.

    AUCKLAND, May 25.—The need to end political party strife was emphasised by the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Holland), speaking at the Dominion ...

    Article : 76 words
  33. QUEEN MARY'S BIRTHDAY.

    CANBERRA, May 25.—The Governor- General (Lord Gowrie) has dispatched the following message to the private secretary to Queen Mary:— ...

    Article : 68 words
  34. BOOTHBY'S VERDICT.

    It would have been grimly ironical if the homecoming of the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) had synchronised with the virtual dismissal of the ...

    Article : 655 words
  35. GALE IN SYDNEY.

    SYDNEY, May 25.—A gale which blew at 50 miles an hour through Sydney for 10 minutes before a thunderstorm on Saturday damaged property in many ...

    Article : 119 words
  36. DEFENCE OF SYDNEY.

    SYDNEY, May 25.—Lieut.-General C. W. Miles, the General Officer Commanding the Eastern Command, said at a Royal Empire Society gathering on ...

    Article : 94 words
  37. UNSETTLED TIMES.

    LONDON, May 24.—The Ankara radio states that there were heavy earthquake shocks last night in 11 towns in western Turkey, including Smyrna. Two people ...

    Article : 83 words
  38. NEW ZEALAND'S POPULATION.

    AUCKLAND, May 25.—The outstanding impression of New Zealand gained by Mr. W. Holmes, the British trade union leader, is the country's great need for a ...

    Article : 47 words
  39. ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT.

    (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 : 42 words
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