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  2. PERSONAL.

    The Lord Mayor of Perth (Dr T. W. Meagher) has been appointed a trustee of the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery in place of ...

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  3. WAR FACTORY.

    In a rural locality somewhere in Australia 3,000 Australian workmen are building one of the largest explosives factories in the southern ...

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  4. MEAL PRICES.

    CANBERRA, July 31.—In Melbourne recently all the restaurants and cafes in the city area were inspected by officers of the Prices ...

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  5. SECOND FRONT.

    NEW YORK, July 30.—Commenting on the second front problem in an editorial, the "New York Times" offers uncommonly sharp criticism ...

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  6. WARTIME SHIPPING.

    CANBERRA, July 31.—The creation of a central organisation to collate all information concerning shipping coming to and leaving ...

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  7. EUROPEANS IN INDIA.

    LONDON, July 30.—The position of Europeans in India was discussed in Parliament today. In the House of Commons the ...

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  8. The West Australian.

    By the synchronisation of two rare events the West Australian financial year which ended on June 30 established a memorable record. ...

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  9. NEWS AND NOTES.

    The Rome radio, addressing Italians yesterday, declared: "When rumours are spread that Italian Fascist troops are in the line in Egypt ...

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  10. Advertising

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  11. MANPOWER RULES.

    SYDNEY, July 31.—"The amending manpower regulations which will become operative shortly will give the authorities more effective ...

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  12. COAL HOLD-UPS.

    CANBERRA, July 31.—The Leader of the Opposition (Mr Fadden) today returned to the attack on the Government concerning coal hold-ups. ...

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  13. SCRAP RUBBER.

    CANBERRA, July 31.—Last Saturday's house-to-house drive for scrap rubber by boy scouts met with outstanding success, according to ...

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  14. DESERTION CHARGES.

    SYDNEY, July 31.—Men of the AIF charged with desertion at a District Court Martial at Victoria Barracks today complained of ...

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  15. CLOTHING PLAN.

    The Deputy-Director of Rationing (Mr F. F. Anderson) said yesterday that the tentative provision made for industrial clothing had ...

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  16. LITVINOFF SEES ROOSEVELT.

    WASHINGTON, July 30.—President Roosevelt conferred with the Soviet Minister (M Litvinoff) today but declined to reveal the nature of ...

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  17. CONTROL MACHINERY.

    CANBERRA, July 31.—The cost of living in Australia had increased by only 17.9 per cent, as compared with much greater increases in other ...

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  18. STRIKE ON SAFETY ISSUE.

    SYDNEY, July 31.—Claiming that the lives of employees were being endangered by the management's methods of timbering Pelton miners ...

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  19. MELBOURNE'S GAS.

    MELBOURNE, July 31.—Substantial modification of the gas restrictions in Melbourne and suburbs comes into effect tomorrow and will ...

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  20. WAR ON MOSQUITOS.

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, July 31.—Soldiers armed with fly-sprays launched a full-scale attack today on mosquitos—dark cupboards ...

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  21. SERVICE CALL-UP.

    Consequent upon a recent agreement between Army and Air Force Headquarters, the Royal Australian Air Force is now permitted to ...

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  22. INCOME TAX.

    CANBERRA, July 31.—Tax concessions to those members of the fighting services in the lower income groups will be provided in the ...

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  23. S AUSTRALIA'S PLIGHT.

    ADELAIDE, July 31.—The Premier (Mr Playford) said today that it would be at least a fortnight before any rationing scheme ...

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  24. TANKER'S END.

    Lying side by side at an Australian port are 2 big tankers, flying flags of different Allied nations, One of them has her deck buckled and ...

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  25. SHORTAGE OF COAL.

    MELBOURNE, July 31.—The shortage of coal in Melbourne which has already contributed largely to the serious position of gas supplies ...

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  26. LABOUR PARTIES.

    LONDON, July 31.—The National Executive of the Labour Party has proposed that a conference of the political labour parties ...

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  27. CARRIER PIGEONS.

    CANBERRA, July 31.—One of the oldest news-carrying methods in history, the carrier pigeon, is being used by the Volunteer Air Observer ...

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  28. PETROLEUM POOL.

    CANBERRA, July 31.—The formation of a petroleum pool was officially announced tonight under which distribution of petroleum ...

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  29. MINISTER INTERVENES.

    SYDNEY, July 31.—A stoppage was prevented at a war factory in NSW today through the intervention of the Minister for Labour (Mr ...

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  30. NEW ORDER GAZETTED.

    CANBERRA, July 31.—The Victory Clothing Regulation restricting the quantity of materials used in manufacturing men's, women's and ...

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  31. WAR FINANCE.

    WASHINGTON, July 30.—The Secretary of the Treasury (Mr H Morgenthau, jun) told his Press conference today that war bon[?] ...

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  32. AIR FORCE CRASH.

    MELBOURNE, July 31.—Two RAAF air crew trainees were killed when the aircraft in which they were on an exercise crashed last week 15 ...

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  33. TRAFFIC FEES.

    The Acting Minister for Works (Mr Gray) announced yesterday that he had approved of the appropriation of £38,000 from the ...

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  34. ECHO OF THEFT CHARGE.

    MELBOURNE, July 31.—William John McCaskill, former superintendent and secretary of the Victorian Deaf and Dumb Institution, at ...

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  35. POST-WAR FOOD CONTROL.

    LONDON, July 31.—Sir John Orr, a noted expert on nutrition, speaking at St Andrew's yesterday on "Food and the Post-War World," ...

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  36. FOOTWEAR CONTROLLER.

    CANBERRA, July 31.—Mr J. S. Rosevear, MHR, has been appointed and has begun duties as Commonwealth Controller of Footwear and ...

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  37. GAZETTE NOTICES.

    CANBERRA, July 31.—The Prime Minister (Mr Curtin) has ordered an investigation into the security aspects of some of the information ...

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  38. WEATHER FORECASTS.

    SYDNEY, July 31.—The promotion of the science of long-range weather forecasting and continuous research into the subject were ...

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  39. FEDERAL OPPOSITION.

    CANBERRA, July 31.—Declaring that the Opposition had not departed from its undertaking given last October to give the Government ...

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  40. THEATRE EMPLOYEES.

    MELBOURNE, July 30.—The Theatrical Employees' Union has decided to withdraw its threat to hold stopwork meetings at every theatre ...

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  41. MAIL TIMETABLES.

    CLOSING TIMES.—Closing times hereunder are for the Perth GPO. Registered articles must be posted 1 hour before closing times for letters but between ...

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  42. BOMBS ON BURMA.

    NEW DELHI, July 31.—RAF bombers on July 28 attacked railway stations and rolling stock on the Mandalay-Myitkyina railway. One ...

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  43. DUKE OF GLOUCESTER.

    NAIROBI, July 31.—It is announced that the Duke of Gloucester is carrying out a programme of military and RAF inspections in Kenya. ...

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  44. DROP IN BUTTER PRODUCTION

    CANBERRA, July 31.—Australia's factory production of butter for the 11 months of the statistical year 1941-42 ended May 31 had dropped ...

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  45. QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

    (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.) ...

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  46. CANADIAN BROADCASTING.

    OTTAWA, July 30.—The "Evening Citizen" disclosed today that when the Board of Governors of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporations ...

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  47. NO WET CANTEENS.

    CANBERRA, July 31.—While Mr Makin is Minister there will be no wet canteens at munition factories. The Minister said today that he was ...

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  48. AIR FORCE CROSS AND OBE.

    CANBERRA, July 31.—The Governor-General (Lord Gowrie) at Admiralty House, Sydney, yesterday presented the Air Force Cross to ...

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  49. KING OF EGYPT.

    CAIRO, July 30.—King Farouk yesterday celebrated his 5th anniversary as King of Egypt. There was a State luncheon at the ...

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  50. MASONIC INSTALLATION.

    CANBERRA, July 31.—The Governor-General (Lord Gowrie) was installed at the Masonic Hall, Sydney, today as Grand Master of the ...

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  51. A WEALTHY ESTATE.

    The will of the late Mr Manuel Abrahams, of Melbourne, a well-known merchant who died in Victoria in October, 1938, has been ...

    Article : 63 words
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