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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

June 17, 1939.

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AUSTRALIA'S SUPPLY PROBLEMS IN WAR

Canberra, Mr. R. G. Casey, Minister of Supply and Development in the Federal Government, states that the principal alm of the new Ministry will be to place Australia in a position to stand a state of siege if war should come.

It will attempt this by rectifying the existing shortcomings of Australian industries and by seeking to make the Commonwealth Industrially indepen dent of other countries. After that it will seek to put Austraila in a post- tion to provide supplies for all three tiefence services-Navy, Army and Air Force,

All Australia's defence schemes nru based on the supposition that in the event of an enemy attack she will have to rely on her own resources.

In recent combined manoeuvres a supposed enemy raiding force was driven off, but, before this happened 13 overreas

cargo ships had been technically "sunk."

Australia

can feed her people, even during a a blockade, but it will be din- cult to carry on her

industries if shipping should be cut off.

Grasshopper Plague-Mr. Curthy, senior entomologist of the New South Wales Agricultural De partment, has left for America and Europe to

to investigate methods adopted abroad to control grasshopper plugues, which have become serious in several parts of Australia. In London he will discuss the subject with the Interna- tional Commission for Grasshopper Control.

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NEED FOR NATIONAL LIBRARY

Montreal, Mr. E. Cockburn Kyte, librarian of Queen's Univerity, Kingston, Ontario, ind a conference of librarians froni Ontario, Quebec and the Maritime Provinces that Canada's future his-

may be written by Americans.

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Mr. Kyte sald that as there was no national library in Canada, many of the most Interesting historical do- cuments and maps which will be needed when the country's future history is written are Anding their way to the United States,

The librarians adopted a resolution urging the Canadian Government to provide a national library, SOUTH AFRICA

UNION CENSUS OF NEWSPAPER

Cape Town, According to the last census Agures supplied to the Department of Defen- ce, the number of males aged between 17 and 45 available for registration for milltary service in the Union is

475.000,

There are also 145,330 between 45 and 60, making a total of 620,990.

Of this total 131,890 are not avail- able, through being either registered and awaiting training, or serving in the permanent force, the special ser- vire battalions, the reserve of officers, the South African Police, or on the coast garrison force reserve. NEW ZEALAND

NO SUPPORT FOR NEW MEDICAL SCHEME

Auckland.

The Government's scheme for free maternity services, which is a part of the Social Security Act, has met with totally inadequate support from the medical profession,

Only 22 out of more than 900 be longing to the New Zealand branch of the British Medical Association have accepted contracts, and 02 obstetric nurses from over 2,000.

The doctors' attitude is indicative of the stand Impending against the scheme for free general medical ser- viecs.

Two

More Die After Crash- Both the men who were badly burned in the air crash recently at Wigram Aerodrome died 10 Christ- church Hospital, The machine, a Vickers "Wildebeest," "dived to the ground during night training, crashed tree on the aerodrome boundary, ord burst into domes, Be- sides the two injured, an officer of the Royal New Zealand Air Force was kllied.

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KNOCKED TEN YEARS OFF HIS AGE

When He Got Rid of 35 lbs. of Fat

This man found he was carrying far too much weight. As is usually the case-with women as well as with men-his overweight made him appear older than his years. When he eventually got rid of 2% stone of fat, he looked ten years younger. Ils letter tells you how he achieved. this result:-

"I am 33 years of age and weighed 14 stone 10 lbs., yet my height, was only. 5 ft. 6 ins, "I was looking older than my age. For about five months I kept up the 'daily dose' of Krus- chen and I could see 'each week a gradual improvement all round. My friends,, unaware of what I was doing, noticed this, alteration of form, and in timo it became quite a mystery that I should lose some 21⁄2- stone so perfectly. My appearance and body form have improved so much that I look 10 year younger. did not diet at all, nor did I do any special, exercises”-«A«AD,"

Kruschen is based on scientific principles-it is an ideal blend, of mineral salts found in the aperient waters of European Spes resorted to by the wealthy for the reduction of excess weight."

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HEY, CLARA, STOP!! `I CAN'T HEAR MYSELF THINK - YOU'RE MAKING SUCH A ROW

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COO, THAT'S NOTHING. I CUT A COUPLE LAST WEEK, AND THE ONLY SOUND I MADE WAS THE SCRUNCHING OF ‘OVALTINE RUSKS!

I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THEM

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