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AUSTRALIA'S PART
DEFENCE OF HER OWN
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CANBERRA. September 19
The Minister of Defence. Mr. G. A. Street, informed the House of Representatives today, to the accompaniment of Labour cheers, that the British Government had stated that at present the best contribution Australia could make was to defend Australia herself. Britain, he added, was not asking for volunteers but was dealing with the forces by means of controlled intake. The Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. Menzies, replying to Mr Curtin's comment on co-operation. with New Zealand, said that the Australian defence authorities were maintaining the closest contact with New Zealand, and constant collaboration would continue. The Minister of Customs, Mr. Lawson, told the House of Representatives today that Britain had bought 290.000 tons of Australian sugar ;at 7s 6d sterling a cwt.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 70, 20 September 1939, Page 9
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134BEST CONTRIBUTION Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 70, 20 September 1939, Page 9
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