Sir,—A clarion call for universal service is essential—a call that will put every able-bodied man into the class for whatever national duty he is best fitted, ...
Article : 216 wordsInspiring articles that had been published in "The Argus" deserved the gravest consideration and utmost support from all loyal ...
Article : 348 wordsIt is nothing new for French to be fighting a war with their country as battlefield. That, simply put, is the position to-day. And we are helping ...
Article : 919 words"I appeal to Australian manhood Now is the time for the young men of Australia to show their loyalty and to play their part in this war ...
Article : 526 wordsHundreds of eager recruits for the Seventh Division, A.I.F., had assembled in Martin pl. to sign application forms long before carpenters had finished building a new recruiting depot. Military bands play, and a vigorous, recruiting ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 53 wordsI have just returned to London from France, and for the first time in six days have had the incessant sound of bombing out of my ears. ...
Article : 553 wordsFor five hours yesterday Royal Air Force planes raided the German and Franco-Belgium borders bombing and machine-gunning ...
Article : 459 wordsSir,—As you say. Australia's job is to send as quickly as possible every man it can muster. Surely the speedies, way of doing this is for Parliament forthwith to ...
Article : 71 wordsSir,—I read with amazement that M.P.'s who enlist will receive their Parliamentary salaries of £1,000 a year, plus military pay. Many concerns are making up to ...
Article : 203 wordsBritain's home forces are gathering for a tremendous arms drive. Special demands are being made on all workers in air factories and ...
Article : 289 wordsThe German menace in Europe is seen here as welding sentiment in the United States into solid unity against totalitarianism, this view ...
Article : 293 words"Let us mobilise our industry [?]so that we can play our part if England's industry gets badly hit," said Major-General T. R. Williams, ...
Article : 187 wordsSir,—If Mr. Menzies' reported statement that, "while the oversea position is sufficiently grave to demand the Empire's utmost efforts, it must be remembered ...
Article : 175 wordsAll women and children have been ordered to leave Gibraltar. The authorities explain that the evacuation is "due to the international ...
Article : 134 wordsMessrs. Holt and Hutchinson, M.H.R.'s (both U.A.P., Vic.) were among hundreds of men who applied to join the Seventh ...
Article : 284 wordsA statement was issued to-day that Berlin had replied to Japan's communication of May 11 regarding maintenance of the status quo in the Dutch East ...
Article : 57 wordsSir,—"The price of liberty is eternal vigilance." British statesmen relaxed their vigilance, and employed men who used innept methods with present tragic ...
Article : 130 wordsAustralians would have to make much greater war effort, both by serv[?] and giving. Colonel H. E. Cohen, M.L.A. told Parliamentary U.A.P. members ...
Article : 61 wordsThe Dutch Government has acquired several floors of a West End building, where all Government services will be established. Queen Wilhelmina is still at ...
Article : 41 wordsAnother Canadian contingent has arrived in England, and recruiting for a third division for active service would begin immediately, Mr. ...
Article : 145 wordsAllied forces occupy the battlefield in enormously superior numbers, and when the counter-attack comes it should be formidable, said ...
Article : 275 wordsTerms of enlistment, rates of pay, and all other particulars of service in Seventh Division and Corps troops are contained in an ...
Article : 92 wordsFirst of a series of free public lectures in English on France will be delivered on Wednesday, June 5, at lower Melbourne Town Hall on "The Stability of French ...
Article : 81 wordsJack Dempsey, former world heavyweight champion, who announced his separation from his wife yesterday, says he still hopes for a reconciliation. "She ...
Article : 68 wordsSir,—What is wrong with our war effort? We lack a leader capable of inspiring and arousing the nation. Only recently the Torquay camp was abandoned after a few ...
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Advertising : 89 wordsTroops landing from transport planes are a much greater danger than parachutists, said a Dutch naval officer who fought in ...
Article : 163 wordsUrging establishment of a home defence organisation whereby, using national register information, services of every individual and of all property might be ...
Article : 52 wordsSir, — The work of the Red Cross requires a rcgular flow of money and the Malvern Council has a golden opportunity to help piovide it. In Victoria there ...
Article : 150 wordsTo encourage recruiting in Melbourne, Councillor A. W. Coles, Lord Mayor, has called a great public meeting at the Town Hall on ...
Article : 185 wordsAn Italian vessel. Fidelitas, two of whose crew were killed and three wounded in a bombing and machine-gun raid at Antwerp, reached Cork to-day. ...
Article : 76 wordsOld public school boys should lead the community in its war effort said Mr. Spencer harper, newly elected president of the Old Wesley Collegians' ...
Article : 64 wordsSir,—I know of a father and four sons. all bred on the land. In April last year the two youngest sons, one aged 26 the other 23, obtained Government ...
Article : 193 wordsCommenting on Mr. Menzies' statement that his Government would consider a suggestion to assist Dutch and Belgian refugees. M. Rene Vanderkelen. ...
Article : 103 wordsADELAIDE, Wednesday. — The drive for recruits for the Seventh Division, which began on Monday, brought more than 200 men from all walks of life to ...
Article : 100 wordsAnnouncing that M. Molotov, Foreign Minister, was replying to the British trade memorandum, Moscow Radio said the Soviets would reject the British ...
Article : 100 wordsLONDON, Wednesday (A.A.P.). German aeroplanes dropped bombs on two districts in south-east England last night. Some fell on the land others in ...
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Advertising : 20 wordsThe Foreign Office says that the following territories must be regarded as occupied by Germany:—Norway, except the northern provinces; the Netherlands, ...
Article : 43 wordsSir,—Do the people of Australia realise the immense importance of the German invasion of Denmark and Holland? Both these countries have een described as ...
Article : 157 wordsNorthern Africa of Roman days and northern Africa of to-day afford a striking contrast and show what man's handiwork can accomplish in the ...
Article : 214 wordsExchequer returns show total ordinary revenue at —111.384.022 for the period April 1 to May l8. This compares with —90,488,281 for the same period last ...
Article : 89 wordsThe Belgian cycling champion, Jean Aerts, cycled 180 miles in the greatest race of his career, arriving from Ghent with his five-year-old child strapped to ...
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Article : 6 wordsSir,—The recent increase in the price of fishing nets of about 20 per cent. does not seem to have been based on higher landing costs. plus a reasonable profit ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Thu 23 May 1940, Page 3
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