SYDNEY, Friday.—"When I read some wise bird's views on how we ought to be producing aircraft in Australia and I read of the struggle ...
Article : 600 words"The Department of Information will exist to serve the people, and for no other reason. There will be no conceivable bias or selfish ...
Article : 751 wordsGeneral improvement in the physique of recruits, indicating that sportsmen are enlisting in increasing numbers, was noticed at the ...
Article : 355 wordsIf every possible economy in petrol consumption is introduced and necessary reduction achieved there will be no need for drastic rationing, said Mr. Thorby ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 421 wordsCANBERRA, Friday. — The Commonwealth Government's £20,000,000 loan for war purposes will close to-morrow with full ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 196 words"Those who claim that the war is merely a defence of 'British imperialism' might ponder the reasons why the much maligned British rule could in the present ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 52 wordsCANBERRA, Friday.—Since the outbreak of war 1,916 naturalisition certificates have been issued bv the Department of the Interior. Those naturalised ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 248 wordsCrowds lined the streets as 60 A.I.F. recruits marched from the Barkly street drill hall, Footscray, yesterday to entrain for the Caulfield depot. The band of the ...
Article : 37 wordsAn appeal to motor-car owners to take roops on leave for trips on Sundays was nade yesterday by Mr. H. S. Kennon, Slamey House president ...
Article : 139 wordsMore than 100 Victorian members of Toc H have enlisted, including Mr. Brian Billings, who only three weeks ago arrived from New South Wales to become ...
Article : 81 wordsAlthough Federal Cabinet has decided to cancel the Kings Birthday Holiday on June 17 for all Commonwealth employees it is still uncertain whether any action ...
Article : 138 wordsA.I.F. recruits in the new depot at Royal Park bore the discomforts of the weather yesterday cheerfully. Officers kept the men under cover, and did everything ...
Article : 107 wordsSales of War Savings Certificates are increasing steadily. Yesterday's figures exceeded £2,000,000. In Victoria sales aggregated £42,136, making the total to ...
Article : 177 wordsBased on an estimate of six months for manufacture and about 12 months for design and flight testing, it will, it is considered, probably be about 18 months ...
Article : 124 wordsSix delegates from each State will attend the special Federal conference of the Australian Labour party to be opened at Melbourne Trades Hall on Tuesday, ...
Article : 105 wordsECHUCA, Friday. — Use of resources of the Echuca Technical School in production of war supplies is advocated by the school council, which will inform ...
Article : 90 wordsA recruit rushed up to Gladys Moncrieff and kissed her when she visited the Town Hall depot yesterday. He had been in the Geelong Hospital, ...
Article : 69 wordsCr. W. L. Lewcllin, Mayor of Essendon, announces that a public meeting will be held in the local town hall next week to assist the war effort generally. ...
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Advertising : 13 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—A National Government could be brought about only at the sacrifice of the Empire Air Training Scheme and the policy of sending the ...
Article : 222 wordsFunds will be raised by the Commercial Travellers' Association to give an ambulance to the A.M.C., it was announced at a luncheon of the association yesterday. ...
Article : 43 wordsA campaign to encourage the purchase of war savings certificates by teachers and scholars in metropolitan State schools was announced by Mr. H. E. Loader, ...
Article : 92 wordsAUCKLAND (N.Z.), Friday. — Bright and happy, 11-years-old Louisp Sheffer is returning to Sydney with her parents after travelling 30,000 miles in a quest ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 297 wordsUse of substitute motor fuels has been extensively investigated by the State Emergency Council for National Defence in co-operation with University, ...
Article : 226 wordsWAGGA (N.S.W.), Friday. — Wagga offers of interest-free loans to the Goyernment for the duration of the war amount to £13,050, including £5,000 ...
Article : 76 wordsSTAWELL, Friday. — One thousand lankets will be presented by the mangement and employees of North-Western voollen Mills Pty. Ltd. to the Government ...
Article : 85 wordsTechnical schools in Victoria are working from 7.30 a.m. to 10 p.m. to train artisans for war purposes, and when existing facilities are exhausted new ...
Article : 184 wordsA message was sent yesterday to General Weygand, Allied Commander-inChief, by Sir Gilbert Dyett, Federal R.S.L. president, through Monsieur ...
Article : 82 wordsAs part of Victorias A.R.P. precautions special protection against sabotage from [?] bversive elements has been provided at all vital points in metropolitan ...
Article : 111 wordsBENALLA, Friday.—A "Win-the-War" rally convened by the shire president agreed to urge the Commonwealth Government to exercise all powers for the ...
Article : 76 wordsForty-six additional A.I.F. dental units [?] be formed, providing ultimately for [?] units in Australian A.I.F. camps. Brigadier Street, Army Minister, ...
Article : 109 wordsWONTHAGGI, Friday. — Munitionmaking at the State Coal Mine workshops at Wonthaggi has been suggested by the general manager (Mr. J. McLeish) ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Sat 8 Jun 1940, Page 5
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