Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tuesday 22 December 1953, page 1


THE

MARTIANS

ARE

HERE!

The greatest thriller ever writ-ten on the theme of "invaders from other worlds" begins in a super Christmas edition of "The Argus" on Thursday.

The book we are serialising for your holiday entertain-

ment is

THE WAR OF THE WORLDS.

It was written by the lote H. G. Wells, master novelist, trained scien-tist, and historian.

"The War of the Worlds" tells of the in-vasion of Earth by monsters from Mars. It was the first thriller of this type ever written. Wells producer! it toward the end of the last cen-tury. It ha» been re-printed a scor.j of times since then and devoured with eagerness by gene-ration after generation.

It will thrill you, ex-cite you, and send little shivers of horror down your spine. Once you start it, you won't miss a word or a sentence.

The same Thursday issue will contain an ex-tra special Christmas edition of your Color Magasine, with features that will help you to make this Christmas a real, old-fashioned fes-tival for the family.

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With news and sport-ing pictures in full color, Thursday's paper will be AN "ARGUS" TO KEEP.

Place your order with your news agent now, and if you are going

away

DON'T FORGET TO ORDER YOUR HOLIDAY "ARGUS" FOR EVERY DAY.

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COLOR MAGAZINE, the "Argus" feature magasine the whole family enjoys, will ap-pear on Thursday, be-cause there will be pub-lication on Christmas Day.

"The Argus" will be out as usual on Boxing Day and New Year's Day.

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