SEYMOUR, Sunday.—The special train from Melbourne and intervening stations brought 611 passengers to Seymour this morning, ...
Article : 195 wordsSir,—I read with interest Mr. Cameron's criticism of the Government's compulsory training policy. The man who has risen to the post of Prime Minister of Australia, ...
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Article : 127 wordsThe Governor-General (Lord Gowrie) will pay an official visit to the Militia camps of the Third Division, Australian Military Forces, ...
Article : 389 wordsThe world to-day was being punished not only for its sins but also by its sins, Bishop Donald Baker said in St. Paul's Cathedral ...
Article : 194 wordsThe whole range of elementary human emotions as expressed by the dramatic poetry of Longfellow and the stirring music of ...
Article : 560 wordsThere are changes of programme in six city picture theatres this week, including new releases at the State, the Plaza, and the Majestic. The new films are of high quality, and there is a revival of the splendid "Stolen Life" at the ...
Article : 56 wordsA revival of one of the best films Melbourne audiences have seen. This tale of the love of twin sisters for the same man needed the artistiy of Elisabeth ...
Article : 108 wordsDo you remember "Ja-Da," and "I'm Sorry I Made You Cry," and all the other songs we used to sing and dance to when we were 20 years younger? ...
Article : 165 wordsCANBERRA, Sunday.—About 20 woolgrowers living near Canberra have agreed to give 10 fleeces each from this season's clip towards establishing a fund to buy ...
Article : 63 wordsSir,—Your correspondent, "Third Generation Australian," would have been justified in his indignation were he not labouring under a misapprehension. ...
Article : 211 wordsAmerica's greatest outlaw shoots it out with the railroad in technicolour. Despite the superabundance of action the film moves slowly enough to ...
Article : 89 wordsTo-day men spoke not only of the sickness of individuals but of the sickness of communities, said the Rev. A. Penry Evans in the Collins ...
Article : 207 wordsA musical melange of croonings and crazy kidnappings, over which those who like babies and "Bing" Crosby will certainly wax enthusiastic. This is "Bing" ...
Article : 135 wordsSir,—Will the V.A.T.C. please note that at the race meeting held at Caulfield on Saturday the car parking arrangements in the paddock opposite the entrance gates ...
Article : 138 wordsWar news dominates the programme of newsreels and "shorts" at the Times Theatrette. There are telling shots of an A.R.P. tryout in a Sydney suburb, ...
Article : 80 wordsA motor-car racing thriller based on a book by Sir Malcolm Campbell, with exhausts and the shriek of tortured tyres muted sufficiently to give a ...
Article : 167 wordsThe Fourth Division has completed a large-scale war at its camp at Mount Martha, involving the loss of tens of thousands of lives. Fourth ...
Article : 211 wordsIndependent Suburban Theatres this week are screening several notable films in their programmes. "The Great Waltz," starring Miliza Korjus and Luise Rainer, ...
Article : 251 wordsSir,—Like many others I was shocked to learn that some city councillors propose to make a motor road through our beautiful Botanic Gardens—a fine ...
Article : 150 wordsBefore the Pontifical High Mass in St. Patrick's Cathedral on Sunday, October 29, Archbishop Mannix will bless a memorial stone sent ...
Article : 209 wordsWomen's hairdressers have decided to follow the lead of the Master Hairdressers' Association in increasing charges. A special meeting of the Master Ladies' ...
Article : 66 wordsDirty work in a Gold Coast jungle, with Basil Rathbone, Douglas Fairbanks, jun., and the elements provide action. The peace of the world is threatened by ...
Article : 95 wordsSir,—It is gratifying to read of the interest the Commonwealth Government is taking, by research and other means, in the production of pure apple juice, but ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 243 wordsThe Rialto Theatre, Box Hill, is screening this week "Kentucky" starring Loretta Young, and "Live Wire," with B. Nedell. "Yes, My Darling Daughter," ...
Article : 162 wordsThe Mayor of Footscray (Councillor C. A. Beever), the town clerk (Mr. J. Gent), and other leading citizens were among a large number of visitors from ...
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Advertising : 671 wordsOne of the most pressing problems which man had to deal with to-day was that of human suffering, said the Rev. Reginald Kirby ...
Article : 158 wordsSir,—Might I suggest to those who are organising concerts in aid of Red Cross efforts that, as we have had many celebrity events this year, and the general ...
Article : 55 wordsSir. — As one who has followed the search for oil in Australia for many years and lost considerable money in oil companies' shares, I was surprised to read ...
Article : 164 wordsAlthough there has been some agitation in the last few days for the provision of "wet" canteens in militia camps, it is considered unlikely that the Federal ...
Article : 119 wordsADELAIDE, Sunday. — Sir Langdon Bonython, former proprietor of the Adelaide "Advertiser," died to-night at his home, Carclew, North Adelaide, at the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 345 wordsSir,—As the Nazis started the present war it is obviously "The Nazi War." By that name it will be remembered by the Allies as a war thrust upon them by a ...
Article : 65 wordsSir,—Congratulations to Mr. Allibon. At lost it looks as if an authoritative body is going to make itself felt. Too long have motorists born the stringent and ...
Article : 83 wordsSir.—I notice that the Lost Dogs' Home at Macauley is appealing for funds in order to buy an ambulance to be used for collecting injured dogs. I always ...
Article : 57 wordsSir,—The object for which Britain and France are at war with Germany is to call a halt to Nazi aggression. It is a mistake to think that all Germans are in ...
Article : 190 wordsThomas Jury, aged 33 years, of St. David street, Thornbury, and Leslie Walbank, aged 30 years, of Pender street, Preston, were detained for observation at ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 23 Oct 1939, Page 2
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