The problem of man's origin has been solved, declares Professor Robert Broom, the British anthropologist. He reconstructed the Kromdraai skull, found at ...
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Advertising : 228 wordsThe reason why sugar and meat will be rationed in Britain soon was announced last night by the Minister for Food (Mr. Morrison). ...
Article : 337 wordsDeliberate sinkings by U-boats of ships in neutral territorial waters, "in defiance of all principles of international law," are described ...
Article : 194 wordsFor each of these pictures "The Argus" [?] paying a reproduction fee of 7/6. They are entered in "The Argus" Snapshot Competition, and will be considered ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 225 wordsFor the week ended December 24, the contraband control of the French Navy held up 16 ships and intercepted 40,000 tons of goods destined for Germany. ...
Article : 102 wordsA hose and very little in the way of clothing kept these youngsters cool at the Methodist Babies' Home yesterday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 26 wordsWhen the Australian Comforts Fund holds a flag and button day next month, a cartoon by Armstrong, published in "The Argus" ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 396 wordsWELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday.— While the inter-island steamer Wahine was in Cook Strait last night on her voyage from ...
Article : 226 wordsLONDON, December 11.—A number of British aircraft factories were open for inspection by representatives of the Press of Great Britain, ...
Article : 285 wordsIt is reliably reported that Dr. A. R. Dafoe, who attended the birth of the Dionne quintuplets, has resigned as one of their guardians. ...
Article : 129 wordsThe Nazi Ambassador in Rome (Dr. von Mackensen) has arrived in Berlin to meet Herr Hitler and other Nazi Ministers. He will return to Rome early next ...
Article : 100 wordsEveryone appears to agree that if the oversea dress bill, amounting to about £4,000,000, could be diverted to Australia it would be a ...
Article : 303 wordsAlthough increased tourist traffic is expected to flow to Australia as a result of the wars in Europe and the Far East, Australian travel ...
Article : 260 wordsCANBERRA, Friday.—Canadians living in Canada like centrally heated homes; and Canadians who come to live in Australia apparently ...
Article : 175 wordsSeveral new classes will be called up next week for service in the German Army, according to reports received by "The Argus" service here. ...
Article : 45 wordsIn recognition of their services in action against the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee, the Admiralty announced last night the following ...
Article : 138 wordsNews from Queensland of a prolific crop of water-melons in the northern State may make Melbourne's devotees of the fruit sigh ...
Article : 185 wordsDr. Robert Hodgson Cole, former city coroner, died in a Geelong private hospital yesterday at the age of 81 years. Dr. Cole, who was both a doctor of ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 184 wordsIn an effort to obtain double pay for tramway-men required to work in the early hours of public holidays, the State secretary of the Tramways Union (Mr. ...
Article : 175 wordsCANBERRA, Friday.—No relaxation of the Commonwealth Government's embargo on the export of iron ore is likely to result from a survey begun more than ...
Article : 121 wordsHollywood movie stars who appear in the film "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," which had its Australian premiere at the Majestic Theatre last night, sent ...
Article : 71 wordsArline Judge, screen actress, has filed a suit for divorce at Bridgeport, Connecticut, against her wealthy sportsman husband, Dan Topping, alleging ...
Article : 29 wordsThe individuality of native Australian names has been the subject of controversy in Melbourne since the reported decision of the St. ...
Article : 216 wordsVictoria's largest, heaviest, and most powerful railway engine, the giant new "H" class locomotive, is taking shape at the Newport workshops, and will soon be ...
Article : 118 wordsMelbourne consumed its fourth greatest volume of water in the 24 hours up to 9 a.m. yesterday. The consumption was 151,925,000 gallons. ...
Article : 93 wordsAppointment of the Commonwealth Prices Commissioner (Professor D. B. Copland) to fill the third vacant commissionership of the State Savings Bank ...
Article : 49 wordsAllegations of delay in the production of Beaufort aircraft in Australia were without foundation, the Minister for Supply (Mr. Casey) said last night. ...
Article : 124 wordsImitation life-belts were the "curse of life-savers' lives," and more dangerous than protective, the secretary of the Royal Life Saving Society (Mr. E. A. Pleydell) ...
Article : 98 wordsCANBERRA, Friday.—A definition of wrought gold for the purposes of the gold acquisition regulations has been issued by the Commonwealth ...
Article : 75 wordsWAGGA, Friday.—Two people were rescued from drowning in the Murrumbidgee River at Wagga to-day. They were: —Camelia Booth, 17, and James Gordon, ...
Article : 126 wordsSecond victim of an accident in Carlisie street, St. Kilda, on Tuesday, James McRae, of Grosvenor street, Balaclava, died in the Alfred Hospital yesterday. ...
Article : 60 wordsCANBERRA, Friday.—War conditions will probably cause the cancellation of the proposed official visit to Australia about Easter by the Governor-General of the ...
Article : 53 wordsAirways companies report their busiest Christmas on record, and bookings remain heavy into the first week of the new year. Ansett Airways said that the ...
Article : 73 wordsThe Trustees, Executors, and Agency Co. Ltd. is applying for a reseal of probate of the will of Mr. Hubert Arthur Lee Steere, formerly of Woolgorong ...
Article : 106 wordsHomes which look outstanding are painted with one of the new distinctive colours obtainable only in "BU-TEX" SUN-TESTED PAINTS, which are made ...
Article : 75 wordsThe safe of a State Savings Bank agent, Miss K. Killeen, of New street, Gardenvale, was robbed early yesterday morning of £150. The thief entered ...
Article : 52 wordsSYDNEY Friday. — Thomas Crawford McDowell, 58, was fighting a bush fire on his property in Pymble road. Belrose, to-day, when he collapsed and died. ...
Article : 30 wordsA game of—well, say, poker, among men of the Second A.I.F. at Blamey House last night. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Sat 30 Dec 1939, Page 3
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