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  2. "NO LIMIT TO THE A.I.F."

    is the new clarion call, and hundreds of men answered it at the Town Hall yesterday. The story is told in this series of special pictures, reading from the top, left to right:—Crowds wait for enlistment papers. A bald head is no bar to service. Queues are formed as the men await medical examination. Recruits leave in trucks for Caulfield. The young men march into camp to become soldiers. With Slouch hats and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. TOTAL PRIVATE CO-OPERATION

    Total co-operation of all private individuals with all their resources was essential for a united Australian war effort, the Lord Mayor told ...

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  4. Letters to the Editor

    Sir,—While applauding the motives moving the executive of the R.S.S.I.L.A. to re-form units of the old A.I.F. for home protection, one must be chary of ...

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  5. STATE NATIONAL MINISTRY U.A.P. Plan For War Effort

    Sinking of all party differences, formation of a National Ministry, and intense concentration of all war efforts were approved ...

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  6. PREMIERS WANT MR. THEODORE Loan Council Post

    SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Every Premier at the Loan Council meeting in Canberra on Tuesday supported a proposal made by Mr. ...

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  7. DAILY DIGEST OF WORLD NEWS AND VIEWS

    "We do well to reject all revolutionary optimism and all romantic utopianism. For the fact of sin in man and the power of evil in the world are grimly real. But ...

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  8. A "CASUAL CROWD"

    Sir,—And so we all went to church last Sunday. As loyal citizens we obeyed the King. When were our churches so full! When did we have to drive from ...

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  9. A.C.T.U. MEETS MR. MENZIES

    CANBERRA, Wednesday. — Good progress towards the formation of an industrial advisory panel to assist in war industries was made ...

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  10. R.A.A.F. PLANE CRASHES

    BRISBANE, Wednesday. — Two R.A.A.F. officers were killed this morning when a Wirraway machine crashed on private property on the ...

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  11. BIG POST FOR G.M.C. CHIEF

    Appointment of Mr. William K. Knudsen, president of General Motors Corporation, as one of two chiefs of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  12. FROM DEPOT TO CAMP Recruiting Active

    "There must be no lull and no interruption to the flow of recruits for the A.I.F.," Brig.-General Lloyd, Director General of Recruiting, ...

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  13. NOT OFFICER OF GOVERNMENT

    Although Mr. Menzies claimed on Tuesday that appointment of a Works Co-ordinator was a matter for the Government, Mr. Cosgrove, ...

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  14. WOMEN IN WAR TIME

    Sir,—Women, like British trade unionists, will need no rallying if their representatives act with men in making and administering plans to win the war. ...

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  15. UNITED STATE GOVERNMENT

    "I have no doubt that the Legislative Council will stand firmly behind a National Government for this State, and will not be satisfied ...

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  16. SPORT—OR RIFLES?

    Sir,—According to Press reports, attendances at race meetings, football, golf, and other sports have increased since war began. Supplies of motor fuels are being ...

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  17. LABOUR DILUTION

    Before leaving for Canberra yesterday, Mr. C. Crofts, secretary A.C.T.U., said that overwhelming acceptance of dilution of skilled labour by the Amalgamated ...

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  18. HOMICIDE SQUAD CHIEF

    "The Tiger" will take the place of "The Wolf" from to-day in tracking down murderers in Victoria. Yesterday Mr. Duncan, Chief ...

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  19. ENLISTMENTS OF MINORS

    CANBERRA, Wednesday. — Although it is usual to discharge minors from the defence forces if parents so request, it is not ...

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  20. CANTEEN GIFTS

    Many gifts received for the Australian Comforts Funds canteen at the Town Hall recruiting bureau yesterday were acknowledged by the Lady Mayoress. ...

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  21. TRAIN TO CAMPS

    With dates set for restoring nearly all important train services in Victoria by June 18, Railways Commissioners announced yesterday that the special train ...

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  22. ALIENS AND WAR

    Sir,—I agree with E. Martin that refugee Jews should be permitted to join the A.I.F. and fight for the country that protects them. No wonder Australian ...

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  23. MR. JOHN WREN GIVES £10,000

    CANBERRA, Wednesday. — Mr. Menzies announced to-day that he had received on behalf of the Commonwealth Government a cheque for £10,000 from ...

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  24. LABOUR STILL HOSTILE

    Opposition to joining a National Government under existing conditions was expressed yesterday by several Victorian Labour leaders, who claimed that ...

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  25. KILLED FELLING TREE

    Joseph O'Connor, 26, of East Trentham, was crushed to death at Gisborne yesterday when a tree which he was felling crashed on top of him. ...

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  26. £100 WAR GIFT

    The Lord Mayor received a cheque for £100 yesterday from Mr. Edward Wiseman, wholesale seed merchant, of Essendon, with the request that it be sent to ...

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  27. Y.N.O. CONFERENCE OFF

    Latest war developments have caused the abandonment of the annual conference of the Young Nationalists' Organisation, which was to have opened on ...

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  28. BENDIGO TRADES HALL AND GOVERNMENT

    BENDIGO, Wednesday. — Resolutions passed by Bendigo Trades Hall Council to-night affirmed loyalty to the present system of government in Australia and ...

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  29. BULLOCKS AT £26

    Ten Black Poll station-bred bullocks presented to the Commonwealth War Fund by Mr. Walter Bayles on behalf of Coomete Pty. Ltd., Coomete Station, ...

    Article : 135 words
  30. Advertising

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  31. WOMEN AND SPORT

    Sir,—I notice that women are still playing competitive golf and croquet, and that draws and results are being published, as if it really matters whether ...

    Article : 67 words
  32. NO ADELAIDE SHOW

    ADELAIDE, Wednesday. — No Royal Show will be held this year, the Showground being required by the Defence Department for training A.I.F. For many ...

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  33. ARTISAN LENDS £150

    CANBERRA, Wednesday. — An artisan in the electorate of Sir Henry Gullett, Acting Minister for Information, has lent to the Government for the duration ...

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  34. THIS ENGLAND

    Sir,—Nearly 30 years ago a lady in Cape Town handed me a poem, which appeared, I think (but I am not sure), in a paper called "The Owl." In August, 1914, by a ...

    Article : 138 words
  35. Advertising

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  36. TENNIS PLAYERS JOIN

    Several well-known pennant tennis players, including five Grace Park members—Don Lovett, Keith Dalgleish, Elvis Hanger, Ian Turner, and Jack ...

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  37. "LA MARSEILLAISE"

    Sir,—Is there any way of bringing to notice the "Marseillaise" in these days? It would be a compliment to our Allies as well as a stirring inspiration to us all ...

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  38. FOUR BOYS ENLIST; FATHER OFFERS

    COLAC, Wednesday.—Following enlistment in the A.I.F. of his sons Harold, Arthur, Donald, and Robert, Mr. Joseph Spokes, of Gravesend st., has offered his ...

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  39. HOME SERVICE

    Sir,—The success of the Town Hall meeting has inspired the community with a wish to help further. I suggest that all men between 45 and 65 should be ...

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  40. Obituary MR. DANIEL McCARTHY

    With the death on Sunday of Mr. Daniel McCarthy, of Danora, Traralgon, Gippsland has lost an old and highly respected resident. Born at Carlton in ...

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  41. GIVE MONTHLY

    Sir,—Voluntary assistance to war and war charities has been given in a very practical manner. I know of one firm south of the Yarra (not a very large ...

    Article : 124 words
  42. EGG MEN'S PROTEST

    Federal Government could not expect a maximum war effort when every producer's effort was controlled by a ridiculous legislation, said Mr. J. M. Atkinson, ...

    Article : 137 words
  43. FUNERAL FUND

    Sir,—Once again death has visited the aboriginal community in Melbourne, and, as invariably is the case with a people living on dole or sub-dole standard, they ...

    Article : 107 words
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