CANBERRA, Friday.—Indications when Federal Parliament rose late to-night were that the cleavage between the two Ministerial parties, ...
Article : 181 wordsNumbers on Dunkirk beach are rapidly dwindling, and the Navy has almost won its race against time, say soldiers just arrived at a ...
Article : 259 wordsVictorians continued to respond yesterday to the urgent call for an unlimited number of A.I.F. recruits. The man-a-minute rate of ...
Article : 421 wordsBecause most Labour members consider they could give the Government no greater support than under the present arrangement, it is unlikely that a ...
Article : 100 wordsfor the Royal Australian Engineers in camp at Ocean Grove. Top—Engineers of the 6th Field Company firing a charge. Lower—Drilling a hole in the rock on the beach to take a charge. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 34 words"Well done, Royal Navy. Thanks from a darned pro-British Yankee." HAROLD A. TITCOMB, of Farmington, Maine. ...
Article : 601 wordsInquiries by police wireless patrols, working in conjunction with Room D24, have resulted the police claim, in clearing up 28 car thefts, and shop and garage ...
Article : 168 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—Internment of all enemy aliens and refugees and immediate formation of a National Government was demanded by a meeting of 3,000 people ...
Article : 83 wordsMr. L. A. Birtchnell, who died on Thursday, was principal of Birtchnell Pty. Ltd., estate agents, Queen st., city, which he founded 52 years ago. For 30 years ...
Article : 83 wordsCANBERRA, Friday.—pleasing feature of latest R.A.A.F. recruiting figures, said Mr. Fairbairn (Air Minister), is the increasing response of skilled fitters. For ...
Article : 110 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—To assist the Government's war effort, Mr. Harold Parle, Federal president of the Postal Electricians' Union, has appealed to members ...
Article : 113 wordsMr. John Latta, 84, a native of the Warrnambool district, has died. He was well known for many years as a racehorse owner and trainer. One of his ...
Article : 116 wordsCANBERRA, Friday.—After the customary last-minute rush and an all-night sitting Federal Parliament adjourned to-night till July 2. ...
Article : 281 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—Police have discovered William James Garthwaite Tagg, 54, chiropodist, whose body was found in a cleft of rock at Taylor's Bay on April 27, ...
Article : 182 wordsIt was unfortunate that the question of religion so often seemed to divide families, said Mr. Justice Martin in the Practice Court yesterday, when he granted a young ...
Article : 244 wordsCANBERRA, Friday.—The Wartime Companies Taxation Bill, discussion of which has been postponed, contains no exemptions or special provisions for ...
Article : 80 wordsBALLARAT, Friday.—An appeal to members of the Victorian Labour party to give a lead to other States on the formation of a State National Government, ...
Article : 131 wordsAn escort party of 50 members of the 21st Squadron, R.A.A.F., headed by the Air Force Band, were in the funeral cortege of Flight-Sergeant Richard ...
Article : 88 wordsAn anti-aircraft brigade of two regiments is being raised. Headquarters and one regiment will be reciuited in Victoria and trained at Bioadmeadows. The other ...
Article : 137 wordsFour Victorians are included in the third A.I.F. casualty list, issued yesterday by Southern Command headquarters. It reveals that one private has died of ...
Article : 114 wordsWorking of 12-hour shifts by Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation employees is being opposed by the Sheet Metal Workers' Union on the ground ...
Article : 115 wordsWarrant-officer Percy J. Pritchard, who was killed on Wednesday in a plane crash at Southport, Queensland, will be buried to-day with full Air Force honours ...
Article : 52 wordsAs ground parties were unable to cut their way through dense country in Mt. Erica district, an R.A.A.F. plane yesterday took up the search again for the ...
Article : 175 wordsOne of the largest excavators in Australia, the 100-ton dredge which has been working some time on the new Appleton Dock proved itself too fast ...
Article : 136 wordsBecause of expanding needs of wartime technical training plans, the Gordon Institute for Boys, which is in the heart of Melbourne Technical College ...
Article : 145 wordsB and C grade teams to represent League baseball in the carnival at South Melbourne on June 17 were announced last night as follow:— B TEAM.—A. Whitehead and D. Howell ...
Article : 164 wordsA quick change will be worked at His Majesty's next week. After an all-time record season of a day short of 13 weeks, the De Basil ballet company will end ...
Article : 133 wordsRoss Gregory and Harry Alexander, both of whom have played cricket for Australia, and Norman Ley. Melbourne's most consistent pennant batsman last ...
Article : 131 wordsReturning from canberra yesterday, Mr. C. Crofts, A.C.T.U. secretary, said a meeting of the emergency committee would be held immediately to discuss ...
Article : 84 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—At Parramatta Police Court to-day. Rudolph Auerbach, 27, a German Jew, who has been in Australia since July, was sentenced to three ...
Article : 109 wordsMelbourne's fondness for "Les Presages" was again demonstrated last night when a revival brought a large house to His Majesty's and received a ...
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Advertising : 153 wordsMr. A. Treloar, 1940 Rhodes scholarelect, has enlisted in the Seventh Division, and has been commissioned as a lieutenant with the 2/14th Battalion. He ...
Article : 59 wordsThe Lilydale sub-branch of the R.S.L. will organise immediately a "drive" to collect £200 as a gift to the Government for purchasing 100 soldiers' ...
Article : 30 wordsAll collections above normal at Malvern Presbyterian Church will in future be devoted to patriotic purposes. Mr. A. Dean, secretary, said yesterday ...
Article : 70 wordsCANBERRA, Friday.—Mr. Menzies declined to comment to-day on a suggestion that scrap metal shipments leaving Australia for foreign destinations ...
Article : 73 wordsBecause of naval expansion the following ex-ratings are urgently required, subject to medical fitness and previous service being satisfactory:—Petty officer and ...
Article : 87 wordsWAGGA (N.S.W.), Friday.—Referring to-day to the formation of the Wagga "sixth column," Mr. John Graham, leader, said that it was not proposed to ...
Article : 71 wordsSubstantial concessions, to operate forthwith, in charges for telegrams to and from members of the Australian Military, Naval, and Air Forces were announced ...
Article : 109 wordsThree retiring members of the Melbourne City Council were endorsed as candidates for the annual election by the central executive of Victorian Labour ...
Article : 108 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—To-day 1,000 men were drafted into A.I.F. units in camp at Ingleburn and at the Sydney Showgrounds making a total of 7,795 men of ...
Article : 115 wordsNineteen nominees for Labour selection for the vacant Coburg seat in the Legislative Assembly were approved last night by the central executive of the ...
Article : 141 wordsOn Monday, at 9 a.m., the Myer annual winter sale will open, and some idea of the bargains that will be offered will be gained by turning to Pages 11 to 14 of this ...
Article : 64 wordsPrivate G. W. and A. R. Munro aren't worrying whether the canteen's wet or dry right now! They're having a quick pick-meup with a steaming cup of Bonox. "It's great stuff for giving you a lift", says Private A. R. Munro. Bonox pours new strength ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 96 wordsCaptain N. F. Jeffery (left) and Colonel F. J. Alderson, liaison officer appointed for the recruiting campaign, inspecting the latest official recruiting poster. The poster will be displayed throughout the Commonwealth. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Sat 1 Jun 1940, Page 5
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