SYDNEY, Sunday.—Two men whose bodies were found in rugged country near Waterfall railway station this morning are believed by police to have died as a result ...
Article : 150 wordsEx-service men throughout Australia are to be trained by the Returned Soldiers' League as gunners, sappers, signallers, machine-gunners, and in other ...
Article : 315 wordsLatest vigorous recruiting poster for the Royal Australian Air Force. It is being distributed throughout the Commonwealth. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 20 wordsContinuing at a rate that has deilighted national leaders and recruiting officers, Victoria's enlistment for A.I.F. service reached new ...
Article : 511 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—About 40,000 men and women, meeting in the Domain to-day under the auspices of the newly formed ...
Article : 322 words"The character of this latest—and probably of future wars—justifies the extreme blockade. It will make future wars more difficult in their inception, because, ...
Article : 678 wordsAustralian warships on a brief visit to port after patrol duty. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 17 wordsDouglas Ernest Evans. 26, of Primrose st., Essendon, salesman, was charged in the City Court on Saturday with the murder of James Charles Edwards. 47. ...
Article : 98 wordsMelbourne's great "Win the War" rally at the Town Hall on Wednesday night to assist the War Loan campaign is expected to attract such it huge audience that ...
Article : 361 wordsTo achieve the Federal Government's objective of a first-line air strength of 19 squadrons, five more service squadrons are soon to be formed in the R.A.A.F. ...
Article : 302 wordsBRISBANE, Sunday.—onscription was advocated by Archbishop Wand, Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane, in a broadcast address to-night. He challenged ...
Article : 135 wordsAlthough attendances at churches yesterday were far below the record of last week's "call to prayer" services, they were above ...
Article : 130 wordsWhile most members of the Sixth Division occupied Puckapunyal camp under summer conditions, the Seventh Division will do its training in winter. ...
Article : 169 wordsMeetings of citizens in country centres on Saturday unanimously urged the necessity for a greater war effort. Employment of the services of returned soldiers ...
Article : 493 wordsAssaulted by three men at the corner of Nicholson and Johnston sts., Abbotsford, on Saturday night, William Flannery 58, of Victoria cres., Abbotsford, was ...
Article : 43 wordsWarrant-officer Percy James Pritchard, 22, who was killed in a plane crash at Southport (Q.) last week, was buried at Melbourne General Cemetery yesterday. ...
Article : 107 wordsTributes to the long and faithful service of the late Canon Crotty were paid yesterday at memorial services at Christ Church, Acland st., St. Kilda, ...
Article : 51 wordsAdrian Quist, Australian tennis champion and Davis Cup player; Len Thomas, captain-coach of North Melbourne Football club; and W. ("Chicken") Smallhorn. ...
Article : 525 wordsTwo pedestrians were killed in traffic accidents on Saturday night. Running in front of a car in Canterbury rd., near Fraser st., St. Kilda, ...
Article : 70 wordsPlans are being made by the Air Department, in consultation with the Victorian Railways and railways departments in other States, to establish mobile ...
Article : 73 wordsArchbishop Mannix presided at Solemn High Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral yesterday, when special prayers were said for the cessation of strife and for a ...
Article : 212 wordsMr. George Appleby, a former chief of the plain-clothes branch of the Victorian Police Force, from which he retired in 1922 with the rank of superintendent, ...
Article : 60 wordsBeginning to-day more than 2,000 reinforcements for the A.I.F. will move into the new training camp at Balcombe, Mt. Martha, from Caulfield, Williamstown, ...
Article : 121 wordsCASTLEMAINE, Sunday.—Mr. W. D. Hodson, M.L.A. for Castlemaine-Kyneton, has been accepted for service in the A.I.F. and expects to be called up immediately. ...
Article : 28 wordsTwo of three brothers were injured when a car struck their billy cart in Swan st., near Brighton st., Richmond, on Saturday night. ...
Article : 57 wordsMr. Henry Miston Smith, who died on Friday, aged 82, was for many years a leading member of the chorus of the J. C. Williamson Opera Company, and ...
Article : 103 wordsOn behalf of the Federal Institute of Accountants, Mr. E. M. Barker, president, has written to Mr. Menzies and the leaders of the Federal parties stating that ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 223 wordsAmong week-end accident victims were:— Reginald McIntyre, 17, of Hopkins st., Footscray; his bicycle and car collided in ...
Article : 58 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday. — Officials of craft unions in Sydney at the week-end expressed opposition to employees working a shift of 12 hours a day in factories ...
Article : 115 wordsTwo vital Labour conferences will be held this month, which will determine definitely the official attitude of the movement on Federal and State National ...
Article : 88 wordsA large congregation attended the dedication on Saturday afternoon by Mr. T. H. Scambler, principal, of the new Chown Memorial Chapel at the College of ...
Article : 93 wordsBALLARAT, Sunday.—Mr. William Henry Middleton, 76, principal of Middleton and Morris Pty. Ltd., one of the best-known figures in Ballarat, died at a ...
Article : 102 wordsEscaping injury in a car crash near Chapple Vale on Saturday, George Valentine Brooks, 31, of Mason st., West Preston, was killed soon afterward when a ...
Article : 138 wordsBALLARAT, Sunday.—The time was ripe for revision of unemployed lists to see how many men could be trained in the manufacture of armaments, said Mr. ...
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Advertising : 47 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday. — A.I.F. troops in training in N.S.W. and in process of enlistment total about 19 000 men, of whom 10,900 are actually in camp. About ...
Article : 73 wordsGISBORNE, Sunday. — Because an ambulance was travelling behind a car which struck her bicycle, swift assistance was given to Miss Olive Lock, 46, of ...
Article : 83 wordsAbout 200 municipalities have been asked by Cr.E.C. Rigby, president of the Municipal Association, to call public meetings to urge the formation of a ...
Article : 140 wordsIncluding one gift of £500 from Williamstown Racing Club a large number of additional contributions have been received for the appeal for building the new ...
Article : 337 wordsHOBART, Sunday. — "Although the recruiting drive has been launched only a couple of days recruiting is proceeding apace, and the result is beyond ...
Article : 70 wordsMT. GAMBIER, Sunday.—Betty Sealy, five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. Sealy, was killed instantly to-day when she was crushed between two ...
Article : 40 wordsAt a meeting of Clayton and district citizens a Home Front Defence League was formed to assist in combating the activitles of the "fifth column." ...
Article : 29 wordsMeeting a wish which has been expressed recently by correspondents to "The Argus," orchestras played the "Marseillaise" before "God Save the ...
Article : 85 wordsBRISBANE, Sunday.—Two men were killed and three injured when a motortruck skidded and overturned near Eumamurrin, in the Toma district, last night. ...
Article : 85 wordsWAGGA (N.S.W.), Sunday.—Returned soldiers of the Tarcutta and Ladysmith districts passed a resolution strongly recommending the Federal executive of the ...
Article : 53 wordsMORWELL, Sunday.—Immediate formation of a National Government was demanded at one of the largest gatherings ever held in Gippsland it Morwell ...
Article : 137 wordsparaded for inspection by Mrs. A. W. Coles, Lady Mayoress, at Merton Hall on Saturday. The girls wore working dress uniform. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 30 wordsPlans have been made by officers of the Department of Agriculture for a sustained attack on Argentine ants, which have infested at least 15 areas in ...
Article : 117 wordsGeneral high standard of both pasture and lucerne fields entered in the Maffra competition was commended by the judge, Mr. E. T. Beruldsen, in his report to the ...
Article : 92 wordsThe B.E.F.'s position in Belgium could be compared to that of Sir John Moore's force of 25 000 when withdrawing from north-west Spain to Corunna, said ...
Article : 125 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday. — George James Caldwell, 24, electrical mechanic, of Queanbeyan, was charged on Saturday under the secrets section of the ...
Article : 74 wordsMANSFIELD, Sunday. — When a car skidded on gravel on the bridge at the east end of Bonnie Doon last night it struck two girls. Else Margaret Harris, ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 3 Jun 1940, Page 7
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