ARARAT. — Mr. J. E. Briggs was presented with a gift by councillors and officers of the Ararat Town Council in honour of his approaching marriage. ...
Article : 815 wordsWARRNAMBOOL, Wednesday. — A comprehensive test of the Warrnambool air raid precautions organisation was made to-night, covering a system of ...
Article : 338 wordsDISCUSSION rages over the TurcoBulgarian agreement. Much of it is contradictory, as is usual when "wishful thinking" holds the floor, and in ...
Article : 588 words[As the large number of letters received makes a choice necessary, only those carrying writers' names for publication can be considered. Letters should not exceed 160 words.—Ed. "A."] ...
Article : 198 wordsThe body of Aircraftman Donald Clarence Want, 22, of Narrandera Elementary Flying Training School, who was accidentally drowned while ...
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Advertising : 499 words"Australia is Singapore's breadbasket," said the "Daily Telegraph's" Singapore correspondent, when commenting upon the landing of Australian troops to take ...
Article : 230 wordsGEELONG, Wednesday. —At an inquest to-day into the death of Arthur Ronald Thomson, 22, Neath st., Surrey Hills, Mr. F. G. H. Ritchie, deputy coroner, ...
Article : 331 wordsSir,—It is to be hoped that official notice will be taken of the letter in "The Argus" of Tuesday concerning Japanese and their cameras. "Prevention is ...
Article : 57 wordsSir,—The main fault of the present system of petrol rationing is that it does not discourage the extravagant use of high-powered cars to transport one or ...
Article : 328 wordsThree additional historical tablets for the city are contemplated by the Ballarat Historical Society. One will be on the site of Bentley's Hotel. Eureka street, ...
Article : 75 wordsA fine of £ 10 was imposed on Ronald Frank Beaverstock, taxi-car driver, Ryrie st., Geelong, in the City Court yesterday, on a charge of having, on February 6, ...
Article : 280 wordsAlthough Mrs. Susan Power, who died this week in Cobden at the age of 75, had placed it on record that Ned Kelly, Australia's notorious bushranger,. whom she ...
Article : 346 wordsBritain s potato crop now being harvested is reported to be the most perfect ever known in that country. The yield is 16,000lb. to the acre, the highest since ...
Article : 173 wordsSir,—In spite of the great work being done by organisations in sending reading matter to our forces here and abroad there is still an urgent need for a further ...
Article : 85 wordsBoards controlling the marketing of primary products were criticised yesterday by Mr. Hollway, State Opposition leader. ...
Article : 169 wordsYALLOURN, Wednesday. — Fatal injuries were suffered this afternoon by John Alexander Bradley, 32, of Morwell, while working at the Yallourn power ...
Article : 92 wordsCOBDEN, Wednesday.—A case of acute infantile paralysis was reported in Cobden to-day, the victim being a man aged 30. He was admitted to the Colac ...
Article : 31 wordsSir,—The State Advisory War Council I has recommended to Cabinet that financial aid be given to private enterprise to encourage the development of fuel ...
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Advertising : 603 wordsLetter main close at Elizabeth st. P.O. as under: G.P.O., Spencer st., 20 minutes later, unless marked, which indicates same time at both offices. ...
Article : 322 wordsIn his report for January to the Council of Agricultural Education, Mr. G. B. Woodgate, principal of Dookie Agricultural College, states that the ...
Article : 153 wordsBALLARAT, Wednesday.—Identified by residents from the published description, the boy, aged 16 years, who escaped from a cell at the Ballarat city watchhouse ...
Article : 107 wordsSir,—Would it not be possible to start the tube railway at the present time? If, as I understand, it will be a circular one around the city and will be built some ...
Article : 62 wordsSir,—Mr. Hume-Cook quotes 1921, and says that galvanised iron was £40 a ton, but the price was reduced when manufacture started in Australia. Why did he ...
Article : 244 wordsNo difficulty is likely to be experienced in disposing of all the barley crop in the Commonwealth this season, states a circular issued yesterday by the Barley ...
Article : 64 wordsPOSTAGE RATES (For To-day's issue of "The Argus").—Australasia and New Zealand, 1d.; United Kingdom (overland), 1d.; (all-sea route), 1d.; other British possessions, 1d.; USA and ...
Article : 122 wordsMiss Nina Murdoch will give the national talk to-night from station 3AR at 8.30 on "A Century to Wander In." Seven news sessions will be heard during ...
Article : 270 wordsSir,—The remarks of the Acting Premier anent the housing shortage being only temporary, and that it would probably adjust itself after the war, is ...
Article : 94 wordsSir,—Your correspondents Mrs. Violet Hancocks (5/2/41) and Mrs. R. V. Hart (18/2/41) will be glad to know that in most of our metropolitan hospitals a ...
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Advertising : 26 wordsSir,—We are asked to "eat more apples," but they are frightfully expensive. The ordinary citizen is lucky if his children have half an apple every ...
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