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  2. AMONG PROMINENT PEOPLE, PAPERS and POLITICIANS

    "Do we, even now, realise fully what the war means, and what as a nation we have got to do before we can expect to win it? I have just come back ...

    Article : 111 words
  3. BOOKS THAT WILL LIVE.

    Amongst the new books issued this season by Angus and Robertson is a pocket edition of "The Sentimental Bloke." This book has hit the target ...

    Article : 721 words
  4. USEFUL RECIPES.

    Mountain Pudding. — Four ounces of suet firmly chopped, one ounce of flour, four ounces of fine breadcrumbs, one ounce of ground rice, four ounces of ...

    Article : 194 words
  5. POULTRY FARMING FOR WOMEN.

    Many women are at present seeking new avenues of employment that will help to fill the gaps in the ranks of men workers caused by the war — and ...

    Article : 950 words
  6. IMPORTANT DISTINCTION.

    "I think I may repeat what I said more than once at the beginning of the war; that all our money and all our lives should be regarded as the common ...

    Article : 112 words
  7. WHAT'S IN A NAME!

    "I heartily approve of conscription, but I think it is a great pity it is called conscription instead of compulsory service." — Lady Cullen (wife of ...

    Article : 37 words
  8. AUSTRALIA'S LIFE BLOOD.

    "To win the war' is the slogan with which Mr. Hughes calls us forward to vote 'Yes.' The cry is absurdly futile; the comparative handful of men whom ...

    Article : 71 words
  9. A SPORT.

    "The British soldier is a good sportsman. He enlisted for the war in a sporting spirit, to see fair play for a small nation trampled upon by a bully. ...

    Article : 150 words
  10. CITRON JELLY.

    Prepare some strong salt and water. Place the citrons in the solution, and allow them to soak at least twelve hours. Then cut the fruit into slices and boil ...

    Article : 149 words
  11. THE VERY BASIS.

    "Freedom of speech is the very basis of the Labour movement; without it democracy would be stifled. Holding this view, Mr. Holman, myself, and ...

    Article : 84 words
  12. MAKING HISTORY.

    We are treated to the astounding spectacle of a clique, who by some means find themselves in power, using their temporary authority to expel from ...

    Article : 102 words
  13. NOT AFFECTED.

    "The war-time profits tax will not affect us at all, as the only way we have been affected is to make a wartime loss." — General Manager A.M.P., ...

    Article : 33 words
  14. WHEN COOKING RHUBARB.

    Rhubarb, which is just now so plentiful and cheap, docs, I admit, present almost insuperable difficulties to the woman who wants to keep down her ...

    Article : 97 words
  15. THE REASON GONE.

    "We had been brought up with a horror of militarism, and this feeling of horror still survived. But the reason for that belief bad gone, and it was ...

    Article : 53 words
  16. OBEY THE CAPTAIN.

    "Suppose a man took passage in a steamer, and a storm came on, and the captain, disregarding all individuals as such, battened down all passengers, ...

    Article : 149 words
  17. THE CHILDREN.

    "I cannot conceive any more appropriate testimony to the chivalry and courage of our merchant service than the organisation of the most ample ...

    Article : 66 words
  18. FURIOUS.

    "I am furious with people who say conscription is undemocratic." — Mrs. Bogue Luffman (secretary of the Women's Reform League). ...

    Article : 23 words
  19. Advertising

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  20. GRIMANIC.

    "Great Britain is fighting for world supremacy, will an expenditure of strength' that is unexampled in history. She is breaking one international law ...

    Article : 66 words
  21. NEW VERSION..

    "Though unshaken, we have no reason for optimism. The new British army of 300,000 men was recently thrown in between the River Ancre and ...

    Article : 32 words
  22. WHAT RIGHT!

    "Physically, mentally, and morally, conscription would be the greatest evil ever forced upon Australia. What right has any man in temporary office to ...

    Article : 40 words
  23. CONSCRIPTION FOR WOMEN.

    "If there is conscription of men, there should be conscription of women as well — not, of course, for the fighting line, but for home activities. I believe ...

    Article : 57 words
  24. STRAIGHT TALK.

    "The referendum will do more than decide the military question. The tyranny of the P.L.L. is rearing its ugly head and looking out menacingly in ...

    Article : 139 words
  25. DO WOMEN REALISE!

    "The very word 'conscript' is hateful. Think what it means! Men drafted out like sheep and cattle. Do women realise the seriousness of the position!" ...

    Article : 39 words
  26. INCREDIBLE.

    "It is incredible that Australia could be made to appear so mean and and ignorantly stupid that when the Motherland calls for more men we hold back; ...

    Article : 69 words
  27. EMPIRE BUILDING.

    "We are proud of what Canada and Australia have done. These Commonwealths have sprung to manhood, they have become nations, and already from ...

    Article : 78 words
  28. A STORY OF THE JERRY-BUILDER.

    The foreman employed by a big contractor rushed into the office of the bogs, wide-eyed and palpitating. 'Boss,' he exclaimed, in agitated tones, "one ...

    Article : 80 words
  29. THE HANDMAID OF MILITARISM.

    "Conscription is the handmaid of militarism, and militarism the antithesis of morality." — Mrs. Mary Hungerford-McMahon, secretary of the ...

    Article : 31 words
  30. THE REASON WHY.

    "I am opposed to the referendum because we have no right to go to the ballot-box to swear away men's lives." — Mrs. Locke Barns (President, of the ...

    Article : 42 words
  31. A PUBLIC CRIME.

    "Every form of government has its special faults. Despotisms lack sympathy; aristocracies are selfish; but the Special failing of democracies is ...

    Article : 107 words
  32. AN OLD ENEMY.

    To prevent the intrusion of flies the outside frame of the larder window may be brushed over With carbolic the odour of which will not penetrate inside to ...

    Article : 92 words
  33. EMPHATIC.

    "I absolutely deny anyone's right to give the last man in Australia, as though he were a bale of goods' or other commercial commodity. If Britain sent ...

    Article : 88 words
  34. DEFENCE.

    "One of the banners in a recent national prohibition procession of thousands of women in Edinburgh blazoned the words: 'To defend the Bealm we ...

    Article : 55 words
  35. EXPLANATION.

    "Conscription would not be the bugbear, it is if people only realised that it meant selection — the selection of the right man for the right place, and not ...

    Article : 53 words
  36. NEVER TOO OLD TO LOOK YOUNG.

    You may be gray even to whiteness. But yon cannot be too gray to look young again at once. "Marie" Permanent Hair Stain will restore your gray ...

    Article : 141 words
  37. THE R.V.A.

    The Rejected Volunteers' Association of N.S.W. has resolved that members assist in the erection of a shooting gallery and band stand for the ...

    Article : 127 words
  38. WARNER'S RUST PROOF CORSETS

    The most economical because the Warner name on a Corset means longer wear and better style while it wears. It carries assurance, too, that every inch ...

    Article : 53 words
  39. GEOGRAPHICAL CONSCIENCE.

    "We are developing all sorts of things in this country, and one of these things is a geographical conscience. It was all right to fight in Australia, but ...

    Article : 119 words
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