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  2. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 181 words
  3. TELEPHONISTS' TROUBLES.

    During the past few months there has been increasing discontent among the telephonists at the Central Telephone Exchange. Complaints have been made ...

    Article : 879 words
  4. ITEMS OF INTEREST

    The Minister for Defence has directed that officers in [?]arge of troops on transports will in future take charge of all Red Cross goods put on vessels for the use of members ...

    Article : 1,112 words
  5. WORKERS' DEMANDS

    As neither the employers nor the officials of the Storemen and Packers' Union will agree to a compromise, there appears to be no immediate prospect of the settlement of ...

    Article : 408 words
  6. AUSTRALIAN WHEAT

    The difficulties of the wheat scheme are becoming very real. The most serious problem facing the committee is that of obtaining sufficient ships to transport the harvest. ...

    Article : 842 words
  7. MEN FOR THE ARMY.

    The week's recruiting figures show that 545 men volunteered, and that of these 326 were accepted for service. The previous week's figures were 476 and 266 respectively. ...

    Article : 262 words
  8. TIMBER WORKERS' WAGES.

    Trouble is threatened by the members [?] the Melbourne branch of the Amalgamated Timber Workers' Union, who come [?]der the jurisdiction of the City Wood Workers' ...

    Article : 151 words
  9. WHEAT AGENTS CHOSEN.

    The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Hagelthorn) announced on Saturday that Messrs. J. Darling and Sons, James Bell and Co., L. Dreyins and Co., and F. W. Prell and ...

    Article : 79 words
  10. WEST AUSTRALIAN CROPS.

    PERTH, Friday.—Mr. Grasby, agricultural editor of the "Western Mail," considers, after inspection, that the outbreak of rust in the crops in the Geraldton ...

    Article : 92 words
  11. NATIONAL FUNDS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 181 words
  12. MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES.

    The agreement between the Municipal Employees' Union and the various suburban municipal councils covering the industrial conditions of the members of the union ...

    Article : 139 words
  13. MENINGITIS.

    Three new cases of cerebro-spinal meningitis occurred in the metropolitan area between Saturday morning and late last evening. No deaths from this disease ...

    Article : 34 words
  14. CASES AT BALLARAT.

    BALLARAT, Sunday.—Mary Daly, aged 19 months, of Ascot street south, and Mabel Stables, aged 8 years, of Doveton street north, were admitted to hospital on ...

    Article : 86 words
  15. CONDUIT WORKERS' STRIKE.

    The strike of 105 conduit workers employed by the Postal department, who ceased work on Thursday, in order the force their demand for an increase in the ...

    Article : 173 words
  16. SYDNEY FIGURES.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—On Saturday [?] volunteers for the Expeditionary Forces were accepted at the metropolitan recruiting depots. The number accepted for the ...

    Article : 28 words
  17. "COLD FEET BRIGADE."

    Commenting on a speech by Mr. Boyd, M.H.R., at Brighton on Friday, a headquarters official states:—"Mr. Boyd refers to citizen force officers at camps as the ...

    Article : 146 words
  18. "THE ARGUS" LIST.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 34 words
  19. DEATH AT BENDIGO.

    BENDIGO, Saturday.—Another death from cerebro-spinal meningitis occurred in the hospital this morning, the victim being Lionel Kershaw, 9 years of age, who was ...

    Article : 60 words
  20. AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 75 words
  21. NO STRIKE AT SYDNEY.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—As far as can be gathered there is no present prospect of the Sydney storemen going on strike in sympathy with the storemen in Melbourne. A ...

    Article : 50 words
  22. CASE AT GEELONG.

    GEELONG, Sunday.—The first case for a month of cerebro-spinal meningitis in an acute form was on Sunday admitted to the Geelong Hospital, the victim being a young ...

    Article : 44 words
  23. NEW SOUTH WALES DISPUTES

    NEWCASTLE (N.S.W.), Saturday.—The strike of engineers and blacksmiths at the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's iron and steel works continues. The position ...

    Article : 103 words
  24. "THE ARGUS" LIST.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 46 words
  25. POSITION AT GEELONG.

    GEELONG, Sunday.—The wool stores dispute remains about as before. Large quantities of wool are arriving from up country stations at the Geelong goods ...

    Article : 150 words
  26. SYDNEY DISTURBANCES.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—As the result of a remarkable disturbance in the city on Saturday night, nineteen soldiers and two civilians were arrested on charges of riotous ...

    Article : 477 words
  27. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—I read with disgust the remarks made by Mr. Boyd, M.H.R., and published in "The Argus" under the above heading. There is no doubt these remarks refer to ...

    Article : 332 words
  28. VICTORIAN DIVISION.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 45 words
  29. Anglo-Russian Hospital.

    The Canadian Government has sent by cable the sum of £10,000 for the AngloRussian hospital, which is being organised for the Russian front. To complete the ...

    Article : 60 words
  30. BROKEN HILL MINERS.

    BROKEN HILL, Sunday.—Meetings of the underground mine workers were held on Friday night, yesterday, and to-day to hear the report of the delegates to the ...

    Article : 112 words
  31. RUBBER WORKS DISPUTE.

    The dispute at the rubber works of the Barnet Glass Company, Ltd., at Footscray, has resulted in 73 men being thrown out of employment, and if the demands of the ...

    Article : 346 words
  32. A COLD DAY.

    Bitterly cold weather was experienced in Melbourne yesterday. Mr. Hunt, the Commonwealth meteoroligist, stated that the weather was unseasonable, but by no means ...

    Article : 92 words
  33. BELGIUM'S NEED.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 82 words
  34. NAVAL DOCKYARD.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—A settlement has not yet been reached of the dispute at the naval dockyard, at Cockatoo Island. The dispute is between the engineers and ...

    Article : 97 words
  35. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—The remarks of Mr. Boyd, M.H.R., published in "The Argus" to-day, do a grevious injustice to many officers of the Australian military forces. Very many of ...

    Article : 209 words
  36. WINTRY SQUALLS AT SEA.

    There was again a sharp flavour of midwinter about the weather which prevailed yesterday along the coast and in Port Phillip. Stinging squalls of rain held sway ...

    Article : 128 words
  37. SERBIAN RELIEF FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 44 words
  38. ADVANCES TO FARMERS.

    Further explanation of some aspects of the wheat scheme was given by the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Hagelthorn) on Saturday when replying to published ...

    Article : 544 words
  39. FRENCH SOCIETE MATERNELLE FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 113 words
  40. MR. ARTHUR RUSSELL.

    A very large circle of friends will regret to hear that after an illness of a few days Mr. Arthur Francis Russell, the well-known dentist and managing director of Hoyt's ...

    Article : 233 words
  41. STATE PARLIAMENTS.

    PERTH, Saturday.—Parliament sat tukk after midnight, and the session was closed, the Legislative Assembly adjourning to January 24, and the Legislative Council to ...

    Article : 296 words
  42. SPORTING ITEMS.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—"Mick" King put up a surprisingly good fight against "Eddie" McGoorty at the Sydney Stadium on Saturday night, but the American proved too good for him. McGoorty ...

    Article : 341 words
  43. SEAMEN'S CLAIMS.

    Following the application of the Seamen's Union of Australasia for a variation of the existing award, Mr. Justice Higgins (the president of the Commonwealth ...

    Article : 222 words
  44. STRANGE MOTOR FATALITY.

    At about 8 o'clock yesterday evening a motor party drove up to the Morgue, bringing with them the dead body of a woman. The driver of the car, who gave a name and ...

    Article : 304 words
  45. SOLDIERS' WIVES AND MOTHERS.

    WANGARATTA, Saturday.—When returning to Melbourne from Sydney to-day Lady Helen Munro Ferguson visited Wangaratta by invitation of the mayoress (Mrs. ...

    Article : 218 words
  46. BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 25 words
  47. MILK FOR MEN IN THE TRENCHES.

    Sir,—On behalf of the president and committee of the Prahran branch, I would like to make [?] appeal to members and others for donations of 1/ and upwards for the above fund. All donations ...

    Article : 62 words
  48. CASUALTIES AND FATALITIES

    The death was investigated at the Morgue on Saturday of Sarah Floyd, aged 46 years, unmarried, who was injured on November 8 through stepping off an electric tram in ...

    Article : 159 words
  49. VARIOUS EFFORTS.

    Mr. John Grice, hon. treasurer of the Red Cross Fund for Sick and Wounded Australian Soldiers[?] intimates that the drawing of teh raff[?]e of a Wolse[?]y motor-car resulted in No. 7,333 ...

    Article : 52 words
  50. NEW ZEALAND FUNDS.

    AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Sunday.—The Auckland patriotic carnival was concluded last night. The Wounded Soldiers' Fund now amounts to £270,000, and large sums ...

    Article : 31 words
  51. ALLIES' DAY.

    The collection for Allies' Day at St. Kilda[?] amounted to £407. ...

    Article : 16 words
  52. FIREMEN'S DEMANDS.

    A dispute between firemen and the owners (Huddart, Parker, and Co.) of the liner Westralia on the subject of wages resulted in serious delay to that vessel, ...

    Article : 229 words
  53. THE GUN.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 255 words
  54. NEW SOUTH WALES POLITICS

    NEWCASTLE, Sunday.—At a special meeting of members of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association at the Trades Hall last night it was ...

    Article : 155 words
  55. ST. KILDA WELCOME HOME.

    Sir,—The St. Kilda, Patriotic Committee has arranged a welcome home to the returned wounded soldiers in the Town Hall on December 9, at 8 o'clock. All those ...

    Article : 71 words
  56. FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS.

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  57. CHRISTMAS IN CAMP.

    The Broadmeadows Mending and Soldiers' Aid Society has made an appeal in "The Argus" through the president (Mrs. Knight) for funds to provide a Christmas ...

    Article : 139 words
  58. FOUND DROWNED.

    The body of a man was found yesterday morning floating in the Yarra between the Morgue and Prince's Bridge. The body is that of a man abont 50 years of age, 5ft. ...

    Article : 84 words
  59. Display Advertising

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  60. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—The name of Mr. F. Van[?] Consul for Belgium in Victoria, was inadvertently omitted from the Allied consuls[?] appeal in connection with Allies' Day.— ...

    Article : 36 words
  61. Display Advertising

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