There was a considerable decline in recruiting in Victoria yesterday. Only 34 city men enlisted at the Town Hall Depot, and although the number of country men ...
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Article : 616 wordsThe English newspapers continue to pay great attention to the doings and sayings of the Australian Prime Minister. The "Evening News" (Unionist) ...
Article : 796 wordsSir,—Great recruiting efforts have been, and are being, made. The need at the front for every fit man, we are daily told, is urgent. Why is it, then, that some such ...
Article : 140 wordsSir,—Seeing a letter in "The Argus" from Chaplain Hudson, R.A.N., Williamstown, offering to supply information concerning the best means of sending Christmas-boxes ...
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Article : 691 wordsIt is announced at Lloyd's that the Galloper lightship, in the North Sea, off Harwich (England), has been torpedoed and sunk. It was in this vicinity that the ...
Article : 229 wordsThe Port and Transit Executive Committee in London has introduced a new form of shipping note, which is intended to relieve the congestion at ports. Some ...
Article : 83 wordsGreat Britain's air service was again a subject of discussion in the House of Commons on Wednesday. Among the speakers was Mr. Billing, ...
Article : 307 wordsThere is a movement on foot amongst several unions affiliated with the Eight Hours Anniversary Committee to make "No Conscription" displays a feature of the ...
Article : 226 wordsPrivate Thomas H. Dowell, who is a prisoner of war in Turkey, and was at the time he was taken prisoner connected with the 14th (Victorian) Battalion, D Company, ...
Article : 157 wordsSir,—Thomas Carlyle once wrote of "the majestic, silent men, silently thinking, silently working, whom no morning newspaper makes mention of; they are the salt ...
Article : 143 wordsAt a special council meeting of the Victorian Massage Association the following resolution was passed unanimously:— "That the members of this council ...
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Article : 130 wordsSir,—Mr. H. E. Jackson expresses contempt to-day for the Cycle rades Union's opposition to conscription. Surely Mr. Jackson will allow room for a difference of ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Fri 24 Mar 1916, Page 7
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