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  2. VICE-REGAL

    Sir Percy Everett, deputy chief commissioner of the Boy Scouts' Association in England, has left Government House. ...

    Article : 20 words
  3. SYDNEY DAY BY DAY

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—It was discovered long ago that a tax or rate once imposed was difficult to remove. It would, in instances be easier to free oneself from the ...

    Article : 780 words
  4. Advertising

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    Advertising : 140 words
  5. SECURITY FOR EMPIRE'S WOOL

    INTERNATIONAL FUND Measures for the security of the great wool industry of the Empire were decided at the conference of representatives of wool growers of Australia, South Africa, and New ...

    Article : 807 words
  6. Mr. Lyons May Fly Back

    IF pressed for time, the Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) indicated last night that he would return by plane from England to Australia after the ...

    Article : 76 words
  7. PERSONAL

    The King and Queen have ended a brief visit to London and have left for Sandringham by train. Large crowds assembled at the station to cheer Their ...

    Article : 819 words
  8. POSTAGE RATES: "The Argus"

    Australasia and New Zealand, 1d.; United Kingdom, (overland) 2d., (all-sea route) 1d.; other British passessions, 2d.; U.S.A. and other Foreign countries, 3d. To ensure ...

    Article : 43 words
  9. New Police Chief

    The intention of the Ministry to appoint Chief Inspector Duncan as Commissioner of Police will give widespread satisfaction. With a fine ...

    Article : 137 words
  10. OVERSEAS NEWS

    By special arrangement Reuter's world service, in addition to other special sources of information, is used in the compilation of the overseas intelligence published in this ...

    Article : 89 words
  11. ANCESTRAL HOME OF LORD SOMERS

    Many incidents in his family history were recalled yesterday by Lord Somers when he met Mr. R. G. B. Skinner, solicitor of Collins street, a distant relative, ...

    Article : 397 words
  12. Letters to The Editor

    Sir, — Teachers find it difficult to understand how professional officers of the Education Department can defend the present student teacher system, a system ...

    Article : 752 words
  13. The Argus.

    "I am in the place where I am demanded of conscience to speak the truth, and therefore the truth I speak, impugn it whoso list." Business communications should be addressed ...

    Article : 128 words
  14. FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1937.

    Most sectional conferences, however representative in their character, possess interest only for those who are intellectually or financially ...

    Article : 733 words
  15. Punt Road Bridge

    A design has been prepared by the Country Roads Board to show what a bridge would look like over the Yarra at Punt road. A bridge built to ...

    Article : 157 words
  16. "Beginning of a New Era"

    "This motion is the beginning of a new era for the great industry of wool," said Mr. Douglas T. Boyd (Australia), in seconding the proposal Mr. Boyd said ...

    Article : 737 words
  17. KING GEORGE MEMORIAL AT CANBERRA

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—A technical committee of advisers met in Canberra to-day to consider alternative designs submitted by Australian sculptors for the ...

    Article : 148 words
  18. A Freezing Prospect

    The striker who wishes to be in the fashion stays in his employer's factory instead of staying out of it. The new craze demands from its ...

    Article : 216 words
  19. TASMANIAN ELECTIONS

    HOBART, Thursday.—The State Cabinet has decided that the general elections for the House of Assembly will be held on Saturday, February 20. The Governor ...

    Article : 125 words
  20. "INVISIBILITY" A MYTH

    Because it is against all the rational laws of science and logic, and because the "—Indian rope trick" and other illusions had proved that persons will believe ...

    Article : 228 words
  21. Workman's Death

    Sir,—It is appalling to read to-day of the death of a workman who fell 50ft. from a high section of a building at the intersection of Queen sheet and ...

    Article : 140 words
  22. RUSSIAN FILM BAN REMOVED Censor Reverses Decision

    The Deputy Appeal Censor for Films in Victoria (Mr. J. McRae) has reversed his earlier decision and has removed the ban placed by the Victorian Film Censor (Mr. ...

    Article : 257 words
  23. Aboriginal Children

    A fund has been opened to enable aboriginal children whose work was seen at the Childrens Week Exhibition, to be taught spinning, weaving, dyeing, ...

    Article : 104 words
  24. Aircraft Factory Site

    Replying yesterday to the Premier of South Australia (Mr. Butler), who had said, on the question of the establishment of an aircraft factory at Fishermen's ...

    Article : 122 words
  25. The Traffic Code

    Sir,—While all decent motorists are in favor of the application of reasonable laws for the regulation of traffic, it is unfair that an experimental set of rules ...

    Article : 263 words
  26. WATER FOR MISSION

    Please accept our heartfelt thanks for opening a subscription last to pay off the balance owing on our water supply. Your sympathy and helpfulness mean new ...

    Article : 218 words
  27. NEXT-OF-SKIN

    Representatives of wool organisations are discussing plans for an Empire-wide publicity campaign. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 13 words
  28. Banned American Play

    An unexpurgatcd presentation of the American play "The Children's Hour," which was at first banned in New York, and later in Great Britain, will be given ...

    Article : 137 words
  29. Names of Little Streets

    The town clerk (Mr. H. S. Woottoni said yesterday that he desired to hear the opinions of property owners and occupiers on the proposal to change the names of ...

    Article : 93 words
  30. Shark Victim's Family

    The Mordialloc branch of the Returned Soldiers' League is appealing for assistance for the widow and family of Mr. C. F. Swan, a fisherman, of Parkdale, who ...

    Article : 96 words
  31. Trades Hall Opposes Censorship

    The view that the system of censorship of books films and plays from oversea as at present being enforced by the Commonwealth and State Governments was ...

    Article : 116 words
  32. WILLS AND ESTATES

    Charles Flight, retired engine-driver, of Wedderburn, who died on November 21, left by will dated August 18, 1936, real estate of a gross value of £3,100 and personal property of a ...

    Article : 83 words
  33. CAMEL CORPS MEETING

    The annual meeting of the Imperial Camel Corps Association of New South Wales will be held at Thorne's Cafe, Castiereagh street, Sydney, at 8 p.m. on February 10. Members ...

    Article : 56 words
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