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  2. POLICE CHIEF ASKS FOR MOTORISTS' SUPPORT

    Officially opening the annual conference of the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria yesterday, the Chief Commissioner of Police (Mr. A. Duncan) appealed to all members for their continued support in his campaign to reduce the ...

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  3. PROMISE OF PEACE

    Wild scenes of enthusiasm such as can have seldom been witnessed anywhere before were presented at the May Day Field to-night when Herr Hitler and ...

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  4. WARSHIPS FOR MEDITERRANEAN

    Activity at Sheerness (England) when H.M.S. Cairo and the 8th Division of British destroyers were being prepared for their departure for Gibraltar. There, they joined the patrol in the Mediterranean to enforce the piracy pact signed at Nyon following the attacks on ships ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. FOREIGNERS IN SPAIN

    Immediate withdrawal of foreign volunteers from Spain was demanded by Senor Delvayo, the loyalist Spanish delegate, at a meeting of tho Sixth Committee of the ...

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  6. 100 BOMBS DROPPED ON AERODROME

    Tremendous holes were blown in the ground when Japanese airmen dropped 100 bombs on an aerodrome five miles from Wuhu yesterday. They disregarded the fact that the aerodrome was situated in ...

    Article : 611 words
  7. Reduction Sought In Petrol Tax

    Resolutions urging a reduction in the petrol tax and a fairer distribution of the proceeds for road-making purposes were moved by the president (Mr. J. A. ...

    Article : 605 words
  8. TREATY MAY CAUSE WAR

    The Prime Minister (General Hertzog) offered strong criticism to-day of the Treaty of Versailles, of which, he said, the people of Europe were never reminded ...

    Article : 178 words
  9. £10,000 REWARD OFFERED

    Following the assassination of the District Commissioner for Galilee (Mr. Lewis Yelland Andrews) and Constable Peter Robertson McEwan at Nazareth on ...

    Article : 177 words
  10. Meeting in Town Hall

    The Victorian branch of the League of Nations Union and the committee of the International Peace Campaign are arranging a meeting to organise a protest against ...

    Article : 105 words
  11. PETROL TAX IS DEFENDED

    The petrol tax was defended by the Minister for Customs (Lieut-Colonel White) at the annual dinner of the Royal Automobile Club to country delegates last ...

    Article : 291 words
  12. Professor Urges Action

    Immediate action in Australia to boycott Japanese goods as a protest against the bombing of civilians in Chinese cities is advocated by Professor Walter ...

    Article : 83 words
  13. CLERGYMAN AND HIS RIFLE

    A clergyman brought his rifle to the aid of a Paramount camera-man to-day, and probably saved his life. The photographer was taking pictures ...

    Article : 135 words
  14. AIR TOUR

    Mrs. Betty Kirby-Greene will be a flying ambassadress for Great Britain. She recently flew from London to Paris and back for a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 49 words
  15. N.Z. Fears Trade Loss

    Following the refusal of waterside workers to load the Japanese steamer Chifuku Maru, Auckland importers have asked the Prime Minister (Mr. Savage) ...

    Article : 57 words
  16. Children for Russia

    Two Russian steamers carrying hundreds of children whose Russian parents are living in Spain left the Thames to-day for Leningrad. ...

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  17. VISIT TO DUKE OF WINDSOR

    The Secretary for War (Mr. Hore-Belisha) called on the Duke of Windsor at the Hotel Meurice, in Paris, yesterday and remained with him for half an hour. ...

    Article : 102 words
  18. JAPAN AND WOOL

    Sir,—Japan—the nation which many of our woolgrowers and others insisted on calling friend, and helping at the expense of our own people at home. Well, we ...

    Article : 67 words
  19. CAPTURE OF LUGGER

    In a report to the Administrator (Mr. Abbott) on the capture of the pearling lugger Tokyo Maru No. 1, the master of the Larrakia (Captain Haultain) said that ...

    Article : 275 words
  20. "Red Rain" in China

    Sir,—On behalf of the Houseswives' Association and its thousands of members, I would like to express abhorrence at the inhumanity and savagery displayed by the ...

    Article : 72 words
  21. Lord Mayor's Comment

    While stating that Mr. Duncan's view was a "common-sense interpretation of the law," the Lord Mayor (Sir George Wales, M.L.C.) emphasised yesterday that ...

    Article : 26 words
  22. SPORTS STADIUM PROPOSED

    A sports and physical culture centre may be built on the site of the Crystal Palace, which was destroyed by fire toward the end of last year. ...

    Article : 85 words
  23. POLICE CHIEF AT R.A.C.V. MEETING

    Interpretations of the traffic code were given by the Chief Commissioner of Police (Mr. A. Duncan) yesterday when he addressed the annual conference of the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria. Seated at the table are the president of the club (Mr. J. A. Paterson) and the secretary ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  24. HUGE BOMBS IN AIR RAIDS

    Aerial bombs of a destructiveness not thought of in the Great War have been used in aerial attacks upon Chinese cities, according to reports which have reached ...

    Article : 94 words
  25. ARMISTICE DAY

    As usual, the Festival of Remembrance will be held in the Royal Albert Hall on Armistice Day (November 11). The King and Queen will attend. ...

    Article : 29 words
  26. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS

    Sir,—Would it not be well for some of our leading men to call a meeting of citizens for the purpose of expressing the general horror which is felt at the ...

    Article : 104 words
  27. WORKS, NOT ARMS

    Speaking at the opening of the Bonneville dam, in Oregon, to-day, President Roosevelt said that he could not help thinking that, instead of spending, ...

    Article : 94 words
  28. PROTECTION FOR MOTHERS

    Speaking at the annual conference of Labour women, the Minister for Health (Mr. S. W. Munsie) said that he had drafted a bill to amend the Health Act ...

    Article : 138 words
  29. ARRESTED AT WEDDING

    Both bride and bridegroom ana 12 guests were arrested to-day, when police raided a wedding party. It is alleged that the arrested persons ...

    Article : 55 words
  30. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS

    Sir,—Surely the sickening horror of the last few days will stir the civilised world into a grim determination to stop the cowardly murder of women, children, and ...

    Article : 216 words
  31. Consul Will Not Hear Protest

    Acting upon instructions from the Consul-General in Sydney, the Vice— Consul for Japan has decided not to receive the deputation from the ...

    Article : 119 words
  32. LONG JOURNEY IN SNOW

    A long journey on sk[?]s for assistance and the difficult task of carrying a man through snow on a sledge and then on a stretcher were accomplished successfully ...

    Article : 274 words
  33. BELGIUM ON LEAGUE COUNCIL

    Belgium has been elected unopposed to the third non-permanent seat on the Council of the League of Nations. The two other seats were awarded last week ...

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  34. MORE SENTENCED TO DEATH

    Nineteen more employees of the Grain Commission, including eight from Leningrad, have been sentenced to death for having infested warehouses with pests ...

    Article : 75 words
  35. FARMING METHODS CRITICISED

    Australian farming methods were backward, compared with those of New Zealand, said Mr. L. Corkhill, who returned by the Wanganella to rejoin the ...

    Article : 83 words
  36. UNIVERSITY MAY BENEFIT

    The medical school at the University of Melbourne may receive a substantial bequest from the estate of the late Miss Helen Mack[?]e, whose will has been sworn ...

    Article : 117 words
  37. VIVID CHURCH PAGEANT

    The pageant "One Hundred Years of Presbyterianism in Victoria," which was staged last night at the King's Theatre as part of the celebration of the centenary ...

    Article : 156 words
  38. NATIONALISATION OF ARMS

    In accordance with the new law for the nationalisation of armaments, which is operating gradually, General Lemoine, representing the Government, took over ...

    Article : 36 words
  39. ACTRESS OBTAINS DIVORCE

    Miss Martha Raye, the film actress, was granted a divorce to-day from her husband, Mr. Hamilton Westmore, in an uncontested suit. ...

    Article : 76 words
  40. Japanese Ship Delayed

    Industrial lenders in New South Wales have condemned the bombing of defenceless Chinese and are endeavouring to organise a boycott of Japanese goods. ...

    Article : 140 words
  41. GOLD, EXCHANGES, AND MARKETS

    Price of gold, £7/0/7. Exchanges. — Dollar, 4.94[?]; franc, 144[?]; guilder (Batavia), 8.93½. Australian Mining Shares. — Steady. ...

    Article : 52 words
  42. BIRTH OF EMPEROR CELEBRATED

    Many architects of Melbourne who have had oversea experience assembled at the Savage Club yesterday to celebrate the 2,000th anniversary of the birth of the ...

    Article : 117 words
  43. BOY ACTOR'S FILM CONTRACT

    The contract of the boy film actor Freddie Bartholomew with the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Co. has been upheld by the Superior Court. A permanent ...

    Article : 55 words
  44. SAW HUSBAND KILLED

    When he was thrown from the dray he was driving and a wheel crushed his head against a tree on his farm to-day, Thomas William May, aged 24 years, of Yorketown, ...

    Article : 46 words
  45. OVERSEA NEWS

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

    Article : 87 words
  46. CROWN PRINCE OF GREECE ENGAGED

    The engagement was announced to-day of the Crown Prince Paul of Greece and Princess Fredericke, daughter of the Duke of Brunswick and Luneberg. ...

    Article : 38 words
  47. BETTER VALUE

    and fine quality in WESSLEU... The Salts recommended by your Chemist for Uric Acid, Kidney Disorders, and Constipation. Large jars, 2/6, all chemists.— ...

    Article : 29 words
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