The question of the removal of the Melbourne Grammar School from its present site at the corner of Domain road and St. Kilda road was raised by Sir ...
Article : 338 wordsAustralla, New Zealand, Canada, the United States, Hawaii, the Dutch East Indies, and the South Sea Islands competing in a Pacific Nations' annual ...
Article : 278 wordsSir,—Mr. Harold Herbert, in his review in "The Argus" of Tuesday of the Independent Group's Exhibition at the Athen[?]um. wonders why the group does ...
Article : 578 wordsNearly a lifetime of service in the interests of the hospitals of Victoria was spent by Mr. William John Gray Turner. who died at Heidelberg House on ...
Article : 459 wordsDARWIN, Thursday.—In a fierce mock battle, an expeditionary force from "Madagocia." which had been trying to invade the Northern Territory since ...
Article : 313 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.— When all applications for the Commonwealth loan of £4,750,000, which closed yesterday, were received to-day, it was found that ...
Article : 132 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—After Labour senators had spent more than four hours debating seven clauses of the National Register Bill in committee in the Senate ...
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Advertising : 646 wordsUnless the Financial Agreement was amended to provide for effective control of all Governmental and semi-Governmental borrowing, and to curb the ...
Article : 186 wordsDeclaring that as soon as the measure became law the campaign in opposition to the National Register would be intensified speakers at a meeting of the Trades ...
Article : 96 wordsWar planes from Laverton will take part in reconnaissance exercises to seaward off Mt. Gambier with the destroyer Vampire to-day. The destroyer wil ...
Article : 144 wordsADELAIDE, Tuesday.—Both the north-bound and south-bound planes flying between Adelaide and Darwin have been delayed at Alice Spiings by abnormal ...
Article : 149 wordsPlant to bring the City Council building regulations up to date probably will be seriously delayed. News has been received in Melbourne ...
Article : 130 wordsCANBERRA, Thusday. —The House of Representatives to-day granted the Government funds at the rate of almost £21,875 a minute to enable it to carry ...
Article : 136 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—In an exchange of sallies in the House of Representatives to-day between the Prime Minister and the ...
Article : 93 wordsIn an interesting ballot held by the Trades Hall Council to elect a Labour Day committee to conduct the next Labour Day demonstration. 29 candidates ...
Article : 181 wordsThe death occurred at Bendigo on Wednesday of Miss Emily Mary Craig, a leading charity and church worker, at the age of 78 years. Miss Craig was an ...
Article : 89 wordsBRISBANE, Thursday.—G. J. Coles and Co. Ltd., which bought Commerce House, in Adelaide street, for £50,000 last month. has now purchased the Queen ...
Article : 75 wordsBRISBANE, Thursday.—As a sequel to allegations of poor food and hundreds of cases of sickness and other complaints at Enoggera military camp between May ...
Article : 56 wordsIncrease of the City Council's centribution to charities for the nine months ending on September 30 from £5,000 to £5.740. will be recommended to the ...
Article : 41 wordsIn the days of the Roman poet, Lucretius, there may have been some ground for his opinion that "To instruct the deaf no art could ever reach: ...
Article : 220 wordsSir,—Mr. Vanstan must admit that organised primary producers are responsible for successfully agitating for a regime of controlled prices, and their ...
Article : 96 wordsMrs. Lucie Isobel Macalister, wife of Mr. W. G. Macalister, of Wellington road, Mulgrave, died yesterday after a short illness. She was a daughter of the late ...
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Advertising : 166 wordsDARWIN, Thursday.—Binding representitives of both sides to secrecy, Judge Drake-Brockman preslded to-day at a compulsory conference on the building ...
Article : 71 wordsDefeated candidates who congratulated the new member for Hawthorn in the Legislative Assembly (Councillor L. Tyack) at the declaration of the poll ...
Article : 168 wordsSir,—In the reference in "The Argus" to the haul of schnapper off St. Kilda, it is mentioned that owing to the infiuence of this big supply the wholesale ...
Article : 95 wordsEmployees in boarding-houses will receivc next week their first increases in wages for eight years. The increases. ranging from 5/ to 31/ a week, have been ...
Article : 46 wordsTo-day at 10 a.m. "Penelope" of 3UZ will interview an American woman who is attached to the American Women's Auxiliary of the Children's Hospital. Their ...
Article : 44 wordsSir, —I appreciate the difficulties of the City Council in its parking problem, but after seeing parking meters in use and their enormous expansion in America ...
Article : 191 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—The leader of the Country party (Sir Earle Page) interrupted a speech he was making in the House of Representatives to-day to hurry ...
Article : 103 wordsIn the hope of depriving the United Australia party of the representation of the electorate, the Labour party will probably refrain from contesting the Hawthorn ...
Article : 78 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—The NA33 aeroplane brought to Australia as a prototype of the Australian-built Wirraway and transferred to the Royal Australian ...
Article : 67 wordsSir,—Undoubtedly many motorists who are fined for breaches of the traffic regulations are only hurt financially. and they regard this as "a cheap get-out." ...
Article : 340 wordsIntroduction of a universal Saturday half-holiday in Victoria and the closing of shops on that day at 12 noon will be sought by a deputation which the annual ...
Article : 101 wordsSaying that he was as agreeably impressed not only by the numbers who responded to the recent recrulting campaign but also by the fine types that came for ward, ...
Article : 83 wordsTasmanian messmate timber used for the piles of Central Pier, Victoria Dock. the normal life of which is about 40 years, has been found to be worm eaten ...
Article : 107 wordsHOBART, Thursday.—Henry Fulcher Paimer, aged 24 years, a son of a Huon sawmiller, was killed almost instanlly when he fell to-day from a high landing ...
Article : 68 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—Referring in the House of Representatives to-day to the fatality at Essendon aerodrome last week-end. Lieut-Colonel White (U. A. P., ...
Article : 86 wordsSYDNEY, Thusday.—When a car and a motor-lorry collided at Leichhardt to-day, the car Struck an enclosure around a manhole. where two postal linesmen ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 420 wordsSir,—What has Mr. Dunstan to offer as compensation to a widow aged 65 whose sole capital is invested on mortgage, and who. having received no ...
Article : 123 wordsBRISBANE, Thursday.—Revenue figures issued to-day indicate that the estimated deficit of £215,774 for the year ending June 30 should be ...
Article : 72 wordsPRACTICE CURT.—Before Mr. Justice Lowe.—10.30 to 1 p.m.— Chamber business. CRIMINAL COURT.—Before Mr. Justice ...
Article : 203 wordsProceeds from the sale of flags and tokens for Empire Day on May 24 have alreaday amounted to £518, although many returns from country districts have ...
Article : 102 wordsSir,—In no country is it so easy to get a motor-driver's licence as in Australia. I know a driver with a stiff leg and a serious nervous defect. I suggest that ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Fri 16 Jun 1939, Page 2
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