So foul was the air in the submarine Thetis just before he left that he had a choking feeling round the throat, said Frank ...
Article : 696 wordsThe General Staff of troops operating in Outer Mongolia has issued a bulletin stating that four days' fierce fighting with heavy ...
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Article : 358 wordsImmediate appointment of an advisory panel to supervise the defence works programme, as a means of accelerating the lag that occurred in those works, was announced by the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) last night. ...
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Article : 114 wordsThe King and Queen to-day visited the Centenary Royal Agricultural Show in Windsor Great Park.They drove in an open landau from Windsor Castle to the ...
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Article : 148 wordsBecause of the demand for a better and quicker telephone service, salary increases of from £8 a year have been granted to almost all telephonists in ...
Article : 175 wordsProcedure under the Supreme Court Acts will be clarified by an amending bill introduced in the Legislative Assembly yesterday by the State Attorney-General ...
Article : 172 wordsSeveral Tiger Moth aircraft have been ordered by the Defence Department for the Royal Australian Air Force at a cost of £33,660. The tender of the De ...
Article : 52 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Chamberlain) introduced into the House of Commons to-day a bill for a pension scheme for members of Parliament. ...
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Article : 175 wordsOn the motion of the Premier (Mr. Dunstan), the Legislative Assembly agreed yesterday to the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into and ...
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Article : 142 wordsA bill entitled the Trustee Bill, to give debentures issued by the Grain Elevators Board the status of trustee securities, was explained in the Legislative Assembly by ...
Article : 56 wordsUsing a brick, thieves smashed the window of the radio store of Mr. J. C. King, High street, Northcote, early yesterday morning, and stole two wireless sets worth ...
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Article : 80 wordsThe Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory sat in Melbourne yesterday for the first time. The registrar made a hurried visit to Melbourne lor the ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Fri 7 Jul 1939, Page 9
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