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  2. Flood Danger Continued From Page 1 OVER INCH IN NORTH

    Sweeping into Victoria from southern Queensland and New South Wales, a tropical depres, sion drenched the Northern an[?] ...

    Article : 281 words
  3. CRITICISED BY TREASURER

    SYDNEY, Wednesday. — A member defied the Speaker, and Mr. Spooner, who has criticised the Ministry's financial policy, was ...

    Article : 569 words
  4. WATER STORAGE INCREASE

    The State Government would take every step possible to increase water storages in Victoria, the Premier (Mr. Dunstan) told a deputation from the ...

    Article : 273 words
  5. Defence Continued From Page 1 "SPEEDING-UP" BEGINS

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—As part of the programme "speed up" of defence works the Federal Ministry will take immediate steps to ...

    Article : 218 words
  6. Letters to the Editor

    Sir,—Great Britain is proving herself the diplomatic captain of old. Her safe steering through many a treacherous political sea since the conversations at Munich ...

    Article : 123 words
  7. MELODRAMA WITH SURPRISES

    Who is the real Sir Mark Loddon baronet[?] member of Parliament, and owner of one of the finest estates in Norfolk? Skilfully argued by the learned counsel ...

    Article : 356 words
  8. Advertising

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    Advertising : 599 words
  9. APPEASEMENT OR WAR?

    Sir,—Rearmament is only a temporary expedient for saving out freedom. If there is no moral change the contrast between the birth rate of aggressors and ...

    Article : 130 words
  10. V.A.D.'S GRIEVANCE

    Sir,—Although the Women's Voluntary Aid Detachment is organised wholly by the Defence Department, members are required to pay 5/ enrolment fee to supply ...

    Article : 80 words
  11. SCREENING OF LIGHTS

    Effective dimming of outside lighting, particularly lights on railway station platforms, has been solved by a member of the Victorian Railways staff. ...

    Article : 204 words
  12. RECOVERY OF GREYHOUND

    Injuries into the theft of Black Abbott, a valuable racing dog, from his kennel after he had won the main race at Maribyrnong on July 24, have revealed that ...

    Article : 167 words
  13. "ARGUS" QUEST ENTERS CRITICAL STAGE

    Within the next few weeks "The Argus" quest for the most popular footballer in the League and the Association will be decided. The competition has reached ...

    Article : 175 words
  14. HEAVY RAIN IN QUEENSLAND

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Storms between Brisbane and Sydney caused the cancellation of Airlines of Australia's service to Sydney this afternoon. It is ...

    Article : 256 words
  15. "INSIDE ASIA"

    Sir,—I have read with interest the articles from John Gunther's "Inside Asia," and the one in to-day's issue about Nehru is indeed interesting. I had the privilege ...

    Article : 233 words
  16. AUSTRALIA'S ANTI-SPY PRECAUTIONS

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Australia's precautions against espionage and subversive propaganda in defence activities are as complete and effective as possible in ...

    Article : 139 words
  17. DAY MORE LEAVE WANTED

    HOBART, Wednesday.—Railway employees who could not be spared from duty to attend the funeral of the late Premier (Mr. A. G. Ogilvie) are seeking ...

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  18. Obituary MR. JOHN R. MANSON

    Mr. John R. Manson, of Caithness, Newry, and the Majestic Mansions, St. Kilda, one of Gippsland's best-known graziers, died in Hamilton Russell House ...

    Article : 203 words
  19. MINISTRY MAY LOSE

    The possibility of the Government's defeat on Mr. Spooner's motion was keenly examined by members of all parties in the lobbies to-night. Shortly before the ...

    Article : 246 words
  20. THE WHEAT INDUSTRY

    Sir,—Mr. J. Hume-Cook's letter on the wheat industry rises to the height of absurdity in the suggestion that the wheat industry can be "protected." The only ...

    Article : 130 words
  21. AIRLINERS HELD UP

    Bad weather on the direct air ro[?] between Melbourne and Sydney necessitated cancella[?] of the DC3 Douglas plane Warana[?] Hight from Sydney to ...

    Article : 66 words
  22. ONIONS FROM JAPAN

    After investigation of a complaint by Wing Young and Company that onions imported from Japan had been repacked in bags branded "Produce of Australia," ...

    Article : 171 words
  23. BUILDINGS CRITICISED

    Criticism of the age and unsightliness of Defence Department buildings in Sturt street was expressed by members of the South Melbourne Council last night, when ...

    Article : 165 words
  24. BANISH UGLINESS

    Sir,—Your article is timely. Municipal action might well begin with the removal of the horrible yellow and black direction sign placed on the lawn of the otherwise ...

    Article : 49 words
  25. N.Z. STOCK LOSSES

    AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Wednesday.— Otago snowstorms have caused heavy stock losses. Farmers are thought to have lost 50 per cent. of their flocks in ...

    Article : 76 words
  26. TEACHERS' PROGRESS

    Sir,—Why should not all teachers in the first subdivisions of their classes who have the necessary qualifications and confirmed efficiency marks of the correct ...

    Article : 173 words
  27. HIGHER WAGES SOUGHT

    DARWIN, Wednesday.—Claims for increased wages and, in some respects, better conditions for all employees of the Commonwealth Works Department in Northern ...

    Article : 211 words
  28. Accidents SKULL FRACTURED

    After he had been struck by a car in Swan street, Richmond, George Sumerset Hopkins, aged 8½ years, of Lord street, Richmond, was admitted to the Children's ...

    Article : 135 words
  29. EGG MARKETING BOARD

    Sir,—If any organisation has asked for dismissal it is the Egg Marketing, Board. The board has ignominiously failed to secure the confidence or respect of many ...

    Article : 209 words
  30. BUSH FIRE COMMITTEE

    Seventeen candidates have nominated for election as representatives of bush fire brigades on the Bush Fire Brigades Committee, on which there are only three ...

    Article : 154 words
  31. FALL FROM BUILDING

    Falling 80 feet from a city building yesterday afternoon, George Hudson, aged 47 years, of Derby street, Northcote, suffered a compound fracture of the skull ...

    Article : 96 words
  32. OCULISTS' FEES

    Sir,—I am an old age pensioner, and have seven children, but now find myself in poor circumstances. I badly need new glasses, but find I have to pay at least ...

    Article : 87 words
  33. PRICE OF BREAD

    ir,—-When r.i Dunstan visits Donald this week in connection with the wheat question, he might also inquire why local bakers charge 1/1 and 1/2 a large loaf for ...

    Article : 54 words
  34. LAW NOTICES—(This Day)

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 252 words
  35. YALLOURN HOUSING

    Nearly a score of houses, costing more than £12,300, will be built immediately at Yallourn by the State Electricity Commission. Tenders for these were let this ...

    Article : 133 words
  36. TRAPS ARE CRUEL

    Sir,—I agree willi "Brix" that traps are cruel. Night and morning my thoughts and prayers are for the poor tortured creatures caught in traps—walting for ...

    Article : 52 words
  37. "SWALLOW NIGHT"

    At 9.15 to-night, 3UZ and "The Argus" network of country stations will present "Swallow Night." To-night's broadcast is entitled "Our World," and, with the aid ...

    Article : 94 words
  38. WARRENHEIP SEAT

    BALLARAT.—The name of Mr. A. R. Loft, president of the Victorian branch of the Textile Workers' Union, has been mentioned as a likely Labour candidate ...

    Article : 61 words
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