PERTH, Monday.—After a 40 minutes' retirement a jury in the Criminal Court to-day acquitted Richard Wheeler, aged 40 years, a half-caste dingo trapper, on a ...
Article : 175 wordsHolding a faded photograph, a boy eagerly scanned the crowded wharf as the Moreton Bay, from London, drew into her berth at Victoria Dock yesterday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 235 words"There can be no doubt that the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) was correct when he said in the Federal Parliament that it was the business of no one but himself ...
Article : 250 wordsCarried on through a vast publicity machine, with offices in many countries, the Australian National Travel Association's work of telling the world about our tourist ...
Article : 218 wordsCANBERRA, Monday.— Charges laid against them by the secretary of the Department of the Interior (Mr. J. A. Carrodus) were ...
Article : 213 wordsin the current financial year approximately £6,000,000 would be spent by the Department of the Interior on defence works begun ...
Article : 309 wordsIn response to a deputation from a number of Carlton business people Mr. Jack Campbell, company promoter. who was part-proprietor of the Exhibition ...
Article : 102 wordsSir,—As I lay in my warm bed this morning and contrasted my lot with that of the homeless and foodless, I read your appeal to the charitable for ...
Article : 230 wordsAlthough applications for selection have not been invited, Mr. M. M. Nolan announced last night that he was applying for endorsement as the Labour candidate ...
Article : 176 wordsAlthough nominations for the City Council election on August 24 will not close until 4 p.m. to-morrow, 34 forms, each accompanied by a deposit of £10, ...
Article : 322 wordsAUCKLAND (N.Z.), Monday.—A girl, aged 14 years, whose name was not disclosed, was found occupying a cabin aboard the Aorangi the day after the ...
Article : 68 words—Pilot W. Schafhausen (right) and Father Joseph Kirschbaum, one of the best-known men in New Guinea, were among those killed when a Fokker machine crashed at Sek Harbour, Rabaul, on Sunday. Schafhausen was photographed at Essendon aerodrome with Ray Parer in ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 69 wordsHOBART, Monday.— When about to leave his home at Mount Nicholas this morning to preside at an inquest the district coroner (Mr. Louis Eugene Ransom), ...
Article : 41 wordsDARWIN, Monday.— The worst mosquito plague for many years is reported to have descended on the bush country near Darwin, and apparently has narrowly ...
Article : 164 wordsThe names of 54 bakery establishments situated north of the Yarra in which unionists are employed appeared in a "white" list issued jointly yesterday by ...
Article : 87 wordsCANBERRA, Monday.—Plans to expedite the delivery of materials purchased by the Federal Government for national defence from private manufacturers will ...
Article : 234 wordsA visit was paid to Caulfield Military Hospital yesterday evening by George Roby, Barney Grant (hill-billy). Al Zimmey (vocalist), and members of the Tivoli ...
Article : 81 wordsAppointment of the following Justices of the Peace was approved yesterday by the State Executive Council:—Messrs. L. R. Robert, Lucknow street, Ascotvale ...
Article : 48 wordsIn an attempt to develop television in Australia, Mr. M. J. Dvornik, of Jugoslavia, reached Melbourne ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 181 wordsAs the office of alderman in the City Council will cease to exist this month the Lord Mayor (Councillor A. W. Coles) and other councillors will give a dinner for the ...
Article : 150 wordsAUCKLAND (N.Z.), Monday.—Four hundred men employed at two mines burned by Glen Afton Collieries, near Huntly, went on strike this morning, ...
Article : 106 wordsOnly two Fitzroy Council seats will be contested at the elections on August 24. In the East Ward, Councillor J. Baker ...
Article : 77 wordsMr. J. E. Hutchinson has been elected president of the Victorian Police Association for 1939-40. Other officers chosen at the annual ...
Article : 90 wordsDescribed by his mistress as well educated. bilingual, well-mannered, and widely travelled, Kikita a 12-year-old griffon dog, had to be separated from ...
Article : 176 words"Politics do not count in the State public service" epitomised the comments of departmental officers, senior and junior, on advice given to members of the public ...
Article : 178 wordsAUCKLAND (N.Z.), Monday.—Mrs. Clare Noreen Hill, aged 24 years, was charged in Auckland Police Court to-day with having murdered her baby boy. aged ...
Article : 58 wordsBRISBANE Monday.— During the voyage of the Narkunda from Sydney to Brisbane, George Creig, aged 54 years, quarter-master, who joined the ship ...
Article : 53 wordsWELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday.—The condition of the Prime Minister (Mr. Savage), who recently underwent an abdominal operation, is satisfactory. ...
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Advertising : 819 wordsBecause of pressure of other business the State Cabinet deferred last night consideration of proposals submitted by the Chief Secretary (Mr. Bailey) for ...
Article : 136 wordsStruck by a motor-car while he was helping to push another car which had been disabled on the Calder Highway, neal Kellor, at 2 a.m. yesterday, Cecil ...
Article : 56 wordsBecause of the number of accidents which have recently occurred at the intersection of Bridge road and Burnley street, Richmond, the Richmond Council last ...
Article : 43 wordsMaking beds will no longer be a simple feature of domestic routine in many households in Victoria. It will be a matter of precision and foot rules, because the State ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tue 8 Aug 1939, Page 3
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