SYDNEY, Thursday.—Australians who returned to Sydney to-day in a neutral liner came in close touch with the grim side of war when ...
Article : 238 wordsBy a large majority the Trades Hall Council last night rejected the recommendation of the interstate executive of the Australasian ...
Article : 221 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—One of the largest lists of defence tenders yet accepted in any week was announced to-day, when expenditure ...
Article : 115 wordsSir, — The British Government has issued a White Paper dealing with the atrocities of German concentration camps, and gives its reason for the ...
Article : 135 wordsPlans for the Empire air training scheme will be discussed at the first conference in Ottawa this morning of the Australian, ...
Article : 189 wordsProblems affecting Australian primary industry will be explained to State Ministers for Agriculture by the Minister for Commerce ...
Article : 196 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday. — Elaborate plans are being made to train hundreds of men at technical colleges throughout Australia to do skilled ...
Article : 334 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday. — Taxation would be increased because of the war, but not crushingly, the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) said ...
Article : 201 wordsSir,—Your report of so many of the "jolly crowd" in camp refusing to listen, or allow others to listen, to the Prime Minister's speech has a serious side. ...
Article : 106 wordsWARRACKNABEAL, Thursday. — The maximum sentence of six months imprisonment was imposed by the Warracknabeal Bench to-day on Sydney Thomas ...
Article : 176 wordsSir,—The announcement by the Federal Government of the acquisition of the fruit crop at 2/ a case left growers spell-bound; details given by representatives ...
Article : 133 wordsWar has developed new terrors for homing pigeons released from aeroplanes, as were the King's pigeons, which saved the lives of ...
Article : 170 wordsInfantry troops and technical units at Seymour, Mount Martha, and other military camps are now undergoing advance training and brigade exercises. ...
Article : 59 wordsThousands of men are joining the armed forces, but there is one man in Melbourne who holds records for joining up. He has been in the British Army ...
Article : 136 wordsTroops of the Second A.I.F. in camp at the Showground will be granted concession fares on the railways for their week-end leave. These fares will equal half the ...
Article : 84 wordsMore than 250 men of the Second A.I.F. in full uniform and with complete equipment will parade at the Showground this morning before ...
Article : 143 wordsDiggers who marched along Spring street, giving the salute at the steps of Parliament House in 1914 may recognise themselves in the official Australian ...
Article : 72 wordsSir,—Wet canteen champions seem to imagine that this question is merely a gratifying or denying of the tastes of a section of the soldiers in camp, with no ...
Article : 253 wordsADELAIDE, Thursday.- Cheap rail travel for members of the defence forces who are on leave will be advocated by the Premier (Mr. Playford) at the ...
Article : 92 wordsLAUNCESTON (Tas.), Thursday. — Advice was received in Launceston to-day by the parents of Pilot-Officer Robert Ernest Cox, aged 20 years, that he was ...
Article : 99 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday. — The Defence Department regards margarine as a valuable food, and it will in future be used by the Royal Australian Navy. ...
Article : 68 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday. — A proclamation was issued by the Governor-General to-day empowering the officer commanding any command in Australia to ...
Article : 72 wordsThe broadcast of the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) to-night will be given from the Melbourne studio of the Australian Broadcasting Commission. Mr. Menzies ...
Article : 49 wordsCompulsory military training will be discussed by the Labour Federal advisory committee, which will meet in Melbourne on Monday, when it will consider ...
Article : 111 wordsUniversity students belonging to Militia units due to enter camp in November, and who, consequently, will not be able to sit for the supplementary examinations at ...
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Advertising : 1,289 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.—Recruits of the Second A.I.F. who have been in camp at Liverpool for a fortnight, will receive a special advance of pay on Saturday. ...
Article : 84 wordsSir,—When Federation was inaugurated about four decades ago there was justification for the retention of State Parliaments which does not exist to-day. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 392 wordsSir, — It is announced that the Government is taking over the apple and pear crop for the coming season. In this the orchardist finds both a hope and a ...
Article : 186 wordsSir,—There is food for thought in Mr. Walkeden's letter. The motor and motorist are subscribing handsomely to national revenue, so "why kill the goose." ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 239 wordsSir,—Could anything be more disgusting than the huge £5,000 salary to be paid to a member of a newly-formed Wheat Board? These boards have been ...
Article : 175 wordsSir,—As a father of a grown-up family I do not agree with Mrs. Downing, of the Housewives' Association, when she claims that skim milk is a valuable diet for ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 219 wordsSir,—It is said that Nero fiddled while Rome burnt. To-day, with the world aflame, with the British Empire faced with possibly the greatest danger it has ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Fri 3 Nov 1939, Page 2
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