Dr. Benes, the former President of Czechoslovakia, has offered to Mr. Chamberlain the assistance of his countrymen. ...
Article : 162 wordsWide powers to enable the State Government to meet any emergency while the nation is at war, without having to call Parliament ...
Article : 269 wordsMethods of warning Melbourne and suburbs and some provincial towns of impending air raids were announced last night by the Chief ...
Article : 987 wordsSixty-year-old veterans of the last war were among the rush of returned soldiers who responded yesterday to the national call to ...
Article : 768 wordsCANBERRA, Monday.—The Federal Government can count on the overwhelming support of all parties in Parliament for most of the ...
Article : 389 wordsRepercussions of the conflict are reported from every part of Europe. The Franco-Italian frontier was reopened yesterday. It had been closed [?] ...
Article : 105 wordsSuggestions were made unofficially yesterday in State political circles that a National Government should be formed to direct the affairs of the State until the ...
Article : 182 words—(For German offensive see pictorial map of Poland on page 3.) ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 15 wordsSYDNEY, Monday. — Moving swiftly in the early hours of this morning, police patrols working under the direction of the Military ...
Article : 390 wordsA complete plan for the rationing of petrol if necessary has been prepared by the Supply Department. The Minister for Supply (Mr. ...
Article : 534 wordsTHE Navy Board advises that relations, friends, and others who desire to correspond with naval personnel in warships should address ...
Article : 77 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) has summoned a Premiers' Conference in Canberra late this week to discuss emergency measures and to ...
Article : 190 wordsSpeaking at a meeting of the University Council yesterday, the Chancellor (Sir John Latham) and the chairman of the Professorial ...
Article : 330 wordsImmediate establishment of a Shipping Control Board with wide powers was announced by the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) yesterday. ...
Article : 234 wordsMany public works planned by the State Government to be carried out in the present financial year are likely to be abandoned and a substantial proportion ...
Article : 92 wordsThe Belgian Cabinet Council has decided to broaden the Government to include five Socialists. M. Spaak, a former Prime Minister, ...
Article : 93 wordsCANBERRA, Monday. —German consulates in Australia have been taken off by the Swiss consular service. Similar steps have also been taken in England. ...
Article : 75 wordsThe port of Melbourne will be closed as from to-morrow, the Harbour Trust announced yesterday. Entrance gates at both piers at ...
Article : 215 wordsThe interstate executive of the A.C.T.U. will probably meet earlier than the date fixed September 18, to review the trade union movement's war policy. ...
Article : 182 wordsPERTH, Monday.—The Premier (Mr. Willcock) said that the Government was reviewing its programme, and would not bring in any contentious legislation at ...
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Advertising : 522 wordsAUCKLAND (N.Z.), Monday.—Rationing of petrol for private cars was announced to-day by the Minister for Industry (Mr. Sullivan). He said that it ...
Article : 78 wordsVolunteers for A.R.P. wardens' duties almost overwhelmed the district warden for Melbourne (Mr. J. A. Norris) at the Town Hall yesterday. He stated last night that ...
Article : 230 wordsAn agreement has not yet been reached between the unions and Defence department concerning claims covering the regulation of wages, working hours, and ...
Article : 96 wordsThe Chief Judge (Sir George Beeby) appealed to parties in the coal-mining industry hours case before the Full Arbitration Court ...
Article : 88 wordsThree enemy vessels, the German steamers Lahn, stassfurt, and Erlangen, are being sought off the Australian coast. Although yesterday was the eleventh ...
Article : 119 wordsSo that all men employed by the City Council who are aged less than 45 years can be replaced by women if necessary, the Lord Mayor (Councillor A. W. Coles) has ...
Article : 123 wordsThe Mayor of Port Melbourne (Councillor J. C. Creighton) has called a public meeting at the Town Hall on Monday to discuss air raid precautions and national ...
Article : 40 wordsSYDNEY, Monday.—The Commissioner of Police (Mr. Mackay) said to-day that complaints had been made that certain persons had visited shops conducted by ...
Article : 116 wordsAt a special meeting of the central emergency service council of the Australian Red Cross Society yesterday, plans to provide services which had been under ...
Article : 82 wordsEvacuation of patients from general hospitals in the metropolitan and Geelong areas to base and other hospitals in "safe" country areas is part of the plan ...
Article : 110 wordsA depot will be opened at the Hawthorn Town Hall from to-day, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on week days, and 10 a.m. and noon on Saturdays, where women may ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tue 5 Sep 1939, Page 2
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