No enemy ships have been sighted near the Australian coast since the outbreak of war, it was learned officially yesterday. ...
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Article : 129 wordsLooking very cheerful, but greatly relieved when the "ordeal" was over, 700 of the Victorian volunteers for the special force of 20,000 paraded ...
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Article : 252 wordsWide powers to prevent the cornering of commodities are vested in a State committee by regulations under the National Security Act, ...
Article : 274 wordsPower to recall to duty retired members of the police force and to enlist an auxiliary police force is included in emergency regulations ...
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Article : 87 wordsAppointment of a commanding officer for the Australian Air Expeditionary Force will be announced by the War Cabinet in Melbourne ...
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Article : 150 wordsCommanding officers for all units of the 6th Division, which is being recruited to serve at home or abroad, will be announced within ...
Article : 111 wordsAs Honorary Consul for Poland Mr. T. M. Burke has received many inquiries about the formation in Australia of a PPolish division of volunteers similar to ...
Article : 168 wordsThe position affecting members of the staff of the University of Melbourne called up for defence duties was discussed yesterday by ...
Article : 345 wordsCaptain R. E. C. Mortimer, who came to Melbourne in July as aide-de-camp to the Governor (Sir Winston Dugan), has been recalled to his regiment, the Royal ...
Article : 61 wordsSir,—There is much to be said in favour of empowering the Dairy Board to fix a maximum retail price for milk, but nothing for a rigid price per quart for all consumers ...
Article : 115 wordsSupplies of necessities are rapidly being accumulated by the Red Cross for aid to troops fighting for the Allies. With the spread of ...
Article : 309 wordsEfforts to find a suitable person for nomination as honorary A.R.P. district warden had not been successful, it was stated at a meeting of Braybrook Shire ...
Article : 75 wordsSir,—Yesterday, on a tram, two Australian men loudly proclaimed their conviction that Britain finds herself in her present position through her own fault, and ...
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Article : 92 wordsThree doctors were not sufficient to handle the A.I.F. reserve volunteers for garrison service who sought medical examinations before their enlistment at ...
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Article : 111 wordsAn appeal to all members of the Australian Women's National League to assist the efforts being made on behalf of the Red Cross and the Comforts Fund was ...
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Article : 65 wordsThe Minister for Supply (Mr. Casey) announced last night that Mr. E. V. Nixon, a chartered accountant of Melbourne, had ...
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Article : 93 wordsWould descendants of passengers of above ship, which arrived in Australia an October 27, 1839, desirous of forming a committee to organise a ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 2 Oct 1939, Page 16
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