SYDNEY, Monday. — The story of an extraordinary game played on the back of a truck by young men returning from a fishing trip ...
Article : 226 wordsThe response by the Churches to the Hospital Sunday appeal was very gratifying, and the total of the collection would exceed that of last ...
Article : 258 wordsAnother increase of 3d. per 1b. in the wholesale and retail prices of tea may be made in the first or second week of November. The last ...
Article : 258 wordsIt is hard to tell where Nature, as represented by elms and Moreton Bay figs, ends in the Treasury Gardens and where Art, ...
Article : 340 wordsA vigorous campaign to condemn and remove slum houses in Melbourne without waiting for the Housing Commission was urged by ...
Article : 360 wordsA report that he might contest the Bulla-Dalhousie seat at the next Legislative Assembly election as an Independent, in opposition to ...
Article : 239 words"Around Canberra the history of this nation will be built, and I think that all national pronouncements should be made from there," said ...
Article : 143 wordsEstablishment of a special Hiawatha wartime fund during the season of "Hiawatha" at the Exhibition was suggested yesterday by the producer (Mr. T. C. ...
Article : 252 wordsCAIRNS (Q.), Monday.—Evidence that he had dug up the mutilated body of a young woman in a post-office mailbag from the under the ...
Article : 228 wordsAttacks have been made against every board established in Victoria to regulate the marketing of primary products within the ...
Article : 774 wordsTo assist the Red Cross Society's appeal for funds to carry on its humanitarian work in war conditions a national demon stratton will be held at Canberra on ...
Article : 209 wordsTraditional commemoration of Armistice Day will be observed in Victorian State schools, but, as the date of the anniversary this year falls on a Saturday, ...
Article : 107 words— With physical exercises and [?]ogging around the arena (top), interspersed with military drill, the men of the Second A.I.F. settled down to serious training at the Showground yesterday. Even the khaki working dress could not hide the splendid physique of ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 60 wordsPotatoes and onions at lower prices may shortly resume their important places in the household budget. ...
Article : 137 wordsAfter skidding for 30 yards, striking a lamp post, and flattening two picket fences, a car crashed through a double window and ...
Article : 152 wordsHundreds of women sat down to afternoon tea yesterday, and, believe it or not, their tongues were silent for nearly 20 minutes. They ...
Article : 232 wordsCOLAC, Monday. — Miss Margaret Joyce, who is to be married shortly, lost all of her trousseau when the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Joyce, ...
Article : 81 wordsThe board of management of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Milk Distributors' Association was prepared to answer any questions if an inquiry were ...
Article : 124 wordsThe final draft of a bill to prohibit the operation of fruit and similar gambling machines in Victoria was approved last night by the State Cabinet. ...
Article : 54 wordsElm trees in Prospect Hill road, between Brinsley road and Waterloo street, will be removed as a result of a decision of the Camberwell Council. ...
Article : 51 wordsAn example to those who have taken their title of "Australian" has been given by aborigines on the Lake Tyers station, who have made a donation of £11/1/ ...
Article : 96 wordsThe Judge's award in the 20th heat of the £250 modern dancing championship at Leggett's Ballroom. Prahran, last night, was as follow:—Mr. G. Pearce and Miss A. Carson, ...
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Advertising : 539 wordsSYDNEY, Monday.—Two young women were found dead yesterday in bathrooms, one at Newtown, and the other at North Sydney, and police are investigating the ...
Article : 141 wordsProvision of dug-outs at sawmills in forest areas will be made compulsory if the State Parliament accepts a bill, the final draft of ...
Article : 115 wordsContributions received by the Lord Mayor's Red Cross Fund yesterday ineluded £306/19/9 from the Girl Guides of Victoria as the proceeds of the Town ...
Article : 42 wordsDiscussing the acquisition by the Federal Government of the apple and pear crop for 1940, the chairman of the Australian Apple and Pear Board (Mr. ...
Article : 303 wordsMap No. 6 in "The Argus 'Pic-Supp'" series of free war maps is published with "The Argus" to-day. Regular readers who are collecting the ...
Article : 74 wordsGeorge Bishop[?] aged 37 years, of Cowper street, Hawthorn East, was struck by a tram while he was riding a motor-cycle in Cotham road, Kew, Yesterday. ...
Article : 49 wordsWhile riding a bicycle near his home in Bernard street, Cheltenham, yesterday, Allan Marsha[?] aged 11 years, was struck by a motor-car. Suffering from cerebral ...
Article : 37 wordsThe annual sheepdog trial, conducted by the Victorian Working Sheepdog Association, will be held at the Moo[?]ee Val[?]ey racecourse on December 8 and 9. All ...
Article : 104 words"I SEE by the papers," says my pal Dick, ex-A.I.F., "that the infantry down at Mt. Martha has been getting stung by insects again." ...
Article : 772 wordsExamples of the valuable work done for children through Young Farmers' clubs are given in a notice which has been issued by the Victorian Young ...
Article : 78 wordsA woman who died after having been struck by a car in Cotham road, Kew, on Sunday night, has been identified as Lillian Ross, of Charles street, Kew[?] ...
Article : 32 wordsHIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA. — Before the Full Court. — In No. 1 Court. — At 10.30— The South-Eastern Drainage Board v. The Savings Bank of South Australia (part heard), ...
Article : 287 wordsThe Governor (Sir Winston Dugan) and members of the Garden Week committee yesterday inspected Garden City in the Treasury Gardens. One of the most attractive features of the display is this floral carpet of 10,000 living plants. Garden City will be officially ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tue 24 Oct 1939, Page 7
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