The letters that will be treasured in this war include those from the children who arc now living in the country away from home. They record strange, unusual ...
Article : 567 wordsProtests by wheatgrowers against the proposed restriction of production were endorsed yesterday by the Premier (Mr. Dunstan). ...
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Article : 350 wordsTrade unions having members covered by awards or agreements of the Federal Arbitration Court are being requested by the ...
Article : 253 wordsMiss Joan Henderson, making friends with a dingo at the Sir Colin MacKenzie sanctuary at Healesville yesterday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 25 wordsVisitors to the Sir Colin MacKenzie sanctuary at Healesville yesterday watching the plotypusses—or is it platypodes? ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 225 wordsIn addition to the £2,000,000 of notes taken from the Commonwealth Bank on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week a further £1,000,000 was issued during the ...
Article : 381 wordsA lorry team of three horses which bolted in North Melbourne yesterday hurled the driver to the ground, knocked down a cyclist, ...
Article : 258 wordsSir,—Short of any words in the Bible or possible world events, the King's quotation is, in my opinion, one of the most outstanding events for hundreds of years. ...
Article : 170 wordsWhenever a cricket problem is under discussion, somebody generally raises a new angle. Yesterday an old cricketer said to me:— ...
Article : 423 wordsNot more than 65 to 70 per cent. of the normal harvest is expected by metropolitan packers from Victoria's apple and pear crops, which ...
Article : 164 wordsSir,—One can understand the strong necessity of doing something drastic to ease the financial burden which the Government has, quite unnecessarily, ...
Article : 217 wordsThe decision of St. Arnaud Shire Council that the name of their county should be changed from Kara Kara to St. Arnaud has caused some controversy ...
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Article : 98 wordsThe first prize of £4/4/ in the "Famous Smiths Competition" has been awarded to Mr. A. G. Gray, of 91 Sackville street, Kew, who submitted the following six ...
Article : 319 wordsEighteen years ago a young North Adelaide batsman made 44 for South Australia against the English Test team captained by ...
Article : 352 words"Our Australia," the pictorial presentation of Australia's development which has been a feature of the Week-end Magazine for nearly ...
Article : 117 wordsI AM certain that this announcement about Australia's first expeditionary Air Force taking drinks of champagne from pannikins while en route to ...
Article : 814 wordsAn improved technique of irrigation in all districts, but particularly in northern Victoria, was being sought by the new irrigation branch of the State Rivers and ...
Article : 122 wordsSir,—In reply to Mr. Stewart, may I say that the German officers and men have to obey orders, just as ours do, and consequently act in a manner which to ...
Article : 252 wordsMrs. Anna Letitia McCrea, who died at Vermont on Tuesday, was the widow of the late Rev. David Graham McCrea, and the eldest daughter of the late Mr. Charles ...
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Article : 133 wordsMr. James Boully, who was well known in the pharmaceutical profession in Victoria died at a private hospital in Kew yesterday. ...
Article : 82 wordsWith a total of 85 points out of the possible 100 the Young Farmers' Club at the Kergunyah State school won the Kiewa Valley competition for the Ahern ...
Article : 44 wordsSir,—Your correspondent of Berriwillock is not alone in his worries with weeds and the method adopted in destroying them Every year fresh weeds come along ...
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Article : 72 wordsGEELONG, Thursday.—The Inverleigh district appears to be one of the most law-abiding districts in the State. The warrant book at the police station has ...
Article : 48 wordsWilliam Duncan, aged 34 years, of Kent street, Richmond, died in the Alfred Hospital yesterday from injuries suffered on Tuesday, when he was ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Fri 29 Dec 1939, Page 5
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