SYDNEY, Sunday.—A fast British freighter which reached Sydney on Saturday from England was attacked recently by a submarine ...
Article : 224 wordsMr. Reinhold Dehnert, who died at his home at East Doncaster on Friday, aged 102 years, had lived in the Doncaster district for 8[?] ...
Article : 192 wordsSir,—My firm is dependent on goods from non-sterling countries, and while it is anxious to keep men at work, this is impossible if we are to be limited to imports ...
Article : 98 words"There is a growing tendency for parents to put the whole responsibility for religious education of the young on Sunday schools and the ...
Article : 220 wordsCANBERRA, Sunday.—The export to private individuals in England of hampers containing foodstuffs that are being rationed by the British ...
Article : 137 wordsSHEPPARTON, Sunday. — For more than two hours yesterday afternoon a detachment from the Shepparton Fire Brigade fought a ...
Article : 191 wordsEmployers who victimise men called up for national service will be prosecuted by the legal branch of the Southern Command ...
Article : 178 wordsProposals for the construction in Australian shipyards of ships of more than 1,500 tons gross register by extending the scope of the ...
Article : 389 wordsSir, — Generally speaking the public have not much to complain of in A.B.C. programmes. An endeavour has been made to vary the items to suit all tastes. ...
Article : 148 wordsPreviously acknowledged £7,686 12 10 Henry H. York and T. C. Lacey, £5/5/; 2 Bob a Week, 2/. Total, £7,691/19/10. ...
Article : 22 wordsThe first groups of 500 selected fitters and machinists will begin an intensive course as tool-makers for defence requirements at technical ...
Article : 116 wordsSir, — With regard to the difficulty of billeting the men who are to be brought from Puckapunyal on the night of January 23 to take part in the march through ...
Article : 122 wordsWELLINGTON (N.Z.), Sunday. — Pay actually drawn oversea by members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force after providing family allowances will ...
Article : 70 wordsGEELONG, Sunday. — Mr. Colin C. Baird, of Noble street. Newtown, has decided to seek endorsement by the United Australia party for the forthcoming Corio ...
Article : 80 wordsThe large marquees at the Seventh Day Adventist camp at Royal Park were unable to accommodate the record number of ...
Article : 294 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday. — The issue of a special postage stamp to mark the raising and sending overseas of the Second A.I.F. will be considered by the Federal ...
Article : 45 wordsSir,—Having spent four very enjoyable holidays in your State, I am lodging a protest against the remarks passed by "Southern India" in a recent issue ...
Article : 184 wordsA number of bandsmen and a good chef are required for the Second A.I.F. They will have to go to Puckapunyal this week, and will leave for oversea soon. ...
Article : 42 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday. — The Federal survey of the men required for war industry in Australia would be completed in a week or two, the Acting Minister for ...
Article : 91 wordsCANBERRA, Sunday.—Petrol prices in Australia may reach a fairly stable basis this year. Before that occurs, however, it is expected that the price will ...
Article : 69 wordsLaurie Beavers, about 22, of Queens-berry street, North Melbourne, suffered a fracture of the skull in a road accident in Powell street, Footscray, on Saturday. He ...
Article : 38 wordswho spent a month in camp at Mount Martha before Christmas as a private in the 6th Infantry Brigade, has transferred to the 15th Infantry Brigade. He entered ...
Article : 54 wordsCANBERRA, Sunday. — Concurrently with the plans for the establishment of the aeroplane industry in Australia the Council for Scientific and Industrial ...
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Advertising : 517 wordsSir,—Would it not be well to use some of the unemployment relief money to make railway crossings safe? Take the open crossing on the main ...
Article : 88 wordsAlthough no special church services were held in the Alexandra district for the victims of the disastrous bush fires of a year ago, special prayers were said in ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 226 wordsSir,—While "Head Teacher" discounts the laborious efforts of "copperplate" writers, what has he to say in support of the multiflarious, and often clumsy, ways ...
Article : 81 wordsWAGGA, Sunday. — About 3,000 acres of oats, grass, and stubble, and several miles of fencing were destroyed at Boree Creek on ...
Article : 170 wordsSir,—Caravaners who visit Hall's Gap will find facilities for up to 200 caravans, shelter, water laid on, swimming pool, paddling pool for children, with swings, ...
Article : 93 wordsSir,—As crashes and forced landings in remote parts of Australia are bound to occur from time to time, I suggest that planes traversing such areas carry ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 258 wordsALBURY, Sunday.—A bush fire, which began on Nail Can Hill this afternoon, burnt about 80 acres of grass and scrub at the Albury common before it was ...
Article : 70 wordsSir,—Despite what M. McKenna says, he must know that almost all racing enthusiasts, and they are legion in Australia, tune in to the national stations ...
Article : 88 wordsBENALLA, Sunday.—Losing his grip of a dog on whose back he was riding in a lagoon, William Edmondstone. 7, of Samaria, near Benalla, slipped into the water ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 89 wordsSir,—I am sorry that the manuscript of my letter published on Saturday misled you into adding inverted commas which converted comments of my own into a ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 353 wordsMORTLAKE, Sunday.—While examining a small-bore rifle in his bedroom on Saturday afternoon James Turnbull, 16, was shot through the forehead, and died ...
Article : 42 wordsSir,—The teaching of Karl Marx has an appeal that is mainly emotional, hence his theory of value has captivated millions of people in each succeeding ...
Article : 284 wordsThe Bishop of Bendigo (Dr. Riley) was top scorer in a cricket match played at Seymour on Saturday. Officers of the 15th Infantry Brigade Headquarters made 174 ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 154 wordsALBURY, Sunday. — John Charles Wilson, 18. of Newmarket, Albury, was killed instantly in a motor accident shortly after midnight on Friday. Wilson was ...
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Article : 21 wordsArrangements have been made by the Department of Information for a short-wave world broadcast at 6.15 p.m. to-morrow by the Minister of Supply (Mr. Casey), ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 15 Jan 1940, Page 2
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