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  2. HIGH DRAMATIC VALUES IN NEW FILMS

    New film releases this week-end include two pictures of unusually high dramatic value. They are "Ninotchka," in which Garbo returns to the screen after a long holiday, and which replaces "The Wizard of Oz" at the Metro; ...

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  3. FULFILMENT OF AMBITIONS

    Close to the fulfilment of the last of his three great ambitions, Mr. Gregory Mathews, the greatest authority on Australian bird life ...

    Article : 308 words
  4. FLOODS FALL IN NORTH

    BRISBANE, Sunday.—Floods are failing in North Queensland, and air and rail services are being gradually resumed. The Airlines of Australia Dragon plane ...

    Article : 158 words
  5. CHILD KILLED BY PROPELLER

    Maxine Anderson, 5, of Eleventh street, Mildura, was struck and [?]atally injured by the propeller of [?] plane at the Essendon aerodrome ...

    Article : 127 words
  6. Letters to the Editor TALKS WITH A PURPOSE

    Sir, — Sir Stanley Argyle says that the seemingly contradictory remarks by Messrs. Chamberlain and Casey were not really contradictions. English people ...

    Article : 90 words
  7. King's Theatre STAGE "HIT" OF LAST WAR

    "Seven Days' Leave," one of the London stage successes of the last war, was revived on Saturday night at the King's Theatre by Popular ...

    Article : 295 words
  8. WHEATGROWER'S STORY

    Sir, — Last November I purchased secondhand floursacks at 10/ a dozen cash, and have since been docked 6/ a dozen after delivering wheat to the pool. ...

    Article : 86 words
  9. THE LITTLE THEATRE

    "Queer Cattle," a new three-act comedy by Philip Johnson, the English playwright, will be produced in Australia for the first time by the Melbourne Little ...

    Article : 123 words
  10. SOLICITOR KILLED

    PERTH, sunday.—Robert Blundell, 43, [?]tor, of Darley street, South Perth, [?]d at Perth Hospital early to-day from [?]uries he received when a car in which ...

    Article : 97 words
  11. A SUGGESTION

    Sir, — There are many returned soldiers who, although too old to join the Second A.I.F., would be fit and willing to undertake garrison duties overseas. In ...

    Article : 108 words
  12. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,057 words
  13. IS FINNISH EASY?

    Sir,—Your recent paragraph in the Daily Digest in reference to the language of the Finns contains some startling statements To say that "Finnish is one ...

    Article : 95 words
  14. INDEPENDENT THEATRES

    "Good-bye, Mr. Chips" (Robert Donat, Greer Carson) makes its suburban debut at a number of independent theatres this week. It is at the Burnley Theatre with ...

    Article : 202 words
  15. WAR REVENUE

    Sir,—"Aquarius" regrets my failure to suggest a solution whereby the pressure of taxation might be reduced. The Government, we may assume, will need ...

    Article : 223 words
  16. "SPICE OF LIFE"

    Feats of acrobatics by the Five Cleveres, breezy humour by Edwin Styles, clever impersonations by Lea Sonia, and Jackson and Blackwells dancing are a few ...

    Article : 67 words
  17. A NEW GARBO

    Meet a new Garbo and the thanks to Director Ernst Lubitsch for producing her. Doctrinaire and true to the "party line," she came from Moscow to see that justice ...

    Article : 212 words
  18. CHRISTIAN DUTY

    Sir,—The New Testament was originally written in Hellenistic Greek, and the word used for "love" was "agape," which connotes a deliberate and fixed ...

    Article : 84 words
  19. SUSPENSE IN JUNGLE

    For sustained suspense, balanced, tense drama and a strong emotional tempo, "Five Came Back" strikes an unusually high note. It is so sincerely directed and ...

    Article : 200 words
  20. CATERERS' CHARGES

    Sir,—Unlike "Fair Go," I am not so much concerned about high charges to men of the Second A.I.F. as I am about their being charged for anything. As they ...

    Article : 96 words
  21. GLOOM SPEECHES

    Sir,—I think our Australian leaders would help their cause much better if they buoyed the Australian people up with hope and action, instead of ...

    Article : 131 words
  22. POLISHED ACTING

    This is an unusual firm of a producer crippled in a motor accident while on his way to marry his leading lady, and of the leading lady's devotion until nine years ...

    Article : 133 words
  23. FREEDOM OF SPEECH

    Sir, — On Friday evening last a street meeting in Collingwood on the subjects of free speech and military conscription was made an occasion for organised ...

    Article : 160 words
  24. McLAGLEN ACTS WELL

    In a role similar to that he played in "The Informer," Victor McLaglen as McGinnis, murderer and reformed convict, proves in his film that he is a master ...

    Article : 172 words
  25. "THE ARGUS" CROSSWORD, No. 303

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 247 words
  26. U.C.P. APPOINTMENTS

    Sir, — Mr. Dunstan is so loud-voiced in his proclamation that appointments to State jobs are not dependent on membership of the Country party that he will ...

    Article : 212 words
  27. MUSIC AND DANCING

    A revival of one of the most successful Astaire-Rogers partnerships. Irving Berlin's catchy music, interwoven with gorgeous spectacles and the incomparable, ...

    Article : 76 words
  28. SUBURBAN THEATRES

    Programmes at suburban theatres are as follow:—Rialto, Box Hill, "Gone to the Dogs' (George Wallace) and "Forbidden Valley" (F. Robinson); Broadway, ...

    Article : 117 words
  29. OLD BIBLES

    Sir, — I have a Bible dated 1789. There is a family tree in it dating from 1690. From it I have so far been able to trace my ancestors back to one who was ...

    Article : 159 words
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