Stimulated by the latest war developments, hundreds of young men in all kinds of civil occupations, most of them fine physical types, ...
Article : 336 wordsHistory cannot show an age or an epoch in which so much was accomplished for the human mind as in the French Revolution. ...
Article : 648 wordsThere is quite a family atmosphere about enlisting for service in Australian forces oversea, if applications are any guide. ...
Article : 304 wordsCANBERRA, Monday.—Emphasising the importance of maintaining coal supplies for essential industries, Mr. Menzies to-night ...
Article : 271 wordsCANBERRA, Monday.—Although several members are understood to favour snch action, War Cabinet discussion, which occupied nearly ...
Article : 451 wordsPermission for eight gas undertakings to ration supplies to consumers because of the coal strike was yesterday granted by State ...
Article : 236 wordsin the development of Australian armament production, two 3.7in. anti-aircraft guns—the first to be made in Australia—were handed over to the Army yesterday by Mr. Fadden, Assistant Minister for Supply and Development. The guns were made at the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 49 wordsprovided by Britain for the Empire air scheme being assembled yesterday in Geelong aircraft park. In all 336 of these machines will be supplied by Britain. Each can carry 1,0001b. of bombs, and is fitted with Rolls-Royce, liquid-cooled engines. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 45 wordsUniversity authorities expect much interference with practical classes and research work when gas rationing begins on Thursday. ...
Article : 128 wordsSYDNEY, Monday.—Because one passenger with dutiable goods had only New Zealand money the Tasman flying-boat Aotearoa was delayed 35 minutes for ...
Article : 101 wordsTelegrams were sent yesterday to several groups of colliery proprietors in New South Wales and the Victorian Railways Commissioners by the Victorian ...
Article : 93 wordsSYDNEY, Monday.—It was officially stated to-day that recruiting for the A.I.F. in N.S.W. had so far failed to meet requirements. About 11,000 men are ...
Article : 71 wordsMr. N. C. Harris, Chief Railways Commissioner, said yesterday the total loss in railway revenue due to the coal strike was estimated at about £100,000. ...
Article : 63 wordsStealing of a car which was burnt on a lonely road after a radio had been, taken from it was desciibcd by Judge Foster in General Sessions yesterday as a ...
Article : 87 wordsAn open finding was recorded by Mr. Tingate, P.M., at an inquest yesterday into the deaths in an aeroplane crash at Campbellfield of ...
Article : 159 wordsAn R.A.A.F. bomber flew over the Williamstown Cemetery yesterday afternoon during the burial of Flying-Officer Allan Lindsay May, of ...
Article : 155 wordsCash payment of £1,500, or alternatively, £500 with a weekly pension of £3, was sought last night from Richmond Council by its ...
Article : 156 wordsGas rationing will not affect provision of meals in restaurants. Mr. H. A. Stubbs. Caterers' Association secretary, said yesterday that plans for ...
Article : 68 wordsTwo Melbourne volunteers studying first aid for A.R.P. found that treatment of injuries was not nearly as easy as instructors and textbooks ...
Article : 138 wordsAnother "stop-work" meeting was held yesterday by building trade workers employed by contractors at Mount Martha military camp to enforce their demand ...
Article : 98 wordsMrs. Edith Caroline Morton, wife of Councillor H. E. Morton, former city engineer, died yesterday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. P. Fitzgerald, Kooyong ...
Article : 75 wordsCooking arrangements will involve difficulty in hospitals within the gasrestricted areas. Most of the cooking is done by gas in both public and private ...
Article : 58 wordsMr. Benjamin James Kemp, who had lived in Essendon for 50 years, died during the week-end, aged 90 years. He was born in Lincolnshire, and came to ...
Article : 130 wordsFour hundred R.A.A.F. officers and men will attend corporate Communion at [?] a.m. Mass in St. Patrick's Cathedral on Sunday. Mass will be celebrated by ...
Article : 98 wordsMany commercial representatives attended the funeral yesterday of Mr. Claude P. Rushton, 51, of C. Rushton and Co. Pty. Ltd., manufacturers' agents, ...
Article : 128 wordsIt was more than novelty that won the ovation of the season for Lifar's percussion ballet "Icare" at His Majesty's last night. Plain ...
Article : 268 wordsMr. C. M. S. Power, public solicitor, who has been appointed honorary instructor to the Royal Victorian Aero Club, has [?]ted ...
Article : 173 wordsJames Spence, 30, labourer, of Bacchus Marsh, was remanded in the City Court yesterday to appear at the Bacchus Marsh Court on May 17 to answer a charge of ...
Article : 51 wordsThree shots were fired by police before they caught and arrested a man in Hill street, Toorak, at 3.30 a.m. yesterday. One shot the second, wounded the man's ...
Article : 138 wordsPERTH, Monday.—Phillip McCavdna, 14, Harrogate street. West Perth, was suffccated by a fall of sand in a vacant block in West Perth to-day. He had been ...
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Advertising : 29 wordsMr. Edward Jennings, 70, of Heyfield, Gippsland, died suddenly. He was a keen sportsman, and at one time owned several good racehorses and racing ponies. ...
Article : 85 wordsWest Brunswick branch of the A.L.P. objected last night to being branded "communistic." It decided to send this resolution to Mr. McNamara, M.L.C., ...
Article : 87 wordsSince railways are unable to carry young trout from Geelong hatcheries, due to coal restrictions, many fishermen have offered to transport them by car to ...
Article : 118 wordsMr. and Mrs. J. C. Joyce, of Chaucer st., St. Kilda, have been advised by the Defence Department of the death at sea of their son. Lieutenant Thomas ...
Article : 96 wordsPERTH, Monday.—At the biennial Legislative Council elections, Sir Hal Colebatch, former Premier, senator. and Agent-General for Western Australia, ...
Article : 66 wordsStatements relating to building permits [?] Greater Melbourne released by Mr. O. Gawler, Government statist, reveal that during April the value of permits issued ...
Article : 92 wordsHOBART, Monday.—Tasmanian Orchadists and Producers Ltd. was fined £10, with £7/7/ costs, in the Hobart Police Court to-day for having sold fruit ...
Article : 89 wordsCivil Ambulance men had great difficulty in removing a man from the lift motor-room on top of the T. and G. Building yesterday. ...
Article : 102 wordsSYDNEY, Monday.—After Mr. McKell, New South Wales Labour party leader, had addressed a meeting of State abattoirs employees at Homebush to-day, the ...
Article : 68 wordsBelgian reservists in Australia have been called up for service, M. Rene Vanderkelen. Consul for Belgium, yesterday issued the following notice:— ...
Article : 127 words"Launching" the second mobile unit of the Soldiers' Motion Picture Entertainment Fund in the Town Hall courtyard yesterday. Mrs. A. W. Coles, Lady ...
Article : 100 wordsRavages of soil [?]rosion were robbing Victoria of vast areas of rich land. Mr. J. Brake, superintendent of agriculture, told members of the Constitutional Club ...
Article : 68 wordsTwo men were injured when struck by motor-cars last night. Harry Weiss, 45, King st., city, was admitted to Royal Melbourne Hospital, having suffered a ...
Article : 68 wordsJohn Wilkes. 22, of Station st., Port Melbourne, despatch rider attached to the Southern Command, died in Royal Melbourne Hospital yesterday. ...
Article : 49 wordsThe findings of the board of inquiry into charges of misconduct made against Sergeant Henry Spencer Dunn, officer in charge of Brunswick police station, will ...
Article : 51 wordsPERTH, Monday.—Frederick Charles walker, civil servant, was committed for trial at the Perth Police Court to-day on a charge of having, between January 1, ...
Article : 46 wordson patrol over the Western Front. The R.A.F. is doing great work in Holland and Belgium, vigorously supporting defence forces and bombing advanced German columns. More than 40 enemy planes have been shot down by the R.A.F. since Saturday. (By airmail.) ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 46 wordsMelbourne girls who consider they resemble Vivien Leigh, who plays the role of Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone With the Wind," should ...
Article : 176 wordsSTATE FULL COURT.—Before Mr. Justice Macfarlan, Mr. Justice Lowe, and Mr. Justice O'Bryan.—In the Banco Court.—At 10.30— Littlejohn v. Haskin (part heard), Albert v. ...
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