BRISBANE, Friday.—"It is [?] our destiny to be hewers of wo[?] and drawers of water under bru[?] and savage rule. We must [?] ...
Article : 127 wordsArrangements are completed for the Empire Day march next Friday in aid of Red Cross funds. More than 3,000 Scouts and Sea and Air ...
Article : 123 words"There will be no danger and no disturbance in the South Pacific in the near future," Mr. Kyujero Hayashi, former Japanese ...
Article : 290 wordsHuge defence expenditure and 24-hour shifts on all defence works were requested by President Roosevelt in a special message to a joint meeting of Congress to-day. He also asked that every effort be made to ...
Article : 1,141 wordsat the Town Hall yesterday to Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Blamey, General Officer Commanding the A.I.F. From left: Sir Thomas Blamey Councillor A. W. Coles, the Lord Mayor[?] Mr. Hogan, Minister, for Agriculture; Major-General J. D. Lavarack Commander of the Seventh Division; MojorGeneral E. A. Drake-Brockman, Commander of the Third Division (Militia), Mr. Everard, M.L.A.; and Councillor ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 65 wordsCANBERRA, Friday.—In the last 48, hours Mr. Casey. Australian Minister in Washington, had informed Federal Government of President Roosevelt's ...
Article : 86 wordsGEELONG, Friday.—In a collision [?] tween two motor-cars on the Melbour[?] road, near the Ford works, this even[?] Robert Lillis, 26, of Richmond [?] ...
Article : 43 wordsAll Americans in Britain have been warned by the United States Government to go immediately to the west coast of Ireland, where the ...
Article : 132 wordsGeneral Officer Commanding the Australian Army Corps, bidding good-bye to his son, a lieutenant in the artillery, before the second A.I.F. contingent sailed from Melbourne. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Advertising : 220 wordsNo announcement has yet been made, either by the gas companies or by the Railways Department of any relaxation of restrictions. ...
Article : 120 wordsEnglish refugees were bombed and machine-gunned as they embarked in Belgium, and again at sea. ...
Article : 147 wordsHeavy concentrations of men and material had allowed the Germans to gain territory, but the price paid in men and equipment had been ...
Article : 181 wordsPresident Roosevelt's efforts to keep peace in the Mediterranean has had a powerful influence on Italy, but the situation is still "hair ...
Article : 230 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—Ruby Gladys Evelyn, 27, who pleaded guilty to a charge of having demanded money with menaces on April 20 from Dr. ...
Article : 175 wordsPathetic groups of refugees are crowding Paris railway stations and sit or lie hopelessly amid their bundles, says "The Times" Paris correspondent. ...
Article : 206 wordsThe Stock Exchange responded immediately to President Roosevelt's message, and traders frenziedly bought aviation shares of all descriptions, which led the ...
Article : 125 wordsWell known in Australia's pastoral industry, Mr. S. McCall-McCowan died in Edinburgh on Thursday. He was for a number of years head of the New Zealand ...
Article : 88 wordsChurches of all denominations wholeheartedly support the appeal for a national day of prayer on May 26. Dr. Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, ...
Article : 97 wordsA communique claims that 100,000 tons of Allied shipping was bombed yesterday off the Belgian and Dutch coasts, of which 50,000 tons had been sunk, and the ...
Article : 94 wordsIntense fighting is taking place on the Narvik front, and the Germans have been pushed back east of Bjerkvik, says a Norwegian communique. ...
Article : 163 wordsSwiss anti-aircraft fire hit a German bomber near Schaffhausen, and it was forced to land north of Zurich. Two other German ...
Article : 179 wordsAttacks on the Vatican for "siding with Belgium and Holland" are published in "Regima Pascisto," official paper of the Fascist party. ...
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Advertising : 72 wordsAubrey Dempster, 22, of Park avenue, Burnley, who was found unconscious near the Hawthorn, bridge, Burnley, early yesterday morning, died in St. Vincent's ...
Article : 40 wordsClosing down of the League of Nations offices here began last night. Only 69 of 329 employees will go to Vichy (France) if ...
Article : 92 wordsThe Dominions' High Commissioners, who now confer daily, including Sundays, under the chairmanship of the Dominions ...
Article : 91 wordsA receiving order against Baroness von Stutterheim is announced in the London Gazette. She is a sister-in-law of Mr. Eden, Minister for War. Baron von ...
Article : 47 wordsHistory reveals that in some countries agriculture has almost entirely disappeared, while in others it has been practised and has endured for centuries. ...
Article : 209 wordsof the A.I.F., a troop transport puts to sea from Port Melbourne. These men are members of the second Australian contingent to reach the Middle East. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 31 wordsThe Institute of London Underwriters, announces a new schedule of war risk marine rates for vessels sailing after to-day. Rates for cargoes in ships sailing ...
Article : 67 wordsStocks rallied in New York yesterday following President Roosevelt's 1,182,000,000 dollar (£A370,000,000) defence appeal. Aircraft issues rose ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Sat 18 May 1940, Page 3
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