As far as Britain and France are concerned, this is a people's war. It is not capitalism, not socialism, not any of the old bogies. It is the brutal, ...
Article : 525 wordsSir,—Here is the answer to the pertinent question raised in "The Argus" of May 21: Let His Excellency the Governor-General assume the real leadership ...
Article : 105 wordsCriticising the High Court's attitude in appeals in accident cases, Mr. Justice Starke, a member of the Court, said yesterday that ...
Article : 318 words—Mr. E. A. Bell [?] president of Chamber of Automotive Industries, escorted the Governor on a tour of the Motor Show at the Exhibition yesterday. His Excellency is shown inspecting an anti-aircraft searchlight in the exhibit arranged by the Southern ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 45 wordsNearly 100,000 men are likely to be in the A.I.F., either serving abroad or training in camps, by September, according to military ...
Article : 390 wordsOnly four of France's many completely equipped and highly mechanised armies have yet made contact with the enemy, and the ...
Article : 225 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday. — Too much importance should not be attached at present to the reported reoccupation of Arras, said Mr. ...
Article : 231 wordsSir,—What are Mr. Menzies and colleagues thinking about? Australia has the man-power, and the youth of our young nation are anxious to help; but ...
Article : 83 wordsSir,—Factors which restrain enlistment are dislike of the voluntary system, under which best types make all sacrifices, and the absurd "reserved occupations" list. ...
Article : 94 wordsBEST news from the West Front is that the Allies are hitting back. It will be better still when we know that they are hitting hard. Nevertheless, Weygand ...
Article : 1,155 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.—"I believe that if by any mischance this monster Hitler should prevail, England may still be England, but ...
Article : 254 wordsWAGGA (N.S.W.), Thursday.—Officials of Wagga branch of the R.S.L. announced to-night that an organisation, to be known as the sixth column, had been ...
Article : 66 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday. — The Consul-General for Greece (M. E. C. Vrisakis), in a broadcast from station 2FC to-night, appealed to Australians to consider every ...
Article : 101 wordsSir,—It may seem callous to some people that we are still carrying on horse racing, football. &c. but why not use the sports to help war-time charities? Add an extra ...
Article : 73 wordsMalvern Council would discuss at its next meeting a proposal to open Malvern golf links on Sundays and give the proceeds to the Red Cross Society Councillor ...
Article : 76 wordsDARWIN, Thursday. — Protection of Darwin's civilians in war emergency will be organised soon. This was announced to-night by Mr. C. L. A. Abbott, ...
Article : 54 wordsSir, — Are the youths of Australia so devoid of love for flag and country that such means as recruiting drives, speeches, &c., should be necessary to show them ...
Article : 164 wordsDonations are urgently needed by the Australian Comforts Fund so that it can continue its work for Australian forces. Comforts are being sent to troops in ...
Article : 179 wordsThrough R.A.A.F. searches of Mt. Skene, where a pilot saw what he thought night be a Very light, have disclosed no trace of the missing Avro-Anson bomber ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 148 wordsMayors of all municipalities in the metropolitan area have promised full co-operation in answer to Mr. Menzies' appeal on ...
Article : 170 wordsSir, — I disagree with the Federal Parliament's suggestion that members enlisting should be paid their salary of £1,000 a year plus military pay while ...
Article : 81 wordsFederal executive of the R.S.L. will consider next week the Victorian executive's telegram calling for conscription, regimentation of ...
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Advertising : 199 wordsSir,—I am thankful that the King has proclaimed next Sunday a day of prayer, and I hope it will be widely observed. I fool that our pray ers will be answered, and ...
Article : 76 wordsMr. Menzies has informed the Lord Mayor that he will be unable to attend the recruiting rally at the Town Hall on Monday night because of a meeting with ...
Article : 119 wordsSir,—The spectacle or a Roman emperor fiddling whilst Rome, a city of about one million inhabitants, was burning, is not half so tragic as the ...
Article : 118 wordsAny contention that Australia could be defended only in Australia was simply pernicious rubbish, declared Dr. C. E. W. Bean, official historian of the last war, ...
Article : 124 wordsSir,—To the paragraph "As she is spoke" one might add the pavement is a sidewalk, the station a depot, the underground railway a subway, and the ...
Article : 104 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—Following his appeal last night for recruits for the A.I.F., Brigadier Street, Army Minister, announced to-day that recruiting depots ...
Article : 100 wordsMILDURA, Thursday. — At the annual conference of the Orchardists and Fruit Cool Stores Association of Victoria to-day, problems ...
Article : 169 wordsSir,—Is any herd in Victoria so free from beef measles as Werribee? Is any herd so free from tubercle? Mrs. Weber objects to Werribee beef because ...
Article : 108 wordsKOONDROOK, Thursday. — Among local enlistments are nine from three families. These are three sons of Mr. and Mrs. F. Fulton, of Koondrook, in ...
Article : 66 wordsSir,—I have read the series of notes by the Forest Commission on conservation of our natural resources with great interest. When completed the series ...
Article : 55 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday. — By a short-sighted policy the British Government was forcing the sale of margarine to the detriment of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 236 wordsSir,—It is reported that a deputation of wheatgrowers waited on Mr. Cameron, Minister for Commerce, complaining that the advance of 2/3 net was below cost ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 340 wordsSir,—The story of the man who sold the site of the Town Hall for a pair of working bullocks is akin to that of the sailor who exchanged the site of the ...
Article : 125 wordsA new war migration scheme, under which Belgian and Dutch refugee children would be brought to Austialia for adoption by Australian families, suggested by ...
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Article : 12 wordsSir. — Mr. Frank Devlin's suggestion that Malvern golf links should be opened on Sundays, the proceeds to go to the Red Cross, is a good one. A deputation should ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Fri 24 May 1940, Page 5
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