BALLARAT, Tuesday.—The 50th annual competitions of the South Street Society will open on September 28 and continue until October 26. Prize money ...
Article : 191 wordsGEELONG, Tuesday.—Geelong City Council to-day discussed a proposal to make up the difference between military and civic pay to its employees who join ...
Article : 176 wordsARARAT.—On completion of training at Ararat Hospital, Sisters McGuiness and Stapleton were presented by the staff with a set of instruments each. Patients ...
Article : 676 wordsNewly erected barricades have appeared on many roads in Britain. Steelhelmeted sentries keep watch for German parachute invaders and Fifth Column activities. Motorists must prove their identity before being allowed ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 48 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—To-day was the 100th day of hearing of the case in which four men are charged with having conspired with John ...
Article : 185 wordsSir,—No one will deny that speed has been the main factor in the success of the German mechanised forces, and the motor-cycle has been used to great ...
Article : 128 wordsSir,—Is it not possible to utilise the services of all available ex-A.I.F. officers and men, especially officers who [?] risen from the ranks? We do not ...
Article : 98 wordsSir,—Before last harvest I suggested to a traveller for a firm making binder twine that bags containing twine could be returned by farmers and refilled. The ...
Article : 117 wordsSir,—I should like to express my appreciation of Mr. Armstrong's inspired work. Even before the war he was endeavouring to rouse Australia out of her happy laxity, ...
Article : 89 wordsGEELONG.—City council yesterday appointed Mr. H. J. C. Slater, of Geelong West, hallkeeper, Mr. Slater, who is a returned soldier, will begin duties on July ...
Article : 165 wordsBALLARAT.—Suggestions have been made that Ballarat North railway workshops should be more fully employed in respect of war work, particularly ...
Article : 227 wordsWithout hearing addresses of counsel a jury in the Criminal Court yesterday acquitted John Lombardo, 39, of Victoria street. West Melbourne, wine and spirit ...
Article : 80 wordsSir,—On my wall is a ration card home made. I ration myself because all in Britain are rationed, and what they can do without so can I. I adhere to my ...
Article : 102 wordsSir,—There are thousands of riflemen in Australia who, no doubt, would gladly give their services to the Government. They could be used for guarding arsenals and ...
Article : 90 wordsThe Melbourne University revue for 1940, "Shop's Hooey," which opened last night at the King's Theatre, supplies an excellent ...
Article : 167 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday. — "The jury wishes to record its disapproval of the code system among hire purchase firms," declared the foreman ...
Article : 166 wordsBRIGHT, Tuesday.—When a pea-rifle discharged accidentally Keith Edwards, 14, son of Mr. F. R. Edwards, of Bright, was shot in the stomach. ...
Article : 35 wordsSir,—Why do your correspondents wish to enable Jewish refugees only to Join the A.J.F.? There are many other non-British residents in this country who have not ...
Article : 187 wordsSir,—Australia's war effort is not great enough. When war was declared I volunteered for active service, but was told that I could not Join the ranks because I was a ...
Article : 75 wordsBENDIGO.—Detective H. W. Green yesterday arrested Sydney Gordon Johns. 18, clerk, on a charge of having stolen a sum of money, the property of J. H. ...
Article : 104 wordsDARWIN, Tuesday.—After waiting five months in gaol for Justice, Jalkala, a young native, who was charged with murder following the death of an ...
Article : 53 wordsSir,—One method by which people would be reminded of the warnings given against spreading rumours or talking about the activities of our flghting forces ...
Article : 106 wordsWOODEND, Tuesday.—At an inquest to-day into the deaths of Gordon Herbert Eyres and Doris Isabel Rewell, both of Newstead, Mr. R. Cornish, J.P., committed ...
Article : 89 wordsAn event of great interest for Warrnambool district will be broadcast by 3YB from Warrnambool Town Hall from 9 to 10.30 to-night, of the final of Maples' P. ...
Article : 108 wordsAppointment of the following justices of the peace was approved yesterday by the State Executive Council: — Messrs. J. W. French, Northcote; W. J. Shakespeare, ...
Article : 53 wordsCANBERRA, Tuesday. — Regulations controlling entry of persons to enclosed wharves and to ships, and employment on ships and in shore ...
Article : 165 wordsSir,—Twenty—three years ago Sir David Hennessy, then Lord Mayor, opened the Town Hall for war-time intercessions, when the darkest days of the conflict hung ...
Article : 98 wordsSir,—Last week "The Argus" published the approximate number of German casualties (500,000). This, I think, reveals the secret of the enemy's success. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 399 wordsQuotations of average 64's American wool tops are:—July delivery, 88.3 cents per lb.; October, 86.1 cents; December, 85.5 cents. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 199 wordsSir,—Those who clamour for the use of beef raised on the Werribee Sewage Farm forget that all food must be produced and marketed under hygienic ...
Article : 166 wordsSir,—I suggest that all municipal councils curtail works programmes for the duration of war. No new major works should be undertaken, and the only ...
Article : 57 wordsThere has been considerable speedingup of production of various types of woollen material required-by the Government. and much overtime is being worked. ...
Article : 53 wordsSir,—It is well to see that some M.H.R.'s are prepared to, and actually have. joined the A.I.F., but why should they still continue to draw their £1,000 ...
Article : 87 wordsWINCHELSEA.—Before they left Ouyen Mr. and Mrs. Strawhorn received gifts from members of the Presbyterian Church, golf club[?] Baby Health Centre, ...
Article : 37 wordsWord of "Doe" Edwards's lastminute escape from Amiens, reported by Ronald Monson, a war correspondent of "The Argus," who ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 84 wordsBRISBANE, Tuesday.—"We can only attribute this action to an inexplicably merciful impulse causing an absolute and immediate change in his (Mr. Justice ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 215 wordsWhile events move swiftly in Europe, men of the A.I.F. in Palestine are completing advanced training. High praise of their efficiency has been expressed by ...
Article : 106 wordsThe Public Health Commission approved yesterday the appointments of 14 medical officers of health for shires throughout the State. They are:—Drs. E. J. Chipp Hamp ...
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Advertising : 92 wordsPromotions in the Victorian police force on probation for 12 months were approved yesterday by the State Executive Council as follow:—Sub-inspector P. ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Wed 29 May 1940, Page 10
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