Using an army tank outside the Town Hall as a platform, the Lord Mayor yesterday urged Melbourne citizens to contribute their share of ...
Article : 251 wordsSir,—The plea of H. Carson, ex-A.I.F., that practical experience gained by Diggers should be used to the full extent is timely. In 1914-18 Victoria's 3,000 State ...
Article : 181 wordsdrawn up outside the Melbourne Town ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 28 wordsVictoria's young manhood is responding magnificently to the appeal of national leaders for unlimited numbers of recruits to serve ...
Article : 341 wordsIf for various reasons A.I.F. volunteers cannot be immediately absorbed they will be trained with existing Militia units, thus ...
Article : 347 wordsIt was within the period of National Prayer throughout Great Britain during those fateful days of August to November, 1914, that the event afterwards ...
Article : 724 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—Following a further conference to-day with A.C.T.U. delegates, Mr. Menzies intends immediately to issue ...
Article : 159 wordsSir,—Could not we pay tribute to our gallant French ally by playing its national anthem at band recitals and at picture theatres, just after the interval? ...
Article : 122 wordsSYDNEY, Thursdny.—Indications that some unions would oppose Government proposals for speeding up production as part of the war effort were given at ...
Article : 84 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—The Federal Cabinet probably will decide shortly whether it will permit the development of the "Sixth ...
Article : 115 wordsand forty recruits ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 31 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.—Included in to-day's subscriptions to the £20,000,000 war loan were two amounts of £500,000. More than ...
Article : 209 wordsSir,—Let us drop everything else in united effort to assist Britain to defeat the ruthless Hun. Organise men and materials and send them oversea as ...
Article : 153 wordsSeveral delegates to Trades Hall Council last night criticised the action of A.C.T.U. officials in having conferred with Mr. Menzies on formation of advisory ...
Article : 105 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—Declaring that Australians had "a heritage of courage and endeavour," Brigadier Street, Army Minister, in ...
Article : 219 wordsTed Anstee, interstate and St. Kilda A grade pennant tennis player, and member of the L.T.A.V.A grade squash rackets team, joined the R.A.A.F. yesterday. Pat ...
Article : 172 wordsWireless sets and ice-chests for use in Air Force and military camp hospitals are wanted by the Victorian division of the Red Cross Society. Gifts may be sent to ...
Article : 341 wordsSir,—In reply to Mr. Lawrence Seccombe's letter stating that he and thousands of other young men would enlist if there were equality of sacrifice, what ...
Article : 109 wordsAVOCA.— Thomas Torney, 76, was found dead in his hut at Moonambel. He was a widower. Members of his family live in various parts of the State. It is ...
Article : 741 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.—"If the U.A.P. and Labour party in Victoria show any disposition towards a National Government negotiations ...
Article : 136 wordsPlans to help Tramways Board employees invest in the Commonwealth war loan were aunounced yesterday by Mr. Bell, board chairman. The board will ...
Article : 54 wordsSir,—Could not members of rifle clubs be organised and their services utilised in this great struggle? Many eligible members will no doubt join up, but there must ...
Article : 131 wordsDIMBOOLA, Thursday.—Six aborigines from Dimboola to-day hired a motor-car to take them 24 miles to Horsham to enlist. They paid their own ...
Article : 39 wordsGEELONG, Thursday.—Speaking to members of the manufacturers' sectional committee of the Chamber of Commerce to-day, Mr. R. J. Sanderson, vice-president ...
Article : 193 wordsGratification at the appointment of Mr. Essington Lewis as director-general of munitions supply was expressed in a motion agreed to by the council of the ...
Article : 61 wordsCollingwood players, at a meeting last night, unanimously instructed their representative on the general committee to recommend at the meeting next Tuesday ...
Article : 142 wordsSir,—Flame throwing tanks, parachutists, tank lifting planes, magnetic mines—these and many other things have been referred to as Hitler's secret weapon. ...
Article : 89 wordsEmployees at the Tramways Board's Preston workshops will build in their own time the body of the ambulance which the board will present to the Red Cross. ...
Article : 43 wordsIn an effort to increase Australia's war effort, the Lord Mayor has given notice of motion for the meeting of the City Council on Monday urging ...
Article : 174 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—Power to acquire rabbit-skins and establish an Australian Rabbit-skins Board of control for their sale and export, is given in ...
Article : 152 wordsBALLARAT, Thursday.—The importance of sporting facilities as part of the training fitness was emphasised by FlightLieut. C. O. Fairbairn, commanding officer ...
Article : 119 wordsMore than 10,000 copies of the New Testament have been supplied to soldiers by the British and Foreign Bible Society. To meet the greater demand it has just ...
Article : 127 wordsBadges for men in reserved occupations will be issued only to such men as are rejected from military service for that reason. ...
Article : 108 wordsSir,—We are all deeply grateful to "The Argus" for daily demanding total preparation for war. Anyone who cannot see or wilfully fails to understand that ...
Article : 66 wordsGEELONG.—Cr. Drew, Mayor of Geelong West, at the meeting of the council, said that he was convinced that personal sacrifices were necessary, and he had ...
Article : 82 wordsSir,—Mr. B. P. Johnson is right. Fit men in uniform should not be engaged in clerical duties at the Defence Department. The fact that fit men of military age ...
Article : 56 wordsRINGWOOD, Thursday.—Dr. W. L. Colquhoun, Mayor of Ringwood Borough, has resigned to take up full-time home service military duties. Cr. H. E. Parker ...
Article : 40 wordsRev. A. D. Page, Mitcham's vicar, was among the men who enlisted at the Mitcham depot yesterday. Aged 38 years, Mr. Page will become a transport driver. ...
Article : 35 wordsBALLARAT.—Among enlistments at the Ballarat recruiting depot yesterday was that of Mr. H. R. Maddern, city treasurer and assistant town clerk. Because of ...
Article : 79 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—Following the suggestion of a wartime migration plan to bring refugee children from Britain to Australia, the Federal Government has ...
Article : 97 wordsTo protest against the Federal Government's "apathy in not availing itself of the services of returned soldiers in the national war effort," Kew sub-branch, ...
Article : 74 wordsJUNEE (N.S.W.), Thursday.—In dense fog this morning an R.A.A.F. plane made a forced landing on Mr. F. Belting's property at Illabo. The crew of three escaped ...
Article : 53 wordsSir,—Some time before the war started you published a letter of mine advocating establishment of more flying-grounds. Nothing was done, as few realised what ...
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Advertising : 126 wordsBENDIGO, Thursday.—Literary awards in the Bendigo competitions were announced by the adjudicator, Rev. W. Maclean, to-day, as follow:— Australian ...
Article : 59 wordsBENDIGO, Thursday.—Strong protests have been made against removal from Bendigo of the Air Force recruiting unit which has been operating here. ...
Article : 144 wordsKYNETON, Thursday.—Action to suppress subversive influences, which, it was declared, were spreading throughout the country, was advocated by the ...
Article : 80 wordsMembers of the Navy, A.I.F., and R.A.A.F. who are at a "loose end" in Melbourne on Sundays are invited to attend the Power House Club, Albert Park Lake ...
Article : 54 wordsSir,— "Not Enough Hate." What a reputation for the Melbourne Scots! Mr. C. N. McKenzie advocates a hate campaign. Perhaps he would also favour ...
Article : 104 words[?]This picture taken on a Belgian main road gives a vivid idea of what war really means. Here are Belgian refugees carrying all they have been able to pack of their possessions, fleeing before the German invasion of their country. (By airmail.) ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 49 wordsYARRAWONGA, Thursday.—At a public meeting held to-night, a resolution was passed urging the Government to control all Australian resources for the ...
Article : 50 wordsSir,—Building new churches or schools and all organisations raising money for local efforts should be curtailed, so that we may lend all our energy to alleviating ...
Article : 119 wordsBENDIGO.—The Bendigo Rotary Club yesterday elected Mr. W. Draper president in succession to Mr. H. P. Wright. Other officers elected were:— Vice-presidents, ...
Article : 44 wordsPlans to raise money for Australian Comforts Fund by selling cattle presented by graziers were discussed by the Lord Mayor and Mr. Hamilton Smith, of ...
Article : 282 wordsPenelope will interview John Wood and Mary MacGregor, stars of "Busman's Honeymoon." over 3UZ at 10.30 a.m. to-day. Tamara Toumanova and Paul ...
Article : 46 wordsThe freehold and furniture of the Kinglake Hotel Kinglake ottered at auction yesterday by Mr. W. D. Sampson auctioneer, failed to reach the reserve and was withdrawn for ...
Article : 41 wordsSir.—On behalf of the committee and members of Australian Commercial and Industrial Artists' Association, may I voice a protest against the appeal for free ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Fri 31 May 1940, Page 5
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