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  2. FURTHER ARMS DELAYS M.H.R.'s Statement

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mr. Beasley, M.H.R., said to-night that further inspections he had carried out of plants near Sydney had ...

    Article : 356 words
  3. SUPPORT FOR WAR LOAN Issue Filling

    More than 3,000 applications for the £20,000,000 war loan were received throughout Australia yesterday. ...

    Article : 944 words
  4. UPPER HOUSE ELECTION Eight Contests

    Because of the war and the determination of the Government to avoid highly controversial issues, little general interest has been ...

    Article : 289 words
  5. ALIENS WANT TO SERVE Try to Join Forces

    [?]veral Germans and a Swiss, wishing to fight for Australia, were among applicants at the Town Hall recruiting bureau yesterday. As ...

    Article : 220 words
  6. FIRST AUSTRALIAN-MADE GIPSY AERO ENGINE

    on the test bench at General Motors-Holdens works, Fishermen's Bend, yesterday. Production on a large scale will begin soon. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. DAILY DIGEST OF WORLD NEWS AND VIEWS (Compiled by A.L.B.)

    The Turks with whom I have talked all believe that no matter what happens in individual engagements the British and French Empires in the long ...

    Article : 555 words
  8. EQUIPMENT IN PALESTINE Lord Mayor's Appeal

    Reading between the lines of the statement from Major-General Mackay. Commander of the Sixth Division A.I.F. in Palestine, he could picture a force of ...

    Article : 174 words
  9. CANCELLATION OF HOLIDAY

    Federal Cabinet decided yesterday to cancel the King's Birthday holiday (June 17) for all Commonwealth employees including workers in munition factories. ...

    Article : 97 words
  10. FOOTBALLERS JOIN

    Ray Watts (Essendon) has joined the R.A.A.F. He will go up for medical examination on Wednesday, but may play for some weeks. Watts came to Essendon ...

    Article : 98 words
  11. NEW CAMP SITES

    Providing temporary camp accommodation for 6,000 soldiers of the Eight[?] Division, A.I.F., five racecourses in Victorian country towns will be acquired by ...

    Article : 147 words
  12. RAID ON STORES IN COUNTRY

    Three young men sleeping in a motorcar in Park street, North Carlton, early yesterday morning were arrested by police patrols working in conjunction ...

    Article : 135 words
  13. AN APPLE'S AN APPLE FOR ALL THAT

    Cleopatras, we are told, are "in." To most people, presumably, there is a very real meaning in this announcement. It evokes no thoughts ...

    Article : 323 words
  14. LABOUR'S WAR POLICY Revision Likely

    Revision of Labour war policy on lines advocated by Mr. Curtin on Wednesday is expected at the Federal party conference in ...

    Article : 168 words
  15. R.S.L. VOLUNTEERS

    Details of the new R.S.L. volunteer defence corps, principles of which had been discussed with Brigadier Street, Army Minister, and General Sir Brudenell ...

    Article : 138 words
  16. SHELL CO. POLICY

    Nearly 10 per cent. of the male staff of the Shell Co. of Australia Ltd. has [?]sted in the A.I.F., and a similar number is serving in the Militia. Employees ...

    Article : 55 words
  17. WILLIAMSTOWN RALLY

    Cr. William Roberts, Mayor of Williamstown, is arranging a recruiting rally to be held in the local town hall shortly. He has also decided to open a recruiting ...

    Article : 63 words
  18. SERVICE VOLUNTEERS

    More than 50 members of the teaching service and 238 State public servants have enlisted, including 11 who have been attached to the new Forestry ...

    Article : 138 words
  19. GEELONG SILO ADDITIONS

    Grain Elevators Board has been informed by the Commonwealth Government that the proposal that the Government should provide finance to enable the ...

    Article : 130 words
  20. RETAINING KEY MEN

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—Employees in munition factories under control of the Department of Supply will not be automatically discharged at 65 during the ...

    Article : 62 words
  21. COMFORTS FOR TROOPS

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 243 words
  22. GOODS SERVICES TO BE RESTORED

    Bans on transport of stock and goods will be lifted automatically in most cases when restoration of country passenger services is completed on June 18. ...

    Article : 74 words
  23. SECURITY GUARD LIKELY

    The Commonwealth Government is understood to have evolved plans for the enlistment and organisation of citizens in a special non-military force, which will ...

    Article : 107 words
  24. NATIONAL FITNESS

    An intense campaign to induce municipal councils to co-operate in the National Fitness Campaign by providing grounds and other assistance will be ...

    Article : 104 words
  25. STATE TOTAL RISING

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 117 words
  26. BIBLES FOR TROOPS

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 80 words
  27. TAXPAYERS' REFUNDS

    Some taxpayers are helping war finance by contributions through the Taxation Office. To make up an even amount, one man added £6/11/6 to his ...

    Article : 76 words
  28. MAP OF WAR ZONES

    Loon—Soissons—Amiens—Peronne. All places in the news, as the battle rages on the Somme front, can be readily found on "The Argus" Instant Reference Map ...

    Article : 59 words
  29. NEEDS OF RED CROSS

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 233 words
  30. CONSCRIPTION URGED

    HOBART, Thursday. — Tasmania's Legislative Council to-day agreed to a motion by Mr. Lillico that "the Commonwealth Government should take ...

    Article : 96 words
  31. Advertising

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    Advertising : 147 words
  32. FREE OVERTIME OFFER

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—Clerical and professional Commonwealth public servants have offered to work a certain amount of free overtime during the war. ...

    Article : 47 words
  33. SALVATIONISTS KILLED

    Several Salvation Army workers, including a woman, have been killed, and many injured, while helping refugees and troops in France, says a cable message ...

    Article : 246 words
  34. BADGE FOR S.A. GREEKS

    To distinguish themselves from Italians, Greeks in South Australia have decided to wear conspicuous metal badges. No similar action has been taken by ...

    Article : 80 words
  35. PRESTON EFFORT

    Support for a campaign to sell £ 10,000 worth of war savings certificates before the end of August was pledged by a meeting of business people at Preston Town ...

    Article : 63 words
  36. PATRIOTIC FUNDS TOTAL

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 58 words
  37. Advertising

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    Advertising : 95 words
  38. MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE

    Arthur Douglas Hopkins, 26, mechanic, of Rutland st., Clifton Hill, was committed for trial at an inquest at the city morgue yesterday on manslaughter ...

    Article : 125 words
  39. ROUND-UP OF GERMANS IN PERTH

    PERTH, Thursday.—Acting on mstruc-tions from the Military Department, a large squad of detectives and plain-clothes police to-night completed a ...

    Article : 90 words
  40. CONSTABLE DIES

    PERTH, Thursday.—Constable Laurence Buzza, 28[?] married, who was wounded on May 11, died at Nannup Hospital to-day. Ronald George France, 19, who was ...

    Article : 64 words
  41. RED CROSS IMPOSITION ALLEGED

    Following a report by the Red Cross Society that an unauthorised person was collecting money, ostensibly for the Red Cross appeal, a police wireless patrol went ...

    Article : 69 words
  42. BONES WERE ANIMAL

    Examination made yesterday by Dr. C. H. Mollison, Government pathologist, of the charred bones found near Glenisla on Monday revealed that they were those ...

    Article : 74 words
  43. OPEN POSSUM SEASON

    An open 'possum season, so that the skins could be sold to benefit the Red Cross is not favoured by Mr. F. Lewis, chief inspector of fisheries and game. ...

    Article : 93 words
  44. HILL-CLIMB TESTS

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 110 words
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