CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Selected yesterday by a pre-sessional meeting of the U.A.P., Mr. Nairn (U.A.P., W.A.) was elected by the House of Representatives ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 418 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—Confidence in the ultimate victory of British arms was declared by Lord Gowrie, GovernorGeneral, when he formally opened to-day the 16th Federal Parliament. ...
Article : 1,001 wordsPicturegram received from Sydney of the opening of Parliament at Canberra yesterday. Lord Gowrie, Governor-General, is seen reading his speech. Beside him is Senator J. B. Hayes, President of the Senate, and standing at the back are Captain Bracegirdle, official secretary, and Mr. Loof, Usher of the Black Rod. Reading from right to left on the front row of the benches are:—Mrs. Menzies, Lady Gowrie, ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 135 wordsMr. Fadden Federal Treasurer, adds the finishing touches to the Budget which will be presented to Parliament in ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 23 wordsProbably the world's first race or test run on a large scale for trucks and private cars operated with charcoal and wood fuel was arranged in Sweden by the ...
Article : 643 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—Thomas Walter James Caesar was to-day granted a decree nisi for divorce from Freda Agnes Caesar on the grounds of her ...
Article : 258 wordsInvestigations of the affairs of companies uliere necessary to protect shareholders and creditors are empowered by the Companies (Special Investigations) Bill, ...
Article : 249 wordsThe anticipated split in the ranks of the Labour party over the Building Regulations Bill was clearly evident when the debate on ...
Article : 792 wordsOf 459 patients in the hospital 290 were suffering from scarlet fever. Dr. F. V. Scholes, medical superintendent, told the board of management of Queen's ...
Article : 176 wordsFalling 50ft. from the roof, a heavy sheet of galvanised iron fell between Firemen Ring and Cole during a fire in a paper store of the Herald and Weekly ...
Article : 158 wordsThe cool change which swept over much of Victoria yesterday after the hottest day for the month brought no rain relief to farmers. ...
Article : 137 wordsExcellent entries for the Light Horse Show, to be held on Moonee Valley racecourse on Friday, December 6, and Saturday, December 7, net proceeds of which ...
Article : 132 wordsADELAIDE, Wednesday.—Three persons were slashed while they slept in the city [?]rly to-day by an unknown assailant, who used a sharp instrument. The victims, ...
Article : 240 wordsCriticism of architects is contained in a statement prepared by Mr. H. S. J. Reed, city building surveyor, and sent to members of State Parliament by the ...
Article : 482 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—The creation of special industrial machinery to deal with disputes in the coalmining industry was sought to-night by a deputation ...
Article : 193 wordsWhen the suggested imposition of a bachelor tax in Tasmania was brought under the notice of Mr. Dunstan, Premier, yesterday, he said that the suggestion ...
Article : 37 wordsA great rally, which will be attended by the Anglican Bishops of North Queensland, Riverina, Rockhampton, and New Guinea, will be held in the Parish Hall ...
Article : 54 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Prime Minister and Mr. Curtin to-day expressed strong disapproval of a report published in a newspaper (not "The Argus") that at ...
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Advertising : 81 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—Found guilty in the Criminal Court to-day of the murder of his 17-year-old foster daughter, Harold James Richards, 47, secondhand ...
Article : 139 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday. — Sir Henry Manning, Attorney-General, has directed that no further proceedings be taken against Douglas Jowett Bush, who was ...
Article : 46 wordsThe Commonwealth Institute or Accountants announces that at the October examinations the following candidates passed in the subject of bankrupty, receivers, and liquidations of ...
Article : 61 wordsThe following amounts have been received by "The Argus" for the Dr. Maloney memorial fund:- Previously acknowledged, £9/13/6; Helen and ...
Article : 34 wordsThe work of the Victorian division of the Australian Comforts Fund was now costing £2,000 a week Mr. J. A. Norris, honorary secretary, said yesterday. ...
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Advertising : 195 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday, — Dorothy Lamour, Laurel and Hardy, Bebe Daniels, and Ben Lyon will come to Australia probably next year under contract to the ...
Article : 163 wordsDeaths of four members of the A.I.F and A.M.F. are reported in an Army casualty list issued by Southern Command headquarters yesterday. ...
Article : 151 wordsIn the Third Civil Court yesterday Mr. Justice Gavan Duffy granted a dec[?]e nisi in the undefended suit in which Eric Harold Mcilwraith, 32 years, View st., ...
Article : 85 wordsThe English Press has been urging that "We can give it" should be the British slogan in the war, rather than "We can take it." R.A.F. raids on Hamburg have ...
Article : 119 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—A compulsory conference has been called to discuss the strike at Port Kembla, which has thrown idle Metal Manufactures Ltd., the ...
Article : 76 wordsThe second annual dinner of the Melbourne High School Old Boys' Association will be held at Menzies Hotel on Wednesday at 6.45 p.m. ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Thu 21 Nov 1940, Page 5
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