The National Anthem had acquired a deeper meaning for people to-day; it had become more than an anthem; it was a sincere appeal ...
Article : 517 wordswere early on the scene at Essendon, but they still found others there before them, and were forced to wait in a queue. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 87 wordsStimulating pastures in eastern Victoria, parts of the Western district, and large areas in Riverina, Friday night's rain came at an ...
Article : 842 wordsA family excursion to Seymour to take a soldier back to camp after leave ended when the car crashed into a tree on the Hume Highway, near Broadford, ...
Article : 189 wordsMr. Robert Officer Blackwood, one of the best-known pastoralists and company directors in Victoria, died last evening at his home, ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 575 wordsThe stubborn individualism of the French, so exaited by the revolutionary tradition ensured that the State should always be weak, with short-lived and ...
Article : 624 wordsA woman was killed when a car driven by her son struck a rockery in St. Kilda road, between Commercial and Domain roads, at 7.30 last night, and overturned ...
Article : 206 wordsand pleased with his own large majority in Kooyong, the Prime Minister was photographed with his family at his home in Kew yesterday. Mrs. Menzies played an active part in her husband's campaign, and his sons, Ian and Kenneth, came up from ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 69 wordsWhile Archbishop Mann[?] was performing the opening ceremony at "Tay Creggan," a home for the Ladies of the Grail, Yarra st., Hawthorn, yesterday, ...
Article : 149 words(left), who gained the Barton seat for the Federal Labour party, discussing the Federal Labour "How to Vote" card with Mr. W. J. McKell, leader of the Opposition in the New South Wales Parliament, before recording his vote on Saturday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 45 wordsThree pedestrians were killed during the heavy rain on Saturday evening. Many were injured in other accidents. Struck by a car in Grattan st., Carlton, ...
Article : 191 wordsAlthough there are only 130 people living in the township, already two war savings groups, with 44 members, have been formed in the little town of Loch, ...
Article : 173 wordsAn appeal not for pounds but for pennies for the Red Cross—£25,000 worth of pennies—was broadcast by Lady Gowrie, president of the Australian Bed Cross ...
Article : 158 wordsTRAWOOL, Sunday.—Faced with a trek of 150 miles, beginning at 8.30 a.m. to-morrow, 1,200 members of the 2/21 Battalion, A.I.F., sang to-night a ...
Article : 369 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—Three people were killed yesterday when the motor-truck in which they were travelling was smashed to pieces by a goods train at a level ...
Article : 96 wordsGas seeping into a drain caused an explosion which alarmed residents of Brighton yesterday afternoon. A crater 10ft. by 5ft. by 6ft. was blown ...
Article : 115 wordsCommunity-sleeping in public raid shelters has led to the creation of the new job of "snore detective." In one shelter a woman is employed ...
Article : 96 wordsDARWIN, Sunday. — Two young men were killed on the overland road, a mile from Darwin, yesterday afternoon, when a motor-cycle on which they were riding ...
Article : 82 wordsHundreds of suits and costumes—to say nothing of quaint hats, such as gay bunches of flowers, now good only for the dustbin—will be sent to dry cleaners, ...
Article : 170 wordsA baby was found recently by a policewoman, lying on a bench in a Melbourne park. On its jacket was pinned a note which stated: "I know somebody will ...
Article : 404 wordsAs Miss Marjory Schilling, 21, of Avalon rd., Armadale, showed her mother how to adjust a windscreen wiper, the car which she was driving in White Horse ...
Article : 108 wordsPOSTAGE RATES (Fer To-day's Issue of "The Argus").—Australasia and New Zealand, 1d.; United Kingdom (overland), 1d.; (all-sea route) 1d.; other British possessions, 1d.: U.S.A. and ...
Article : 78 wordsFound at his home on Saturday with a gunshot wound in the head, Norman Murdoch, 20, munitions worker, of Molesworth st., North Melbourne, died last ...
Article : 47 wordsSports which were to have been held among the various A.I.F. units at Puckapunyal on Thursday have been cancelled. ...
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Advertising : 118 wordsFurther Treasury action is likely to be taken to prevent the transfer of the headquarters of Great Boulder Pty. Gold Mines Ltd. from London to Australia to avoid ...
Article : 157 wordsThe Grail House in Yarra st., Hawthorn, has been extended at a cost of £10,000 to enable adequate provision to be made for training girls to be leaders ...
Article : 247 wordsA five-roomed weatherboard house and its contents, owned and occupied by Mrs. L. Lobb, of Church st., Eaglehawk, was destroyed by fire on Saturday night. It ...
Article : 56 wordsCOBDEN.—Of the Heytesbury football team of 24 players, 19 have enlisted, 17 being accepted and two rejected as medically unfit. The other five are under ...
Article : 31 wordsHEPBURN SPRINGS.—The S.E.C. has acquired the undertaking of the Hepburn Springs Electric Supply Co. Ltd., which has operated for 15 years. The ...
Article : 41 wordsYARRAWONGA.—The death occurred suddenly of the Rev. Dr. Flynn, parish priest at Yarrawonga, at the age of 65. Mr. Isaac Selby will lecture this evening in ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 23 Sep 1940, Page 5
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