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  2. Letters to the Editor

    Sir,—There is one class that is never heard or thought of. except when the Government is levying fresh taxation— the people who live on their small ...

    Article : 145 words
  3. Advertising

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    Advertising : 582 words
  4. SHAFT VICTIM IDENTIFIED

    BALLARAT, Monday.—Identification of the remains found last week in the old Midas prospecting shaft at Sulky was established to-day as those of George ...

    Article : 190 words
  5. COUNTRY NEWS

    AVOCA—The death has occurred of Mr. Claud Towers Frost, 51. manager of the Avoca branch of the Bank of New South Wales. He was treasurer of the ...

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  6. GEELONG ITEMS

    There has been considerable building activity at Torquay to replace the public buildings and private homes which were destroyed in the disastrous fire in ...

    Article : 274 words
  7. CITY RATE IS NOW 2/

    After a two hours' debate, during which the City Council finance committee survived three amendments, the council yesterday raised ...

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  8. ABNORMAL SET OF CURRENT

    The stranding of the steamer Orungal on a reef off Barwon Heads on November 21 was caused, according to submissions made by Mr. ...

    Article : 378 words
  9. MOVIES UNTAXED?

    Sir,—Can we hope for a satisfactory answer why picture houses' prices of admission have been severely left alone? Surely here is one source of revenue that ...

    Article : 41 words
  10. TAX RELIEF

    Sir,—Regarding the possibility of taxation deductions for single men with female dependants, what about single women with widowed mothers? Failure to make ...

    Article : 45 words
  11. MARKETING OF FRUIT

    CANBERRA, Monday. — Chaos would reign in the entire fruit trade without the acquisition scheme for apples and pears which had been approved by the ...

    Article : 176 words
  12. DEPRIVATIONS

    Sir,—In "The Argus" of Saturday D. Docwra states: "Sacrifices must be made all round." The only real sacrifice is by the men who lose life and limb. There ...

    Article : 163 words
  13. BENDIGO ITEMS

    Corporal John Lindhe, 19, of the Warradale, South Australia, military camp, who was seriously injured when a car he was driving crashed into a tree in ...

    Article : 171 words
  14. INFLATION

    Sir,—Mr. Gillespie, president of the Bank of N.S.W., says that inflation can be avoided by transferring purchasing power from private sources to the ...

    Article : 140 words
  15. FRUIT CROPS IMPROVE

    Rain which had fallen in late November would prove of great benefit to fruitgrowers throughout Victoria, officers of the Department of Agriculture said ...

    Article : 74 words
  16. £560,000 GIVES ANSWER

    Donations of £263,000 to the British Bombing Victims' Fund, £162,000 to the Lord Mayor's Red Cross War Appeal Fund, £134,000 to the Australian ...

    Article : 306 words
  17. BALLARAT ITEMS

    A verdict of death from injuries accidentally received was given by the deputy coroner (Mr. W. R. Reid, J.P.) at an inquest yesterday upon John Rowland ...

    Article : 223 words
  18. TYE'S CONCERT

    The usual Tye's concert in the Princess Theatre last Sunday evening was in aid of St. Vincent's Hospital. Proceeds were £61/12/8. The concert next Sunday will ...

    Article : 40 words
  19. PYRRHIC VICTORY

    Sir,—Pyrrhus, King of Epirus, won a great battle with heavy losses at Asculun 279 B.C. At the end of the day he proclaimed the result: "A Pyrrhic ...

    Article : 104 words
  20. BOMB VICTIMS' FUND

    The following amounts were received at the Town Hall yesterday for the British Bombing Victims' Fund:- Previously acknowledged...... £263,716 1 7 ...

    Article : 179 words
  21. WHICH BIBLE?

    Sir,—Mr. Butchart, speaking of the interpretations of Biblical script, asks:— "Where does wisdom dwell?" I reply, "In common sense." Unfortunately, the ...

    Article : 137 words
  22. FATAL FALL FROM HORSE

    Kenneth Conybeare, aged 17 years, of Main rd., Eltham, who was thrown from a horse at Eltham on Sunday, died in Prince Hemy's Hospital yesterday ...

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  23. CHILD WHO LOST BROTHER

    Whenever four-year-old Geoffrey [?] wandered from his home (and that was frequently) his parents knew where to look for him. He was always to be ...

    Article : 228 words
  24. £1,907 VERDICT UPSET

    Reversing a jury's verdict before Mr. Justice Lowe, the State Full Court, by a majority decision yesterday, upheld an appeal by Alfred Gange, of George st., ...

    Article : 237 words
  25. BROADCAST ENGLISH

    Sir,—Your readers should sympathise with Mr. Geo. Dunstan, of Fitzroy, in the suffering he apparently endures when he tunes in to the B.B.C. I fear, ...

    Article : 126 words
  26. UNAPPETISING!

    Sir,—Recently I called at a shop to purchase cherries. These were piled up in a heap in the window with flies buzzing all round them and amongst ...

    Article : 79 words
  27. HUNTING HIT BY LAST WAR, TOO; BUT IT SURVIVED

    Hunting has come to a standstill in England. It may even be abolished by the war, the cables tell us. That, no doubt, is what many people ...

    Article : 200 words
  28. BUY BRITISH

    Sir, — We are told on unimpeachable authority that Britain must strain every nerve to maintain her export trade. Yet in a shop in a small town I witnessed this ...

    Article : 71 words
  29. BEER PRICE PROTEST

    JUNEE (N.S.W.), Monday — Junee hotelkeepers are threatened with drastic action as the result of a public meeting held last night, when it was decided to ...

    Article : 88 words
  30. BROADCASTING

    At 7.15 to-night 3LO will broadcast a talk on the war loan campaign by Mr. Hollway, acting leader of the Opposition. At 7.30 a camp concert will be relayed ...

    Article : 335 words
  31. WAR DEBT AND BANKS

    Sir,—Permit me to correct a misstatement by John Smith under the above heading in last Friday's issue in which he quotes me as making the absurd ...

    Article : 100 words
  32. COMFORTS JOBS ABROAD

    Cr. Frank Beaurepaire, Lord Mayor, as honorary treasurer of the Comforts Fund, said yesterday that applications were wanted from executive types of ...

    Article : 221 words
  33. BUILDING STRIKE

    Sir, — Since last Tuesday, when men engaged at the Wool Stores Contract, Port Melbourne (being carried out for the Wool Board), ceased work because their ...

    Article : 275 words
  34. MAILS

    Letter mails close at Eliz. st. P. O. as under. G.P.O., Spencer st., 20 minutes later. unicss marked which indicates same time at both offces:—AUSTRALIA-ENGLAND AIRMAIL. — Via ...

    Article : 245 words
  35. TRUCK OVER BANK

    COBDEN, Monday.—When a truck got out of control on the main Cobden-Camperdown road half a mile from Cobden to-day it somersaulted twice over a ...

    Article : 86 words
  36. POSTAGE RATES

    POSTAGE RATES (For To-day's Issue of "The Argus").—Australasia and New Zealand, id.; United Kingdom (overland). Id.; (all-sea route) ld.; other British possessions, id.; U.S.A. and ...

    Article : 69 words
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