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 ...
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Article : 45 wordsCANBERRA, 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 wordsSir,—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 wordsCorporal 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 wordsSir,—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 wordsRain which had fallen in late November would prove of great benefit to fruitgrowers throughout Victoria, officers of the Department of Agriculture said ...
Article : 74 wordsDonations 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 wordsA 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 wordsThe 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 wordsSir,—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 wordsThe following amounts were received at the Town Hall yesterday for the British Bombing Victims' Fund:- Previously acknowledged...... £263,716 1 7 ...
Article : 179 wordsSir,—Mr. Butchart, speaking of the interpretations of Biblical script, asks:— "Where does wisdom dwell?" I reply, "In common sense." Unfortunately, the ...
Article : 137 wordsKenneth 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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Article : 126 wordsSir,—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 wordsHunting 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 ...
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Article : 88 wordsAt 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 wordsSir,—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 wordsCr. Frank Beaurepaire, Lord Mayor, as honorary treasurer of the Comforts Fund, said yesterday that applications were wanted from executive types of ...
Article : 221 wordsSir, — 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 wordsLetter 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 wordsCOBDEN, 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 wordsPOSTAGE 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 ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tue 3 Dec 1940, Page 2
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