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  2. BOOKS of the DAY

    Directing public attention either to political and administrative shortcomings in Britain, or showing the load to victory, the publishing house of Gollancz is ...

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  3. COLLISION WITH MINESWEEPER

    Obstructions to the sidelights ot the minesweeper Goorangai could have been the cause of the collision with an interstate liner in Port ...

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  4. Letters to the Editor

    Sir,—As a loyal Australian I take exception to Hilda Rogers's letter (1/1/41), objecting to the new year being ushered in with "gaiety, confetti battles, &c." ...

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  5. Nature Notes Brush-Tailed Phascogale at Bendigo

    Whether it was on a new year spree or not it is difficult to explain the presence of a handsome gi ey phascogale captured, after considerable excitement, ...

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  6. MEN AND IDEAS

    WE can face the coming year without apprehension, but not without unrelaxing vigilance. Years of carelessness, years of unreality, brought us to our ...

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  7. THE PASSING SHOW

    That HARDY perennial Mickey Rooney is at the head of the list of Hollywood money-makers—but for how long? Remember, Master Mickey, ...

    Article : 1,235 words
  8. An Australian abroad

    Some travellers collect picture postcards of places they have visited, others clutter up their luggage with industrial souvenirs, men have been known to ...

    Article : 452 words
  9. Twenty-one Good Australians

    By means of a scries of 21 portrait sketches that are actually thumbnail biographies, Mr. Vance Palmer has set up so many milestones in the development of ...

    Article : 606 words
  10. P.M. FOR LONDON?

    Sir,—One cannot but be disappointed that petty and ridiculous objections should be raised to the intended and most desirable visit of the Prime Minister to ...

    Article : 147 words
  11. CONFLICTING GOSPELS

    Sir,—The daily text on January 3 (from Luke xvi. 13) is illustrative in that it is a duplicate, word for word, of Matthew vi. 24, but in a totally different setting. ...

    Article : 162 words
  12. The Irish Senate

    It is said that several of the departed Kings of England met somewhere in the Elysian fields and that on the whole they found very little to talk about. The years ...

    Article : 357 words
  13. Nazi Rogues' Gallery

    Robert Ziller is a black and white artist with a gift for portraiture that brings out the character of his subject in every line "We Make History" is a collection ...

    Article : 304 words
  14. WARTIME STRIKES

    Sir,—Many must wonder what all this industrial unrest arises from. At the conclusion of the miners' strike last year the miners vowed that "for the duration" ...

    Article : 145 words
  15. New Books Received

    Portland Pioneer Women s Book of Remembrance; The Gold Rushes by W. P. Morrell (London; A. and C. Black Ltd., 18/. net); Sallormen's Ghosts, by Malcolm Uren (Melbourne; Robertson ...

    Article : 432 words
  16. NEED FOR AWAKING

    Sir,—Your wonderful and appealing leading article on January 2 on the way the new year was ushered in by carefree, thoughtless thousands so expresses ...

    Article : 86 words
  17. UNFAIR TAXATION

    Sir,—As a result of my lettet of December 30 under the heading "Unfair Taxation," a meeting will be held in the Gregory Hall, corner Dandenong rd. and ...

    Article : 51 words
  18. Advertising

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  19. DELAY WAS CRUEL

    Sir,—On New Year's Day a cow fell and lay for 10 hours on cobble stones near the Flinders st. viaduct. She was one of a mob of 150 beasts travelling to ...

    Article : 92 words
  20. BYGONE DAYS

    THE custom of celebrating the advent of the new year in a public fashion is not by any means of recent growth in Melbourne, although I fancy that it at ...

    Article : 651 words
  21. ANNOUNCERS TRIP

    Sir,—May I suggest that A.B.C. announcers decide on one pronunciation for the island of Emirau, where the German raiders' victims were landed. They have ...

    Article : 86 words
  22. Bridge Notes LUCKY BREAKS

    NEVER give up hope. The most impossible-looking contracts may often succeed, even if you need a revoke on the part of your opponents. I can recall ...

    Article : 599 words
  23. Advertising

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    Advertising : 110 words
  24. GRAPHIG DESERT WAR SCENES

    Rushed to Australia by air, Frank Hurley's films of the British victory in the western desert were screened in several Melbourne theatics yesterday. ...

    Article : 361 words
  25. TOORAK BY-ELECTION

    Sir,—I am glad that Mr. Kennett resents being called a U.A.P. candidate and that he denies any association with that body. I congratulate him and hope that ...

    Article : 117 words
  26. John Masterman discusses HEART AND LIFE PROBLEMS

    LAST year may have brought many ups and downs, a good deal of sorrow, troubles and anxieties. But now it is gone: a new year is born-the best is yet to be. ...

    Article : 470 words
  27. EDUCATION REFORM

    Sir—Will you allow me to make a last contribution to the conespondence on money for education. My motive in replying to Mr. Bradshaw and others has ...

    Article : 351 words
  28. NO AUSTRALIAN AIR CREW TRAINEES

    There were no Australian air crew trainess in any of the ships sunk by enemy raiders in the Pacific, the Air Department stated yesterday. Statements ...

    Article : 62 words
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