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  2. AS LEWIS GUNS ARE USED ON MERCHANT SHIPS

    for defence against aircraft, recruits for the Royal Australian Navy must know how to handle, strip, and assemble a Lewis gun. [?] receiving [?] Melbourne noval depot from Chief Gunner's Mate F. Whitehead. These recruits joined the Navy only a short time ago, and the Navy still needs volunteers. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 66 words
  3. LAG IN WAR PAYMENTS

    CANBERRA, Monday.—Total defence and war expenditure by the Commonwealth for the first eight months of the financial year is ...

    Article : 178 words
  4. STEEL WORKS AWARD

    SYDNEY, Monday.—Because the Commonwealth Arbitration Court refused to-day to make three large steel companies respondents to a ...

    Article : 350 words
  5. 100 PER CENT. WAR EFFORT

    Appealing to Australians to realise their responsibilities in war time, Mr. Fadden, Acting Prime Minister, said yesterday that it was ...

    Article : 578 words
  6. DAILY DIGEST OF WORLD NEWS AND VIEWS

    A facsimile of the text of the remarkable orders issued to the population of Brest in occupied France are here reproduced as they appeared in the "Depeche ...

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  7. BREAD CASE TO BE SIFTED

    SYDNEY, Monday.—State Cabinet decided to-day to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into aspects of the Abbco bread case, ...

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  8. ARMY FINANCE CHANGE

    Amendments to military finance regulations, designed to secure further decentralisation and a speeding up of Army administrative action, were announced ...

    Article : 105 words
  9. PRESENTED BY THE STAFF

    of Foy and Gibson Pty. Ltd., Smith street, Collingwood, an ambulance was handed over yesterday to the Army Medical Corps. In the centre of the group are Messrs. L. Hill (secretary of Foy's), L. J. Rooke (manager), C. Smibert and A. T. Howlett (representing the Red ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 61 words
  10. Caucus Meeting LADY BLAMEY'S VISIT

    CANBERRA, Monday.—Recall of Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Blamey was suggested by a Labour member of the Federal Parliament at the Labour Caucus ...

    Article : 248 words
  11. ADMIRAL COLVIN TO RETIRE

    SYDNEY, Monday.—Admiral Sir Ragnar Colvin, First Naval Member, has resigned because of ill-health This was announced to-day by Mr. Hughes, Navy ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 145 words
  12. CENSORSHIP IN JAPAN

    SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. R. E. M. Camelon, formerly Professor of Commerce at the Yokohama Commercial College and at St. Paul's University Tokio, said in an ...

    Article : 283 words
  13. PLAN OF CHILD ENDOWMENT

    Little opposition to the Commonwealth plan of child endowment was expected when the matter was brought forward in the House of Representatives, Mr. Holt, ...

    Article : 99 words
  14. TYRE AND TUBE PRICES

    CANBERRA, Monday.—An increase in prices of rubber tyres and tubes for motor vehicles was announced to-day by Professor Copland Commonwealth Prices ...

    Article : 117 words
  15. CASUALTY LIST

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 150 words
  16. "TO THE LAST OUNCE"

    SYDNEY, Monday.—"The frontiers of Australia are not delineated by the threemile limit; they are everywhere where the British race resides," said Mr. Faddn, ...

    Article : 147 words
  17. WAR SAVINGS

    In one of Melbourne's biggest, industrial plants addresses were delivered yesterday to employees urging them to continue their contributions to war savings ...

    Article : 89 words
  18. LADY BLAMEY AND RED CROSS

    Australian Red Cross Society headquarters had not yet dealt with the question of Lady Blamey being appointed to any temporary or permanent position it was ...

    Article : 78 words
  19. ALLEGATION OF COERCION

    SYDNEY, Monday.—In the Commonwealth Arbitration Court to-day Mr. J. D. McNamara, Federal secretary of the Australasian Society of Engineers, asked ...

    Article : 262 words
  20. CLOSING TIMES AT ST. KILDA

    Allegations that St Kilda Council would cause hardship to caterers and owners of dance halls and coffee lounges by amending a by-law dealing with ...

    Article : 200 words
  21. HEALTH ON THE HOME FRONT

    By contributing to St. Vincents Hospital appeal for £100,000 Victorians can materially help in maintaining the healthy army of war workers on the home front ...

    Article : 220 words
  22. Advertising

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    Advertising : 83 words
  23. DOCTOR CHARGED WITH MURDER

    SYDNEY, Monday.—Franklin Christian Richards, 64, medical practitioner, and Frank Henry Knowles 42, barman, at the Central Police Court to-day, were ...

    Article : 179 words
  24. KILLED IN ACTION

    Advice has been received by the parents of Private John Elkington Butler that he has been killed in action. Private Butler's parents ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 86 words
  25. DEATH FROM INJURIES

    Information that their youngest son, Sergeant Ray E. Scott, has died as the result of injuries received on active service, has been received by his parents, ...

    Article : 93 words
  26. Advertising

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    Advertising : 141 words
  27. FIREMEN'S GOOD SAVE

    Firemen from city stations made a good save lost night when a fire broke out at the rear of the workroom of John Jackson and Co. Pty. Ltd., leather goods ...

    Article : 77 words
  28. PRIVATE PLANT FOR BRIQUETTES

    To help supplement Victoria's own coal production Government aid may be given to a private briquetting plant at Gelliondale, in Gippsland The State War ...

    Article : 136 words
  29. HONOURING A.I.F.

    Photographs and short personal details of members of the A.I.F. who have been reported as casualties will be published in "The Argus" if they are sent to the ...

    Article : 33 words
  30. Obituary MR. CHARLES R. KIRKBY

    Mr. Charles R. Kirkby, well-known amateur golfer and racing enthusiast died at his home Dandenong rd., Caulfield on Saturday night. ...

    Article : 156 words
  31. WORKERS' CHALLENGE

    HOBART, Monday.—The Zinc Workers' Union at another stop-work meeting today issued a challenge to the Electrolytic Zinp Co. Members of the union, in ...

    Article : 121 words
  32. PREACHERS WHO DON'T "STRIKE OIL" SHOULD STOP BORING

    If a preacher could not strike oil in 20 minutes it would be better if he stopped boring, said Dr. E. A. Swan at the 1941 inauguration of the ...

    Article : 165 words
  33. EMPTY CELLARS AT BROKEN HILL

    BROKEN HILL, Monday.—From obscure corners of hotel cellars a few dozen bottles of neglected brands of beer were resurrected during the week-end, ...

    Article : 83 words
  34. MR. P. R. SCOTT

    Mr. Patrick Rankin Scott died suddenly at the home of his sister-in-law, Mrs. William Segrave, Staniland grove, Elsternwick. After a university course at ...

    Article : 69 words
  35. LATE REV. S. M. SOLOMON

    There was a large attendance at the funeral yesterday of Rev. Solomon Mark Solomon, former chaplain-colonel of the Australian Militia Forces, who died on ...

    Article : 110 words
  36. GAUGE MANUFACTURE SUSPENDED

    To enable the supplier to concentrate his full manufacturing resources on an item required by defence authorities, manufacture of the Australian made ...

    Article : 87 words
  37. SCHOOLBOY INJURED

    John Flint, 7, of Morton grove, Chelsea, suffered a compound fracture of the leg when struck by a car in Pt. Nepean rd. as he was returning from school ...

    Article : 46 words
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