BALLARAT, Wednesday. — Mr. Justice A. A. Uthwatt, a former student of Ballarat College, whose appointment to the Treasury Division of the High Court ...
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Advertising : 350 wordsARARAT.—When returning from Melbourne a car driven by Mr. Wilcox, manager of Mount William Estate, Willlaura, skidded near the entrance to the ...
Article : 968 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—The task of preparing amendments desired by Labour to be made to new regulation 42A of the National Security Act. dealing with ...
Article : 244 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—Closer relations, between the democracies, under AngloSaxon leadership, and the Soviet Union as an outcome of the war, were envisaged ...
Article : 251 wordsSir,—Those supporters of repressive legislation, even by "responsible" Government, are unable to draw conclusions from "trends" toward universal reaction, un ...
Article : 202 wordsNYAH WEST, Wednesday. — Harold Woodier, 19, appeared in the Nyah West police court to-day on a charge of having murdered his sister, Violet Woodier, 14, ...
Article : 150 wordsWELLINGTON, Wednesday.— Four members of the New Zealand Air Force were killed when two planes engaged in training exercises ...
Article : 235 wordsBendigo District Tomato-growers' Association has arranged with the Victorian association to hold a conference of all affiliated organisations at Elmore on ...
Article : 279 wordsSir,—Despite centuries of unfulfilled "prophecies" by assorted religious adventurers, besides Jehovah's Witnesses there, arc to-day thousands of other morbid ...
Article : 103 wordsA rubber heel print found on a garment in a house he was alleged to have entered on a rainy night was a vital part of the evidence against a man who was ...
Article : 174 wordsSHEPPARTON Wednesday.—Loss of confidence in Mr.Dunstan, Premier, as party leader was expressed in a resolution passed at the annual meeting of the ...
Article : 82 wordsSteps to control effectively petrol consumption in the dairying and buttermanufacturing industries in Victoria to eliminate wasteful haulage and ...
Article : 141 wordsHeld suspended from a window 100ft. above the ground for 20 minutes by a plucky nurse a woman patient at Prince Henry's Hospital was saved from death ...
Article : 241 wordsSir,—I am informed that the highest denomination of tax stamps is £2, hence many taxpayers will require several books and hundreds of stamps, even if the ...
Article : 59 wordsSir,—Having had several years' service during the last war, I venture to express my candid opinion of women in canteens Soldiers prefer to receive attention from ...
Article : 116 wordsResults in the Murtoa wheat crop competition were:—O. C. Petering, 83 points out of a possible 100; H. P. Hermann, 81; G. E. Schache and C. H. Schulz, 80½ each, ...
Article : 234 wordsDONALD, Wednesday.— Steps are to be taken by the Donald District Vigilance Association to hold a meeting in Melbourne to further country interests, and ...
Article : 64 wordsGeelong has been selected as the first city to experience a complete "black-out" in Victoria's A.R.P. tests. Geelong possesses all the features of a ...
Article : 80 wordsReports from London of a textile fabric possessing qualities of fine worsted and produced at half the cost are not alarming the Australian wool trade leaders. ...
Article : 241 wordsAt a lunch—hour meeting yesterday members of the Building Trades' Federation employed on the Gordon st. munitions factory, Footscray, demanded a ...
Article : 68 wordsSir,—A most revolting case of cruelty to a horse by an Italian at Werribee—24 wounds, burns caused by lighted paper held against the poor animal, and other ...
Article : 90 wordsWhen a young mother was deserted and sought employment nobody wanted her because she had a baby. The mother gained relief from an embarrassing ...
Article : 147 wordsThe Editor of "The Argus" has received the following amounts for the Greek War Fund:- Previously acknowledged.......... £269 15 0 L.E.W., E.T., E.H., each 10; "Inventor," 5/. ...
Article : 171 wordsSir,—Six hundred years have elapsed since Jean Froissart expressed the following illuminating thought:—"They are a covetous people above all other, and ...
Article : 134 wordsDIMBOOLA, Wednesday.—Long discussion took place at the annual meeting of tile Wimmera District Council of the United Country party to-day on a motion ...
Article : 152 wordsSir,—Can nothing be done to prevent the wholesale slaughter of birds through householders using poison for slugs and snails in their gardens? It is pitiful to ...
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Advertising : 154 wordsThe new Wool Products Labelling Act of U.S.A. is discussed in the quarterly wool review of the Australian, Mercantile, Land, and Finance Co. Ltd. The ...
Article : 110 wordsEight grass fires were started on the roadside between Werribee and Geelong, and also on the Geelong-Colac road yesterday, apparently caused by a defective ...
Article : 314 wordsSir,—If it be true that members of trade unions cannot act as they wish for fear of their leaders, then honest and loyal working-men should get together and ...
Article : 132 wordsMr. Hogan, Minister for Agriculture, said yesterday that the Victorian Government did not contemplate action to control new wine grape plantings. ...
Article : 107 wordsSir,—As both my boys are serving in the Middle East, might I suggest that the bearer of casualty telegrams wear a khaki coat and hat. It is awful for a mother ...
Article : 67 wordsBENDIGO, Wednesday. — Damage estimated at about £2,000 was caused this afternoon by fire which broke out on the property of Captain Stanley ...
Article : 61 wordsThe Ballarat Stock Exchange yesterday elected officers as follow:—Chairman, Mr. C. H. Bunce; vice-chairman, Mr. W. T. Humphreys; committee, Messrs. J. H. ...
Article : 49 wordsSir,—Now that Mr. Menzies has finally decided to visit London, his friends will join in wishing him a pros perous journey and safe return. The ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 334 wordsFlax crops range from light to medium in the Ballarat district, due to the vagaries of the season. Nevertheless, about three or four times the quantity available last ...
Article : 116 words"Drakes Drum" or "Seaways" is the title of a musical programme featuring the Adelaide Light Orchestra and Wireless Chorus at 8 to-night from 3AR. Seven ...
Article : 257 wordsSir,—Is it not indiscreet for a departmental head to say "cutting out high heels would mean men out of work"? The men of England are all in war service; the ...
Article : 84 wordsBENDIGO, Wednesday.—While schooling a horse for a patriotic carnival, G. McCoy was thrown heavily at Eaglehawk to-day. He was admitted to the Bendigo ...
Article : 62 wordsSir,— I wish to refute Mr. Frasers's statement implying that residents of Maldon district were wholly responsible for the discontinuance of the rail ...
Article : 177 wordsPOSTAGE RATES (For To-days 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 : 79 wordsRoyal Park Military Camp will provide the artists for a Sunday night concert to the Melbourne Town Hall on February 2. Funds will go to the camp ...
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