Agreement with a suggestion in a leading article in THE ARGUS yesterday that establishment of an Executive War Cabinet with full control of the war ...
Article : 617 wordsForty-six Victorians are mentioned in a casualty list issued yesterday. Of these 22 are missing. Names of men from Tasmania and NSW are included. ...
Article : 834 wordsSir,—If the war position is as serious as our leaders advise, why not make the age l8 to 40, as in the last war. Without making any stupid comparisons ...
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Article : 4 wordsCANBERRA, Tuesday. — The mere political formula of a National Government would not add one scrap to our war effort, said Mr. Curtin, Opposition ...
Article : 1,184 wordsNaval experts in Melbourne said last night that the sinking of Bismarck was a triumph for the policy adopted years ago by the British Admiralty. ...
Article : 1,080 wordsWe are resolved as a nation upon [?] necessity of ending for all time the effort of totalitarianism to rule the world. Under the threat of such rule neither the ...
Article : 667 wordsCANBERRA, Tuesday.—Federal Parliament will meet on only 3 days this week, and will then adjourn for 2 weeks, Mr. Menzics, Prime Minister, announced ...
Article : 315 wordsSir,—Mr. Medley and others have told us lately that we Australians, while ready to make any sacrifice, are still walting to be directed what to do. It ...
Article : 215 wordsSir,—We are told that iron 'in any shape or form is becoming of increasing value. Why, then, is the St. Kilda Council permitting an everincreasing ...
Article : 104 wordsClaim for return of 5 £1 war savings certificates and household articles, or, alternatively, a sum of £23/6/8, following a broken engagement, was heard by Mr. ...
Article : 216 wordsSir,—One of our sappers an accomplished violinist, is anxious to procure a violin to entertain troops aboard ship. We are establishing our own recreational ...
Article : 80 wordsSir,—In reply to a recent letter from the chairman and secretary of the Legion of Christian Youth in Victoria criticising some of my statements, we do not ...
Article : 120 wordsAfter a review of conditions in the industry yesterday, State Cabinet decided that there should be no reduction in the price paid to milk producers supplying ...
Article : 120 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—Theodore Charles Trautwein, bankrupt hotelkeeper, and former MLC, told the registrar in bankruptcy today that so far as he knew ...
Article : 166 wordsSir,—The authorities are appealing for 44-gallon petrol drums required to lay down supplies of fuel at strategic points. A certain number of drums are ...
Article : 91 wordsFailure of mobile units to enlist the numbers ot AIF recruits expected from the country was attributed by military officials yesterday to complacency in most ...
Article : 183 wordsA telephone message received by Major J. W. Dent, Commissioner for Red Shield War Services, yesterday from the mother of a soldier oversea, said that in a letter ...
Article : 303 wordsSir,—Mr. Lee (26/5/41) thinks my suggestions for petrol-saving are harsh. I contend that the metropolitan area is so well served by trains, trams, and buses ...
Article : 127 wordsLIEUT. J. CHESTER GUEST (reported prisoner of war) was reported missing on April 30. Since then the Red Cross Society has been trying to trace him, ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,330 wordsADELAIDE, Tuesday.—At the declaration of Boothby poll at Unley today Mr. Lawton, defeated Labour candidate, said the figures proved a strong feeling in ...
Article : 130 wordsSir,—Last week on entering a suburban ironmongery establishment I noticed a large placard stating that "owing to increased shortage of labour deliveries ...
Article : 56 wordsSir,—I recently had a trip embracing a good many country towns and some of the Melbourne suburbs. Everywhere potatoes were being retailed at 1d. per ...
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Advertising : 52 wordsSir,—It is gratifying to read in the daily papers that property owners in Victoria are at last organising to protect their interests. They have been the ...
Article : 94 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday. — Most union leaders today declined to comment publicly on Mr. Menzies" speech, but some expressed approval. ...
Article : 175 wordsSir, — Many wno Know the [?] value of wholemeal bread will agree with J. Fenton (27/5/41). I know of 2 bakehouses where genuine wholemeal is used ...
Article : 88 wordsCANBERRA, Tuesday.—Retail butchers in Sydney have been instructed by the Commonwealth Prices Commissioner that the price of lamb is to be adjusted to ...
Article : 52 wordsCOMFORTS FUND.—Previously acknowledged, £4/299/0/2; Mrs. E. M. Barry, £5; Ranuby Patriotic Club (Korumburra Shire), £4; Mrs. W. B. Grey Smith, £3; Mrs. S. Gray, 5/; H.V.G., 5/. ...
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Advertising : 59 wordsAustralian as well as British nurses benefit from services which the YWCA has established in the Middle East. These services mean that nurses when off duty ...
Article : 164 wordsCANBERRA, Tuesday.—The upper age for RAAF recruits may be raised shortly. Mr. McEwen, Air Minister, said he had ordered a review of the age and height ...
Article : 52 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—Detectives are investigating disappearance of 50,000 cigarettes from McIlwraith, McEacham wharf at Darling Harbour. The cigarettes were ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Wed 28 May 1941, Page 5
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