Few—very few—motorists ran out of petrol during their first weekend in which garages closed early. Those who did were unfortunate ...
Article : 322 wordsThe first definite recommendation for higher fees for students of the University of Melbourne will be considered by the University Council to-day. ...
Article : 125 wordsFollowing the imposition of a flour tax at an initial rate of £5/15/ a ton, it is considered inevitable that there will be an all-round increase in the price of ...
Article : 213 wordsBetween 25,000 and 30,000 people travelled by rall and road to the Salesian school, Rupertswood, Sunbury, yesterday, to take part ...
Article : 562 wordsAppeals from the death sentence passed on Herbert Jenner and Selwyn Wallace, and from their conviction for the murder of ...
Article : 468 wordsSir,—May I suggest that the appointment of a Minister for Peace would be one of the most constructive things our Government could do. So much of the hatred ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 476 wordsSir,—The Chief Secretary has not produced a valid reason for introducing a bill to provide for night trotting. He claims that there is a public demand, but ...
Article : 112 wordsThe annual supplementary examinations of the University of Melbourne will begin to-day and will end on December 17. A few candidates having missed the ...
Article : 78 wordsSir,—French Island a few years ago contained a very large number of koalas. Systematic firing of the island has reduced the number greatly. Furthermore, ...
Article : 228 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—Members of the baking trade who met on Saturday night decided that the tax of £5/15/ a ton on flour left the bakers no alternative but ...
Article : 392 wordsMr. Ron Crout, law student of Ormond College, has been elected president of the 33rd Students' Representative Council at the University of Melbourne for 1939. He ...
Article : 108 wordsTreated for a scaln wound at the Alfred Hospital on Saturday night, Inez Aarons, aged 39 years, of Barkly street, St. Kilda, alleged that she had been ...
Article : 46 wordsThieves entered the shop of Mr. Harold Jones, chemist, of Gaffney street, Coburg, on Saturday night, and stole £30 in money. Thieves gained access through a ...
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Advertising : 156 wordsTuesday, 8 p.m.—Limbless Soldiers' annual smoko night, Centenary Hall, 110 Exhibition street. Mr. T. L. Gray will preside. To-morrow Night.—Speech night of the Mac ...
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Advertising : 341 wordsThrough the generosity of the Fine Art Society an exhibition of Central Australian water-colours by a pureblood aborigine, Albert Namatjira, will ...
Article : 289 wordsSir,—The results of the University examinations this year are scandalous. I know personally a number of undergraduates who have worked hard all the year ...
Article : 80 wordsWARRAGUL, Sunday.—A man was killed and three others were injured, one critically, to-day, when they came in contact with wires ...
Article : 141 wordsSir,—The statistics provided by the Postal Department concerning the issue of new telephone books were so strange that one hopes there is no connection ...
Article : 123 wordsSir,—May I. on behalf of the Free Kindergarten Union and its affiliated free kindergartens and nursery schools direct the attention of your readers to the ...
Article : 222 wordsBALLARAT, Sunday.—The Ballarat Master Bakers' Association has advised the public to expect a substantial rise in the price of bread from Tuesday, ...
Article : 39 wordsMr. Lacey has been in the service of the Vacuum Oil Company since he first began work, with the exception of a short period when he was in Queensland. He ...
Article : 216 wordsADELAIDE, Sunday.—To enable the price of flour to be regulated immediately, the Wheat Products Prices Act was preclaimed yesterday to come into force ...
Article : 138 wordsAt the International Club, 177 Collins street at 3 p.m. to-day, Miss Edith Holmes is holding an exhibition of her paintings which will be opened by Mr. ...
Article : 127 wordsEarth tremors were reported last night from several places on and near the Dandenong Ranges. Shortly after 7.30 p.m. several ...
Article : 68 wordsA Moth plane and a DH50 plane came into collision on the landing-ground at Essendon on Saturday. The wings of the Moth plane and the propeller of the DH50 ...
Article : 106 wordsSir,—The statement of Mr. W. H. Turner, of the Transport Workers' Union, that the milk delivered by the average retail dairymen is 72 hours old is ...
Article : 158 wordsBRISBANE, Sunday.—The price of bread will not be increased from to morrow, as was expected. A conference between the millers and growers to ...
Article : 61 wordsTwo fires which broke out yesterday near Epping road, between Reservoir and Keon Park, swept 700 acres of grass lands. ...
Article : 133 wordsMany representatives of Melbourne commercial interests and professional men attended the funeral on Saturday of Mr. Robert Chancellor Meares, company ...
Article : 125 wordsBALLARAT, Sunday.—"This memorial is to men who desired to right a wrong they saw committed," the Rev. A. Bell said at the Eureka Stockade ...
Article : 318 wordsEvery Monday and Wednesday evening at 7.45 3UZ presents one of a series of quarter-hour episodes under the general title of "Sacrifice." These broadcasts deal ...
Article : 121 wordsSir,—All thinking people resent the heavy charges made by the Brighton Council for family tickets at the new municipal baths at Brighton Beach. The ...
Article : 96 wordsDAYLESFORD, Sunday.—A few minutes before the day's shooting ended on the Mount Franklin range yesterday, Mr. Alexander McArthur, aged 68 years, ...
Article : 122 wordsMr. Charles Croll, who was for many years in the service of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., died at his home in Derby street, ...
Article : 125 wordsSir,—As a payer of Federal taxation I wish to express by indignation at the reported intention of the Federal Government to finance and encourage an influx ...
Article : 119 wordsMrs. W. McMartin, who was well known in the Thornton district, died at The Avenue, Windsor, on Saturday. She was aged 93 years. Mrs. McMartin was born ...
Article : 93 wordsGEELONG, Sunday.—"Members of the British Service Legion who visited Germany returned home convinced that Herr Hitler was anxious to preserve world ...
Article : 107 wordsSTATE FULL COURT.—Before the Chief Justice (sir Frederick Mann). Mr Justice Macfarian, and Mr. Justice Gavan Duffy.—In the Banco Court.—At 10.30—The Crown Paper ...
Article : 216 wordsThe annual dinner of the Melbourne branch of the Ballarat Old Grammarians was held on Saturday night, A proposal that a library would be a suitable ...
Article : 71 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—Captain C. H. Bryant, whose death has occurred at North Sydney, served his apprenticeship on the sailing vessel Thermopylœ, a famous wool ...
Article : 62 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—Harold Frederick Arthur Kingsley, aged 26 years, a draftsman, of Bay street, Botany, died in the Royal South Sydney Hospital to-day from ...
Article : 90 wordsNo decision was reached by a meeting of the Postal Workers' Union yesterday, when the reply of the Postmaster-General (Mr. Cameron) to the union's recent ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 5 Dec 1938, Page 2
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