"A returned soldier member of the present Commonwealth Government had to have his 'how-to-vote' cards printed in a foreign language for the last ...
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Article : 90 wordsIn the opinion of Mr. Bailey, tenants should not have to carry the whole financial losss caused by the arbitrary closing of business premises on some prescribed ...
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Article : 144 wordsThe refusal of the Returned Soldiers' League to restore the original order to the Anzac Day Shrine service was to be deeply deplored, said the secretary of the ...
Article : 84 wordsSir,—Now that the National Register has been made compulsory, Brigadier Street's expression of delight at "the great public response" seems to have a certain ...
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Article : 177 wordsThe Sandringham Council's experiment of operating the automatic traffic signal lights at the intersection of Beach road and Melrose street every night between ...
Article : 140 wordsMrs. S. D. Schuler, widow of the late Mr. G. F. H. Schuler, who was editor of the "Age" for 26 years, died at her home in Hawthorn on Wednesday. Mrs. ...
Article : 83 wordsSir,—The Council of Civil Liberties, while giving the A.C.T.U. advice as to the evils of the National Register, prefers to give no advice concerning the ...
Article : 124 wordsGood ski-ing is available at Hotham and Buffalo, but the latest reports state that there is no snow at Mt. Donna Buang. Reports received last night by the ...
Article : 137 wordsNearly five months' specialised training in cavalry and infantry subjects will be given to 123 non-commissioned officers when the Central Training Depot, which ...
Article : 115 wordsDeclaring that his action was cowardly and might have caused a serious accident, Mr. Jackson, P.M., in the Camberwell Court yesterday fined James Burns, of ...
Article : 97 wordsSir,—The promotion list is the teachers' Promised Land, but most of us seem destined to surpass the Israelites in their wanderings to reach it. A business man ...
Article : 87 wordsSetting out on August 3, the S.S. Cape York will visit Wilson's Promontory, Cliffy Island, Cape Everard, and Gabo Island lighthouses with stores. All cargo should ...
Article : 39 words"It was an insult to the police," said Mr. Pyvis, P.M., at the St. Kilda Court yesterday in convicting Raymond Parsons, of Marine parade, Mentone, on a ...
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Article : 151 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday. — Tenders for the wind tunnel motor that will form an important part of the technical equipment of the aeronautical research laboratory at ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 509 wordsA youth aged 19 years was yesterday fined £10, in default 14 days' imprisonment, for having placed a metal token instead of a 6d. coin in a cigarette ...
Article : 75 wordsA fine of £25 was imposed on Norman Edward Blake, of Edward street, Coburg, at the Coburg Court yesterday, on a charge of having on July 1 sold ...
Article : 37 wordsDecrees nisi for divorce were granted in the following petitions by Mr. Justice Lowe, sitting in the Third Civil Court yesterday (name of petitioner given first ...
Article : 351 wordsSir,—In view of Mr. George Robey's reported statement that "Hitler was a great man.... He had done a great thing for Germany," may we be permitted to reply? ...
Article : 325 wordsRead "The Diary of a Garage Man" in "The Argus" to-day. It points the way to better motoring.—[Advt.] ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Fri 21 Jul 1939, Page 2
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