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  2. DRIVER KILLED, FOUR HURT Truck Hits Tram

    When William Reynolds, 54, of Kent st., Ascotvale, collapsed at the wheel of his meat waggon in High st. south, Kew, yesterday, the ...

    Article : 247 words
  3. EXPANDING [?]AIR SCHEME Two More Schools

    Two more initial training schools are to be established by the end of the year under the Empire. Air Scheme, bringing the total to five. ...

    Article : 360 words
  4. RECRUITING 8th DIVISION With Utmost Speed

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 221 words
  5. A.I.F. RECRUITS FROM BOX HILL

    and district marching along Elizabeth street yesterday to Royal Park camp. The Fire Brigade Band led the procession of more than 200 men. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 30 words
  6. TIRED

    and bewildered, and in many cases iniured in brutal Nazi attacks, refugees continue to stream into Paris from those parts of France which have ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 47 words
  7. DAILY DIGEST OF WORLD NEWS AND VIEWS

    O Death, where is thy sting? This is that dastard king, On, profitless parole, Who could not save his soul; ...

    Article : 712 words
  8. "FIRST RETURN,

    Box Hill-Berlin," read the placard carried by this A.I.F. recruit, who marched with other recruits from Flinders street to Royal ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 29 words
  9. STERN NOTICE TO EMPLOYEES Expected to Enlist

    GEELONG, Monday.—"Directors ex pect every single man of military age to offer himself to his country for military service, other than militia," read a notice ...

    Article : 195 words
  10. STRENGTH OF OUR ARMY May Again Be Vital

    To the question how a "puny Australian Army Corps" could influence the course of the war a ready answer was to be gleaned from the history of Australia's ...

    Article : 283 words
  11. A FRENCH CHILD,

    plucked from her peaceful home to flee before the menace of the Hun, nestles against her mother, whose careworn face gives ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 44 words
  12. KING'S BIRTHDAY HOLIDAY Question of Policy

    SYDNEY, Monday.—Both Federal and State Governments could declare to-morrow that the King's Birthday must not be observed as a ...

    Article : 263 words
  13. WANKLES WANT NO SILVER LININGS TO DARK CLOUDS

    On Sunday night Captain Geoigc Sutton, of Southern Command, broadcast an appeal to the public of Australia not to be "Wankles." He suggested that wankles ...

    Article : 352 words
  14. 8,000 RECRUITS

    At [?]1 a.m. yesterday, two weeks and two hours after the Town Hall recruiting bureau opened the 8,000th recruit enlisted for the A.I.F. at the depot finished ...

    Article : 151 words
  15. AIR SCHEME PERSONNEL

    The third "in-take" of air crew personnel under the Empire Air Scheme will be made on June 24, when another 282 recruits will enter schools at Bradfield Park ...

    Article : 155 words
  16. LOYALTY OR DISMISSAL

    FERNTREE GULLY, Monday. — Employees of the Ferntree Gully Shire Council are to swear allegiance to the King and country, or be dismissed instantly. This ...

    Article : 94 words
  17. FIVE ENLIST AT RALLY

    Five men enlisted, were medically examined, and passed as fit at the "Winthe-war Rally" held in Hawthorn Town Hall last night. Subscriptions received at ...

    Article : 121 words
  18. QUOTA EXCEEDED

    SYDNEY, Monday. — The remarkable response of recruits for the A.I.F. in N.S.W. continues. Except for a number of specialists the N.S.W. quota for the ...

    Article : 130 words
  19. PETROL SAVING Fair Trial Urged

    SYDNEY, Monday. — A conference of motoring transport and service station organisations at N.R.M.A. House to-day decided to inform the Federal Government ...

    Article : 97 words
  20. ONE OF THE SISTERS

    who escaped with her life when the convent Religieuses de St. Audae was bombed by Germen aircraft during the invasion ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 37 words
  21. R.A.A.F. RECRUITING

    Despite a report that no limit was being placed on enlistment in the R.A.A.F., which had led to a certain amount of confusion at recruiting centres, it was ...

    Article : 129 words
  22. RALLIES THIS WEEK

    Speeches by Mr. Menzies and Major Kent Hughes at the patriotic rally in the Rialto Theatre, Kew, on Sunday afternoon will be relayed through an ...

    Article : 180 words
  23. POLICE SACRIFICE

    SYDNEY, Monday. — Twelve hundred members of the N.S.W. police, at a meeting to-day, unanimously decided to forgo one of their two days off a ...

    Article : 78 words
  24. GRAZIERS' REQUEST

    Immediate equitable rationing of petrol, while maintaining essential industry and maximum production, was urged yesterday by resolution of the 56th convention ...

    Article : 73 words
  25. ROYAL PARK RECRUITS

    Intake of A.I.F. recruits at Royal Patk yesterday was 400. Army doctors worked late giving second medical examinations. Most rccruits preferred to have tea in the ...

    Article : 81 words
  26. BRISBANE DEMANDS

    BRISBANE, Monday. — A largely attended meeting in the City Hall to-night unanimously passed a resolution urging formation of a National Government ...

    Article : 105 words
  27. GERMAN CLUB IN HILLS

    FERNTREE GULLY, Monday. — Military authorities are to be asked by the Ferntree Gully Shire Council to take over the German Club adjacent to Sherbrooke ...

    Article : 55 words
  28. TRAINER PLANES

    Australia's principal purpose in investigating possibilities of buying pianos in U.S.A. was to obtain training planes for the Empire Air Scheme, Mr. Menzies said ...

    Article : 75 words
  29. FREE FILMS IN CAMPS

    Since January aggregate attendances at free military camp entertainments prov[?] by the Soldiers' Motion Picture Entertainment Fund have numbered ...

    Article : 70 words
  30. DEFENCE PANELS

    A.C.T.U. officials conferred again yesterday with Mr. Menzies on the creation of a trade union defence advisory panel and the proposed industrial peace ...

    Article : 94 words
  31. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 92 words
  32. SUPPORT FOR MR. MENZIES

    SYDNEY, Monday. — Sir Ernest Fisk, Director of Economic Co-ordination and secretary to the Economic Cabinet, appealed for national unity and support for ...

    Article : 136 words
  33. CASUALTY LIST

    The fifth Victorian and oversea A.I.F. casualty list was issued yesterday by the Defence Department. It showed that VX786, Gunner A. S. Watson (Artillery), ...

    Article : 87 words
  34. PUCKAPUNYAL BUSY

    Only one unit at Puckapunyal, an anti-aircraft battery, remains to be filled. All other units are at full strength, and more men are now in the camp than at ...

    Article : 47 words
  35. GERMAN BRUTALITY

    takes no account of age or infirmity. An old couple, worn out by their hardships, being comforted by a woman ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 40 words
  36. WOOL CLIP PRICE

    With the Empire fighting for its life it was no time to question sales of commodities already made, or to claim increases in their price, Mr. J. P. Abbott, chairman ...

    Article : 93 words
  37. COUNTRY CAMPS

    BENDIGO, Monday.—Troops will enter camp at the Bendigo Jockey Clubs racecourse at Epsom on Monday next. Horse stalls are being converted into ...

    Article : 174 words
  38. PUBLIC SERVICE HOURS

    CANBERRA, Monday.—Longer clerical hours will as a war-time measure operate in the Commonwealth public service from Thursday. ...

    Article : 73 words
  39. P.M.'s FOUR POSTS

    Mr. Menzies expects to be sworn in to-day as Minister for Munitions. He will thus hold four posts—the Prime Ministership, the portfolios of Defence ...

    Article : 57 words
  40. FRENCH RELIEF Advice on Needs

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 348 words
  41. LETTERS TO A.I.F.

    Mr. R. N. Partington, deputy director Posts and Telegraphs, urged yesterday that letters directed to members of the A.I.F. abroad should bear upon the backs ...

    Article : 49 words
  42. ARRIVED FROM INDIES

    A Dutch vessel which evacuated Americans from the East Indies when Germany invaded Holland has reached Melbourne. During the voyage £30 was ...

    Article : 48 words
  43. AHEAD OF QUOTA

    BRISBANE, Monday.—With the arrival of recruits from Toowoomba to-day, 2,953 are now in camp. Applications for the Seventh Division and corps troops ...

    Article : 40 words
  44. MINERS' ELECTIONS

    WONTHAGGI, Monday.—Lively contests are expected at the annual elections of the Wonthaggi Miners' Union, to be held this week. Several leading officials ...

    Article : 49 words
  45. AMBULANCE APPEAL

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 344 words
  46. VOLUNTEER CORPS

    Returned soldiers in the Brighton district are requested to assemble at the Wilson Hall, Middle crescent, Brighton, on Thursday, at 7.45 p.m., to discuss the ...

    Article : 37 words
  47. Obituary MR. MICHAEL COLLINS

    After Requiem Mass at St. George's Church, Carlton, at 10 o'clock this morning the funeral of Mr. Michael Collins will leave the church at 2 p.m. for Melbourne ...

    Article : 35 words
  48. RUBBISH NOT WANTED

    Although the new Red Cross waste depot at 684 Elizabeth st. has markets for paper, rags, tins, and metals, organisers appealed yesterday to the public not to ...

    Article : 316 words
  49. FRANKENSTEIN MONSTER

    WAGGA (N.S.W.), Monday. — The British Empire has never been in such danger as it is in now," said Bishop Burgmann, of Goulburn, in an address to the ...

    Article : 179 words
  50. MRS. A. E. HUGHES

    Wife of Major-General F. G. Hughes and sister of the late Janet Lady Clarke and the late Rev. Canon Evelvn Snodgrass, Mrs. Agnes Eva Hughes died at ...

    Article : 121 words
  51. FUNDS FOR COUNCILS

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 150 words
  52. MRS. CARLYLE SMYTHE

    Mrs. Elsa Carlyle Smythe, widow of the late Carlyle Greenwood Smythe, died yesterday morning at her South Yarra home Aged 61, she was the elder ...

    Article : 111 words
  53. MORE HOSPITAL GIFTS

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 79 words
  54. WOOL CLIP OFFER

    To assist war funds, R.S.L. members, Kulwin sub-branch, have offered 10 per cent of their last season's wool clip as an interest-free loan to the Government ...

    Article : 46 words
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