with a personal message—"A special for Old Nasty"—by RAF men at an English bomber station prior to being loaded for disposal over Germany. This is one of the new type bombs, with an explosive power 5 times as great as others of similar calibre. (By ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 497 wordsThirteen Victorians are reported killed in action in a casualty list issued yesterday. The list includes names of 53 Victorian and NSW men wounded in action ...
Article : 1,550 wordsVictoria has rejected uniform tax proposals. They were submitted by Mr. Fadden, Federal Treasurer, to Premiers, and provided for levelling state taxation ...
Article : 297 wordsA warning that Australia should be prepared for news of a ferocious and desperate German attack before we could reach our full strength was given in a ...
Article : 219 wordsThe right to resort to war as an instrument of national policy was renounced by Germany, Italy, and Japan in common with practically all the nations of the ...
Article : 574 wordsshowing the scene inside the church after it had been wrecked by fire during a recent "blitz." Priests and firefighters failed in their attempts to ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 39 wordsReduced prices for lamb will operate throughout Australia from Monday. Unofficially the reduction is said to be 1½d. to 2d. per lb. ...
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Article : 2 wordsBallarat East ANA has elected Mr. J. Glasson president, Mr. L. V. Kennedy vice-president, Mr. L. J. Elliott secretary, and Mr. W. Hendy assistant secretary. ...
Article : 145 wordsADELAIDE, Wednesday.—Labour manned the fighting services and the workshops, and Labour could man the Government, said Mr. Curtin, Federal ...
Article : 445 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—A new scale of income tax deductions from salaries and wages for the 1941-42 financial year, providing a greater number of ...
Article : 151 wordsA finding of suicide was recorded by Mr. D. J. Duggan, PM, coroner, yesterday at an inquest into the death of William Herbert Hancock, 43, a former ...
Article : 104 wordsFor the "black-out" in the Geelong and Western district on Sunday night, from 7.30 all roads leading into the "blackout" area will be policed, and persons ...
Article : 431 wordsWARRNAMBOOL, Wednesday.—An intensive search of the country and keen watch by police throughout the Western district has so far failed to reveal trace ...
Article : 44 wordsExpressing its deep concern at the menace of drink, gambling, and sexual vice, the Congregational Union yesterday passed resolutions attacking the ...
Article : 204 wordsAt the School of Agriculture, organised for the instruction of school teachers in charge of Young Farmers' Clubs in Victoria, held at the Melbourne Boys' High ...
Article : 118 wordsAn appeal for a united Church to form a centre party in Federal, State, and municipal politics, was made by Rev. Bernard Cockett, President-elect of the ...
Article : 241 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—Prices to growers of Victorian onions will be raised £1 a ton from tomorrow morning. Professor Copland, Commonwealth ...
Article : 133 wordsEUROA, Wednesday.—Burton Bridge, of concrete, over the Seven Creeks, at Euroa, and named after the late Cpl. Alex Burton, V.C., was officially opened ...
Article : 215 wordsSHEPPARTON, Wednesday.—Convicted in General Sessions today on charges of having broken and entered the Commercial Hotel, Mooroopna, and stolen a ...
Article : 82 wordsThe Congregational Union yesterday pessed a resolution requesting tho Government to be at least as generous as the British Government in dealing with ...
Article : 137 wordsThe festival conducted by the Victorian Society of Dancing continued yesterday, with the following results:- Tap, under 14.—Les Patching, 83. 1; Robert ...
Article : 275 wordsShipping restrictions have caused a shortage of imported softwoods, such as Oregon and Baltic pines. Plnus radiata timber from South Australian ...
Article : 218 wordsWAGGA, Wednesday.—Wagga quota to the Commonwealth loan was £25,000, but £47,242/19/2 was subscribed. Since the war began nearly £200,000 has been ...
Article : 26 wordsBENDIGO, Wednesday.—Awards in the Bendigo Competitions today were:—Solo (amateurs).—Mavis Kruger (Northcote), 90, 1; Betty Frances (Northcote), and Pearl Newell (Warracknabeal), 88 ...
Article : 101 wordsPig raisers and fatteners will regard with concern the announcement by Mr. H. M. Tomlinson, Barley Board chairman, that only 628,699 bushels of barley ...
Article : 215 wordsO. Gilpin Ltd., chain drapery stores proprietors, of Belson st., East Malvern, appeared before Mr. Stapleton, PM, at Malvern Court yesterday on 6 charges ...
Article : 197 wordsDisturbed by Miss Estelle Brookshaw, daughter of the caretaker, in a flat adjoining the clubhouse at Commonwealth Golf Club, Warrigal rd., Oakleigh, early ...
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Advertising : 158 wordsErection of 300 homes for renting purposes was only the first instalment of the Federal Government's programme to provide accommodation for ...
Article : 70 wordsWhen Imperial Chemical Industries, Deer Park, installed temporary heating facilities at its factory yesterday it averted a stop-work meeting arranged by ...
Article : 52 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. E. V. Elliott, ex-secretary of Queensland branch, has been elected general secretary of the Seamen's Union, defeating the sitting ...
Article : 98 wordsWhen two cousins enlisted in the AIF yesterday at the Town Hall, one of them brought with him not only his father's written approval but also a cheque for ...
Article : 91 wordsVictorian rail revenue showed an increase of £1,031,807 for the period July 1 to May 14. compared with the same period of 1930-40. Figures released ...
Article : 76 wordsA uniform policy on preference for returned soldiers of the present war should be laid down for the whole Commonwealth, Mr. Lind, Acting Premier, ...
Article : 91 wordsDiscontented at the State Government's delay in reaching a decision on demands for cost of living rises, public service bodies affiliated with the Labour ...
Article : 106 wordsCity Council traffic and building regulations committee yesterday decided to invite representatives of the 20 suburban municipalities to a conference at the ...
Article : 67 wordsThe Tramways Board will introduce a liberalised superannuation scheme to cover all its employees, including women, from July l. ...
Article : 54 wordsIn a caption under the picture of Lieut. J. T. Shelton, published yesterday, it was inadvertently stated that he was missing. According to advice received by his wife, ...
Article : 99 wordsTraining of the Home Guard is simply and comprehensively covered in a booklet written by Capt. A. S. Keighley, commander of the 5th Battalion (eastern ...
Article : 60 wordsBruce Charles Roy, 20, soldier, of Murray st., Preston, was found guilty of a charge of assault with intent to rape in the Criminal court yesterday. Mr. ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Thu 22 May 1941, Page 5
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