The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, announced to-day that finality on the Press Regulations would be reached in the next two or three days. He had ...
Article : 112 wordsThe Minister for the Navy, Mr. Cameron, in an official statement released to-day announced that on last Tuesday evening Commonwealth Naval authorities received a message by wireless from the s.s. Turakina (8,706 tons) in the Tasman ...
Article : 128 wordsBritish as well as German long-range guns have been firing across the English Channel at its narrowest point—the Straits of Dover, 21 miles wide. It is authoritatively stated that a few rounds from the ...
Article : 181 wordsHitler's aerial hosts have utterly failed to smash the nerve of the average Briton by mass air attacks, and he has now ordered that emplacements ...
Article : 581 wordsThe former Minister for Works and Local Government, Mr. E. S. Spooner, who has been member of the Legislative Assembly for Ryde since 1932. ...
Article : 464 wordsKing George of the Hellenes held a conference at the Foreign Office at Athens at 2.15 a.m. to-day with his Premier and Foreign Minister, ...
Article : 656 wordsThe attitude of the Government in falling to withdraw or redraft the regulations was attacked last night by the leader of the A.L.P. (non-Communist) in the House of ...
Article : 338 wordsThe Turakina is owned by the New Zealand Shipping Co., Ltd., a British firm registered in London, and is one of the best-known freighters engaged ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 855 wordsIt is believed in Britain that the Germans may be using 12-inch guns on railway mountings. A number of gun emplacements are located ...
Article : 812 words"The Age," in editorial comment this morning, says: "The Prime Minister's assertion that the original regulations are not in operation does ...
Article : 535 wordsThe Victorian Premier, Mr. Dunstan, announced late to-night that he would not resign from the State Parliament to contest the Flinders seat at the ...
Article : 200 wordsGerman aeroplanes destroyed around the British coasts since the large-scale raids began on June 18 reached 1,000 yesterday with the aeroplane brought ...
Article : 603 wordsMaking the announcement to-day of the presence of the enemy raider in the Tasman, the Prime Minister, Mr. Fraser, said that no further information was at present ...
Article : 74 wordsNews of an enemy raider in the Tasman Sea recalls the exploits of the German raider Wolf, which laid mines off Cape Howe in 1917. ...
Article : 41 wordsThe executives of the three Labour parties in New South Wales discussed last night plans for running candidates at the elections. ...
Article : 240 wordsParents of English children being evacuated to Australia have, in some cases, nominated them to the care of relatives or friends in New South Wales ...
Article : 297 wordsIn future all letters and postcards for overseas must have the sender's full address above the beginning of the text and the full name of the sender in block ...
Article : 243 wordsThe British guarantee to Greece was given by the then Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, in the House of Commons on April 13, 1939, simultaneously with ...
Article : 247 wordsHundreds of residents of the West End emerged into the brilliant moonlight and strolled in the streets and parks, peering at the sky. They saw ...
Article : 418 wordsFive men, well known in Sydney, were arrested in the city yesterday by members of the Company Squad of the C.I.B. on charges of conspiracy ...
Article : 170 wordsThe Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, said tonight that no censorship would bc imposed on candidates' speeches during the election campaign. ...
Article : 123 wordsWhile the German long-range guns were shelling the coastal area of South Kent last night, English plane launched a great attack on the French ...
Article : 424 wordsThe leader of free Frenchmen, General de Gaulle, broadcasting to the world yesterday, said that Marshal Petain's Government was bringing back 800 ...
Article : 162 wordsA new system of granting four days' leave a month to A.I.F. men instead of long week-ends is unsatisfactory to men who live in the country. ...
Article : 208 wordsThe Barton electoral conference last night unanimously carried a vote of confidence in the sitting member for Barton. Mr. Albert Lane (U.A.P.), and pledged itself to support ...
Article : 175 wordsJohn Gunston Gerke, 38, tram conductor, of Addison Road, Marrickville, was killed by an electric train on the railway line near the Petersham railway station yesterday ...
Article : 56 wordsThe Home Secretary, Sir John Anderson, saki in the House of Commons that the Government was investigating a claim by Dr. Gerard Savoy, of Lausanne, that he had ...
Article : 46 wordsA case of cerebro-spnial meningitis has occurred at ingleburn camp. The patient who was taken to the Prince Henry Hospital on Wednesday, is reported to be progressing ...
Article : 101 wordsSix new age classes are to be registered in Spain for military training before the end of this month. It was announced in Madrid to-day. The men will be called up in the ...
Article : 48 wordsThe newspaper "Izvestia," reviewing the first year of the Russo-German non-aggression pact, says that Russia is helping Germany to beat the British blockade by ...
Article : 85 wordsEric Lavender, 19, of Kurrajong, tried to board a moving train at Strathfield railway station yesterday, but slipped between the carriages. Both his legs were severed near ...
Article : 58 wordsThe Associated Press of America correspondent at Chungking reports that the Japanese have resumed heavy bombing of the city. The Government is considering the ...
Article : 68 wordsSuch of the oversea news in this issue as [?] [?]ded "From Our Own Correspondent" or "Herald Exclusive Service" is from a service owned and conducted entirely by "The Sydney Morning ...
Article : 145 wordsThree armed bandits held up a passenger train and robbed the mail at the outskirts nf the city. They handcuffed two clerks to the steel ...
Article : 57 wordsThe Commissioner for Road Transport, Mr. C. N. Neale, said last night that a new set of traffic signals would be put into operation at the intersection of Parramatta Road ...
Article : 61 wordsA depot at which the public may examine the electoral rolls and make inquiries will be opened by the U.A.P. at Stanton House. 13[?] Pitt Street, on Monday. The rolls will close ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 24 Aug 1940, Page 13
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