For the first time in history, a Government Budget providing for an income of £100,000,000 will be introduced to the House of Representatives to-morrow by the Prime Minister and Treasurer (Mr. Menzies). The reason for the ...
Article : 126 words"When I was in Berlin seven weeks ago I was conscious of an atmosphere of strain, and of a definite antagonism among officials to all things ...
Article : 334 wordsWhile it is believed that Canada will declare war when Parliament meets on September 7, the Ottawa correspondent of the "New York Times" suggests that ...
Article : 207 wordsThe Paris correspondent of the Associated Press reports the issue of a communique, which declares: "There is marked activity on both sides of the Western Front." A message from Lisbon states that 32 ...
Article : 232 words"President Roosevelt's neutrality proclamation a few days after the war, and so soon after the torpedoing of the Athenia, should elicit the ...
Article : 455 wordsThe British freighter, Manna, was sunk in the Atlantic following an explosion. Fifty-eight of the crew are missing and there were 29 survivors. ...
Article : 46 wordsAmplifying his recent broadcast speech to the nation, the Minister for Defence (Brigadier Street) informed the House of Representatives to-day ...
Article : 595 wordsThe Prime Minister announced to-day that next Sunday will be set aside by all denominations as a day of prayer for peace. This ...
Article : 90 wordsNew Zealand House is still taking the names of New Zealanders anxious to enlist for active service. The applicants are being informed that in the ...
Article : 61 words"All we can do now is to carry on in a normal fashion," said the Mayor (Aid. H. E. Gissing) at the meeting of the Wagga Municipal Council last ...
Article : 944 wordsLetters exchanged by the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) and the Leader of the Country Party (Sir Earle Page) make it clear that a coalition between ...
Article : 117 wordsThe German War Ministry states that the Polish garrison at Westeplatte surrendered at 10.20 a.m. A communique states that the ...
Article : 83 wordsAppealing to India to stand by Britain unconditionally, the Liberal leader (Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru) said it would be disastrous if help were offered ...
Article : 71 wordsA "Foreign Legion," to help in the defence of Australia or to fight overseas, will be suggested to the Minister for Defence (Brigadier Street) by ...
Article : 77 wordsInformation from all sources in Northern Ireland, including statements made in Parliament, were no sooner available than they were ...
Article : 118 wordsIt was authentically stated to-night that the German freighter Lahn had been captured by H.M.A.S. Yarra. The vessel was seized "somewhere in the ...
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Advertising : 276 wordsThe Minister for Civil Aviation (Mr. Fairbairn) is expected to make an important announcement to-morrow providing for the immediate ...
Article : 121 wordsThe Lockheed Aircraft Corporation has not fulfilled Australian orders worth 6,000,000 dollars and 250 British bombers costing 72,000,000 dollars have ...
Article : 194 wordsIt was officially stated to-day that South Africa is at war with Germany. The British Ministry of Information states that the Dominion is making ...
Article : 155 wordsThe Minister for Lands (Mr. Sinclair) has announced that the Barooga Estate, in the Corowa district, which was purchased by the Government for ...
Article : 452 wordsMr. Menzies informed the House tonight that the National Security Bill could be an instrument of oppression in some hands, but a great ...
Article : 512 wordsTo ensure adequate oil supplies, the development of the shale oilfields at Newnes is being accelerated as much as possible, said the Minister for ...
Article : 88 wordsPresident Roosevelt has ordered the patrolling by sea and air of the coastline and waters of the United States and its possessions, extending several ...
Article : 57 wordsThe Postmaster-General (Mr. Cameron) to-day warned commercial radio stations against broadcasting war news in a manner which might cause ...
Article : 46 wordsHalf the crew of the President Roosevelt (13,869 tons), states a New York message, walked off the ship because of the shipowners' refusal to ...
Article : 53 wordsAmericans are wondering what attitude America will adopt should merchantmen be stopped at sea and cargoes arbitrarily defined as contraband ...
Article : 120 wordsA proclamation was issued to-day prohibiting the exportation, without the consent of the Minister for Customs of bags, sacks and woolpacks ...
Article : 111 wordsThe seaplane carrier Langley and 12 long-range patrol planes have been ordered to go from Honolulu to Manila to enforce neutrality in the ...
Article : 65 wordsThe rank and file members of both the Country Party and U.A.P. are moving to bring about a Composite Ministry prior to the formation of a ...
Article : 179 wordsThe city spent the night quietly, without air raid alarms. It is bright and cheerful. People have not lost their sense of humor, as indicated by ...
Article : 47 wordsThe Federal Government, it is understood, intends to create a new portfolio of Minister for Information, and Sir Henry Gullett, now Minister for ...
Article : 187 wordsGeneral Smuts' Cabinet is a strong combination representative of all political parties except the Nationalist (Republicans), which becomes official ...
Article : 210 words[?] the French actress, and wife of Tyrone Power, left for France by the air Clipper to-day to bring back her young daughter by her first ...
Article : 57 wordsMONTREAL (Alberta), Thursday. Paul Gurtler, who was Hitler's immediate superior in the Great War, has enlisted in the Canadian army. ...
Article : 45 wordsCardinal [?] in a pastoral letter reminds Catholics of their duty to give unstinted service for the common good. ...
Article : 26 wordsA further appeal to Australians to avoid treating as enemies aliens with whom the Empire was at war, was made by the Prime Minister to-day. ...
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Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, NSW : 1911 - 1954), Fri 8 Sep 1939, Page 2
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