LONDON (by Air Mail).-- The 'Evening Standard' says that the courage with which Sir Abe Bailey carried on his ...
Article : 61 wordsLONDON, October 2.--An Air Ministry communique states enemy air attacks last night were made on many parts of Britain but were particularly directed against the London area and south-east England. High explosive bombs dropped ...
Article : 1,499 wordsFOR the third night in succession Berliners were warned from their warm beds and sent scuttling to shelters when sirens announced another Royal Air Force raid on Berlin at 1.5 a.m. yesterday. No details of the latest raid ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 942 wordsLONDON, October 2. -- The 'Dally Telegraph's' Cairo correspondent says:--The steady wearing down of Mussolini's bases in ...
Article : 406 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday. -- Faced with the risk of colliding with one of two other bombers in the vicinity, or hitting a mountain top when ...
Article : 315 wordsTHE most significant piece of news regarding the Japanese situation is an announcement from Tokio that Japanese firm in Britain are preparing to evacuate. This follows the earlier intelligence that Japanese civilians-- 750 of them-- ...
Article : 593 wordsLONDON, October 1. -- The Associated Press circulated "Confessions and Impressions" of a German pilot who bombed ...
Article : 252 wordsLONDON, October 1. --The Daily Mail,' in a leader says: "The appointment of Admiral Sir E. Evans, Mr. H. Willink, and Sir W ...
Article : 230 wordsCAPETOWN, October 1.--Thousands, including many scientists stationed at various points on a barren plateau, gathered in the ...
Article : 300 wordsMELBOURNE, Wednesday.--While it might be disappointing to Australia, the pact Just signed by Japan should not bring about any feeling of dismay, ...
Article : 140 wordsLONDON, October 1.--A 'Times' contributor, who, after being five years in France, resided at Brussels in August and early ...
Article : 435 wordsLONDON, October 2. -- An Admiralty statement announced that British shipping losses for the week ended September 22 were 131,857 tons, ...
Article : 86 wordsNEW YORK, October 1.--A Washington message states that official sources consider that any fortification of Martinique would be considered a ...
Article : 63 wordsLONDON, October 1.--The King paid his first visit since his accession to the throne to the Colonial Office this afternoon, making an informal tour of ...
Article : 131 wordsBRISBANE, Wednesday.--The Minister for Air (Mr. Fadden) thinks the army authorities are justified in holding air force reservists in the A.I.F. ...
Article : 95 wordsLONDON, October 1.--The New Zealand High Commissioner (Mr. Jordan) welcomed additional New Zealand naval and air force drafts. ...
Article : 45 wordsLONDON, October 1.--The British United Press states the Vichy Council of Ministers has completed a draft of the Jewish Statute, which is the first ...
Article : 78 wordsBRISBANE, Wednesday. -- By 47 votes to 32, the Traces and Labor Council rescinded to-night its motion agreed to lost March demanding the ...
Article : 58 wordsLONDON. October 1.--In addition to the two awards of the new decorations of the George Cross and George Medal, already ...
Article : 793 wordsNEW YORK, October 1.--A report from Monterey states that what is described as an attempted rising in Monterey resulted in a clash between the ...
Article : 67 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday. -- It was learned to-night that a redaction of at least 25 per cent, in grants to States under the Federal ...
Article : 163 wordsBUCHAREST, October 1.--The appointment of New Gauleiters in Transylvania and Banat, also German mayors and vice-mayors for 12 ...
Article : 69 wordsBRISBANE. Wednesday. -- K. H. Bradshaw, a member of the faculty of engineering at the University, has been appointed Rhodes scholar for ...
Article : 98 wordsBRISBANE, Wednesday.--The chairman of the Queensland Fuel Control Board (Mr. Wills) stated to-night that an arrangement has been made for ...
Article : 114 wordsLONDON, October 1.--The death is announced of Sir Robert Hadfield, the celebrated British metallurgist, at the age of 82. He was the inventor ...
Article : 63 wordsBUNDABERG, Wednesday.-- Two mail trains, Brisbane to Rockhampton and Townsville to Brisbane, and several mixed trains are held up between ...
Article : 82 wordsCOPENHAGEN, October 2.--The Danish Prime Minister (M. Stauning), speaking in Parliament, said: One task overshadows everything--the securing ...
Article : 54 wordsBRISBANE. Wednesday.--On the motion of the Premier (Mr. Forgan Smith) in the Legislative Assembly to-day, it was decided that the House ...
Article : 34 wordsSTOCKHOLM, October 1.--'Afton-bladet's' Berlin correspondent says Dr. Goebbels and Signor Farinachia were caught in an air raid last night ...
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Daily Mercury (Mackay, Qld. : 1906 - 1954), Thu 3 Oct 1940, Page 7
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