As the result of further successes gained after fierce fighting in various sectors the Greek forces in Albania are maintaining their advance along the whale front and are straightening and shortening their line. ...
Article : 1,030 wordsLONDON, Dec. 4.—Speaking of oil as a key commodity both in peace and war, in a Press interview today, the Minister for Economic Warfare (Mr. Dalton) ...
Article : 465 wordsThe political crisis that arose from the Labour opposition to the Federal Budget passed yesterday, when the Ministerial and Official Labour parties accepted proposals for Budget changes and the Labour amendment to the Budget was withdrawn. ...
Article : 1,457 wordsLONDON, Dec. 4.—The Turkish and British governments have concluded arrangements which, they hope, will bring about a considerable increase in trade ...
Article : 545 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec. 5.—Another ship has been sunk off the Australian coast. So far as is known, there are 13 survivors, who were rescued in dramatic ...
Article : 430 wordsLONDON. Dec. 5.—Enemy activity over Britain yesterday has been officially described as very slight. Bombs were dropped on Dover shortly after midday, ...
Article : 515 wordsLONDON, Dec. 5.—The Royal Air Force shot down a large number of Italian planes in Albania yesterday without loss. to itself, according to a come ...
Article : 199 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec. 5.—The reported American decision to release thousands of tons of merchant shipping to Britain would be of the greatest possible ...
Article : 449 wordsLONDON, Dec. 5.—The diplomatic correspondent of "The Times" writes:— "Hitler, convinced that adventures in the east cannot bring speedy victory and ...
Article : 365 wordsWhen the House of Representatives met this afternoon, the Prime Minister moved the adjournment until tonight to facilitate a meeting of the Advisory War ...
Article : 811 wordsLONDON. Dec. 4.—The "Daly Telegraph" reveals that over 20 doctors are calling nightly at London shelters in which 500 or more persons sleep. Some ...
Article : 63 wordsLONDON, Dec. 4.—Both the Minister for Information (Mr. Duff Cooper) and the Under-Secretary for Air (Captain Balfour) answered questions in the House ...
Article : 239 wordsSINGAPORE, Dec. 5.—Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, British Commander-in-Chief in the Far East, expects to visit Australia and New ...
Article : 226 wordsLONDON, Dec. 5.—It was officially announced this morning that the Royal Air Force last night bombed targets in Turin (northern Italy) and also attacked ...
Article : 177 wordsLONDON, Dec. 5.—An Air Ministry newsletter says that the recent formation of an Army Co-operation command foreshadows developments in the ...
Article : 211 wordsLONDON, Dec. 4.—Reports from Berlin state that Germany and Rumania have signed a ten-year agreement for the economic reconstruction of Rumania, which ...
Article : 140 wordsCANBERRA, Dec. 5.—Flights of the Royal Australian Air Force concentrating on army co-operation work in the Middle East had become very adept at their ...
Article : 176 wordsLISBON, Dec. 5.—A steamer carrying a large consignment of gold for British purchases in the United States has arrived in the Tagus after a voyage of 28 ...
Article : 53 wordsLONDON, Dec. 5.—A message from Rome quotes the newspaper "Il Piccolo" as announcing yesterday that the 1922 class, comprising 250,000 men, had been ...
Article : 31 wordsCAIRO, Dec. 4.—British headquarters in Cairo Issued the following communique today:—"In the Sudan—to the north and south of Kassala (on the Abyssinian ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 65 wordsLONDON, Dec. 4.—All the crew of the Yugoslav freighter Cetvrti (1,937 tons), which was bombed and sunk off the west coast of Ireland earlier in the week, are ...
Article : 32 wordsNEW YORK, Dec. 5.—A Belgian-American group, including Mr. Herbert Hoover (a former United States President) and M. Van ...
Article : 182 wordsBUKAREST, Dec. 4.—The editor of "Curentul," a Bukarest daily, writing from Rome, suggests that Germany is planning a new "League of Nations" with ...
Article : 83 wordsLONDON, Dec. 4.—Members of the Cement Federation have issued writs against the Bishop of Birmingham (Dr. Ernest Barnes), as a result of a speech ...
Article : 39 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec. 5.—The Greeks are now on the outskirts of Hagios Saranta, one of the principal ports of Southern Albania. This harbour is well ...
Article : 407 wordsLONDON, Dec. 5.—Unidentified victims of last week's raids on Liverpool were buried today in a common grave. The coffins were draped with Union Jacks. ...
Article : 70 wordsVICHY, Dec. 4.—The French newspaper "Le Temps" expresses the opinion that the threat of either Turkey or Bulgaria entering the Greek war has ...
Article : 103 wordsLONDON, Dec. 4.—Officers and men of H.M.A.S. Australia have contributed £150 sterling to the Lord Mayor's Air Raid Distress Fund. ...
Article : 22 wordsLONDON, Dec. 4.—The Stefani newsagency in Rome claims that the Italians shot down 247 planes in November. including "some on the Channel front." ...
Article : 87 wordsLONDON, Dec. 4.—It has been officially announced in Rome that thirty trains will bring back over 50,000 Italian agricultural labourers from Germany before ...
Article : 34 wordsLISBON, Dec. 4.—The Portuguese Press is urging in chorus the desirability of forming a bloc composed of Portugal, Spain and Brazil. It is suggested ...
Article : 78 wordsCANBERRA, Dec. 5.—"I think this wrangling is having a very bad effect on Australian opinion," declared the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) tonight. ...
Article : 83 wordsLONDON, Dec. 5.—The Home Secretary (Sir John Anderson), discussing suggestions about an Imperial War Cabinet in the House of Commons today, said that ...
Article : 68 wordsLONDON, Dec. 5.—Air Commodore J. H. D'Albiac, commanding the R.A.F in Greece, has been promoted Air Vice-Marshal. ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Fri 6 Dec 1940, Page 15
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