Contemptuous references to the [?]uttling of the Admiral Graf Spee were made to-day by British newspapers. ...
Article : 246 wordsSYDNEY, Monday.—Subsidies to commercial air lines will continue unchanged until the end of January, the Federal Cabinet decided ...
Article : 209 wordsThe Japanese freighter Sanyo Maru, carrying a cargo of German exports, was released from a contraband control base in the Downs ...
Article : 147 wordsFAIREY BATTLE BOMBER of the type to be supplied to Australia by Great Britain for the advanced training of pilots and the training of air crews under the Empire Air Scheme. The machine is a medium type two-seater bomber with a speed of 260 miles an hour. It will be the largest single-engined ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 63 wordsThe following daily rates of pay have been fixed for members of the Royal Air Force:— Air chief-marshal, £6/6/8; air marshal, ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 159 wordsSYDNEY, Monday.—A petition against John Woolcott Forbes, presented in the Bankruptcy Court to-day, set out that Forbes was ...
Article : 136 wordsWhen German planes swept down on British mine-sweepers in the North Sea last night 20 explosions were heard from the shore. ...
Article : 111 wordsNearly 4,000 children attending State and registered schools in Victoria have qualified for the Proficiency Certificate, which is being ...
Article : 141 wordsThe "New York Times" comments:— [?]t is a victory for British seamanship, and the benefit to their cause will not be the less great. The Graf Spee was forced, ...
Article : 136 wordsBroadcasting the announcement of the Empire air training scheme, the Prime Minister of Canada (Mr. Mackenzie King) said that, excluding the cost of ...
Article : 124 wordsCHINKAPOOK, Monday.—A fire, which burned for four hours before at was brought under control by 200 fighters, swept 2,000 acres of ...
Article : 162 wordsListening to radio broadcasts is regarded by the Education Department as suitable homework for children attending State schools in ...
Article : 190 wordsA telephone operator, Evelyn Brotherton, aged 18 years, of Harpenden (Herts), was shot dead at the switchboard yesterday. ...
Article : 44 wordsMr. George Gordon Vereker, formerly Counsellor at the British Embassy in Moscow, and a cousin of the British Army commander General Viscount Gort, ...
Article : 80 wordsThe Norwegian steamer Jotun (534 tons) was wrecked on the north-east coast of England three days after having left Norway with a cargo of wood ...
Article : 58 wordsNazi leaflets have been found in crates of eggs sent from Denmark to the east coast. The leaflets were planted by the Germans when the ship carrying them ...
Article : 89 wordsMANANGATANG, Monday. — Fire broke out on Mr. J. Sutherland's property south of Chinkapook to-day, and spread to the properties of Messrs. H. ...
Article : 272 wordsAs a result of the excellent output of [?]nitions. all Government factory workers and those of private firms with iron and steel contacts will be granted ...
Article : 54 wordsSix Arab gangsters, including their leader Yusseb Hamdan, were killed and seven were captured as the result of a raid by troops and Royal Air Force planes on ...
Article : 42 wordsHOBART, Monday.—As the result of an agreement reached at a meeting of the State Parliamentary Labour party after the death of the Premier (Mr. A. G. ...
Article : 84 wordsSYDNEY, Monday. — A dividend of 15/11 in the £1, absorbing £229,672, had been paid to the creditors in the bankrupt estate of Keith Brougham Docker. ...
Article : 92 wordsThe German daily broadcasts in Hindustani are being ridiculed in India. Statements that Great Britain was responsible for the recent rioting at ...
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Advertising : 662 wordsCANBERRA, Monday.—Private information indicates that D. F. B. Sheen, formerly of Canberra, whose name is in to-day's casualty list of the R. A. F., was ...
Article : 78 wordsNew hours at which fruit shops in the metropolitan area must be closed were prescribed in regulations made yesterday by the State Executive Council, to ...
Article : 112 wordsLegislation passed recently by the State Parliament prohibiting the sale of horseflesh for human consumption became law in Victoria yesterday when Royal assent ...
Article : 107 wordsFruit, crane, poker, gold, flag, race, and similar gambling machines are now banned in Victoria, the Royal assent having been given yesterday to an ...
Article : 73 wordswith a FILAMENT PIPE PLUG—saves tobacco—free draught—6d., all tobacconists.—[Advt.] ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tue 19 Dec 1939, Page 3
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