CANBERRA, Monday. — The fall of Singapore was described by Mr. Curtin, Prime Minister, in a statement today, as Australia's Dunkirk, opening the Battle for Australia, just as Dunkirk opened the ...
Article : 719 wordsSYDNEY, Monday. — Mr. Beasley, Minister for Supply and Development, and Dr. Evatt, Attorney-General, conferred today with ...
Article : 262 wordsAdmiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes, speaking at Gosport, said, "I understand that an inquiry is being held into the deplorable proceedings ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 315 wordsMore than any other development the downfall of the historic British stronghold of Singapore has concentrated U-S attention on Australia as a base from which the Allies must carry on the war against ...
Article : 420 wordsThere is one book above all others for today. It was published 16 years ago, and the man who wrote it is now dead. It is the famous forecast ...
Article : 499 wordsSYDNEY, Monday. — Australia's reserve stocks of rifles were shipped to England in 1940 to help replenish equipment lost by the British Army ...
Article : 229 wordsHundreds of people, including servicemen, who have been evacuated from Singapore, have been bombed and machinegunned by Japanese ...
Article : 314 wordsLarge-scale landing operations in Sumatra, which resulted in the occupation of Palembang, the site of the island's great oil refineries, were ...
Article : 345 wordsPORT MORESBY, Monday.—Port Moresby's AA batteries opened fire for the first time against the enemy this afternoon, when a Japanese ...
Article : 115 wordsWhen General Sessions resumed after the luncheon adjournment yesterday, Edward Heath, who, with 2 others, is charged with alleged ...
Article : 91 wordsThe Foreign Policy Association, in a war survey, has called the Near East the "keystone of the Allied defence structure," saying it was ...
Article : 89 wordsWELLINGTON, Monday. — New Zealand would face courageously whatever situation developed, Mr. Fraser, Prime Minister, said, ...
Article : 71 wordsAn outstanding Melbourne athlete and sportsman, Wing.-Cdr. John Margrave Lerew, who has commanded an RAAF squadron since the ...
Article : 175 wordsNine months ahead or schedule, the 35,000-ton battleship Alabama was launched today at Portsmouth (Virginia). Immediately afterwards ...
Article : 97 wordsIn an article in the Calcutta Statesman, Arthur Moore, editor, bitterly attacks Lord Beaverbrook. "I charge Lord Beaverbrook," he ...
Article : 127 wordsUnder Federal direction, a careful selection was being made of vehicles in all States, to see that those engaged in essential or highly ...
Article : 155 wordsSYDNEY, Monday.—For the first time since the Curtin Government took office early last October, the Federal Cabinet will meet in Sydney ...
Article : 168 wordsSYDNEY, Monday.—"It is the Government's considered view that the situation in the Pacific is capable of control," said Mr. Forde, Army ...
Article : 339 wordsThe latest addition to the chain of buildings and canteens established for the convenience of Australian troops throughout the ...
Article : 84 wordsCapt. Balfour, Under-Secretary for Air, flies each new type of plane which is now tried out, whether Spitfire, Hurricane, Whirlwind, or ...
Article : 104 wordsA man will appear in Bow Street Court tomorrow on charges of murdering 3 of the 4 women who were found dead ...
Article : 55 wordsDARWIN, Monday.—Japanese air raids on Babo, in Dutch New Guinea, took residents completely by surprise. The white population ...
Article : 236 wordsLAC Leigh Brerton Sadleir Falkiner, 20, whose death in an air accident is reported, was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Leigh S. Falkiner, ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 103 wordsAustralian pilots were credited with 8½ "kills" in the 5-minute air battle over Libya on Saturday, in which 18 Kittyhawks, flown by RAF ...
Article : 154 wordsDr. William Booker Vance, MB. CHB. collapsed suddenly and died on Friday night at the Victorian Institute for the Blind, after having ...
Article : 134 wordsAmerica's registered manpower will soon reach a total of 42,000,000. The next groups to register are the 18-20 years and the 45-60. ...
Article : 74 wordsZinc Corp., ord., 35/; New Broken Hill, ord, 9/9; Wiluna, 5/3; Paringa, 1/9. Australian gold shares nominal. ...
Article : 23 wordsJapanese aircraft yesterday unsuccessfully attacked allied shipping in the Timor Sea, stated a war communique issued last night by Mr. ...
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Advertising : 24 wordsReliable reports have been received in Kunming that the Japanese authorities in Shanghai have executed 2 American journalists, Victor Keen, ...
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Advertising : 59 wordsThe visit of Gen. and Madame Chiang Kai-shek to India is important for 3 special reasons, according to a well-informed commentator. ...
Article : 240 wordsA scheme to overcome the possible shortage of firewood at Victorian military camps is being considered by Southern Command. The scheme, ...
Article : 84 wordsAdvice has just been received through International Red Cross that Flying-Officer Ronald C. Scarlett, son of the late Mr. F. H. Scarlett, of ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 99 wordsCaptain Arthur Wermuth, attached to Den. MacArthur's forces on Batan Peninsula, in the Philippines, has been nicknamed "The ...
Article : 344 wordsSYDNEY, Monday.—The steamer Gwydir has been abandoned by the owners, Newcastle and Hunter River SS Co. It is understood that the ...
Article : 46 wordsAn alleged thieving episode in a Little Collins st. knitted goods shop late yesterday afternoon ended when the intruder was hit on the head ...
Article : 156 wordsRecent experiments in the blackout in Melbourne and other Victorian centres have shown that many householders still have an inadequate ...
Article : 124 wordsPandit Jawaharalal Nehru, leader of the Indian Nationalists, was asked in an interview whether Gen. Chiang Kai-shek's visit would cause India's ...
Article : 88 wordsPte. Malcolm Potter, aged 27, who has been reported missing, was a resident of Mirboo North for many years. He was born at Berwick, and is ...
Article : 45 wordsTwo New Zealanders who have arrived in Australia, having been invalided home, recount their one brief encounter with Field-Marshal ...
Article : 118 wordsDaily Telegraph's Tangier correspondent says tnat an unexploded bomb was found on Saturday morning on the balcony of an annexe to ...
Article : 103 wordsAbout [?]0 babies from Berry St. Foundling Hospital, East Melbourne, will be evacuated in a fleet of 11 RACV cars to the hospital's country ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tue 17 Feb 1942, Page 3
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