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Advertising : 8 wordsWith a lead of 386 primary votes, Mr. G. J. McElwee headed the poll when the counting of the primaries in the election for the Launceston division of the Legislative Council ceased last night. He had received 1311 ...
Article : 657 wordsBritain has asked Italy to define her exact position regarding the war before May 16, according to diplomatic circles in Rome. The British Embassy, however, says ...
Article : 591 wordsThis picture, taken over the aerodrome at Stavanger, shows one of the recent attacks by the Royal Air Force. The photograph was taken from a height of 4000 feet and shows three bombs dropping. The whole of the aerodrome is pitted with craters from this and other R.A.F. raids and naval bombardments. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 56 wordsVerlin Spence, principal of a Junior High School, suddenly went berserk at a trustees' meeting to-day, pulled out a ...
Article : 83 words"This is not a one-shift or two-shift war—it is a three-shift war demanding every ounce of our energy and ...
Article : 170 wordsVotes cast at the northern miners' meetings to-day showed in the aggregate a majority of approximately 200 in favour of a return to work. This decision is believed to foreshadow the end of the strike. It is not considered that the strike leaders will be prepared to disregard the grave ...
Article : 715 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Chamberlain) gave a forceful reply in the House of Commons to-day to critics of the Government's conduct of the campaign in Southern Norway. After explaining reasons for the withdrawal, he ...
Article : 1,540 wordsThe United States must be prepared to "outblitz" any blitzkrieg, declared Brigadier-General George V. ...
Article : 213 wordsA German communique claims that seaplanes captured a British submarine found damaged in the Kattegat. The Berlin Newsagency says that ...
Article : 96 wordsMr. C. J. Eady appears almost certain to retain the Hobart seat in the Legislative Council. The final count to-night was as ...
Article : 132 wordsThe Admiralty, describing the German Air Force's desperate efforts to counter the power of the Allied navies, says that one British vessel ...
Article : 76 wordsLONDON, May 6.—The Duke of Kent has completed a four—day tour in France. ...
Article : 16 wordsThe Federal Government was not anxious to take over civil aviation, but felt that it was better to encourage private enterprise, said Mr. Holt, M.H.R., ...
Article : 37 wordsTwo Allied destroyers—one French and the other Polish—have been sunk by Nazi bombers. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 193 wordsAt left, the French destroyer Bison, and below, the Polish destroyer, Grom, both reported sunk by the Germans. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 22 wordsLONDON, May 6.—Three Grimsby trawlers, the Penn, Hercules, and Leonora, each with a crew of nine, are overdue, and presumed lost. ...
Article : 26 wordsAlong the hazardous mountain tracks to the north of Mo, Hitler's Alpine troops are pushing to Bodo. Inform circle in Germany have hinted that their objectives are not ...
Article : 288 wordsThe secretary of the General Council of the Trade Union Congress (Sir Walter Citrine) was awarded £300 damages in the libel claim against E. R. Pountney, proprietor of the Communist paper, the "Daily Worker." ...
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Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), Wed 8 May 1940, Page 1
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