No trace has been found of the "Flying Doctor," Dr. G. W. F. Alberry, or his pilot, Mr. K. C. Berry, who left Gregory Downs by plane for ...
Article : 316 wordsWork was completed on the new Manly ferry wharf at Circular Quay on Tuesday, and it was used yesterday for the first time. Top: The Dee Why pulling out of the new wharf, which is much larger than the old jetty, and will provide more accommodation for the holiday and peak hour crowds. Lower: Ferry passengers leaving the wharf, the front of which is obscured by a fence ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 547 wordsAir-Marshal A. S. Barratt, formerly Commandant of the Royal Air Force Staff College at Andover, has been appointed Air Officer ...
Article : 539 wordsIt was learned yesterday that the Commonwealth Government is considering the establishment of several more R.A.A.F. commands, to include ...
Article : 131 wordsThe 18th Brigade, Second A.I.F., is preparing to move from its camps at Rutherford and Greta, and by the end of the week will be in new ...
Article : 283 wordsThe Air Board yesterday appointed two new officers to No. 2 Group Headquarters, R.A.A.F., Point Piper, bringing the administration staff up to six. ...
Article : 111 wordsCheers, continuous hand claps, and showers of confetti from the windows of office buildings greeted 1,000 members of the 18th Brigade, Second A.I.F., ...
Article : 255 wordsThe Minister for Trade and Customs Mr. Lawson, yesterday said that Sir Earle Page's attack on the administration of price control was "ill-informed, ...
Article : 249 wordsBy special permission of the Civil Aviation Department, the Royal Netherlands Indies Airways Lockheed air liner, which arrived at Kingsford Smith airport yesterday afternoon ...
Article : 97 wordsThe Electrolytic Smelting and Refining Works at Port Kembla are now practically idle because of a strike of 800 employees, most of whom are ...
Article : 169 wordsThe First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Winston Churchill, paid an early-morning visit yesterday to an R.A.F. squadron in France. ...
Article : 438 wordsThe U.S. Navy Department is asking for an appropriation of 4,000,000 dollars (£A.1,250,000) for expenditure at Guam Island, the advanced island possession ...
Article : 282 wordsThe appointment of an Australian Minister to Tokyo is expected to be considered by the full Federal Cabinet when its meets in Melbourne next week. ...
Article : 101 wordsPassengers were at a loss to describe the heroism of the crew of the Dunbar Castle. They said that the crew saw all the passengers safely into the boats before entering ...
Article : 610 wordsThe Premer Mr. Mair, announced last night that the Executive Council had yesterday approved the extension of the appointments of Mr. Acting Justice Barton as a Judge of the ...
Article : 60 wordsThe Viceroy of India, Lord Linlithgow, in a speech to-day, appealed to the various parties to get together and reach some agreement that would facilitate the Government's ...
Article : 61 wordsLatest official figures compiled by the Department of Labour and Industry, indicate a substantial improvement in the unemployment position towards ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 16 wordsA cablegram of welcome was sent to-day by the Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, to Mr. Gauss, United States Consul-General at Shanghai, who has been appointed United ...
Article : 90 wordsNo special celebrations marked the centenary of the introduction of penny postage in Great Britain. "The Times," in a leading article, says that ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 196 wordsThe Water Board is having difficulty in arranging for the underwriting of its new loan of £1,500,000. It cannot be put on the Australian market until ...
Article : 292 wordsThe appointment of Mr. Clarence E. Gauss, the United States Consul-General at Shanghai, as first U.S. Minister to Australia, is a step in the ...
Article : 170 wordsSir William Seeds, formerly British Ambassador at Moscow, returned to England to-day, accompanied by Lady Seeds. ...
Article : 24 wordsTin was quoted to-day at £248/5/ a ton and rubber at 11 29-32d a lb. Mining shares were quiet, Quotations: North Broken Hill, 25/7½; Zinc Corporation ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 263 wordsThe experience of the 18th Brigade at Rutherford and Greta offers further evidence of the need for cold storage facilities in the training camps. Officers state that ...
Article : 126 wordsThe Commonwealth Government Gazette published yesterday contained price regulation orders by the Prices Commissioner relating to cornsacks, flour sold in Tasmania, ...
Article : 199 wordsThe State Cabinet decided at its meeting yesteiday that legislation should be prepared to provide for the reconstitution of the Parliamentary ...
Article : 216 wordsConversations between the Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, and the Federal Country Paity leader, Mr. Cameron, to-day, are believed to have been a ...
Article : 203 wordsA meeting of leading [?]hurchmen, decided, yesterday to do all in its power to assist the plan to found a colony of Jews in north-western Australia. ...
Article : 302 wordsA satisfactory method for keeping meat flesh in camp was devised by the assistant quartermaster at the Dapto camp. Captain H. Mortlocl. He constructed a room of hessian ...
Article : 152 wordsTheatre Royal: Russian Balict, 8. Minerva Theatre: "Quiet Wedding," 8.15. Tivoli Theatre: "Nother Goose," 2.30: "Carry On," 8. ...
Article : 273 wordsPassengers of the British liner Avila Star (14,443 tons) claim that the ship was attacked by three submarines off the Canary Islands, near the area in ...
Article : 243 wordsSince the outbreak of war, 127 applications for naturalisation by Germans have been refused, and 30 granted. Altogether, 2,515 aliens have applied to the ...
Article : 176 wordsThe strike of employees at the Riverstone meat works continued yesterday, and Mr. Justice Cantor convened a conference of the parties to be held in his chambeis this ...
Article : 91 wordsThe greatest optimist that, he was has produced in Australia so far is a drover aged 44, who served in the war of 1914-1918. He has sent the following letter to the ...
Article : 221 wordsIt is expected that the Commonwealth Government will next week consider the cuttine of airline subsidies for the duration of the war. ...
Article : 86 wordsA special train brought a rescue party from Moree last night to fight a fire in the timbers of a railway bridge near Tycatnah station. ...
Article : 83 wordsTwo small girls, Joan McQuillan, 4, and Margaret McQuillan, 7, of Gore, were drowned when a boat containing their mother and others capsized in a river squall. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 11 Jan 1940, Page 10
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