Momentous decisions on Australia's participation in the Empire's war effort became known in Canberra to-day. In the House of Representatives the Prime Minister Mr. Menzies, announced that the Sixth Division, Second A.I.F., ...
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Article : 591 wordsTurkish leaders, including the President, General Inonu, and Marshal Fevsi Cakmak, Chief of the Turkish General Staff, believe that within a few weeks ...
Article : 176 wordsTroops in forward areas of the Allied lines are not now surprised when an air-raid alarm is heard on a clear day and a couple of enemy ...
Article : 653 wordsThe Finnish people have been shocked by a new step by the Soviet Government in denouncing its pact of non-aggression with Finland on the ground that Finnish foreign policy is inconsistent with it. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 52 wordsThere is a distinct change in the attitude of British soldiers towards the war, compared with the attitude of their predecessors in 1914-18. ...
Article : 440 wordsThe Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Reid, announcing last night that the Commonwealth Government had decided to allow wheat agents to handle bagged wheat at ...
Article : 171 wordsThe United Kingdom and neutral countries have purchased for export 10,000,000 bushels of wheat and flour in the last two days. ...
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Article : 305 wordsThe British steamer Rubislaw (1,041 tons) struck a mine off a port on the south-east coast of England. The Rubislaw, which was laden with cement, ...
Article : 175 wordsMr. J. C. Ross, M.L.A. (Kogarah), and Mr. S. A. Lloyd, M.L.A. (Concord), said last night that the U.A.P. electoral conferences in their electorates had ...
Article : 223 wordsThe Nippon Yusen K.K. is reported to be transferring the Atuta Maru (7,983 tons) and the Kitano Maru (7,952 tons) from the Australian route, with ...
Article : 82 wordsAn Air Ministry communique states that a long-range fighter patrol was sent out yesterday afternoon to search for German mine-laying seaplanes. ...
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Article : 43 wordsA provost corps (military police) of about 30 men has been formed for duty in the City of Sydney. Its members are permanent troops attached ...
Article : 92 wordsA court-martial, sitting at Amiens, sentenced M. Maurice Thorez, leader of the Communist Party in the Chamber of Deputies, to six years' imprisonment for failing to answer ...
Article : 128 wordsMagna Charta, which has been on display at the World's Fair, was placed in the Congress Library yesterday for safe-keeping until the end of the war. ...
Article : 137 wordsSuch of the oversea news in this issue as is headed "From Our Own Correspondent" or "Herald Exclusive Service" is from a service owned and controlled entirely by "The Sydney Morning Herald" ...
Article : 144 wordsFor the first time in history, foreigners who have served as officers in their own or other armies, will be admitted to the Foreign Legion as officers. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 30 Nov 1939, Page 9
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