King Edward VIII has decided to abdicate. The Speaker of the House of Commons made the announcement this afternoon. He had received a message announcing the news from the Prime Minister (Mr. Baldwin). ...
Article : 489 wordsThe message of abdication from his Majesty the King, which was read in the House of Commons by the Speaker on behalf of Mr. Baldwin, and was also announced by Mr. Lyons in his broadcast address this morning, was as follows: ...
Article : 548 wordsIn a statement broadcast from Canberra shortly before 2 o'clock this morning, the Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) said: "I regret to announce that I have received the King's message of abdication. ...
Article : 246 words"But of his own will he steps down from the Throne of this mighty Empire," Mr. Lyons added. "I say of his own will, because it was against the ...
Article : 325 wordsWhen the Genate and the House of Representatives meet in Canberr[?] at 10.30 this morning, resolutions will be submitted s' ultaneously for approval in both Chambers ...
Article : 186 wordsSydney, as one of the main focal points of the Empire, awaited last night and early this morning the decision of their King. In the streets there was ...
Article : 212 wordsThe Premier (Mr. Stevens) said this morning:- "On behalf of the Government and the people of this State I share with ...
Article : 51 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) this morning requested the Governor-General, Lord Gowrie, to transmit to his Majesty the King a telegram urging ...
Article : 123 wordsImmediately th[?] Speaker finished, the Prime Minister (Mr. Baldwin) moved that the King's message be considered. "No braver message," he said, "has ...
Article : 1,410 wordsThe special representative of the "Daily Mail" at Cannes says that Mrs. Simpson has had several long telephone talks with London on a special ...
Article : 366 wordsBanners bearing the inscription "God Save the King," were carried before a crowd of demonstrators who walked from Wirth's Olympia to the Town Hall to-night. ...
Article : 98 wordsWhen the House met at 2.30 p.m., prayers were read, and the Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) immediately moved that the House should adjourn. He said that the ...
Article : 905 wordsNext Monday, December 14, is the birthday of the new King. The Commonwealth Public Service Act provides that the King's birthday shall be observed as a public holiday. ...
Article : 56 wordsThe Archbishop of Sydney (Dr. Mowll), commenting this morning on the announcement of abdication, said: ...
Article : 159 wordsThe Parliamentary correspondent of "The Times directed attention to the complicated legislative position, "if, as is generally anticipated, the Monarch desires to relinquish ...
Article : 827 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) had arranged to announce the King's message of abdication in a broadcast address at 1.45 this morning, so that the Australian public would ...
Article : 196 wordsAccording to the "Daily Sketch," Andre, a dark-hatred young Frenchman, is the most envied man in Cannes, for he dresses Mrs. Simpson's hair regularly. It is added: "A ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 11 Dec 1936, Page 15
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