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  2. Record Cold Dominates The War Fronts

    Europe is still in the grip of the most severe winter in living memory. Straits around Denmark, which link the Baltic with the North Sea, are frozen over, and ...

    Article : 868 words
  3. HOW GRAF SPEE WAS DECEIVED

    How Captain F. S. Bell, of the British cruiser Exeter, tricked the German "pocket" battleship Admiral Graf Spee into miscalculating her range in the battle off ...

    Article : 169 words
  4. PILOTS IN THE MAKING

    Some people grumble a bit when the hum of aeroplane engines overhead breaks into the serenity of early morning Sometimes they ring the aerodrome ...

    Article : 847 words
  5. ROW OF HOUSES MENACED

    Grass and bush fires occurred in several parts of the district again yesterday. The most serious was at District Park, behind a row of houses facing the ...

    Article : 593 words
  6. NIGHT BATHERS

    THOUGH CROWDS AT BEACHES were not as large as formerly last night bething was popular. Part of the bathing crowd at Newcastle beach is seen at the edge of the surf. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 33 words
  7. NAZI AIR FORCE NOT WEAK

    A warning not to regard the German Air Force as weak because of the success of the Allies in the air was given to-day by the Minister for Air (Mr. J. V. ...

    Article : 443 words
  8. BULGARIA'S POLICY UNCHANGED

    Bulgaria's foreign and internal policy will not be changed by the new Ministry which has been formed. Bulgaria will continue to adopt a policy of strict ...

    Article : 207 words
  9. A DUTY TO THOSE WHO PASS BY

    DURING the mayoralty of Mr. C. J. Parker, an attempt was made to give effect to a comprehensive scheme of footpath improvement in Newcastle. It was ...

    Article : 589 words
  10. WORST WINTER IN MEMORY

    Continental Europe is learning the full meaning of the word "zero," and millions are feeling the misery of the worst winter in living memory. ...

    Article : 268 words
  11. "PAY ON ABILITY"

    The Mayor (Ald. Wiggins) and aldermen of Greater Newcastle Council should not discuss so much the man on the job as the position. He should be paid a ...

    Article : 272 words
  12. MR. ROOSEVELT'S SECRET

    American newspapers speculate on Whether new peace moves are contemplated by President Roosevelt. The President sailed in the U.S.S. ...

    Article : 186 words
  13. ANOTHER U-BOAT REPORTED SUNK

    The sinking of another U-boat—the fifth since February 9—by a British warship, is reported by the Bergen newspaper, "Aftenblad." The report has not been ...

    Article : 239 words
  14. EGG MARKETING

    Poultry farmers of the district will meet the producers' representatives on the Egg Marketing Board for a discussion of producers' grievances and other ...

    Article : 162 words
  15. SNOW RESTRICTS FIGHTING

    Heavy snow held up land operations on the Western front and bad visibility reduced activity in the air. Nevertheless there was artillery action by both sides ...

    Article : 247 words
  16. STOP PRESS

    Twelve Brazilian marines to-day boarded the German steamer Koenisgberg. A Brazilian gunboat was stationed nearby, to ensure that the ...

    Article : 216 words
  17. REACHED LIMIT IN CHINA?

    The correspondent of the Associated Press at Shanghai says that foreign military sources regard the Japanese suggestion of peace to General Chiang Kai-shek ...

    Article : 381 words
  18. FOUR MEN INJURED IN BOILER EXPLOSION

    Four workmen were injured, two sufficiently seriously to require hospital treatment, when a boiler exploded at the Commonwealth Steel Company Ltd's ...

    Article : 124 words
  19. NAZI PASSENGERS ARRESTED

    Two persons—a man and a woman—were removed from the Royal Mail Line's motorship Highland Princess (14,128 tons) by men of an Allied warship yesterday ...

    Article : 180 words
  20. RAILWAY EMPLOYEE ELECTROCUTED

    Raymond Walden, 21, of Railway-street Merewether, an electrician, employed by the Railway Department, was electrocuted while attaching a piece of ...

    Article : 73 words
  21. WIDE EXPERIENCE

    Mr. H. Coulson, Newcastle's new stationmaster, has seen almost every part of the New South Wales railway system Since he joined the service at the age ...

    Article : 150 words
  22. ARMY DOUBLED IN YEAR

    The strength of the British Army is double what it was one year ago. Excluding the Indian Army, which was 150,000, strong, the army in January ...

    Article : 121 words
  23. WHAT TO DO IN A SURF RESCUE

    THE experience of H. Street, who rescued Major P. C. Webb from the surf at Bar Beach on Thursday, following so closely on those of the Newcastle ...

    Article : 496 words
  24. "NOBODY IS YET HUNGRY"

    Field-Marshal Goering, in a broadcast to farm workers, said that the weather compelled the expediting of production. "Germany is invincible, militarily and ...

    Article : 161 words
  25. AIR CASUALTY LIST

    The Air Ministry has issued another casualty list. It includes the following—Died on active service: Pilot Officer W. R. McComb, of Auckland. Killed in action ...

    Article : 96 words
  26. COO-EE COMPANY DIVIDEND

    The Cooee Clothing Company Ltd. has declared an interim dividend on cumulative preference shares for the six months ended January 31, 1940, at the ...

    Article : 56 words
  27. GRANTS TO REFUGEES

    Questioned in the House of Commons on how many refugees had received the £200 emigration grant since the Czech trustees were appointed, the ...

    Article : 150 words
  28. ELECTION OF MUSLIM FAVOURS GANDHI

    Election of an eminent Muslim, Mallana Azad, as President of the forthcoming National Congress (Indian Nationalist Party) is regarded as a big victory for ...

    Article : 84 words
  29. ROOSEVELT'S SON SEEKS DIVORCE

    Mr. James Roosevelt, son of the President, is seeking a divorce from his wife on the ground of desertion. He married a daughter of the ...

    Article : 63 words
  30. AMERICAN FIRM DISSOLVING PARTNERSHIP

    J. P. Morgan and Company is dissolving partnership. It will withdraw from private banking, and become incorporated as a trust company. The dissolution will ...

    Article : 38 words
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