CAPTURED as a prisoner of war, a sojourn in the ill-fated German pocket battleship, Admiral Graf Spee, three months in the prison ship, Altmark, then daringly rescued by the officers and men of the British destroyer, Cossack, were ...
Article : 1,128 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) announced that agreement had been signed by representatives of the unions ...
Article : 448 wordsIN the face of the speed and fury of the German onslaught, the Dutch troops have been ordered to surrender. German troops entered The Hague at 5.30 a.m. today. ...
Article : 938 wordsSIR,-The importance of the leaderette, and comment in the "Day by Day" column of recent issues, drawing attention to the necessity for ...
Article : 200 wordsRescued from the Nazi prison ship Altmark by the British destroyer H.M.S. Cossack, Mr. Wallis F. Wells (right), and Mr. John Bammant, a former shipmate in the Tairoa, photographed in London soon after they reached England. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 41 wordsSir,—In the Legislative Council on Tuesday, Mr. G. J. McElwee expressed his views on compulsory third party insurance, which he apparently ...
Article : 196 wordsA NOTE of warning in the news before the surrender of Holland to the Germans suggested that something of the kind was likely. Germany ...
Article : 718 wordsTHE day Mr. Wallis F. Wells left England he lunched at a London club with Flight-Lieut. R. J. Cosgrove, son of ...
Article : 48 wordsElections to fill vacancies on the State Fruit Board were held yesterday in the Northern and Southern divisions. Messrs. T. Burnaby and R. O. Watson ...
Article : 142 wordsSir,—I bet, "Why Work?" is not an Australian, but most likely he is holding down a good Aussie position! I do not like his remark, laughable as it is, ...
Article : 94 wordsSir,—The Government's proposal to change the school-leaving age will not be received favourably in country districts. Even now country parents are ...
Article : 80 wordsLONDON, May 15.—The Dutch radio, which probably is now German-controlled, reported the entry of German motorised units into The Hague at 8 ...
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Article : 158 wordsThe importance of an immediate cessation bf the coal strike was emphasised by several members in the Legislative Council yesterday, and Mr. ...
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Advertising : 5 wordsDinant is one of the main centres of the desperate fighting along the Meuse, and the Germans have crossed the river at two or three points north of the city. Dinant, whose citadel is shown in the picture, is one of the Belgian cities raided by the Germans yesterday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Thu 16 May 1940, Page 2
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