LONDON, July 17.—Few German raiders were over Britain yesterday, but three were shot down. ...
Article : 213 wordsCAIRO, July 17. — The Royal Air Force continues effectively to harass Italian centres in East Africa. ...
Article : 321 wordsMELBOURNE, July 17.—All States will share in the vast extension of Australia's munitions-programme, the Ministry of Munitions announced today. ...
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Advertising : 62 wordsRecruits of the Royal Australian Navy rolling up their hammocks at Rushcutter Bay Naval Base preparatory to their departure for Melbourne. About 150 recruits were transferred this week. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 33 wordsLONDON July 17.—The Emergency Powers Bill has provoked so much protest in the House of Commons that ...
Article : 327 wordsTHE elections in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania were "a victory" for the Workers' Party, which advocated ...
Article : 39 wordsCANBERRA, July 17.—Three main causes are responsible for the 4 per cent increase in the retail price index number since the beginning of the war, ...
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Advertising : 221 wordsLONDON, July 17.—Rome reports are that Hitler will deliver an ultimatum to Britain demanding a ...
Article : 392 wordsLONDON, July 17.—A young pilot-officer of a bomber squadron has had a remarkable series of escapes. He was the second pilot of a Whitley bomber ...
Article : 254 wordsThe Minister in charge of Civil Defence (Major Davies) announced yesterday that Cabinet had appointed Mr. G. A. Walch, Chief Air Raid Warden ...
Article : 173 wordsThe Premier (Mr. Cosgrove) announced yesterday that Cabinet had decided that permission be given to the Tasmanian Division of the Red ...
Article : 129 wordsThe appeal for recruits for the A.I.F. continues to meet with a heartening response in Tasmania, and yesterday more than 50 men marched from Anglesea ...
Article : 287 wordsTHE Foreign Under-secretary (Mr. Butler) stated in the House of Commons that the British Government had ...
Article : 62 wordsSYDNEY, July 17.—Under the plan to build Australia's defence forces to 250,000, announced by the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) some weeks ago, ...
Article : 377 wordsSYDNEY, July 17.—John Edward McIvor (28), labourer, was charged at the Central Police Court today with having wilfully murdered William ...
Article : 32 wordsSYDNEY, July 17.— Mr. Clarence E. Gauss handed to the Governor-General (Lord Gowrie) his letters of credence as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister ...
Article : 251 wordsLONDON, July 17.—The Foreign Under-secretary (Mr. Butler) stated in the Commons that the British Government did not consider it had any ...
Article : 112 wordsThe Minister for Agriculture (Mr. D'Alton), referring yesterday to the suggestion that the proposed Commonwealth bounty for the construction of ...
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Advertising : 5 wordsALEXANDRIA, July 17.—Units of the British Mediterranean Fleet have returned to Alexandria. Neither the condition of the ships nor spirit of the ...
Article : 52 wordsMELBOURNE, July 17.—The finding of the Warrnambool railway bell in Palestine, where it had been taken by Second A.I.F. troops as a reminder of ...
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Advertising : 85 wordsAction is to be taken by the Government against owners of houses who increase rents without first making application to the Fair Rents Court. ...
Article : 81 wordsLONDON, July 17.—The Under-Secretary for Home Affairs (Mr. Peake), speaking in the House of Commons, said 12,500 men and 3,800 women had ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Thu 18 Jul 1940, Page 2
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