CANBERRA, August 19.—Expectations that petrol rationing would operate from October 1 were confirmed today by the Minister for Supply (Sir. Frederick ...
Article : 430 wordsDESCRIBED by the captain as travelling in "their own ship," nearly 400 children from grant-aided schools in the more vulnerable areas of Britain left ...
Article : 693 wordsThe resignation of Mr. E. J. Ogilvie as Attorney-General and a member for Wilmot in the House of Assembly ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Advertising : 551 wordsLONDON, August 18.—The following letter has been received by the Minister for Aircraft Production (Lord Beaverbrook) from Mr. H. H. Merrett: "On ...
Article : 301 wordsTOKIO, August 19.—The appointment of Sir John Latham as first Australian Minister to Tokio is welcomed by Japanese newspapers, which predict closer ...
Article : 469 words—Between 30 and 40 French warships have arrived in French Indo-China from an undisclosed base, possibly ...
Article : 279 wordsCANBERRA, August 19.—Further discussion by Cabinet today appears to place beyond doubt that the Federal Election will be on September 21. ...
Article : 369 wordsLONDON, August 19.—"Fundamentally this is a workers' war," declared Mr. J W. Stephenson, in his presidential address at the annual meeting of the ...
Article : 79 wordsA REPRESENTATIVE of Reuter, who was with the British Fleet during the bombardment of Libya states that Air Arm spotting aeroplanes reported that ...
Article : 568 wordsAlleged to have been involved in a conspiracy to defraud the public in respect of a boxing contest, four men appeared before the Police Magistrate ...
Article : 195 wordsLONDON, August 19.—The Admiralty list of casualties in the aircraft-carrier H.M.S. Glorious contains about 600 names, and includes 33 officers killed and ...
Article : 27 wordsSYDNEY, August 19.—The Director-General of Munitions Supply (Mr. Essington Lewis) told American journalists today that Australia could ...
Article : 384 wordsTHE need for the construction of new offices for the Government Printing Department and the need for the purchase of new equipment were stressed ...
Article : 616 wordsTo last week-end 1,563 men had reported for enrolment in Tasmania under the Australian Military Forces universal service scheme, but only 1,112 are available for training. The ...
Article : 514 wordsSYDNEY, August 19.—Police are searching the Wentworth district for an armed man who is believed to have escaped from a mental home and shot a ...
Article : 143 wordsTHE Berlin radio states that the Germans are releasing all Polish prisoners of war, of whom 90 per cent have been accepted ...
Article : 43 wordsDETAILS of loans for local bodies authorised by the recent meeting of the Loan Council were given yesterday by the Treasurer (Mr. Dwyer-Gray). ...
Article : 311 wordsMELBOURNE, August 19.—Although the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) has succeeded in forming a Trades Union Defence Panel from individual unions, an ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Tue 20 Aug 1940, Page 2
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