MELBOURNE, Monday.— War-time emergency powers may be evoked by the Federal Government to establish ...
Article : 340 wordsLONDON, Monday.—Royal Air Force bombers again fiercely attacked French "invasion" perts last night. Calais, Boulogne, and Cap Gris Nez bore ...
Article : 215 wordsGreek forces are advancing along the whole front. They are driving north from Korea (Koritza), thrusting deep in the central sector, and harrying the Italians along the coast. The black line from Valona to Elbasan and Lake Ohrida is considered likely to be the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 63 words"THIS movement will spread throughout the British Empire," declared Mr. M. J. O'Reilly at a public meeting at Hobart last night in support of a motion ...
Article : 992 wordsWHILE stating that he would rather not express any opinion on the "best future method of control or government of the State hydro-electric works"—one of the terms of reference for the Board of Inquiry on the administration of the ...
Article : 841 wordsCANBERRA, Monday.—Plans adopted by the Government for the compulsory collection of income tax due from wage and salary earners by the deduction of ...
Article : 265 wordsCANBERRA, Monday. — Australia's largest war loan to date—a new issue of £28,000,000, for which arrangements were completed two weeks ago—will be ...
Article : 174 wordsTORONTO, Monday.—Sir Thomas Beecham, the English conductor and composer, said that during his Australian tour he had found the people "living in a ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 114 wordsTwo young men are in a serious condition at the Royal Hobart Hospital following a head-on collision between the motor-cycle they were ...
Article : 164 wordsTHE Chief Diplomatie Adviser to the Foreign Office (Sir Robert Vansittart) said in a broadcast: ...
Article : 115 wordsSYDNEY, Monday.—The Premier (Mr. Mair) announced today that the Public Service Board would inquire into statements made by the State president of ...
Article : 137 wordsThe liner Orungal stranded on the Eastern Reef half a mile off shore at Barwon Heads, Victoria. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 20 wordsSYDNEY, Monday.—Refreshed by a few days of relaxation in Brisbane, Mr. Noel Coward returned to Sydney by aeroplane today, but he had hardly set foot in the ...
Article : 182 wordsMELBOURNE, Monday.—A 10-year-old boy, who is making a good recovery in the Children's Hospital, owes his life to the skill of surgeons who performed a ...
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Advertising : 395 wordsVICHY, Monday.—It is steted officially that there was an air raid alarm at Marseilles last night, after which several British warplanes flew over the city ...
Article : 78 wordsSYDNEY, Monday.—The Minister for Munitions (Senator McBride) announced today that the production of the Bren gun would definitely begin ...
Article : 136 wordsCAIRO, Monday.—Italian aircraft indiscriminately bombed Alexandria early yesterday, killing four civilians and injuring 28. The bombs fell far from military ...
Article : 43 wordsSYDNEY, Monday.—Mrs. Jean Margaret Esma O'Hara (25) and her two children, Joy (2) and William James (1), were found dead this afternoon at their ...
Article : 129 wordsWELLINGTON, Monday.—The award of the Distinguished Flying Cross to Flight-Lieut. Lloyd Coleman has brought New Zealand air decorations since the ...
Article : 102 wordsMELBOURNE, Monday.—The hull of the Australian minesweeper H.M.A.S. Goorangai was torn wide open amidships by the bows of the ship with which she ...
Article : 187 wordsAn outline of the activities of the Department of Labour and Industry for September and October was given in a report issued by the Chief Secretary (Mr. Brooker). ...
Article : 271 wordsNEW YORK, Monday.—Rear-Admiral William D. Leahy, Governor of Puerto Rico, has been appointed United States Ambassador to France in succession to Mr. ...
Article : 67 wordsLONDON, Monday. — German longrange guns on the French coast shelled Dover for more than an hour yesterday. During the bombardment a Spitfire flew ...
Article : 79 wordsLONDON, Sunday.—Nine Dutch refugees and 20 seamen were lost when the British steamer Eurymedon (6,223 tons) was torpedoed in the Atlantic. ...
Article : 52 wordsLONDON, Monday.—The Admiralty announces that a naval trawler and a drifter have been sunk by enemy action. ...
Article : 21 wordsCheerful [?] from the liner Orungal, which was stranded in a gale off Barwon Heads, Victoria. Prominent in the picture are the two members of the ship's orchestra, who played all night to keep up the spirits of the people on the ship. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 50 wordsMELBOURNE, Monday.—A salvage crew boarded the stranded steamer Orungal off Barwon Heads today, and began to remove the cargo. The Orungal's ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 66 wordsWASHINGTON, Monday.—The Department of Justice has ordered an inquiry to determine whether monopolistic practices have raised food prices and at the same ...
Article : 46 wordsNEW YORK, Monday:—The "New York Times" states that it has been informed authoritatively that the Secretary of Labour (Miss Frances Perkins) has ...
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Advertising : 130 wordsMADRID, Monday.—Spanish diplomats are prohibited from marrying aliens, except Spanish Americans. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Tue 26 Nov 1940, Page 2
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