A DESCRIPTION of the release by H.M.S. Cossack of the British prisoners from the Altmarck was given this evening in a broadcast by a "naval eyewitness," who related how, but for, a description of the Altmarck given ...
Article : 1,502 wordsTroops enjoying their first meal ashore after the voyage from Australia. (Picture supplied by Department of Information). ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 51 wordsThe Air Ministry has announced that the R.A.F. has made successful flights over enemy territory in the past 24 hours, including ...
Article : 538 wordsTHE Bjorko Island Fortress has been definitely abandoned and the Finns are preparing to evacuate civilians from Sakkijarvi, five miles inland opposite Wiipuri, across Wiipuri Bay. ...
Article : 398 wordsIf Britain were forced to declare war on Russia the British Labor movement would stand solidly behind ...
Article : 96 wordsNaval circles suggest that British warships near Petsamo are awaiting the departure of German naval units, including ...
Article : 378 wordsTheir Majesties talked and shook hands with 40 of the rescued from the Altmarck, when they visited a Scottish port. ...
Article : 117 wordsFood and blankets attached to parachutes were dropped from planes for the relief of farm settlements isolated by the worst floods for many years in the Taranaki and Wanganui districts. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 627 wordsIn a special message to the electors of Corio where the vital Federal by-election is to be held on Saturday, the Premier of Queensland (Mr. W. ...
Article : 203 wordsMr. Sumner Welles visited Count Glano (Italian Foreign Minister) and Signor Mussolini. The visit to Signor Mussolini, which lasted an ...
Article : 298 wordsWashington, Feb. 26. Referring to rumors of the difficulty of Britain and France in raising funds for ...
Article : 85 wordsA Commonwealth loan of £18,000,000, to be issued on Friday, includes a first instalment of about £46,000,000 which will have to be borrowed for ...
Article : 542 wordsDanlel Falvey, 10, son of Sergeant Falvey, of Cleveland, who was struck by a stray pea-rifle bullet on Sunday afternoon, died early to-night. ...
Article : 94 wordsThe fact that clippers are omitting Bermuda only when east-bound, confirms the impression that the United States has tacitly approved of the ...
Article : 208 wordsThe Secretary of State (Mr. Cordell Hull) told the Senate Finance Committee that the extension of the reciprocal trade treaty program was ...
Article : 155 wordsa defence regulation forbids nonresidents, except under special permits, to enter the Highlands north of the Caledonian Canal from March 11. ...
Article : 93 wordsFour German seamen, escapees from a North England internment camp, were discovered in a hay stack and recaptured. ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Bulcock) to-day advocated planned agricultural development within the Empire. He said he was concerned over ...
Article : 114 wordsTwo youths, aged 17 and 18, were arrested at Drobak for endeavoring to give secrets to a foreign power. Drobak faces the fortress of ...
Article : 44 wordsMr. R. G. Casey (Australian Minister) is confined to his bed with influenza, but is improving. He has postponed all his engagements ...
Article : 33 wordsThe Minister for Agriculture (Mr. J. I. Welter) and the Minister for Economics (Herr Hirschfeld), respectively heads of the Dutch and Gorman ...
Article : 23 wordsThe £40,000,000 loan has been oversubscribed voluntarily. The proceeds will be used to defray the cost of mobilisation. ...
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Daily Mercury (Mackay, Qld. : 1906 - 1954), Wed 28 Feb 1940, Page 7
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