It is now confirmed that the Chinese retirement under heavy Japanese pressure on the fronts northward from Shanghai was an orderly and strategic withdrawal to new defensive lines about three miles further inland. ...
Article : 812 wordsTOKIO, Sept. 14.—A high Government official in a statement today to the Australian Associated Press declared that the Australian-Japanese trade agreement ...
Article : 336 wordsLONDON, Sept. 14.—The nine-Power agreement for naval policing measures to protect non-Spanish shipping in the Mediterranean from piratical attacks was ...
Article : 506 wordsBERLIN, Sept. 14.—Herr Hitler made a fierce attack on Republican Spain in an address today at the closing session of the great annual congress of the Nazi Party ...
Article : 257 wordsLONDON, Sept. 14.—Describing the progress of the Sino-Japanese warfare in North China, the Tokio correspondent of "The Times" reports that the ...
Article : 487 wordsCANBERRA, Sept 14.—After an interview today with His Excellency the Governor-General (Lord Gowrie) the, Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) formally ...
Article : 656 wordsGENEVA, Sept. 13.—The Aga Khan, head of the Ismaili Mohammedans and chief delegate for India, was today almost unanimously elected President of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 311 wordsVALENCIA, Sept. 14.—In a communique the loyalist Government frankly admits that the situation in Asturias (in the north) is critical, saying:—"The ...
Article : 73 wordsTOKIO, Sept. 14.—Before he left for home by the Atsuta Maru yesterday, Mr. Frank Young, president of the National Council of Wool-Selling Brokers of ...
Article : 62 wordsLONDON, Sept. 14.—"The fear that the bomb outrages in Paris on Saturday that wrecked the headquarters of the Employers' Federation and Industrie ...
Article : 380 wordsCANBERRA, Sept. 14.—Representatives of the wool industry discussed with the Minister for Commerce (Dr. Page) today the effect of the situation in the Far East ...
Article : 124 wordsLONDON, Sept. 13.—With a view to preventing abuse of the British flag in Chinese waters the board of Trade has advised the masters of British ships ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 150 wordsThe State Cabinet has decided to accede to a request made by a deputation representing the people of Collie for an inquiry into the question of ...
Article : 307 wordsROME, Sept. 14.—The Italian Government's reply to the invitation to adhere to the anti piracy agreement signed at Nyon was handed to the British and ...
Article : 160 wordsSAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 13.—An official announcement that the Committee for Industrial Organisation has decided to make the Pacific coast a national ...
Article : 144 wordsCANBERRA, Sept. 4.—The proposals of the Australian Government to the Imperial Conference for a regional Pacific pact have been postponed because of ...
Article : 137 wordsCANBERRA, Sept. 14.—Upon the announcement of the Ministry's decision that the Federal election should be on October 23 the Prime Minister (Mr. ...
Article : 153 wordsVALENCIA, Sept. 14.—The belief that a mystery submarine was sunk by coastal batteries off Cartagena now appears to be without foundation, as the divers sent ...
Article : 41 wordsTOKIO, Sept. 14.—Five days from tomorrow, the Tokio region will be the scene of the most rigorous and elaborate air defence manoeuvres yet held. This ...
Article : 114 wordsCANBERRA, Sept 14.—In the House of Representatives today the Attorney General (Mr. Menzies) said that Britain had agreed to permit Japanese. warships ...
Article : 165 wordsA dull thud followed by the groans of a man led to the discovery that a postal employee had suffered shocking injuries in a fall from the third floor of the ...
Article : 425 wordsCANBERRA, Sept. 14.—Provision for the distribution among the States of £200,000 for the vocational training of unemployed young men and women aged ...
Article : 159 wordsNEW YORK, Sept. 13.—After two bad breaks last week, the stock market, again apparently without cause, slumped today and then plunged down. Losses reached ...
Article : 126 wordsCANBERRA, Sept. 14.—The jibe by the. Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Curtin) that the Federal Ministry was unable to make up its mind regarding the date of ...
Article : 403 wordsNEW DELHI, Sept. 13.—Twenty-five men, including a priest and village headman, are on trial for manslaughter in Simur (Punjab) as a result of the ...
Article : 106 wordsLONDON, Sept. 13.—In his new book, "Playboy of the Air," published today, Mr. J. A. Mollison, in addition to discussing the difficulties of his life with ...
Article : 157 wordsTOKIO, Sept. 13.—The Foreign Office spokesman announced today that the Government's inquiry had produced no traces of any attack by a Japanese plane ...
Article : 77 wordsHONG KONG, Sept. 13.—According to refugees from Swatow, 800 in number, including 50 foreigners, the Japanese bombed this south coastal Chinese town ...
Article : 206 wordsLOS ANGELES, Sept. 13.—The court has rejected the suit by George Brent, the film actor, for annulment of his marriage with Jocelyn Howarth, an ...
Article : 289 wordsLONDON, Sept. 13.—A new fire alarm system designed to eliminate false calls due to technical faults which Involve about 9,000 miles of needless runs, by fire ...
Article : 133 wordsBERLIN, Sept. 13.—It is believed that when Dr. Schacht resigns at the end of the month the portfolio of Economic Affairs, he will be succeeded by General ...
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Article : 0 wordsLONDON, Sept. 14.—The engagement has been announced of Miss Eileen Joyce, the West Australian pianist, to Mr. Douglas Legh Barratt, of London. ...
Article : 207 wordsCHRISTCHURCH (N.Z.), Sept. 14.—In his will, the late Mr. Robert Bell, who was a prominent newspaper owner, provides a fund of £5,000 sterling, the ...
Article : 128 wordsHOLLYWOOD, Sept. 13.—Wallace Beery, the film actor, accidentally shot himself today while making a scene in a film entitled The Bad Man of ...
Article : 104 wordsLONDON, Sept. 13.—The Secretary for War (Mr. Hore-Belisha) accompanied by Brigadier Macready, of the War Office ,General Staff, flew from Easthourne to ...
Article : 62 wordsCANBERRA, Sept. 14.—Senators whose term of office expires in June next and who must accordingly seek reelection at the Federal election next ...
Article : 123 wordsNEW YORK, Sept. 14.—The engagement is announced from Boston of Mr. John Roosevelt, the youngest son of President Roosevelt, to Miss Cissaune Clark, ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Wed 15 Sep 1937, Page 19
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