TOKIO, Jan. 6.—Confessing that Japan faced a critical situation unprecedented in her annals, the new Prime Minister (Baron Hiranuma) said in a statement ...
Article : 342 wordsBUDAPEST, Jan 6.—It is officially announced here that Czech troops early this morning attacked the frontier town of Munkacevo. A battle ensued, in which ...
Article : 93 wordsLONDON. Jan. 6.—A new development in the Spanish civil war has occurred with the opening of a surprise offensive by the Government in Estremadura (the ...
Article : 632 wordsLONDON, Jan. 5.—The Prague correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" reports that three Czechoslovak financial experts are going to London-to resume the ...
Article : 181 wordsWELLINGTON, Jan. 6.—In a further statement today on the Government's new import control regulations the Prime Minister (Mr. Savage) reiterated that the ...
Article : 480 wordsLONDON, Jan. 6.—The Foreign Secretary (Viscount Halifax) called at No. 10 Downing-street yesterday evening and had a conversation with the Prime ...
Article : 574 wordsLONDON. Jan. 6.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Chamberlain) made the following statement last night an the message which President Roosevelt delivered to ...
Article : 447 wordsLONDON, Jan. 6.—"However remote the possibility may be, we must prepare in good time against it," declares the Minister of Health (Mr. W. E. Eliot). in ...
Article : 219 wordsMELBOURNE, Jan. 6.—The Minister for Defence (Brigadier Street) said today that rapid strides towards the attainment of national self-sufficiency in the ...
Article : 322 wordsLONDON, Jan. 5.—Outstanding importance is attached to the three-hour conversation between Herr Hitler and Colonel Beck (the Polish Foreign ...
Article : 314 wordsSYDNEY. Jan. 6.—Mr. Stanley McKensey, replying on behalf of the coal-owners in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court this morning to a question by ...
Article : 276 wordsLONDON, Jan. 6.—The correspondent of the "News-Chronicle" at Bukarest describes the new form of Government in Rumania as totalitarian-like, with King ...
Article : 201 wordsBERLIN, Jan. 6.—An official protest against the remarks made by President Roosevelt in his annual message to Congress is not expected. It is considered ...
Article : 124 wordsAUCKLAND, Jan. 6.—Failing official explanation of the methods adopted by the Government in issuing import licences (under its new trade and foreign ...
Article : 444 wordsThe opening of the new militia training centres at Katanning and Collie is to be undertaken immediately. Permanent instruction officers have been ...
Article : 224 wordsA 16-year-old girl yesterday evening saved the life of her father, who was in danger of being drowned at Leighton Beach. Slightly bulit, she supported her ...
Article : 455 wordsSYDNEY. Jan. 6.—Nurse Joan Quinn (21) had a remarkable escape from instant death at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital this afternoon when she fell ...
Article : 121 wordsSYDNEY, Jan. 6.—This afternoon the scout jamboree camp at Bradfield seemed strangely deserted with 90 per cent of the boys away on special excursions. The ...
Article : 293 wordsSYDNEY, Jan. 6.—The Minister for External Affairs (Mr. Hughes) said last night, that President Roosevelt's plain declaration of policy to Congress would ...
Article : 182 wordsROME Jan. 5.—Last year 20,000 Italian colonists were settled in Libya. The settlement of a further 20.000 is planned for this year. The "Gionale ...
Article : 74 wordsLONDON, Jan. 6.—The British commission for the investigation of air bombardments in Spain, consisting of Group-Captain Smyth-Piggott, a retired Royal ...
Article : 513 wordsSYDNEY, Jan. 6.—Two hotels—the Oaks Hotel at The Oaks, ten miles from Camden, and the Girral Hotel, eight miles from Ungarie—were destroyed by fire this ...
Article : 312 wordsCALCUTTA, Jan. 6.—In consequence of the threatening position at Ranpur (in Bihar and Orissa Province) arising from the arrest of members of the illegal ...
Article : 115 wordsMr. K. S. J. McGibbon has been appointed secretary of the State branch of the Australian Defence League, which is assisting the Department of Defence ...
Article : 95 wordsSYDNEY, Jan. 6.—In, defending the embargo imposed by the Commonwealth Government on New Zealand potatoes, the Assistant-Minister for Commerce ...
Article : 97 wordsLONDON, Jan. 5.—A 16-year-old Highlander named Jock Ritchie is going to Australia. He is dressed in a kilt and he possesses 10/ and determination to ...
Article : 99 wordsMELBOURNE, Jan. 6.—The Minister for Defence (Brigadier Street), commenting today on an appeal by the president of the Aborigines' Progressive ...
Article : 109 wordsDARWIN, Jan. 6.—Anxious to bring it into line with other libraries in the southern States, a big section of Darwin's reading public is now agitating for ...
Article : 222 wordsCANBERRA, Jan. 6.—The effect on Australian trade of the new trade control policy of the New Zealand Government will be discussed briefly by the ...
Article : 276 wordsWILUNA, Jan. 6.—Intense heat has been experienced at wiluna this summer. The temperature exceeded 100deg. on 21 days in November and 26 days in ...
Article : 131 wordsCUE, Jan. 6.—An inquiry into the circumstances of the death of William John Mayher, was held before the Coroner (Colonel W. O. Mansbridge) and a Jury ...
Article : 334 wordsCOLLIE, Jan. 6.—Because orders for small coal have decreased a reduction of hands will take place at the Cardiff mine, which is controlled by ...
Article : 245 wordsNEW DELHI, Jan. 5.—A court of inquiry into the incident at Nowshera on November 23, when a sepoy in a Punjabi regiment ran amuck and fired on his ...
Article : 75 wordsSYDNEY, Jan. 6.—Since early on Monday morning the police have been scouring the bush for a man who escaped after being arrested and handcuffed on ...
Article : 202 wordsKALGOORLIE, Jan. 6.—Goldfields residents are sweltering in a heat wave, maximum temperatures of 106 deg. yesterday and 109 deg. today having been ...
Article : 147 wordsDARWIN, Jan. 6.—A third victim of the simple poisoning accident which claimed the life of the Northern Territory's most colourful mailman, Paddy ...
Article : 197 wordsKALGOORLIE, Jan. 6.—Dashed about 20ft. to the ground from the mains on which he was working when he came into contact with 550 volts about 4.15 ...
Article : 173 wordsLONDON, Jan. 5.—In connection with the British consular bag incident last. month it was officially stated tonight that the Foreign Secretary ...
Article : 529 wordsSYDNEY, Jan. 6.—The Monterey and Awatea, which left Sydney today for New Zealand. carried a number of Australian, German and Japanese business ...
Article : 98 wordsBRISBANE, Jan. 6.—William Thomas Denman (65), farmer, of Harrisville, near Ipswich, was drowned in the wading pool at Wynnum Central yesterday morning. ...
Article : 98 wordsLAHORE, Jan. 6.—A short, severe earthquake has been experienced at Quetta, but no loss of life or damage is reported. ...
Article : 60 wordsDARWIN, Jan. 6.—The erection of a weir at Alice Springs for the conservation of water was advocated by the Administrator (Mr. C. L. A. Abbott) today, ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Sat 7 Jan 1939, Page 17
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