LONDON, Feb. 28.—A message from Paris reporting the movement of French air units to North Africa in answer to Italy's reinforcement of her troops in ...
Article : 286 wordsLONDON, Feb. 28.—A message received from Shanghai this morning states that quiet now reigns inside the International Settlement there, while from ...
Article : 419 wordsSYDNEY, Feb. 28.—Although certain minor details which are still the subject of investigation remain to be settled, the Federal Cabinet this afternoon ...
Article : 528 wordsLONDON, Feb. 28.—The Navy Estimates for the financial year 1939-40, which were published today, show a gross total expenditure of 153,666,681—a new ...
Article : 760 wordsLONDON, Feb. 28.—It is reported from Warsaw that Poland has informed the Danzig Senate that she will take "such action as may be necessary" to protect ...
Article : 369 wordsLONDON, Feb. 28.—Britain's recognition of the Spanish Nationalists (Franco) Government will be debated in the House of Commons tonight at the request of ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,005 wordsLONDON, Feb. 27.—The Colonial Secretary (Mr. Malcolm MacDonald), in a reply to the Leader of the Labour Opposition (Mr. Attlee) in the House of ...
Article : 379 wordsLONDON, Feb. 28.—A commencement has been made in Kent for the encirclement of London with batteries of the new 4.5in. anti-aircraft guns. The guns, ...
Article : 278 wordsMELBOURNE, Feb. 28.—Detectives have not yet found what caused a fire which destroyed a hangar and seven planes at Essendon early today, but they ...
Article : 159 wordsADELAIDE, Feb. 28.—Extremely heavy rain fell in parts of' the middle and lower north last night. Clare received 345 points, but damage to the grape crops ...
Article : 513 wordsLONDON. Feb. 28.—It was announced today that the Jewish delegates to the Palestine conference had agreed to meet informally the Secretary for the ...
Article : 44 wordsJERUSALEM, Feb. 28.—The bombing and shooting outrages that occurred throughout Palestine during the week-end, following reports of a new British plan ...
Article : 292 wordsMELBOURNE, Feb. 28.—Suggestions for a scheme of manufacture of war aircraft in Australia will be contained in the report of the British air mission on ...
Article : 335 wordsWASHINGTON. Feb. 27.—The Supreme Court has finally ruled that a sit-down strike is illegal, Chief Justice Hughes expressing the opinion that it is a ...
Article : 210 wordsLONDON, Feb. 27.—Lord Craigmyle, a former chairman of the P. and O. Co, speaking at a national, service rally at Galashiels, declared that Britain's ...
Article : 118 wordsCHUNGKING, Feb. 27.—Intimates of General Chiang Kai-shek (the Chinese national and military leader) state that he will retreat to Tibet rather than ...
Article : 71 wordsCHUNGKING, Feb. 27.—A Chinese Air Force spokesman claims that the Japanese have lost 1,034 planes since the outbreak of hostilities. including 24 since ...
Article : 32 wordsNEW YORK, Feb. 27.—In a review of the presidential elections next year the magazine "Fortune" expresses the opinion that President Roosevelt would have very ...
Article : 146 wordsLONDON, Feb. 27.—The second reading of the Defence Loans Bill—giving effect to the financial resolution passed by the House of Commons last week for the ...
Article : 808 wordsLONDON. Feb. 27.—The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Mr. Butler) informed the House of Commons at question time today that Japan had replied ...
Article : 167 wordsSYDNEY. Feb. 28.—Important plans for co-operation between the Commonwealth Government and several of the large Australian oil companies have been ...
Article : 198 wordsSYDNEY. Feb. 28.—A cloudburst yesterday flooded the railway line between Illabo and Marinna, the water rising as high as the fences alongside the line. ...
Article : 267 wordsMOSCOW, Feb. 27.—Mikhall Vosnissensky, formerly the chief wireless operator at the northern station situated on the Tikhaya Bay, who was charged with ...
Article : 57 wordsLONDON, Feb. 27.—The Duke and Duchess of Kent will travel to Australia, where His Royal Highness will succeed Lord Gowrie as Governor-General, on ...
Article : 168 wordsCANBERRA, Feb. 28.—The Japanese occupation of Hainan Island (off the coast of French Indo-China on the route between Singapore and Hong Kong) is ...
Article : 159 wordsLONDON. Feb. 27.—A passage in a speech by the Prime Minister (Mr. Chamberlain) in the House of Commons last Tuesday, in which he dealt with ...
Article : 219 wordsJERUSALEM, Feb. 28.—It is reported from Amman (in central Palestine) that Arabs kidnapped Mr. Head, the chief British forestry officer in Transjordan, ...
Article : 81 wordsSYDNEY, Feb. 28.—"I have no hesitation in saying that the Miners' Federation will strongly support any movement for the defence of this country," ...
Article : 146 wordsVIENNA, Feb. 27.—The Nazis have staged their first collective "name-giving" ceremony, which is intended to replace religious baptism and is considered an ...
Article : 98 wordsLONDON, Feb. 27.—Captain Wiedemann, formerly aide-de-camp to Herr Hitler, who is on his way to San Francisco to take up his new post as ...
Article : 64 wordsMELBOURNE, Feb. 28.—Although flooding has occurred in many areas in Gippsland and the north-east, the country was saved from more serious ...
Article : 125 wordsLONDON, Feb. 27.—Under the scheme for the repatriation of Italians from abroad 1,400 today reached Italy from France, says the Milan correspondent of ...
Article : 94 wordsNEW YORK, Feb. 27.—The American freighter Lillian 13,482 tons), which yesterday collided in a fog with the German liner Wiegand (5,869 tons), 70 miles ...
Article : 78 wordsBERLIN, Feb. 28.—In order to meet the land labour shortage, to cope with which it is estimated that 300,000 workers are needed, Germany is employing 200,000 ...
Article : 49 wordsLONDON, Feb. 28.—Three airmen were burnt to death today at the Royal Air Force station at Wyton when a Bristol Blenheim bomber, after taking off, struck ...
Article : 37 wordsNEW DELHI Feb. 28.—It was officially announced today that the duty on raw cotton would be doubled as from March 1. ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Wed 1 Mar 1939, Page 15
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