The net value of all recorded production in Western Australia during 1937-38 was £27,839,647, the highest figure yet attained in this State. Details of the ...
Article : 1,176 wordsSHANGHAI, May 14.—It is now learnt that the occupation by the Japanese of the treaty port of Amoy (in the province of Fukien) on Friday was launched by ...
Article : 194 wordsNEW YORK, May 13.—Colourful pageantry was witnessed at the New York World's Fair today. Parades, band music, waving flags, prancing horses, marching ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 424 wordsLONDON, May 13.—Speaking of Franco-British relations at a luncheon of the Alliance Francaise at Southampton today, the French Foreign Minister (M. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 176 wordsLONDON, May 14.—The decision by Britain and Turkey to conclude a reciprocal security agreement, which London and Paris regard as the greatest ...
Article : 487 wordsLONDON, May 13.—An explosion in the public lavatories at the Marble Arch underground station tonight brought crowds running from Hyde Park. Nobody ...
Article : 94 wordsROME, May 14.—"An objective review of the situation shows there at present do not exist in Europe problems of such magnitude as to justify a war, which ...
Article : 651 wordsQUEBEC. May 14.—The liner Empress of Australia, on which the King and Queen are travelling to Canada, has been delayed by fog in the Atlantic and is not ...
Article : 411 wordsLONDON, May 12.—It is reported from Dublin that the police authorities there are investigating the circumstances in which, according to evidence which has ...
Article : 216 wordsLONDON, May 14.—Inquiries instituted by the Government reveal that between 800,000 and 1,000,000 middle-clam persons in London have made ...
Article : 220 wordsMADRID, May 12.—"Spain's air force is a drawn bow, ready to shoot," said General Franco today when bidding farewell at the Barajas aerodrome to 10,000 ...
Article : 114 wordsPARIS, May 12.—The Chamber of Deputies carried by 375 votes to 230 to-day a vote of confidence in the Prime Minister (M. Daladier), who declared ...
Article : 192 wordsLONDON, May 14.—The Empress of Australia had only one good run during the day, when the fog lifted for 20 minutes. The liner had made only 35 miles ...
Article : 435 wordsDARWIN, May 14.—Fourteen days ago, while on the way to Broome, a Darwin lugger was wrecked on Horseshoe Reef, about 50 miles south-west of here. ...
Article : 253 wordsANKARA, May 13.—Addressing the National Assembly today before it approved of the decision to conclude an agreement with Britain, the Prime ...
Article : 82 wordsCAPE TOWN, May 12.—The Leader of the Opposition and of the Nationalist Party (Dr. Malan) and other provincial leaders of the party have issued a signed ...
Article : 126 wordsLONDON, May 13.—The speeches on Thursday by the Prime Minister (Mr. Chamberlain), who declared that any attempt to change the situation in ...
Article : 246 wordsPARIS, May 14.—The announcement of a treaty between Prance and Turkey is expected shortly. Newspapers predict a treaty will be signed this week. ...
Article : 117 wordsWARSAW, May 12.—M. Anatoli Seroff, head of the Russian Inspectorate, and Mlle. Pauline Osipova, were killed today when their plane crashed. ...
Article : 98 wordsLONDON, May 12.—The correspondent of "The Times" in Johannesburg states that a women's section in connection with the proposed national register is ...
Article : 29 wordsLONDON, May 14.—It is understood that Italy has outlined her claims against France but has explicitly repudiated any suggestion that she has territorial claims ...
Article : 125 wordsLONDON, May 13.—Early tomorrow morning the new Cunard White Star liner Mauretania (about 34,000 tons) will leave the yards of Cammell Laird ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 111 wordsLONDON, May 13.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Chamberlain), speaking in the House of Commons yesterday, offered full facilities for the settlement of European ...
Article : 125 wordsROME May 13.—Prince Paul, the Regent of Yugoslavia, and his entourage, left Rome on their return to Belgrade today. ...
Article : 26 wordsLONDON, May 14.—The "Daily Sketch," with two pages of heavy black type and pictures, prints a report which begins: "While the fate of the nations is ...
Article : 133 wordsATHENS, May 13.—Sir Frederick Leith-Ross, Chief Economic Adviser to the British Government, arrived in Athens today to begin trade talks. ...
Article : 28 wordsBELGRADE, May 13.—Bulgarian guards are reported to have attacked two Greek frontier posts, killing a major and three soldiers and wounding five ...
Article : 45 wordsBERLIN, May 14.—Field Marshal Goering returned today. He left San Remo (Italy) for Spain last Tuesday. escorted by two Italian destroyers, and ...
Article : 34 wordsWARSAW, May 13.— A communique issued today states that any attempt to later the present state of affairs in Danzig would result in ...
Article : 76 wordsLONDON, May 12.—The Cape Town correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that the South-West Africa Trade Unions' Federation, the disaffiliation of ...
Article : 127 wordsLONDON, May 12.—The Fisheries Ministry has issued a summons against Otto Borchrevink, master of the whaling factory ship, Terje Viken (20,638 tons), ...
Article : 134 wordsBRISBANE, May 14.—Four aborigines are believed to have perished as a result of a launch capsizing off the Palm Island aboriginal settlement on Saturday night. ...
Article : 229 wordsLONDON, May 12.—Despite the official denial of the report in the Tokio "Asahi Shimbun" yesterday that Japan had offered to mediate in the dispute ...
Article : 105 wordsLONDON, May 12.—When two Royal Air Force training planes collided and crashed into a wood at Cobham as they were about to land after a flight from ...
Article : 94 wordsLONDON, May 12.—The Lille correspondent of "The Times" states that the High Commissioner for New Zealand (Mr. W. J. Jordan), in the presence of political ...
Article : 93 wordsWARSAW, May 13.—The Danzig Senate yesterday banned a ceremony in honour of Marshal Pilsudski (the founder of modern Poland, who died on May 12, 1935) ...
Article : 51 wordsADELAIDE, May 14.—Unanimous opposition to the reported proposal for a change from Adelaide to Sydney as the air mall distribution centre for the ...
Article : 131 wordsLONDON, May 13.—The Prague correspondent of "The Times" states that Black shirts raided the Czech police head quarters at Brno and arrested 21 persons, ...
Article : 78 wordsSAN FRANCISCO, May 13.—Mr. George Palmer Putnam, a well-known publisher and the husband of the late Amelia Ear heart (the noted American ...
Article : 124 wordsLAUNCESTON, May 14.—"There is more hope in the international situation today than there has been for a long time," said Sir Henry Gullett (Minister ...
Article : 129 wordsLONDON, May 13.—An exhibition of aeroplanes illustrating the historic epoch of aviation will open on Wednesday at the Science Museum, South Kensington, ...
Article : 82 wordsLONDON, May 12.—It is announced that the King has been graciously pleased to become Colonel-in-Chief of the Northern Rhodesia Regiment. ...
Article : 29 wordsBRISBANE, May 14.—The body of Dr. Edwin Milford Lilley (51), of Brisbane, was found on the beach at Maroochydore early yesterday morning by two women ...
Article : 98 wordsBEIRUT, May 13.—The French High Commissioner in Syria (M. Puaux), in a broadcast address. said that France remained faithful to her promise to give ...
Article : 58 wordsLONDON, May 13.—A scheme for the preservation of the amenities of the New Forest in Hampshire, described by the promoters as "that miraculous survival ...
Article : 96 wordsLONDON, May 12.—The text of the Anglo-Rumanian protocol on economic and commercial relations, the substance of which was announced by the President of ...
Article : 76 wordsOSLO, May 13.—It is believed that the Russian guardship Turga, with 200 aboard, has been lost with all hands. Sealing vessels report having found the ...
Article : 40 wordsLONDON, May 13.—Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, and thy Earl of Athlone, who are on their way back to England from Teheran, where they ...
Article : 51 wordsLONDON, May 14.—The death has occurred of Lord William Nevill at the age of 78. Lord William twice served prison ...
Article : 53 wordsLONDON, May 13.—Eighteen British youths, proteges of the Overseas League, left for Australia by the Strathaird yesterday. They have been ...
Article : 40 wordsLONDON, May 12.—The Istanbul correspondent of "The Times" reports that a British group will receive a £500.000 contract to supply 300 trucks to the ...
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