LONDON, Dec. 28.—"The whole district is rocking. There are more than 10,000 dead. The post office is collapsing." ran a dramatic unfinished telegram ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 976 wordsTetbury has firmed to second favouritism for the Perth Cup. The High Art horse, who has recorded a fourth and two seconds in the last three Cups and ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,525 wordsROME Dec. 28—With Papal Pomp and royal ceremony the Pope visited the king and Queen of Italy today, repaying the recent royal visit. It was the first ...
Article : 403 wordsNEW YORK, Dec. 27.—Despite recent moves by President Roosevelt, which include his appointment of Mr. Myron C. Taylor as his personal representative at ...
Article : 294 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 28.—The universal military training scheme, which will begin in January, has been extended so that two additional age groups will be ...
Article : 209 wordsCHUNGKING, Dec. 27.—The Government announced today that simultaneous Chinese attacks on all fronts had cost the Japanese 100,000 casualties between ...
Article : 347 wordsFor centuries enormous loss of life and damage have resulted from earthquakes. Cities have been destroyed and Whole districts razed, and in some ...
Article : 966 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec. 28.—Large numbers of air cadets for the Royal Australian Air Force will begin training by the second week in January at air force ...
Article : 257 wordsWASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—It is announced that France was the heaviest buyer of arms and munitions in the United States in November. ...
Article : 71 wordsThe order of favouritism for the Perth Cup yesterday was as follows:— 2 True Flight, 5 Tetbury, 6 Gay Balkan, 8 Chironomy, 14 Phildean and ...
Article : 46 wordsNEW YORK, Dec. 27.—The United Press Shanghai correspondent reports that the Japanese army and navy in a joint statement today declared that they ...
Article : 70 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 28.—One man was drowned and another died a few minutes later last night when a sedan motor car plunged into a deep canal about 18 miles ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 59 wordsNEW YORK, Dec. 28.—Facilities for foreign trade in the harbour are taxed: war materials worth £4,625,000 are stored awaiting shipment to Britain and France. ...
Article : 64 wordsTOKIO, Dec. 27.—Representing all parties, 240 members of the Lower Rouse today presented to the Prime Minister (General Abe) an Informal resolution ...
Article : 239 wordsFor the Perth Cup meeting tomorrow passenger trains will leave the central station for the course at 11.30 a.m., 11.35, 11.40, 11.48, 11.54 and 11.58 a.m., and ...
Article : 114 wordsCANBERRA, Dec. 28.—Administrators of Commonwealth external territories will visit Canberra within the next few weeks ;o discuss defence and war ...
Article : 79 wordsPARIS, Dec. 28.—M. Jules Sauerwein, the foreign editor of the newspaper "Paris Soir," commenting on the meetings of the Balkan Entente countries, to take place ...
Article : 195 wordsBRISBANE, Dec. 28.—In order to Join the second A.I.F. as a private, Constable Joseph Sampson, of the Northern Territory police, chartered a plane from his ...
Article : 105 wordsInspector Campbell, of the Police Traffic Branch, has supplied the following information for motorists attending the Perth Cup meeting tomorrow:— ...
Article : 337 wordsNEW YORK, Dec. 27.—Paulette Goddard, the film actress (who in private life is Mrs. Charlie Chaplin) has been subpoenaed by the State Supreme Court ...
Article : 116 wordsLONDON, Dec. 28.—From Allahabad it is reported that the All-India National Liberal Federation has passed a resolution condemning Nazi aggression and ...
Article : 78 wordsAUCKLAND, Dec. 28.—On his arrival today at Wellington from London, Major- General B. C. Freyberg. V.C, who will command the New Zealand forces ...
Article : 188 wordsNEW YORK, Dec. 28.—The Tokio correspondent of the Associated Press states:—"The Prime Minister (General Abe), interviewed today, declared that the ...
Article : 49 wordsLONDON, Dec. 27.—The Istanbul correspondent of the British United Press reports that German banks have dismissed their Turkish employees. ...
Article : 25 wordsBULAWAY, Dec. 28.—The Defence Minister of Southern Rhodesia (Mr. R. C. Tredgold) is shortly going to London to discuss war finance, the employment ...
Article : 47 wordsMany people like to see as much of the State as possible during their holidays and would rather travel all the time than go to one spot to stay. Those who ...
Article : 486 wordsPhotographs (flown from Montevideo, sent direct by radio from Buenos Aires to London and flown to Australia) of the German pocket battleship Graf Spee, which was scuttled on December 17 after having been badly damaged in an engagement with three British cruisers in the south Atlantic, off Uruguay. Above: A Shattered seaplane on the deck of the Admiral Graf Space as she lay in harbour at Montevideo. Below: Nazi Sailors ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 103 wordsLONDON. Dec. 28.—The Berlin radio States that Russia and Germany have reached an agreement facilitating railway goods traffic, and that a passenger ...
Article : 59 wordsBUKAREST, Dec. 27.—About 1,500 Polish and German Jews, who came down the Danube in the hope of going to Palestine, are stranded and facing star ...
Article : 50 wordsThere are vacancies in the Royal Australian Air Force for young men for training as wireless operators. Preference will be given to men between the ...
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Advertising : 113 wordsAll the Fremantle-trained Cup horses wound up their preparations in great style on the beaches yesterday morning. The Derby winner and Cup favourite. ...
Article : 379 wordsThe Minister for the Army (Brigadier Street) has announced that applications will shortly be called from men aged between 18 and 45 years to join the ...
Article : 166 wordsPARIS. Dec. 28.—The Courts have ordered the seizure of the property of 41 unions and other organisations controlled by Communists. A total of 242 ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Fri 29 Dec 1939, Page 10
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