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Advertising : 142 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 17.—Beginning with an explosion in which an engineer was thrown high into the air and killed, an oil tank fire on the Newcastle ...
Article : 516 wordsADELAIDE, Dec. 17.—Batting in spark- ling fashion yesterday D. G. Bradman scored 251 not out in South Australia's total of 430 which gave it a lead of 94 ...
Article : 525 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec. 17.—Special training commands to administer the training of air crews in Australia for the Empire air scheme, which is expected to begin ...
Article : 266 wordsLONDON, Dec. 16.—Broadcasting from Helsinki yesterday evening the Finnish Foreign Minister (M. Tanner) made a plea to the Soviet Premier and Foreign ...
Article : 363 wordsROME, Dec. 16.—The Fascist Chamber was packed with black-uniformed members today, and the galleries were crowded with diplomats and Italian 4 ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 827 wordsLONDON, Dec. 17.—Only short reports of Count Ciano's speech have been published in the German Press, these being confined to passages favouring German ...
Article : 28 wordsROME, Dec. 15.—The newspaper "Popolo d' Italia," in an article headed "Rally of Nations," states that foreign newspapers, especially French, suggest a ...
Article : 126 wordsLONDON, Dec. 16.—It is learnt that, in accordance with the announcement made by the Prime Minister (Mr. Chamberlain) in the House of Commons last ...
Article : 253 wordsLONDON, Dec. 15.—The Rome correspondent of the Associated Press states that the new Soviet Ambassador to Italy (M. Gorelkin), who left Rome for ...
Article : 70 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 17.—Thousands of recruits for the air force will be sought in an intense campaign that will be launched early next year to fulfil ...
Article : 190 wordsPARIS. Dec. 16.—The Council of Ministers met today and approved of the trade agreement with Spain. The Prime Minister (M. Daladier) reviewed the ...
Article : 31 wordsLONDON, Dec. 16.—A committee of the Ministry of Pensions recommends the elimination of the term "shell-shock," which it calls "a gross and costly ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 189 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec. 17.—Following were the scores in the Victorian district matches yesterday:—South Melbourne, 170 (Ferrero 53; Wilson 3 for 42, ...
Article : 135 wordsWASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—The State Department has notified manufacturers that President Roosevelt's "moral embargo" of December 2 on the export of ...
Article : 47 wordsTOKIO, Dec. 17.—The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is working out plans to increase wheat production from the present yearly figure of 50,000,000 ...
Article : 52 wordsTORONTO, Dec. 15.—That Canadian leaders are giving a great deal of thought to the period following the end of the war is a notable feature of the ...
Article : 613 wordsTwo people had a lucky escape from serious injury when a passenger train collided with a sedan car on the Napier- street level crossing, Cottesloe, last night. ...
Article : 180 wordsIn exciting circumstances Claremont bent West Perth by one run on Saturday and held second place on the W.A.C.A. second grade premiership list. East Perth leads with 40 ...
Article : 561 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec. 17.—Vacancies exist for 500 turners and fitters and machinists to undergo a course of full-time training for employment as skilled ...
Article : 135 wordsLONDON, Dec. 17.—The German radio has announced that an alleged plot by young Polish "radicals" to blow up the University of Vilna was frustrated at the ...
Article : 65 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec. 17.—Beginning quietly and ending in almost a blaze of glory, G. Tamblyn made an excellent century for Victoria in the Sheffield ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 218 wordsSHANGHAI, Dec. 16.—The Chinese Press reports that Chinese artillery sank a Japanese destroyer on the Yangtze, near Kiukiang, last Tuesday, with the loss ...
Article : 33 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 17.—The Deputy- Leader of the Federal Labour Party (Mr. Forde), speaking at a Labour rally at Lithgow during the week-end, said that ...
Article : 326 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 17.—A horse twice at- tacked a boy savagely at Taren Point on Saturday and bit him severely on his right arm and neck. The boy—Donald ...
Article : 105 wordsBRISBANE, Dec. 17.—The driver of a special train-J. Lennon, who was stationed at the Bluff, in Central Queensland—was killed last night when the line ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 203 wordsBUNBURY, Dec. 16.—In the Local Court yesterday Mr. W. J. Wallwork, S.M., heard an appeal lodged by Robt. Charles Black, farmer of Harvey, against ...
Article : 445 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 17.—Before a crowd of 1,000 people, Edward Kendall, of Cook's- crescent, East Hills, shot himself through the heart with a pea rifle at the East ...
Article : 81 wordsA fifth wicket partnership which realised 121 runs gave Wigmore's a first innings lead over Melville in the Senior Matting Association competition on Saturday. Leen. the ...
Article : 196 wordsSYDNEY. Dec. 17.—The engine crews of two trains which came into collision at Riverstone railway station on Saturday night saved themselves from serious ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 193 wordsSubiaco has shaken off West Perth and now is the leading team in the West Australian Cricket Association's first grade competition. On Saturday the most ...
Article : 474 wordsThe fifth set of matches in the competition of the Perth Mercantile Cricket Association was completed on Saturday. Swan Brewery had the bye. Results:— ...
Article : 382 wordsBRUSSELS, Dec. 15.—The Chamber of Deputies has approved of additional taxation of £12,500,000 sterling, to meet in- creased expenditure caused by the war's ...
Article : 33 wordsGOOMALLING, Dec. 15.—Fatal injuries were suffered on Wednesday by William Stephen White, an old and respected resident of ...
Article : 77 wordsLONDON. Dec. 17.—Count Ciano's speech, which contained the first ex- position of the Italian viewpoint regarding European policy before the war, is ...
Article : 362 wordsLONDON, Dec. 15.—The Minister for Information (Lord Macmillan) announced today the appointment of an advisory committee under the ...
Article : 160 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 17.-P. Neal of Randwick, gave an exhibition of hard hitting in the last over of the match against Glebe yesterday, when the seventh round ...
Article : 156 wordsLONDON, Dec. 15.—From the German frontier a Reuters correspondent reports that the trial of Georg Elser, who was arrested last month by the Gestapo and ...
Article : 154 wordsAndrew Ballantyne (42). clerk, appeared on four charges of false pretences before Mr. T. E. Hannah, Acting-P.M., in the Perth Police Court on Saturday. It ...
Article : 102 wordsThe fifth round of matches in all grades of the Metropolitan Cricket Association was concluded on Saturday. Results:— "A" Grade. ...
Article : 283 wordsLONDON, Dec. 15.—From Berlin it is reported that the last of the Germans being evacuated from Latvia (in accordance with the Nazi decision bring back ...
Article : 48 wordsA by-election to fill the vacancy in the representation of the Victoria Park ward in the Perth City Council, through the resignation of Dr. T. W. Meagher. will ...
Article : 109 wordsOver 150 boys have booked up for the Perth Young Men's Christian Association boys' camp, which will be held at Rottnest from December 26 to January 17. ...
Article : 114 wordsADELAIDE. Dec. 17.—Good bowling by Sharpe (Adelaide) caused West Torrens to struggle for runs at Thebarton Oval yesterday and, despite a plucky ...
Article : 136 wordsLONDON. Dec. 15.—It is officially announced in Berlin that the Danish, Dutch, Belgian, Swiss and Luxembourg frontiers will be closed between 8 p.m. ...
Article : 53 wordsLONDON, Dec. 16.—The Paris radio states that the Nazis have sent more Polish aristocrats to concentration camps. including Prince Olgierd Czartoryski and ...
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