In a statement on the international outlook after a meeting of Federal Minister (Mr. Menzies) said that the general impression in authoritative circles was that the discussions in Europe during the previous 24 ...
Article : 732 wordsBERLIN, Aug. 27.—Delivering "a reply to Mr. Chamberlain" at the convention at Graz of foreign-dwelling Germans, Herr Hess (the Deputy leader of the Nazi ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,002 wordsLONDON, Aug. 27.—It is learnt that the Prime Minister (Mr. Neville Chamberlain) and his advisers are already considering broadening the basis of the ...
Article : 264 wordsMOSCOW, Aug. 27.—The members of the British and French military missions left for Leningrad at 12.30 a.m. yesterday, on their way home via Finland. They ...
Article : 336 wordsMELBOURNE, Aug. 27.—"It is necessary to have power and might in the world today. There is nothing wrong in having them; the important thing is ...
Article : 113 wordsLONDON, Aug. 27.—A Paris message states that officials there believe that peace "hangs by a thread." The Government has issued a new and more ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 885 wordsKALGOORLIE, Aug. 27.—The Chamber of Mines had no official notification yet of any plans to ration oil or explosives supplies for the mines, said the ...
Article : 90 wordsCANBERRA, Aug. 27.—Commonwealth police today made a survey of stores of liquid fuel held in the territory. The quantity of petrol in bulk tanks was ...
Article : 42 wordsMELBOURNE. Aug. 27.—"Time marches on in favour of peace," the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) declared when he opened a new picture theatre at surrey ...
Article : 98 wordsLONDON, Aug. 26.—The signing of the Russo-German Pact has bitterly angered Japan and authoritative sources in Tokio declare that she has decided on a policy ...
Article : 526 wordsOTTAWA. Aug. 26.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Mackenzie King) has sent appeals to Herr Hitler, the President of Poland (M. Moscickl) and Signor ...
Article : 188 wordsThe subject of defence will be prominent at the next annual State congress of the Returned Soldiers' League, to be held at the end of September. ...
Article : 414 wordsBRUSSELS, Aug. 26.—The German Ambassador (Herr von Bulow Schwante) has personally told King Leopold that Germany will in no way violate Belgium's ...
Article : 249 wordsSYDNEY, Aug. 27.—The Norddeutscher Lloyd freighter Lahn (8,498 tons), which was to have remained in Sydney until September 5, unexpectedly cleared the ...
Article : 118 wordsMELBOURNE, Aug. 27.—The German freighter Stassfurt from Hamburg has "disappeared" between Adelaide and Melbourne. The vessel has not been heard ...
Article : 88 wordsCAPE TOWN, Aug. 25.—The Minister for Posts and Telegraphs (Senator Clarkson) said today that insinuations that the Government had decided on ...
Article : 128 wordsBRISBANE, Aug. 27.—The Italian motorship Romolo left Brisbane at 5.30 a.m. on Saturday for Genoa, via southern ports. She did not load cargo, ...
Article : 157 wordsAUCKLAND, Aug. 27.—A declaration that New Zealand was prepared for all eventualities was made by the Deputy-Premier (Mr. Fraser) following a meeting ...
Article : 159 wordsWASHINGTON, Aug. 26.—Both officials and the American public continue to watch the European crisis with bated breath-and in the desperate hope that ...
Article : 631 wordsLONDON, Aug. 26.—It is announced officially in Bukarest that Hungary has refused to sign the non-aggression pact offered by Rumania earlier in the week. ...
Article : 115 wordsMELBOURNE, Aug. 27.—Arrangements to close the Melbourne waterfront if necessary are well advanced. Visitors will not be allowed to board the P. and ...
Article : 102 wordsLONDON, Aug. 25.—"War is very near," declares the British Labour Party in a message to the German people issued this evening. "If Herr Hitler attacks ...
Article : 168 wordsHAMILTON (Bermuda), Aug. 25.—A state of emergency was proclaimed to-day after an Act had been rushed through the Legislature granting the ...
Article : 34 wordsMELBOURNE, Aug. 27.—The Chief of the General Staff (Major-General J. D. Lavarack) and the Adjutant-General of the Australian Military Forces (Colonel ...
Article : 154 wordsKALGOORLIE, Aug. 27.—The Federal Government viewed the international situation with the utmost concern, said the Minister in Charge of War Service ...
Article : 135 wordsLONDON, Aug. 27.—Acting on the instructions of the Japanese authorities in Europe, the liner Yasukuni Mara embarked at Hamburg 240 Japanese men, ...
Article : 76 wordsGIBRALTAR, Aug. 26.—All guns and listening posts at Gibraltar are fully manned. The majority of the members of the garrison are at their stations. ...
Article : 44 wordsLONDON, Aug. 25.—The Government today offered the Dominion High Commissioners and Agents-General facilities to remove their staffs and office records ...
Article : 120 wordsLONDON, Aug. 27.—The Tientsin correspondent of the British United Press says it is reported that Japanese sentries have beaten several Germans. ...
Article : 39 wordsSIMLA, Aug. 26.—The Government has prohibited the export of arms, ammunition. flax and chemicals. The Premier of the Punjab has ...
Article : 45 wordsMELBOURNE, Aug. 27.—The Inspector-General of the Australian Military Forces (Lieut.-Gen. E. K. Squires) said today that despite the sorrow, the ...
Article : 100 wordsSYDNEY, Aug. 27.—Precautionary measures against sabotage, including the stationing of militia guards at special points, were brought into force in Sydney ...
Article : 109 wordsSHANGHAI, Aug. 25.—Since the Russo-German rapprochement Japanese sentiment to Britons has markedly changed. Troops are attempting to fraternise with ...
Article : 43 wordsWINDHOEK (South-West Africa), Aug. 26.—The police today raided and closed the offices of the German Trans-Ocean news service. The equipment was ...
Article : 27 wordsHOLLYWOOD, Aug. 25.—Cinema studios have cabled to film stars who are now in Europe to return home immediately. "Book passages on the first ...
Article : 66 wordsLONDON, Aug. 25.—It is understood that the Chatfield Committee has recommended the establishment of a Far Eastern command, with headquarters in ...
Article : 109 wordsBRATISLAVA, Aug. 25.—The news of the Moscow pact caused a panic and an exodus of Jews from Slovakia to Hungary. Frontier guards confiscated their ...
Article : 37 wordsSYDNEY, Aug. 27.—Naval, Post Office and civil aviation authorities investigated a sudden and mysterious interference with the 45-metre emergency ...
Article : 196 wordsTOKIO, Aug. 27.—It is considered that Australia, if she intends to send a Minister to Tokio (as has been proposed) she would find it advantageous in the ...
Article : 60 wordsCOPENHAGEN, Aug. 27.—A Danish woman, on her arrival here from Berlin today, told of a series of ant-war demonstrations. She declared that she saw ...
Article : 55 wordsPARIS, Aug. 25.—Reports from Spain indicate that General Franco is resolved on neutrality, as he considers it important to concentrate on rebuilding his own ...
Article : 30 wordsMONTREAL, Aug. 25.—Cable companies here have been notified that a censorship will be imposed in England at 11 am. (Greenwich mean time) on ...
Article : 96 wordsHOBART, Aug. 27.—In view of the tenseness of the international situation, all vulnerable points in Tasmania have been given "adequate protection." ...
Article : 27 wordsLONDON, Aug. 26.—The Sofia correspondent of the Associated Press states that the Vice-President of the Bulgarian National Assembly (M. Markoff), who has ...
Article : 65 wordsCAIRO, Aug. 27.—The Cabinet, after a meeting lasting five hours today, decided on the establishment of a territorial army. ...
Article : 71 wordsWASHINGTON, Aug. 25.—Polish official circles here declare that Poland cannot negotiate through Russia "because the Russian move is not a genuine peace ...
Article : 55 wordsLONDON, Aug. 27.—It is reported from Dublin that the Government has decided to remain neutral in the event of war. No confirmation of this report can be ...
Article : 34 wordsBRISBANE, Aug. 27.—Precautionary defence measures were put into effect quietly in Brisbane and along the coastal lines of communication ...
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