LONDON, Jan. 16.—The personal statement by Mr. Hore-Belisha in the House of Commons this afternoon on his recent resignation as Secretary of War was ...
Article : 1,186 wordsMELBOURNE. Jan. 17.—'I speak with as much knowledge as any other man in Australia when I say that this is a war in which the British Empire can be ...
Article : 285 wordsThe Beigo-Dutch tension persists under the menace of powerful German forces concentrated on the frontiers, but the situation is reported to be somewhat easier as time passes without any aggressive German move. The defensive precautions are being maintained. ...
Article : 967 wordsLONDON, Jan. 17.—Reviewing the progress of the war, the Prime Minister (Mr. Chamberlain) stated in the House of Commons yesterday afternoon that ...
Article : 1,029 wordsLONDON. Jan. 17.—Almost every day English newspaper readers are presented with a new example of the ineptitude of the censorship which the Services or the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 727 wordsLONDON. Jan. 17.—With extreme cold restricting land fighting to a minimum. I the Russians, making extraordinary endecavours to subjugate the Finns before ...
Article : 388 wordsLONDON. Jan. 17.—An admission that it was estimated that 35 German submarines had been sunk since the war broke out was made in a broad[?] from ...
Article : 229 wordsLONDON, Jan. 17—The Admiralty this afternoon issued a list of 14 officers and 94 ratings who are missing in the submarines Seahorse, Starfish and ...
Article : 110 wordsMELBOURNE, Jan. 17.—No broadcasting units from the Australian Broadcasting Commission or commercial radio stations will go abroad with the second ...
Article : 87 wordsAMSTERDAM, Jan. 16.—A different version of the sinking of the Dutch steamer Arendskerk (7,906 tons) in the Bay of Biscay has reached Amsterdam. ...
Article : 201 wordsSTOCKHOLM, Jan. 17.—Large advertisements appeared in the Swedish Press yesterday calling on young Swedes to volunteer for service in Finland. ...
Article : 110 wordsLONDON, Jan. 16.—Details of attacks against British lightships refute the German allegations that they are used as posts for warning the coast defence ...
Article : 94 wordsWASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—President Roosevelt, in a message to Congress to-day, proposed that the United States should extend to Finland credit for ...
Article : 222 wordsAUCKLAND, Jan. 17.—Arrangements have been completed for the formation of the first New Zealand general hospital and the first convalescent hospital for ...
Article : 54 wordsAUCKLAND, Jan. 17.—Resentment was expressed at a stop-work meeting of employees of the municipal abattoir at Westfield today concerning the Auckland ...
Article : 100 wordsRIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 16.—It was disclosed by the authorities today that the German freighter Santos (5.943 tons) sailed at dawn on Sunday for an ...
Article : 45 wordsLONDON, Jan. I6.—The British merchant captains who were held prisoner on the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee after their vessels had been ...
Article : 65 wordsOTTAWA, Jan. 17.— The Bank of Canada announced last night that Canada's first war loan of 200,000,000 dollars about £44,500,000 sterling at the present ...
Article : 154 wordsLONDON. Jan. 16.—Their Majesties and Queen Mary have contributed to the Finnish fund. ...
Article : 16 wordsLONDON, Jan. 16.—The "Daily Mail" states that the authorities have discovered and speedily foiled a plot by the German intelligence service to destroy ...
Article : 71 wordsAUCKLAND. Jan. 17.—The Dominion executive of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association has received the following letter from the federal executive ...
Article : 115 wordsLONDON, Jan. 16.—A Russian submarine has sunk the Estonian ship Kassari and several Estonian fishing boats. Many of the crew were drowned or ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 49 wordsLONDON. Jan. 16.—It is believed that British aeroplanes made their usual reconnaissance flight over Sylt, in the Heligoland Bight, and over Borkum ...
Article : 170 wordsLONDON, Jan. 16.—Great activity in South Africa is expected tins year in view of the enlistment of thousands of recruits throughout the country. states ...
Article : 133 wordsLONDON, Jan. 16.0—The crew of a lifeboat from a south-west coast port was attending a funeral when an explosion, was heard to sea. They immediately ...
Article : 107 wordsLONDON, Jan. 17.—Under the subheading "Export or Die," "The Times" declares that Germany is exporting goods through Belgium and Holland. The ...
Article : 217 wordsLONDON, Jan. 17.—There is little activity on the western front, where extreme cold prevails. A French communique issued this morning stated that ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 437 wordsLONDON. Jan. 17.—Newspapers unanimously praise the dignity and restraint shown by the Prime Minister (Mr. Chamberlain) and Mr. Hore-Belisha in their ...
Article : 570 wordsOTTAWA. Jan. 16.—It is reported in the Canadian Press that a shipping director to co-operate with the Canadian Shipping Board in chartering neutral ...
Article : 69 wordsANKARA, Jan. 16.—The Ministry of Defence has introduced a Bill urgently asking for an additional £5,000,O00 sterling in extraordinary credits for military ...
Article : 32 wordsPARIS, Jan. 16.—After a heated debate the Chamber of Deputies last night passed by 521 votes to two the Government's Bill unseating Communist ...
Article : 92 wordsSAN JCSE (Costa Rica). Jan. 16.— The Government has granted the United States Government permanent permission to patrol the eastern and western ...
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