OTTAWA, Nov. 16.—Britain and Canada have agreed on the financial basis for the Empire air training scheme. It is believed that the British suggestion ...
Article : 157 wordsLONDON, Nov. 17.—It is explained in high places in London that it is not the practice of Britain to reply in kind to mere German threats. A recent example ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 848 wordsLONDON, Nov. 17.—German planes flew over parts of the British Isles today but no bombs were dropped. In the morning the Shetlands, which ...
Article : 116 wordsLONDON, Nov. 17.—It was officially announced today that the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service will be doubled to 40,000 in order to release ...
Article : 441 wordsLONDON, Nov. 16.—Writing in the Turin newspaper "Gazetta del Popolo," which he edits, Signor Francesco Coppola, the noted political journalist. ...
Article : 419 wordsCANBERRA, Nov. 17.—Criticism was levelled against the Commonwealth Government in the House of Representatives today for the reduction of the military ...
Article : 740 wordsThe war at sea has been brought nearer home to Australia with the sinking of the small British tanker Africa Shelf by a German raider off east coast of Africa on Wednesday. The identity of the raider has not been definitely established. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 539 wordsLONDON, Nov. 17.—On the western front there was little activity last night, but yesterday the Germans were making use of the improved weather to carry ...
Article : 276 wordsCANBERRA, Nov. 17.—The report from London yesterday that Australian and New Zealand airmen will shortly be trained in Egypt for service abroad has ...
Article : 135 wordsLONDON, Nov. 16.—Further details were released tonight in connection with the capture yesterday by a British cruiser of the German merchant vessel Leander ...
Article : 167 wordsLONDON, Nov. 16.—Speaking in the House of Commons today on the weekly review of the war which the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir John Simon) read ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 436 wordsLONDON, Nov. 16.—Reports from Geneva state that the Swiss Importation Bureau has chartered Greek steamers to carry goods and foodstuffs, which will be ...
Article : 68 wordsLONDON, Nov. 17.—Recruiting will start immediately for 20,000 men aged between 35 and 50 years for home defence battalions, which will be closely ...
Article : 57 wordsAUCKLAND, Nov. 17.—The 21-year-old New Zealand pilot who on November 8 fought a brilliant single-handed action at a height of five miles over a Royal ...
Article : 118 wordsThe Royal Australian Navy has been actively engaged during the last few weeks in equipping armed merchant cruisers on behalf of itself and the Royal ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 333 wordsLONDON, Nov. 16.—Commentators on Italian broadcasts in English declare ironically that salvagers have apparently raised the British fleet, according to ...
Article : 62 wordsLONDON. Nov. 16.—The Ministry of Labour announces that the cast of living in Britain has risen 8.75 per cent since September 3, and is now 69 per. ...
Article : 75 wordsLONDON, Nov. 16.—Officials have decided that in future they will not permit prisoners of war to be interviewed or photographed for newspapers as they ...
Article : 47 wordsLONDON, Nov. 17.—According to Reuters correspondent at Bukarest, official German sources state that Dr. Clodius (head of the Economic ...
Article : 171 wordsLONDON; Nov. 16.—The Minister for Agriculture (Sir Reginald Dorman Smith) said in the House of Commons today that about 25,000 had enrolled in ...
Article : 50 wordsCANBERRA, Nov. 17.—Douglas aircraft which the Commonwealth Government acquired after the outbreak of war for coastal reconnaissance work will shortly ...
Article : 98 wordsLONDON, Nov. 17.—Doubt whether the small British tanker Africa Shell was the victim of a German "pocket battleship" is expressed in London where the opinion ...
Article : 467 wordsCARACAS (Venezuela). Nov. 17.—A Government commission sent to the oil port of Lagunillas, on Lake Maracaibo, which was destroyed by five on Tuesday, ...
Article : 158 wordsLONDON, Nov. 16.—The 10th casualty list issued by the Air Ministry since the outbreak of war contains 52 names. They include those of Pilot-Officer W. G. ...
Article : 88 wordsTOKIO, Nov. 16.—The newly-formed Institute of the Pacific has issued a statement declaring that misunderstandings have arisen from reports purporting to ...
Article : 281 wordsCANBERRA, Nov. 17.—If the suggestion comes before it officially, the Commonwealth Government will consider arranging an exchange of enemy internees in ...
Article : 74 wordsLONDON, Nov. 16.—Hitler's ill-considered agreement with Russia has destroyed the possibility of a German victory, according to Admiral Nakamura, ...
Article : 261 wordsNAGASAKI, Nov. 16.—The Antarctic-bound whalers Nisshin No. 1 and No. 2 have sent radio messages stating that they will arrive at Fremantle on ...
Article : 113 wordsMELBOURNE, Nov. 17.—William George McCracken, a young Melbourne air pilot whose parents live in Marineparade, St. Kilda, and who is posted as ...
Article : 89 wordsAUCKLAND, Nov. 17.—Amplifying his recent statement that there was no need at present to contemplate conscription, the Minister for Defence (Mr. Jones) ...
Article : 73 wordsNEW YORK, Nov. 16.—Al Capone, formerly a notorious Chicago gangster, who has been released from gaol, is in a hospital in Baltimore undergoing treatment ...
Article : 102 wordsNEW YORK, Nov. 16.—The Associated Press says that the Prague radio has announced that Dr. Hacha (President of Bohemia-Moravia) is ill in Lany castle. ...
Article : 82 wordsLONDON, Nov. 16.—Pilot-Officer George Richard Taylor, an Australian at present serving with the Royal Air Force, was fined £40, with £3/4/ costs, at ...
Article : 130 wordsLONDON, Nov. 16.—The Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of Poland (General Sikorski) and the Polish Foreign Minister (M. August Zaleski), ...
Article : 56 wordsLONDON. Nov. 16.—The Secretary for the Dominions (Mr. Anthony Eden), speaking to members of the Overseas League today, said that the visit of the ...
Article : 132 wordsLONDON, Nov. 16.—The Stockholm correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph states that it is reported that Russian troop dispositions in Latvia far exceed ...
Article : 74 wordsAUCKLAND, Nov. 17.—The New Zealand Undertakers' Association asked the Presbyterian General Assembly today to assist in the abolition of Sunday funerals. ...
Article : 112 wordsPARIS, Nov. 16.—The age of acceptance for training pilots and gunners for the air force has been reduced from 18 years to 17 years. This will operate for ...
Article : 44 wordsLONDON, Nov. 16.—It is officially announced from South Africa today that the Prime Minister (General Smuts) has accepted, in his personal capacity, an ...
Article : 85 wordsNEW YORK, Nov. 17.—The Shanghai correspondent of the United Press says that the conversations which were yesterday reported to have been commenced by ...
Article : 70 wordsCOPENHAGEN, Nov. 17.—A neutral observer, who has arrived here from Germany, states that the German "pocket battleships" Admiral Scheer and ...
Article : 74 wordsLONDON, Nov. 16.—It has been officially stated in Berlin that Krupps armament works have floated a loan of £4,000,000 at 4½ per cent in order to ...
Article : 40 wordsHELSINKI, Nov. 16.—A defence loan of £2,380,000 has been over-subscribed by 20 per cent. A second loan of a similar amount is possible. ...
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