LONDON, Nov. 24.—Speaking today at Glasgow, the Minister for Health (Mr. Walter Elliot) said that only at sea did Germany take the offensive. There was a ...
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Advertising : 253 wordsBRISBANE, Nov. 26.—Two girls who were members of a Roman Catholic Young People's Club were drowned this morning and others had narrow escapes ...
Article : 215 wordsBUKAREST, Nov. 26.—M. Tatarescu's Cabinet, succeeding that of Dr. Argetoianu, which resigned last week after failing to reach an agreement with a ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 522 wordsWASHINGTON, Nov. 25.—The Assistant-Secretary for the Navy (Mr. Charles Edison) in his annual report, estimates that the Japanese naval strength, which ...
Article : 238 wordsOTTAWA, Nov. 24.—The Australian Minister for Air (Mr. Fairbairn), who is the Commonwealth's delegate to the discussions here on the Empire air scheme, ...
Article : 189 wordsMELBOURNE, Nov. 26.—Four men of the 2nd Field Regiment of the second A.I.F. were killed early yesterday morning when an army motor transport struck ...
Article : 150 wordsADELAIDE, Nov. 26.—A man and his wife were killed instantly when the motor car in which they were travelling was struck by a Glenelg-bound tram at ...
Article : 89 wordsHOBART, Nov. 26.—Caught with full sail in a sudden squall off Droughty Point, on the eastern side of the River Derwent, today, the 21ft. fishing boat ...
Article : 76 wordsLONDON, Nov. 25.—Bomb explosions for which members of the Irish Republican Army were responsible wrecked numerous telephone boxes in London and ...
Article : 148 wordsMELBOURNE, Nov. 26.—When he examined the bodies of two dead cyclists in Sydney-street, Wodonga, late on Saturday night, Mr. Richard Saunders did ...
Article : 142 wordsBRISBANE. Nov. 26—Two people lost their lives when a utility truck capsized and pinned the five passengers beneath it near Monto on Saturday night. The ...
Article : 98 wordsAUCKLAND, Nov. 26.—After a stay in Auckland of less than 24 hours, the Honolulu Clipper, which had made a survey flight from San Francisco, left on the ...
Article : 128 wordsLOS ANGELES, Nov. 24.—Work began today at the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation's factories on the production of 100 bombers for Australia. Over 7,500 men ...
Article : 55 wordsNEW YORK, Nov. 24.—President Roosevelt's disclosure that he is considering a special tax to finance the 1940 defence expenditure, which may increase ...
Article : 95 wordsBRISBANE, Nov. 26.—Frederick William Ewald (19) was killed today when a motor cycle he was riding skidded on the road at Pemberton, near Bundaberg. ...
Article : 74 wordsMELBOURNE, Nov. 26.—A proclamation calling up single men aged 21 for compulsory training in January will be issued as soon as possible, so that ...
Article : 172 wordsBRISBANE, Nov. 26.—Though a handful of men presented themselves for work at Ipswich coalmines yesterday, most adhered to the five-day week, which is ...
Article : 90 wordsGolfing conditions were almost perfect yesterday, and the perfection was reflected in the entry for the St. Andrews Shield, an annual open four-ball best ...
Article : 536 wordsBAANDEE, Nova 20.—For the first 17 day of November 244 points of rain were registered. Many crops have been badly damaged and one farmer had part of his crop set on ...
Article : 245 wordsWASHINGTON, Nov. 25.—Arms export licences in October were double the normal figure, despite the fact that the embargo (the repeal of which was ...
Article : 94 wordsFour young men were injured early on Saturday afternoon when a motor car in which they were passengers overturned in Wasley-street at the junction of ...
Article : 162 wordsLONDON, Nov. 24.—The War Office announces that the Royal Army Service Corps requires 8,000 recruits for immediate service overseas. It is ...
Article : 48 wordsBUKAREST, Nov. 25.—The Crown Prince Michael, who turned eighteen today, this afternoon took the Senator's oath before a cheering Parliament, on ...
Article : 37 words"In England I found a spirit of quiet resolution and courage," said Commissioner Robert C. Henry, Territorial Commander of the Southern Territory of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 303 wordsLONDON, Nov. 24.—In a speech today at Market Harborough (Leicester-shire), where she visited evacuees from London, Miss Florence Horabrugh ...
Article : 76 wordsMELBOURNE, Nov. 26.—The Victorian quota of men for the second A.L.F. is expected to be completed and in camp by Thursday. Already 6,037 volunteers ...
Article : 90 wordsNEW YORK, Nov. 26.—While a United Press dispatch from Istanbul reports that negotiations for a Balkan peace bloc are being resumed, with Greece, Turkey, ...
Article : 189 wordsNEW YORK, Nov. 25.—The American volunteer ambulance scheme. units of which carried over 500,000 wounded French troops before the United States ...
Article : 135 wordsSAWYERS VALLEY, Nov. 21.—There was a large gathering of orchardists from surrounding districts in the Mundaring Hall last night, when Mr. H. Larwood, ...
Article : 129 wordsLeslie Frank Mercer (53), of Dane-street, Victoria Park, received a lacerated thigh yesterday afternoon when he was thrown from a bicycle he was riding ...
Article : 105 wordsLONDON, Nov. 24.—Arriving shortly after dawn, the Australian Minister for Supply (Mr. Casey), accompanied by two Royal Australian Air Force attaches, ...
Article : 263 wordsNORTHAM, Nov. 25.—This afternoon the executive committee of the Northam sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League discussed the difficult position in ...
Article : 86 wordsMADRID. Nov. 25.—The newspapers announce that Spain is planning to build 50 warships, including four 35.000-ton battleships and 14 submarines. ...
Article : 26 wordsProbably no breeder in the Commonwealth has played such an important part in building up the Dorset Horn breed to its present high level amongst ...
Article : 170 wordsSuffering from a fractured leg, lacerations and abrasions, Timothy O'Connor (37), of Googee-street, Mt. Hawthorn, was taken to the Perth Hospital in a ...
Article : 70 wordsLieut.-Colonel W. B. Robinson, commanding 10th Garrison Battalion, desires to thank the following. who have taken a practical interest in the welfare of members of the ...
Article : 212 wordsBUDAPEST. Nov. 25.—A protocol on Hungarian-Italian trade relations has been signed in Rome. ...
Article : 15 wordsBRISBANE, Nov. 26.—During a terrific storm early on Saturday morning, a warder died in the grounds of a mental asylum at Sandy Gallop, Ipswich. ...
Article : 120 wordsBRISBANE, Nov. 26.—Caught in a gutter across the Brisbane-Kingaroyroad yesterday, a car was swept by water from a cloudburst for 300 yards before ...
Article : 88 wordsA young man was seriously injured early yesterday morning when the bicycle he was riding collided with a motor car in Mt. Hawthorn. It was reported to ...
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Family Notices : 298 wordsSYDNEY, Nov. 26.—Groans from a garage attracted a man walking along Raglan-street, Darlington, on Saturday night and, when he investigated, he ...
Article : 173 wordsNORTHAM, Nov. 25.—An open finding was delivered by the Coroner (Mr. F. M. Read) in the Northam Courthouse this morning after an inquest into the ...
Article : 112 wordsLONDON, Nov. 24.—Nazi propagandists have been making some wild statements about conditions in India with view to proving "the iniquities of British rule." ...
Article : 162 wordsFatal injuries were received by Gavin Baxter Walker (about 30), of Aberdeen-street, Perth, when he was struck by a train at the Pier-street level crossing ...
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Family Notices : 143 wordsHOBART, Nov. 26.—Mervyn Henry Walter Maddox (21) was killed instantly when a motor cycle he was riding crashed head on into a motor lorry at ...
Article : 103 wordsA lecture on fire-fighting will be given by an officer from Fire Brigade headquarters to wardens of the West Ward of the Perth division under the air raids ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Mon 27 Nov 1939, Page 10
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