LONDON, Oct. 9.—Replying, in the House of Lords yesterday, to criticism regarding the recent unsuccessful attempt by an expedition led by General de ...
Article : 759 wordsSYDNEY, Oct. 9.—Leading-Aircraftsman William Moore Aspinall (24). of Sydney, was killed when a Tiger Moth training plane which he was flying solo ...
Article : 293 wordsLONDON, Oct. 9.—"Quiet on all land fronts," was the brief communique issued from the British military general head-quarters in Cairo this morning, but there ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 446 wordsMELBOURNE, Oct. 9.—The probable cause of the Canberra air disaster on August 13 was the stalling of the aircraft and consequent loss of control by the ...
Article : 593 wordsSYDNEY, Oct. 9.—The case of the engineers whose demands for higher pay are delaying the sailing of the hospital ship Manunda and the food ship ...
Article : 582 wordsTaking the place of the Royal Show, which was abandoned this year, a two-day Patriotic Show, organised by the W.A. Sportsmen's Organising Council ...
Article : 424 wordsThe fact that Great Britain recognised General de Gaulle as the leader of a powerful organisation and of all the free Frenchmen fighting alongside the ...
Article : 483 words{No abstract available}
Detailed lists, results, guides : 153 words"In spite of the difficult conditions which have prevailed during the year, the club has progressed both in regard to increased membership and extended ...
Article : 641 wordsDuring the last war a common ailment was trench mouth, or Vincent's angina, a painftull and sometimes fatal disease, spread by germs which first invade the ...
Article : 306 wordsTwo aeroplanes each manoeuvring at speeds up to 300 miles an hour and moving in two planes, horizontal and vertical—and a man crouching behind the ...
Article : 619 wordsVisitors to the Royal flower Show in the Perth Town Hall, which closed last night with a sale of blooms, were most appreciative of the great pains taken ...
Article : 123 wordsA number of entertaining and spectacular events were included in the big programme presented in the arena at Gloucester Park yesterday. Hunting and ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 987 wordsLEOPOLDVILLE (Belgian Congo), Oct. 8.—After his arrival here. General de Larimat (who was recently appointed Governor-General of French Equatorial ...
Article : 79 wordsLONDON, Oct. 8.—A Rome radio broadcast today stated that Egyptians taken prisoner by the Italian forces will be released. ...
Article : 25 wordsWASHINGTON, Oct. 8.—President Roosevelt today signed the Defence Bill providing 1,482,000,000 dollars (about £370,500,000) for the equipping and ...
Article : 118 wordsCANBERRA, Oct. 9.—Precautions are being taken by Commonwealth authorities to prevent information from reaching the enemy of the identity of Frenchmen in ...
Article : 144 wordsVICHY, Oct. 8.—It is semi-officially stated that, as a result of a British warship seizing the supply ship Esperance, the French garrison at Djibuti is facing ...
Article : 72 wordsMADRID, Oct. 8.—Herr Himmler (the Nazi police chief) and Marshall de Bono are expected to arrive in Spain on a visit in a few days. [The Spanish ...
Article : 60 wordsEditorial comment on the arrival of the Duke of Windsor to take up his appointment as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahama Islands appeared ...
Article : 439 wordsLONDON, Oct. 8.—According to reports from Berlin and Rome the Axis Powers are taking steps to establish an economic system for Europe. The Rome ...
Article : 155 wordsSYDNEY, Oct. 9.—The Premier (Mr. Mair) said in the Legislative Assembly today that he believed that the export of scrap iron from Australia was quite ...
Article : 122 wordsSubscriptions to the Lord Mayor's fund for the relief of distress among bombed British civilians rose by £158/9/7 to £17,763/16/9 yesterday morning. The ...
Article : 174 wordsOne of the guns of the coastal batteries of the Southern Command in Great Britain. The batteries maintain a ceaseless watch for money activity and carry out frequent exercises to maintains a high pitch of efficiency. For this gun a screen of trees provides effective comoufloge. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 46 wordsHONG KONG, Oct. 9.—Following the cablegram sent yesterday by American fur exporters at Tientsin to Washington urging that every possible assistance be ...
Article : 192 wordsLONDON, Oct. 9.—The Associated Press (American) in Berlin today interviewed William Joyce, the announcer on the German radio who is known as ...
Article : 115 wordsWith much of its equipment to be installed in the open air, Glendale (California) is erecting the world's first completely earthquake-proof electric lighting ...
Article : 138 wordsSYDNEY, Oct. 9.—Donations to the bomb victims' fund received today amounted to nearly £10,000, bringing the amount received to £126,445. ...
Article : 24 wordsSINGAPORE, Oct. 8.—Captain Robert Charles Loveday, Surveyor of Works. Royal Engineers, has lodged an appeal against his conviction and sentence on ...
Article : 105 wordsLONDON, Oct. 9.—It is reported from Vichy that Marshal Petain has restored to King Leopold of Belgium the order of the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour ...
Article : 46 wordsLONDON, Oct. 8.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir Kingsley Wood) announced in the House of Commons today that the new purchase tax would come ...
Article : 33 words{No abstract available}
Advertising : 143 wordsPlease choose from the following download options:
Share this item on:
Print page as...
Testing
The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Thu 10 Oct 1940, Page 8
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
With your Trove account you can: