LONDON, Oct. 11.—If Mr. Churchill's election to the leadership of the Conservative Party can mean that the party will have to revolutionise itself under his ...
Article : 1,257 wordsWASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—The most important aspect of the Far Eastern crisis today was its obvious lightening, by reason of the cessation of threats from ...
Article : 950 wordsClaremont and South Fremantle will meet at Subiaco Oval today in what promises to be one of the greatest grand finals in the history of the West ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 667 wordsMELBOURNE, Oct. 11.—Loans amounting to £1,000,000 are to be made to the States by the Commonwealth Government for urgent drought relief. The ...
Article : 408 wordsLONDON, Oct. 10.—Marshal Petain, in defining the policy of the French Government at Vichy today, said Germany had the choice of a punitive peace or ...
Article : 102 wordsCANBERRA, Oct. 11.—There is high authority for stating that it would be presumptous to presuppose that at its vital discussions on Monday the Federal ...
Article : 504 wordsLONDON, Oct. 10.—It is officially stated that the French police have raided 15 Communist centres in the neighbourhood of Vichy. Twenty-eight ...
Article : 38 wordsLONDON, Oct. 10.—It is officially announced in Vichy that the French submarine Ajax (1,379 tons) has sunk. The crew has been landed at Sierra Leone. ...
Article : 37 wordsLONDON, Oct. 10.—General de Gaulle leader of the Free French forces, landed at Duala (in the Cameroons, West Africa) today from a gunboat which participated ...
Article : 147 wordsMANILA, Oct. 10.—Ten American- made light dive-bombers consigned to Thailand have been unloaded here, on orders from Washington. It is understood ...
Article : 44 wordsLONDON, Oct. 10.—An Australian, Sergeant Holt, serving in the Royal Air Force, will receive the Distinguished Flying Medal from the King on October 18. ...
Article : 202 wordsWASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—The Maritime Commission has revealed that it is negotiating with United States Lines for the use of one or more of its largest ...
Article : 148 wordsADELAIDE, Oct. 11.—The Premier (Mr. Playford) announced in the House of Assembly today the decision of the Commonwealth Government to make ...
Article : 419 wordsLONDON, Oct. 11.—Australia's inability thus far to find national unity as a result of the recent election is given prominence here. Generally, it is hoped ...
Article : 301 wordsHONG KONG, Oct. 11.—Despatches from Shanghai state that Mr. Fu Hsiao-en, Mayor of the special Shanghai municipality sponsored by the Japanese, ...
Article : 254 wordsLONDON, Oct. 11.—Nurse Tegwin Davies displayed amazing heroism in rescuing 18 expectant mothers when a bomb wrecked one side of a pre-natal ...
Article : 145 wordsLONDON, Oct. 10.—British citizens, from peers and Cabinet Ministers to working men, are sending weekly to the Scientific Research Directorate of the ...
Article : 339 wordsSYDNEY, Oct. 11.—Police and a black-tracker are pursuing an armed man and a 17-year-old girl, who, they have been told, was taken away against her will, ...
Article : 426 wordsNEW YORK, Oct. 9.—It is rumoured that the giant Cunard-White Star liner Queen Elizabeth, which arrived at New York on her maiden voyage in March ...
Article : 227 wordsA drastic move towards securing a national government was proposed by Senator Allan MacDonald in a telegram he sent yesterday to Senator Dein, the ...
Article : 93 wordsSHANGHAI, Oct. 10.—The American Chamber of Commerce at Tientsin has sent a message to the United States Secretary of State (Mr. Cordell Hull) ...
Article : 99 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) yesterday invited the State Government to the represented at a meeting of the Australian Agricultural Council in Melbourne ...
Article : 292 wordsAUCKLAND, Oct. 11.—Restrictions have been placed on the transfer of shares in bondholders' companies by a Finance Bill, which has been passed by ...
Article : 175 wordsBRISBANE, Oct. 11.—Mr. Baker. the Federal Labour candidate, has been elected member of the House of Representatives for Maranoa with a majority ...
Article : 64 wordsTOKIO, Oct. 11.—The new Japanese Ambassador to Russia said before leaving for Moscow today that he would do his best to promote friendly relations ...
Article : 73 wordsLONDON, Oct. 10.—In the House of Commons this afternoon the Minister for Home Security (Mr. Morrison) said that 11,000 German and Austrian civilians ...
Article : 45 wordsAn unusual happening in connection with general elections in this State will be the absence of both candidates from the declaration of the poll at Bunbury ...
Article : 134 wordsAs part of an American postage stamp series, a commemorative stamp honouring Cyrus Hall McCormick is to be issued by the United States Postal Department ...
Article : 180 wordsOTTAWA, Oct. 10.—The Air Minister(Mr. Power) announced today that twice as many Australian and New Zealand air crews as originally planned were ...
Article : 74 wordsADELAIDE, Oct. 11.—The only intact tribe of natives on the western desert of Central Australia was the Pitjendad-jara, in the Mann Ranges, said the ...
Article : 186 wordsMANILA, Oct. 10.—Major van Haselen, commander of the Netherlands East Indies air force, has arrived here, en route for the United States, to seek all ...
Article : 130 wordsMELBOURNE, Aug. 11.—In his will, the late Sir John Winthrop Hackett, a former owner of "The West Australian," directed his trustees to set aside and ...
Article : 255 wordsOTTAWA, Oct. 10.—The Minister for Munitions and Supply (Mr. Howe) said today that preparations were being completed for the manufacture of 3,000 ...
Article : 62 wordsUnder the direction of the entertainments officer (Lieutenant W. Edwards), a comprehensive programme of concerts and pictures has been arranged for ...
Article : 215 wordsLONDON, Oct. 10.—The German official newsagency announced today that the number of prominent Dutchmen interned as reprisals for the arrest of Germans ...
Article : 48 wordsBATAVIA, Oct. 11.—Trade talks between the Netherlands East Indies representatives and the Japanese mission led by Mr. Kobayashi are continuing quietly. ...
Article : 60 wordsLONDON, Oct. 10.—The Queen today visited some of the centres in London in which civilians who have been evacuated from Gibraltar have been accommodated. ...
Article : 91 wordsBecause he refused to licence his two dogs, Harry Stoddard, of Stack-road, Palmyra, was ordered to pay £3/12/6, in addition to the 15/ registration fees, in ...
Article : 141 wordsLONDON, Oct. 10.—Over 100 large cases of clothing and blankets just received from voluntary organisations in the West Indies have been distributed by ...
Article : 87 wordsLONDON, Oct. 10.—The Bremen (German) radio says that big fires in factories in Sweden recently have been too frequent to be pure accidents and that ...
Article : 40 wordsLONDON, Oct. 11.—As a precautionary method civilians in Southampton are to be inoculated against typhoid. "The need for inoculation," says a ...
Article : 82 wordsAn invitation is extended to the general public to be present at the Young Australia League's annual memorial ceremony to be held in the league ...
Article : 71 wordsLONDON, Oct. 10.—The Bremen (German) radio claimed today that the Russian Tass agency had denied that the Soviet had demanded the forfeiture of ...
Article : 33 wordsLONDON, Oct. 10.—It is officially stated that His Majesty's trawler Kingston Sapphire has been sunk by a U-boat. Most of the members of the crew ...
Article : 36 wordsOTTAWA, Oct. 10.—The Defence Minister, (Colonel Ralston) announced today the creation of a Pacific Military Command, including British Columbia ...
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