No one is a firmer believer m Napoleon's dictum that an army marches on its stomach than Major Sir C. Stanton Hicks, Chief Inspector of Army ...
Article : 598 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 8.—The registration for compulsory military service of all single men in Australia aged between 25 and 35 years will be considered possibly this week ...
Article : 266 wordsHis Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, accompanied by Lady Mitchell will distribute the prizes at the annual speech day of Wesley College, at Anzac House, ...
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Advertising : 200 wordsFine weather, with rising temperatures and south-east to south-west winds, is forecast for the metropolitan area today. The maximum shade temperature at the ...
Article : 698 wordsLONDON, Dec. 7.—Further substantial sums have been, received from British possessions in different parts of the world for the construction of Spitfires and ...
Article : 467 wordsCANBERRA, Dec. 8.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) in a Press statement at the week-end emphasised that he was still favourable to the idea of a ...
Article : 289 wordsSenator E. B. Johnston arrived in Perth from Melbourne yesterday evening by the airliner Pengana. Mr. V. M. Brooker, Dr. G. Builder, Dr. ...
Article : 331 wordsThe West Australian political year virtually ended early on Friday morning, when Parliament rose from its not unduly strenuous labours. Amongst the ...
Article : 967 wordsTwo units of the militia will begin their continuous training in the second series of camps this week. Arrangements have been made for the 16th Battalion ...
Article : 307 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 8.—Mr. E. L. Killen, chairman of the Central Council of the United Country Party, stated today that he was satisfied that strong and stable ...
Article : 479 words"After five minutes of gunfire Fascism will completely collapse," said General (as he then was) Pietro Badoglio on October 28, 1922, according to ...
Article : 1,199 words"I believe the appeal to be both timely and necessary," said the Bishop of Kalgoorlie (the Rt. Rev. Dr. Elsey) in a recent communication to the honorary ...
Article : 621 wordsTwo striking illustrations of the way in which the public Is supporting the £28,000,000 war loan were given yesterday by the organising secretary of the ...
Article : 250 wordsLONDON, Dec. 8.—Claiming to tell the "real story" why 44,000 British prisoners of war were left for months in German prison camps with only the clothes in ...
Article : 371 wordsLONDON, Dec. 6.—Critics believe that the Lord President or the Council (Sir John Anderson), speaking in the House of Commons yesterday, went little further ...
Article : 426 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 8.—Mr. Ronald Bruce Walker, M.L.A. for Hawkesbury, told a meeting of the U.A.P. Electoral Council on Saturday that he had decided not ...
Article : 75 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 8.—Since the £28,000,000 Commonwealth loan was launched last Thursday week, the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) and the Federal Treasurer (Mr. ...
Article : 213 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 8.—Three thousand engineers in the Sydney district employed at dockyards and workshops, many of which are producing munitions ...
Article : 260 wordsCLOSING TIMES.—Closing times her[?]der are for the Perth G.P.O. Registered articles must be posted one hour before closing time or letters, but between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. ...
Article : 349 wordsLONDON, Dec. 6.—The headquarters of the Free French forces announces:—"M. Richard Brunot, who was High Commissioner in the Cameroons at the time ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 222 wordsOn a brief visit to this State; Mr. Noel Coward, the well-known English playwright, actor and composer, will arrive at Maylands airport on Friday evening. ...
Article : 476 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 8.—"There will be no black-out of Sydney," said the chairman of the County Council (Cr. Tresidder) today, when referring to the ...
Article : 125 wordsCertain units of the Australian Imperial Force in camp at Northam will march through the streets of Perth tomorrow. The salute will be taken outside ...
Article : 234 wordsNISI PRIUS.—At 10.30 a.m. before the chief Justice: (1) Hubert Henry Lewis Thackrah v. Israel Cohen. (2) in divorce: Neil Gerard Noseda v. Janet Mary Josephine ...
Article : 56 wordsADELAIDE, Dec. 8.—There was a new development today in the ironworkers' strike at Whyalla when a mass meeting of the men involved gave approval to a ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 254 wordsNEW YORK, Dec. 6.—The Textile Economics Bureau reveals that army purchases in recent months have resulted in a 32 per cent increase in the ...
Article : 80 wordsLONDON, Dec. 8.—It has been officially announced at Vichy that the Supreme Court set up at Riom to conduct the French "war-guilt" trials considers that a ...
Article : 114 wordsNEW YORK, Dec. 8.—Mr. Herbert Hoover (the former President), who is chairman of the "National Committee on Food for the Five Small Democracies" ...
Article : 76 wordsLONDON, Dec. 6.—Official Dutch circles say the Germans hare imprisoned at least 600 Dutchmen, stating that they have been reluctantly forced ...
Article : 67 wordsLONDON, Dec. 6.—German agency messages contain the curious misstatement that the date and time of dispatch may no longer be inserted on overseas ...
Article : 84 wordsLONDON, Dec. 6.—The Paris radio denies rumours that the French Vice Premier (M. Laval) has been killed in a motor accident. The radio states that he ...
Article : 34 wordsLONDON, Dec. 7.—The Northampton by-election for the House of Commons rendered necessary by the resignation of Lieut.-Col Sir Mervyn ...
Article : 58 wordsOTTAWA, Dec. 7.—Parliament adjourned for ten weeks after passing the Budget. Canada is prohibiting the importation ...
Article : 51 wordsLONDON, Dec. 6.—In 15 months of war British lifeboats have rescued 2,754 persons, a higher total than during the whole of the previous six years of peace. ...
Article : 45 wordsLONDON, Dec. 7.—The Berlin newsagency states that Germany and Iran have signed an agreement for the exchange of goods. ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Mon 9 Dec 1940, Page 8
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