MELBOURNE, Feb. 20.—An officer and nine men from Western Australia who have been wounded in action were included in the latest official casualty list ...
Article : 319 wordsLONDON, Feb. 20.—The British and Imperial pressure against the Italians in East Africa is increasing, not only in Eritrea but on the other fronts. Notable ...
Article : 973 wordsLONDON, Feb. 20.—Economists in both political and non-political circles continue to draw attention to what they call "the Battle of the Gap" namely, the ...
Article : 925 wordsMELBOURNE, Feb. 20.—The Acting- Prime Minister (Mr. Fadden) announced today the appointment of a committee of five members of Parliament to investigate ...
Article : 539 wordsWASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—When the debate on the Aid for Britain Bill was continued in the Senate today, Senator Connally (Democrat) pleaded for national ...
Article : 517 wordsTwo men were killed when a Wirraway plane from the Royal Australian Air Force station, Pearce, dived into the sea on Wednesday night off South Beach. ...
Article : 565 wordsLONDON, Feb. 20.—A communique Issued yesterday from the headquarters of the R.A.F. Middle East Command stated:—"Aerodromes in the Dodecanese ...
Article : 267 wordsLONDON, Feb. 19.—British parachutists who landed recently in Italy belong to a body of men being specially trained for the invasion of enemy territory. ...
Article : 533 wordsMELBOURNE, Feb. 20.—The names of one man from Victoria and one from New South Wales, who had been killed in action, and one from the latter State ...
Article : 93 wordsZURICH, Feb. 20.—Responsible military circles in Berlin, which have hither-to been reluctant to comment on America's, aid for Britain, now express ...
Article : 74 wordsMELBOURNE, Feb. 20.—Following the discovery of wreckage from a machine of the same type, the search for the R.A.A.F. plane which had been missing ...
Article : 142 wordsWASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—The Navy Department announced today that the new 35,000-ton battleship Washington would be placed in commission six ...
Article : 87 wordsMELBOURNE, Feb. 20.—The allocation of £6,000,000 by the Commonwealth Government for "a substantial programme of merchant shipbuilding" was announced ...
Article : 349 wordsLONDON, Feb. 20.—Sir Hamilton Harty, the famous Irish conductor and composer, has died. He was 61 years of age. In 1934 Sir Hamilton Harty ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 646 wordsLONDON, Feb. 19.—In the House of Lords today, Lord Perry strongly attacked civil servants. "Are we compelled," he said, "to muddle through to victory? The ...
Article : 448 wordsWASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—Mr. W. S. Knudsen (director of the office of production management for the Defence Commission) issued a statement today ...
Article : 67 wordsAUCKLAND, Feb. 20.—One member of the Royal New Zealand Air Force was killed and another had a miraculous escape today when two aircraft collided ...
Article : 76 wordsNEW YORK, Feb. 19.—Representatives of capital and labour in the dress industry have resolved to raise 4,000,000 dollars (£1,000000 sterling) to make New ...
Article : 97 wordsSYDNEY, Feb. 20.—Mrs. Emily Roarty, whose body was found in a house in Sydney-street, Muswellbrook, last night was the proprietress of the Thistle Cafe ...
Article : 266 wordsMELBOURNE, Feb. 20.—The general secretary of the Ironworkers' Federation (Mr. E. Thornton) told Judge O'Mara In the Arbitration Court today that the ...
Article : 339 wordsMOSCOW, Feb. 19.—The chairman of the State Planning Commission (M. Voznesensky) in a speech at a Communist Party conference today, said that ...
Article : 192 wordsFour technical education appointments were announced yesterday by the Superintendent of Technical Education (Mr. J. F. Lynch). Two are to posts at the ...
Article : 354 wordsCANBERRA, Feb. 20.—The United Kingdom Government will assist the Commonwealth authorities In making arrangements for the processing of eggs ...
Article : 139 wordsLONDON, Feb. 19.—"The Times" correspondent in Madrid states that as a result of an unusual number of railway accidents, some of which are believed ...
Article : 105 wordsLONDON, Feb. 19.—Fatal accidents in United Kingdom factories increased by 42 per cent during the first six months of the war. The largest increase was ...
Article : 64 wordsMELBOURNE, Feb. 20.—The Federal Government hopes to double the yield of flax in Australia by next harvest. The first crops in Victoria, Tasmania and ...
Article : 95 wordsLONDON, Feb. 20.—After overpowering three warders, seven convicts, described as dangerous, escaped from the lunatic branch of the Perth prison last night. ...
Article : 36 wordsLONDON, Feb. 19.—The "Daily Mail," discussing in a leading article Lord Perry's criticism of the British civil service, states: "Lord Perry spoke no harder ...
Article : 161 wordsMELBOURNE, Feb. 20.—The Minister for Commerce (Sir Earle Page) said today that the actual work of distributing emergency supplies of foodstuffs would ...
Article : 112 wordsLONDON, Feb. 20.—All the stained glass in the south side of the Southwark Cathedral was blown out by bomb blasts in a recent air raid, although no damage ...
Article : 66 wordsHOBART, Feb. 20.—Evidence that Edward John Charles Riley, horse trainer, had worried about his horses and that the loss of the horse Charmers Tip, ...
Article : 75 wordsMELBOURNE, Feb. 20.—Wage claims affecting more than 100,000 employees in the metal industries were discussed at a private conference at the Arbitration ...
Article : 124 wordsLONDON. Feb. 19.—Audrey Waggott (7), of Slough, appeared in court today as a witness against her father who drove a steel poker an inch and a ...
Article : 129 wordsLONDON, Feb. 20.—Stating that it was an important case, Mr. Justice Cassels reserved his decision today in the action brought by Hyman Richard Diamond. ...
Article : 88 wordsZURICH, Feb. 19.—Letters reaching Switzerland from Italy during the past few days have borne the German censorship stamp. ...
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Advertising : 399 wordsLONDON, Feb. 19.—The general secretary of the Civil Service Clerical Association (Mr. W. J. Brown), said today that Lord Perry's strictures against the ...
Article : 70 wordsNOUMEA, Feb. 20.—Due to a hurricane which is raging in the Canton Island region, a Pan-American clipper bound for Noumea with Australian mails ...
Article : 36 wordsLONDON, Feb. 19—The death has occurred of Joe Coyne, the comedian, who visited Australia in 1920. ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Fri 21 Feb 1941, Page 10
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