LONDON, Dec. 19.—An Air Ministry communique states that the naval base at Brest was again heavily attacked in daylight yesterday by a ...
Article : 412 wordsSINGAPORE, Dec. 19.—The R.A.A.F. in the brief period since the outbreak of the Pacific war has been distinguishing itself in both the ...
Article : 106 wordsMany inquiries have been received concerning the use of basements as air-raid shelters, said the Director of Civil Defence (Mr. L. E. Shapcott) ...
Article : 745 wordsThe secretary of the Premier's Office (Mr. H. T. Stitfold) made available yesterday the text of the new 'regulations for Christmas and ...
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Advertising : 388 wordsSINGAPORE. Dec. 18.—The Royal Australian Air Force in Malaya borer its share of the early enemy attacks on the northern aerodromes. ...
Article : 269 wordsWhen the Queen recently visited a convalescent home for Free French naval forces near London, she talked with General De Gaulle and (right) Admiral Muselier, commander of the Free French Navy. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 37 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 19.—The National Emergency Services Minister (Mr. Heffron) said today that 4,000 patients from key hospitals in ...
Article : 105 wordsThe silhouettes of two Japanese planes, shown above, are printed at the request of the Department of Air so that the public and ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 97 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 19.—An alleged statement by Mrs. Constance Olga Davison, that she had struck Stanley Edward Bartlett (54), timber ...
Article : 197 wordsYesterday, largely owing to a handsome cheque from toe Carnarvon and Gascoyne Patriotic Fund, the Lord Mayor's New 'Sydney Fund ...
Article : 315 wordsCAIRO, Dec. 18.—A large party of the American Field Ambulance Service has arrived in Cairo and will be attached to the British forces in the ...
Article : 55 wordsLONDON, Dec. 18.—It is reported in Vichy that the Mayor of Le Havre, in an interview, said the R.A.F.'s raids on Le Havre during ...
Article : 139 wordsThree junior members of the North Cottesloe Surf Life-saving Club were responsible for the saving of a soldier, a young woman, ...
Article : 389 wordsDiscussion took place last night at a general meeting of the Local Government Association of Western Australia on the danger ...
Article : 257 wordsArising out of a letter from the Canning Road Board, the question of seeking power to defer statutory retirements of members of local ...
Article : 96 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 19.—Important war work at a Sydney shipbuilding yard was held up today when about 200 men held a stopwork meeting to ...
Article : 99 wordsLONDON, Dec. 18.—The House of Commons accepted today an amendment moved by Mr. Shinwell (Labour) to recall the House 12 days ...
Article : 199 wordsWASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—The Navy Department reports that a United States submarine has sunk a Japanese transport and probably ...
Article : 197 words"What is the value of the open trench shelter in protecting people against air attack?" This is a question for which some people in the ...
Article : 170 wordsAt the close of a special meeting of the executive of the Citizens' Reception Council yesterday afternoon, the Lord Mayor of Perth (Dr. T. W. ...
Article : 117 wordsAt the recent meeting convened by the chairman of the Perth Road Board (Mr. W. W. Abbett) to inaugurate an appeal for the quota of ...
Article : 74 wordsTwo new awards were delivered by the State Arbitration Court—Mr. President Dwyer, Mr. P. J. Trainer (employees' representative) and Mr. ...
Article : 108 wordsBritish paratroops have had intensive training lately. Here are some in a Whitley aircraft. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 16 wordsThe returning officer for the election of 40 members of the divisional committee of the Australian Red Cross Society (W.A. division), Mr. C. ...
Article : 194 wordsNumerous gifts in kind have been offered to help the New Sydney Fund. Yesterday a letter was received from two sisters in the country, ...
Article : 183 wordsDARWIN, Dec. 19.—It is possible that an experienced supervisor will be brought to Darwin to organise labour, the Minister for Labour (Mr. ...
Article : 111 wordsThe new mission church erected at Boys' Town, Clontarf, by the lads themselves, will be officially opened at 3 p.m. on Sunday by the ...
Article : 123 wordsLONDON, Dec. 18.—When the case was resumed in the Lambeth Police Court today against the Rev. Harry Clapham, vioar of St. ...
Article : 227 words7 0 a.m.: Breakfast timetable. 9.15: Hat News of the Day. 9.20: Lloyd Thomas: News review. 930: Bernard: Harmony in the Home. 1.0: Close. 6.0: ...
Article : 237 wordsWhile attempting to couple a locomotive to a truck in the Perth railway t goods yard yesterday morning James Hand (28), of Geddes-street, Victoria ...
Article : 124 wordsArrangements have been made for the Lieutenant-Governor (Sir James Mitchell) and Lady Mitchell to visit the exhibition of the boat from the ...
Article : 59 wordsA 13-year-old boy was critically injured in Fremantle shortly after 7 o'clock last night when the bicycle he was riding collided with a taxi ...
Article : 116 wordsIt has been reported to the central police station that Donald Heath Sewell (16), who failed to return to his home in ...
Article : 75 wordsCANBERRA. Dec. 19.—National Security Regulations issued earlier this week on the billeting of members of the defence forces have been ...
Article : 56 wordsFUNCHAL (Madeira). Dec. 18.—A Portuguese warship has picked up the remaining lifeboat of the Portuguese steamer Cassequel. with ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Sat 20 Dec 1941, Page 6
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