LONDON, March 18.—In the House of Lords today Viscount Elibank referred to a recent broadcast from Britain to Germany which, he ...
Article : 442 wordsIn New Guinea today we are all pretty close to our enemy—the little yellow man from Nippon. Much closer, at any rate, than most people ...
Article : 781 wordsCANBERRA, March 19.—The War Cabinet decided today that the Chiefs of Staff Committee shall determine the relative priorities of ...
Article : 287 wordsThe President of the Senate (Senator J. Cunningham), the Speaker of the House of Representatives (Mr. W. M. Nairn), and Senators R. E. ...
Article : 462 wordsCANBERRA, March 19.—For several weeks fake messages to Australian cities and towns, purporting to have been picked up by listeners ...
Article : 353 wordsDiscussing the recent decision of the Federal Government to restrict the production of wheat for grain, the chairman of the Agricultural ...
Article : 391 wordsThe Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia reported yesterday that the roads from Toodyay to Goomalling and from Toodyay to ...
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Advertising : 228 wordsThe best news from the northern war front for many a long day is the heavy punishment inflicted on the strongly escorted Japanese convoy ...
Article : 871 wordsEmployment of war prisoners on such jobs as harvesting, roadmaking and woodcutting is favoured by an overwhelming majority of ...
Article : 218 wordsSYDNEY, March 19.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin), in a letter to the Miners' Federation has refused to use the National Security ...
Article : 557 wordsLONDON, March 18.—The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. R. S. Hudson) stated in the House of Commons today that Britain's harvest in ...
Article : 262 wordsCANBERRA, March 19.—The King has expressed the desire that Sunday, March 29, should be observed as a national day of prayer. ...
Article : 131 wordsLONDON, March 18.—Asked in the House of Commons today when he would be making the promised improvements in B.B.C. news ...
Article : 118 wordsLONDON, March 18.—The industrial correspondent of the "Daily Mail" stated today that the President of the Board of Trade (Mr. ...
Article : 193 wordsLONDON, March 18.—Flown from Ireland by special plane, the mother of Lieut.-Commander Eugene Esmonde, RN., D.S.O., attended a ...
Article : 206 wordsLONDON, March 17.—A report from Zurich, received from Rome today, stated that the Vatican had decided to accept a Japanese ...
Article : 137 wordsAmericans are unanimous on one point. They like Australia, and Perth is one of the places they like best. "Perth!" said one American ...
Article : 555 wordsSYDNEY, March 19.—Subscriptions to the Liberty Loan which are still trickling in, have brought the total to £48,161,990 and the ...
Article : 188 wordsPremises such as churches and halls are wanted as reception quarters for evacuees if it becomes necessary to remove them from target ...
Article : 186 wordsCANBERRA, March 19.—The War Cabinet today approved of the expenditure of an additional £1,000,000 for the purchase of ...
Article : 133 wordsCANBERRA, March 19.—The final step concerning the recent declarations of a state of war in Australia with Finland, Hungary, ...
Article : 379 wordsIn his review of the weather for the week ended at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, the Divisional Meteorologist (Mr. A. G. Akeroyd) recorded a ...
Article : 327 wordsBRISBANE, March 19.—Provision for the imprisonment without the option of a fine for sly grog selling is contained in new liquor restrictions ...
Article : 319 wordsLONDON, March 18.—Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger 'Keyes in a speech today stated that it seemed that there was an ...
Article : 208 wordsCANBERRA, March 19.—The War Cabinet decided today that all males between 18 and 60 years who are not in the fighting forces, police, ...
Article : 139 wordsCANBERRA, March 19.—As clocks are to be put back an hour at the end of the month problems connected with the reversion to normal ...
Article : 222 wordsCANBERRA, March 19.—A Dutch legation will be established in Canberra shortly. Mr. Curtin, who is acting as Minister for External ...
Article : 158 wordsCANBERRA, March 19.—A statement in Sydney by Mr. Pooley, general secretary of the Co-operative Building Societies Association, that ...
Article : 332 wordsNine of the 18 trolley bus chassis ordered by the State Government in England last October have arrived in this State. The remainder are ...
Article : 98 wordsLONDON, March 18.—Today Queen Wilhelmina of Holland received the Australian High Commissioner (Mr. S. M. Bruce), who ...
Article : 34 words(Every request for information must be accompanied by the name and address of the writer, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith.) ...
Article : 310 wordsThe Returned Soldiers' League recently protested against the Federal Government's refusal to accept volunteers with more than three ...
Article : 155 wordsCLOSING TIMES.—Closing times hereunder are for the Perth G.P.O. Registered articles must be posted one hour before closing time for letters, but ...
Article : 236 wordsWASHINGTON, March 18.—The Netherlands Minister (Dr. A. Loudon) today informed Senator Walsh, chairman of the Naval Affairs ...
Article : 56 wordsLONDON, March 18.—The "Daily Telegraph" states that the advisory war risk rating committee of Lloyds has adopted an increase, averaging ...
Article : 72 wordsLONDON, March 18.—His Majesty the King today conferred a barony on the Archbishop of Canterbury (Dr. Cosmo Lang) on the occasion ...
Article : 92 wordsThe main features of today's programmes from the national stations 6WF and 6WN are as follows:— Station 6WF.—6.30 and 7.40 a.m., ...
Article : 189 wordsLONDON, March 18.— The Archbishop of Canterbury, at the King's request, has designated the following prayer for the British national ...
Article : 158 wordsCANBERRA, March 19.—The War Cabinet agreed today to the formation of a mobile works squadron of the R.A.A.F. to construct ...
Article : 131 wordsAUCKLAND, March 19.—Every man from 17 to 70 years of age, who has engineering or building construction experience, must ...
Article : 107 wordsCANBERRA, March 19.—Amendments to the War Financial (Military Forces) Regulations issued today will give effect to increases to ...
Article : 90 wordsCANBERRA, March 19.—Under a National Security amendment gazetted today tribunals set up by debtors' relief regulations are ...
Article : 47 wordsNISI PRIUS.—At 10.30 a.m., before the Chief Justice: In divorce: Edward Hammond Keen v. Eileen May Keen and Roy Dick—part heard. ...
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