Capt, D. Margesson, who was raised to the peerage on vacating the position of Secretary for War in the British Cabinet recently has ...
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Article : 458 wordsLONDON, May 3.—Giving details of the meeting of Hitler and Mussolini at Salzburg on Wednesday and Thursday last the Berlin radio said ...
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Article : 158 wordsLONDON, May 3.—According to the Berlin radio the Danish Prime Minister (M. T. Stauning) died in hospital at Copenhagen after ...
Article : 292 wordsSYDNEY, May 3.—More discretion must be shown in calling up farm workers for the army, an executive officer of one primary ...
Article : 134 wordsMELBOURNE, May 3.—A record non-stop flight from Perth to Melbourne was made in 8 hours yesterday by Capt T. R. Young, chief test ...
Article : 195 wordsLONDON, May 2.—Mr R. A. W. Watt, the radio location expert, in a presidential address to members of the Association or Scientific ...
Article : 69 wordsBRISBANE, May 3.—No approach bas been made by either side to settle the strike of 350 employees, mostly girls, which began at the ...
Article : 126 wordsNEW YORK, May 3.—Tornadoes wrecked the residential section of Pawhuska, Oklahoma, and battered the rural areas of north-eastern ...
Article : 43 wordsCANBERRA, May 3.—A Government spokesman yesterday answered criticism by the S Australian Premier (Mr. Playford) of the ...
Article : 77 wordsLONDON, May 3.—Mr P. J. Noel-Baker, MP (Labour), said in a speech today: "The collapse of Hitler and Mussolini and the Japanese ...
Article : 67 wordsWASHINGTON, May 3.—Mr Allen Dobey, special assistant to the Attorney-General, told the Senate Patents Committee on Friday that the New ...
Article : 92 wordsSYDNEY, May 3.—It was necessary to open certain cinemas and theatres on Sundays under conditions which existed in Australia's big ...
Article : 90 wordsReferring to a Press report from Canberra that the price of wool sold to the British Government under the wool purchase agreement was ...
Article : 246 wordsCANBERRA, May 3.—Returns of Customs and Excise revenue for 10 months of the financial year exceeded the Budget estimate. There ...
Article : 51 wordsMELBOURNE, May 3.—Accommodation was found for nearly 3,000 servicemen in Melbourne last night, but only 1,757 could be provided with ...
Article : 129 wordsThe rapid expansion of the Army means that more transport vehicles are required immediately. There are many owners who have taken ...
Article : 220 wordsSYDNEY, May 3.—Announcing that the construction of the Warragamba pipeline to supplement Sydney's water supply would begin ...
Article : 192 wordsALLIED HEADQUARTERS, May 3.—Brig-General Harold H. George, US Air Corps, who with Mr Melville Jacoby, military correspondent of ...
Article : 141 wordsWASHINGTON, May 3.—At a Press conference on Friday President Roosevelt showed reporters a money order for 107 dollars 50 cents ...
Article : 135 wordsLONDON, May 3.—As a result of Army psychologists' tests Britain will have more mixed anti-aircraft batteries and women will soon be ...
Article : 196 wordsSYDNEY, May 3.—At a meeting of the Council of the Teachers' Federation yesterday the president of the federation (Mr S. ...
Article : 65 wordsBRISBANE, May 3.—Cheers greeted a telegram from the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in the South-West Pacific (General ...
Article : 145 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 : 423 wordsThe annual meetings of the Congregational Union which will be confined to 2 days this year will begin with the Ministers' Fraternal ...
Article : 242 wordsWASHINGTON, May 3.—Mrs Roosevelt expressed doubts yesterday whether the United States needed any more flag-waving or martial ...
Article : 116 wordsLONDON, May 3.—Londoners woke up today startled on the assumption that an air raid or invasion was going on when the civil ...
Article : 110 wordsFeatures of today's programmes from the national stations 6WF and 6WN are as follows: Station 6WF: 6.40, 7.45 and 9 am, ...
Article : 204 wordsIN CAMBERS.—At 10.30 am, before the, Chief Justice. ...
Article : 11 wordsCLOSING TIMES.—Closing times here under are for the Perth GPO. Registered articles must be posted 1 hour before closing time for letters, but between 9 ...
Article : 210 wordsCANBERRA, May 3.—Following the Government's invitation to Senator Spicer (UAP. Vic) to join a committee which will plan ...
Article : 110 wordsCOLLIE, May 1.—By an absolute majority of 273 votes Mr G. L. Vernon was elected president of the Collie Miners' Union this week. He ...
Article : 109 wordsLONDON, May 2.—The 1,500 miners at the Gresford colliery, North Wales, who went on strike on Thursday because steel props had ...
Article : 94 wordsCANBERRA, May 3.—Indications are that the session of the Federal Parliament will last about another 5 weeks. The Treasurer (Mr Chifley) ...
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