"Flying the Norwegian flag, we approached within half a mile of the Australian warship, and silenced the big guns with the first salvo. Although in a sinking condition, the Australian ship replied with a broadside, and set us ablaze." ...
Article : 2,506 wordsLONDON, Wednesday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Winston Churchill) told the House of Commons that the Government had to call upon the nation for a further degree of sacrifice and exertion. The year 1941 had seen the major problem of creating war ...
Article : 917 words—Army ration biscuit evolved by Mr. H. E. West, principal of the William Angliss Food Trades School, West Melbourne contains mear, cereal, vegetable as illustrated. It is said to keep well in semi-tropical conditions, be good eating when dry, and excellent for thickening soup when crushed. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 53 wordsSINGAPORE, Tuesday.—With that uncanny brilliance in timing that one has come to associate automatically with the Royal Navy, the new battleship Prince of Wales and other units of the Fleet have arrived in Singapore. Coinciding with the most critical hours the Pacific has ever known, the ...
Article : 367 wordsHOBART, Wednesday. — The Lord Mayor (Mr. J. Soundy) announced to-day that he had acceded to the request of the Lord ...
Article : 300 wordsMELBOURNE, Wednesday. — More than 10 surface vessels and a large number of aircraft have taken part in the wide search for ...
Article : 123 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday. — Petrol ration tickets will not be available at post offices from December 17-January 5 inclusive. The reason for tho ...
Article : 93 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mrs. Constance Olga Davidson (24) appeared at Lismore Court to-day charged with having feloniously and maliciously ...
Article : 106 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday. — The general president of the Miners' Federation (Mr. C. Nelson) to-day withdrew his resignation, which the tendered last ...
Article : 122 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday. — It was learned in Canberra to-day that it is probable that Mr. Wendell Willkie, who opposed Mr. ...
Article : 180 wordsHOBART, Wednesday. — Sympathy was expressed by the Lieut.-Governor (Sir John Evans) to relatives of the personnel of the Sydney and ...
Article : 59 wordsLONDON, Wednesday. — German shipping off the Norwegian coast was attacked again yesterday by planes of the Coastal Command, and at night ...
Article : 156 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—It is expected that the, tension in the Pacific will prevent the Government from pursuing the proposal ...
Article : 128 wordsMELBOURNE, Wednesday. — Sentences imposed by the District Court Martial at Point Cook on R.A.A.F. men who were convicted of petrol thefts ...
Article : 119 wordsMELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Members of the Wool and Basil Workers' Federation, Victorian branch, went on strike to-day over a holidays dispute. ...
Article : 75 wordsWELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday. —Official New Zealand casualties in the Libyan campaign are 70 killed, 131 wounded, and 18 missing. Announcing ...
Article : 81 wordsScenes at the departure of the Australian troops from Tobruk. Top: Polish officers, who took over the defence of Tobruk from the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 70 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—"The presence of an enemy raider in Australian coastal waters, as disclosed by the fact that one was sunk by the Sydney, gives rise to no apprehension as to Australia's coastal safety," the Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) said to-day. ...
Article : 451 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Australian cargo vessel Mareeba, with a crew of 44, was a victim of the German raider Kormoran, since sunk by ...
Article : 262 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.— The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) to-day expressed satisfaction that units of the British Fleet, ...
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Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954), Thu 4 Dec 1941, Page 5
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