The British United Press correspondent at Vichy says it is reliably reported that the R.A.F., which is hammering German shipping concentrations and ports on the Channel and North Sea, is now much more active than the Luftwaffe (German air ...
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Article : 126 wordsMalten steel runs from a ladle into ingot moulds at a British steel foundry. Thus steel is born—to grow into guns for the defence of liberty by Britain. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 35 wordsIntensive air raids having been launched against London for a week, it is now possible to judge the success of this form of attack. The damage has been great, but the attacks so far have failed. The results of the raids have been 1400 dead and 4500 wounded. These figures are severe, but from a ...
Article : 551 wordsThe diplomatic correspondent of the "Daily Tcdegraph" reports that, coinciding with the dissolution of the International Danube ...
Article : 174 wordsThe voluntary scheme of controlling supplies of Tasmanian potatoes shipped weekly to the mainland and fixing of prices has been extended to include Melbourne and Newcastle. Previously the scheme applied only to the Sydney market, but Melbourne ...
Article : 444 wordsThe War Cabinet sent a message to their Majesties congratulating them on their providential escape from the ...
Article : 822 wordsStories of the adventures of Australian soldiers in London during this week's air raids continue to be told as the men return from leave. ...
Article : 809 wordsCharged with having murdered James Thomas White, who was fatally stabbed in William Street on Friday night, Patrick Hoare ...
Article : 231 wordsThe British Air Ministry reports that during the week ended midnight on Friday the bombing of Britain cost the Germans 263 ...
Article : 173 wordsMELBOURNE, Sunday. — Within a fortnight Germany would launch another peace offensive, following the nerve-racking raids on England, said the Prime ...
Article : 44 wordsLONDON, Saturday.—The "Times" Simla correspondent says the measure of the British command of the Red Sea is reflected in the official ...
Article : 95 wordsThe Navy Ministry announces that the 7600-ton cruisers Montcalm, Georges Loygucs and Gloire, which were built in 1935, and ...
Article : 102 wordsThe Cairo correspondent of the British United Press says the Italians yesterday advanced across the Egyptian frontier ...
Article : 373 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday. — In the first year of the war 491,000 service dress uniforms were delivered by contractors in Australia, said the Minister for Supply (Sir ...
Article : 74 wordsOvercome, by heat and smoke when a fire broke out in a sleepout at the rear of his home in William street, Malvern, early to-day, ...
Article : 290 wordsMELBOURNE, Sunday. — Two people were killed in road accidents at the weekend, and a man collapsed and died at the races. ...
Article : 142 wordsAustralia would spend £39/17/1 a minute this financial year on defence works, the Minister for Defence (Senator Foll) said at the week-end. The total value of works to the carried out by the ...
Article : 108 wordsTo relieve traffic congestion resulting from the blockage of bombed streets, a 20-minute "waterbus" ...
Article : 102 wordsA rough check of preferences this evening indicated that the U.A.P. will lose yesterday's Ryde by-election, made necessary by the resignation of ...
Article : 121 wordsH.M.A.S. Sydney's evermounting list of achievements has become the talk of the Fleet. ...
Article : 252 wordsIt is feared that the deathroll resulting from the explosion in the Hercules powder plant at Kelvin will be nearly 100, while, of the ...
Article : 89 wordsIn having failed to realise their estimate on merchant sinkings, the Germans have sustained a naval defeat as serious as any surface ...
Article : 246 wordsHOBART, Sunday. — The watchfulness of a naval shore station near the mouth of the Derwent was instrumental yesterday in relieving the plight of ...
Article : 113 wordsCity institutions are daily improving arrangements for continuing operations in what at present is the front line of the war. ...
Article : 198 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday. — A man who is said to have tried to force his way past a sentry nt a suburban military store last night was bayoneted four times in the ...
Article : 94 wordsBritain was living up to her reputation for stability, and he believed she could hold out against Germany, said General ...
Article : 122 wordsHOBART, Sunday. — Lient-Commissioner W. R. Dalzicl, of the Salvation Anny, who arrived in Tasmania last week, this afternoon gave a lecture at ...
Article : 125 wordsHONG-KONG, Saturday.—Air Commandant Louis Castex, after a month's stay officially represeting Indo-China, has obtained the Hong Kong ...
Article : 50 wordsWELLINGTON. Sunday. — A million pounds objective Mas fixed yesterday by New Zealand Provincial Patriotic Councils in a drive for war relief funds. ...
Article : 75 wordsMELBOURNE, Sunday.—Sales of war ravings certificates total £13,506,338; State figures are: N.S.W. £5,299,093: Victoria. £3,613,170; Queensland, £2,202,902; South ...
Article : 31 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday. — Arthur Charles Harlow (45), of Bankstown, was killed todoy when he fell 50- feet into the hold of a ship. ...
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Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954), Mon 16 Sep 1940, Page 5
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