Widespread damage was done by Chinese airmen last night. They raided areas held by the Japanese eight times and dropped many bombs. These caused a large number of fires. ...
Article : 1,277 wordsA sharp attack on dictatorships and a remonstrance against usurpation of legislative powers by the Supreme Court were the main points ...
Article : 169 wordsAction against aeroplanes and surface vessels which attack merchantmen in the Mediterranean Sea has been authorised by the Powers which signed the anti-piracy agreement at Nyon. ...
Article : 582 wordsGIBRALTAR, Saturday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 58 words"Victoria the Great," the first screen portrayal of the life of Queen Victoria to be permitted in Britain, was shown before a distinguished and enthusiastic ...
Article : 113 wordsShipping on the Tyne will be suspended for two hours to-morrow, when the White Star liner Olympic (46,000 tons) will leave Jarrow for Inverkeithing, Firth of ...
Article : 287 wordsMembers of Herr Hitler's bodyguard will ensure the safety of Signor Mussolini when he visits Germany next week. Equipped with steel helmets, bayonets, ...
Article : 254 wordsAfter he had been imprisoned for seven months in Khotan, a town in Sinkiang, China, the German explorer Dr. Wilhe[?]m Filchner learned on his release that he ...
Article : 157 wordsA small bottle of oil was presented to Slgnor Mussolini by Signor Guiseppe Tallarico, who claims to have discovered petroleum in Calabria (South Italy). The ...
Article : 104 wordsThe Rome correspondent of "The Times" says that indignation, aroused both by the Nyon arrangement and the conference's procedure, is steadily mounting ...
Article : 304 wordsOnly moderate interest is being shown in the training of the world champion boxers who will take part in the championship carnival bouts. ...
Article : 117 wordsThe British plan for creating independent Arab and Jewish States in Palestine was attacked by the Egyptian Foreign Minister (Boutros Ghali Pasha) in a ...
Article : 117 wordsLooking more like loys than speedy launches, these craft were loaded on a vessel at Southampton (England) for shipment to Irak. Each weighs 65 tons and will be used for river patrol by the Irak Government. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 41 wordsA boy, aged five years, was killed by electricity when he was playing near a motor trailer. Later, Alfred Vivent, aged 34 years, a ...
Article : 88 words"Our words have been carefully weighed, and we solemnly declare that Italy is preparing to send to Spain an army twice as large as she has there ...
Article : 556 wordsThe "Church Times" suggests that certain bishops have been deliberately boycotted in the organisation of the fourth centenary of the Reformation in 1938. ...
Article : 110 wordsThe Australian Rugby League team began its tour of England to-day with a win over Leigh (Lancashire) of 11 points to 9. The gate receipts were £310, being ...
Article : 161 wordsThe executive of the joint committee of cotton trade organisations welcomed the statement of the Prime Minister of Australia (Mr. Lyons) that the position of ...
Article : 140 wordsAbout 1,200 men are fighting a 10-mile forest fire which is threatening 10 towns in northern Saskatchewan. The timber loss is enormous. Hundreds ...
Article : 43 wordsA policy of self-support in the industrial field is planned by Japan. An important meeting of representatives of commerce, industry, agriculture, ...
Article : 154 wordsA meeting of 2,000 members of the People's League of Alberta has demanded the resignation of the Aberhart Ministry. ...
Article : 26 wordsAfter he had gone for a walk in a park with a White Russian girl last night Mr. R. W. Wilmot, of Melbourne, who is visiting Japan on a debating tour, was ...
Article : 86 wordsA declaration that he would carry into his stage career the principles of the Oxford Group was made by George Lacy, comedian in the revue "Merrily We Go," ...
Article : 202 wordsThe recent report that he proposed to abandon his film personality of a tramp was denied by Mr. Charles Chaplin. Mr. Chaplin announced that he would ...
Article : 57 wordsUnder the new Turkish military law no distinctions will be drawn between men and women regarding liability for military service. Beginning this year girls will be given military instruction in schools and will attend camps in the summer holidays. The age at which former ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 88 wordsThe historic fisherman's ring, which is placed on the finger of a newly elected Pope, was among the valuable articles stolen when burglars entered the Papal ...
Article : 80 wordsThe King has expressed the wish that the names and portraits of Their Majesties and the Princesses should not be apPlied or affixed to commodities which are ...
Article : 66 wordsA new year of school broadcasting will open on Monday, and the British Broadcasting Corporation has arranged 27 different courses for schools. ...
Article : 70 wordsAlthough the South African Government takes the view that, in saying that Tanganyika should be restored to Germany, the High Commissioner for the ...
Article : 188 wordsAn oil depot, which will hold 200,000 tons of petroleum will be constructed near Cape Town, says the "Morning Po[?]t." The depot will be of great importance ...
Article : 88 wordsThe Dutch East Indian Government is expected to announce its decision soon about air bases at Java. The Government may defray the expenses of the ...
Article : 37 wordsThe State Department has announced that the United States will open a consulate at Perth owing to the growing commercial importance of Western Australia. ...
Article : 47 wordsIt is very nearly true, you know, that old saying that "mother's work is never done," so much there is to do, so much to plan, so many to think for. But true ...
Article : 108 wordsOn the ground that the journey would take too long and the risk would be too great, Mrs. C. Dowman, who now owns the clipper Cutt[?] Sark, which became ...
Article : 67 wordsBy special arrangement [?]cuter's world service, in addition to other special sources of information, is used in the compilation of the o[?]seas intelligence published in this issue, ...
Article : 87 wordsFire destroyed the Rotunda — Vienna's Crystal Palace — and caused a loss of £250,000. A battalion of infantry, firemen, and ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 20 Sep 1937, Page 11
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