Although the All-Australian Trade Union Congress reaffirmed yesterday its opposition to State-aided migration plans while there was ...
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Article : 855 wordsThe British cruiser Devonshire has been ordered to the Britishowned port of Gandia, 35 miles south-south-east of Valencia, to ...
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Article : 65 wordsThe acting British Consul-General at Tientsin(Mr. Herbert) had a friendly discussion yesterday with General Homa, the Japanese military commander, ...
Article : 108 wordsBefore he left for Palestine last night the Chief Rabbi of the British Empire (Dr. Hertz) issued a final message to the Jewish delegates to the Palestine ...
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Article : 173 wordsPolitics will be excluded from the discussions which the British trade mission will have on its forthcoming visit to Berlin. ...
Article : 229 wordsThe Swiss Government will protest to Berlin against German planes continuing to fly over the Swiss border in the neighbourhood of Schaffhausen. ...
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Article : 239 wordsThe daughter that was born to the Empress last week will be named Princess Sucunpmiya Takako (meaning Pure and Noble). ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Thu 9 Mar 1939, Page 13
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