In the operations at sea a German submarine was responsible for the sinking early on Saturday morning of the British battleship, Royal Oak. So far as is known at present only 414 men out of the entire personnel of 1,200 officers and men have been saved. ...
Article : 179 wordsLieutenant-Colonel Athol Joseph Hobbs has been appointed to command the Artillery Brigade to be drawn from Western Australia, South ...
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Advertising : 1,413 wordsAs a result of representations made by the Premier (Hon. J. C. Willcock) to the Prime Minister (Mr. R. G. Menzies), further consideration will be given to the case for wool ...
Article : 88 wordsIn the telegram which the Premier (Hon. J. C. Willcock) despatched to the Prime Minister, he stated that tremendous dissatisfaction existed ...
Article : 184 wordsIt is understood that the West Australian contingent of the 6th Division, Second A.I.F., will probably be commanded by Lieut-Col. T. S. Louch, who ...
Article : 178 wordsGerman financial difficulties may soon compel German merchant ships, which are sheltering in neutral ports, to leave through inability to pay the ...
Article : 54 wordsBritain's second major naval loss since war broke out was announced yesterday morning when an official communique was issued stating that ...
Article : 286 wordsBerlin reports state that gunfire and bomb-like explosions to the north-west of the city occurred at 9.30 last night, lasting for ten minutes, and again at ...
Article : 158 wordsThe local appraisement will begin on Monday with the wool now in store. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe Air Ministry states that R.A.F. machines made reconnaissance fights over northern and central Germany last night. ...
Article : 29 wordsA message from Moscow states that M. Paasikivi, the leader of the Finnish delegation which has been discussing with the Soviet the latter's demands on ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 753 wordsThe Ministry of Information stated to-day that German aircraft attempted to attack coastal objectives in Scotland to-day. R.A.F. machines attacked the ...
Article : 64 wordsThe mystery surrounding the report' of anti-aircraft fire by Berlin batteries last night was cleared up to-day by the announcement that the plane at ...
Article : 81 wordsA Paris dispatch to-day states that the Germans are making great preparations along the whole of the western front, and an offensive appears ...
Article : 89 wordsAccording to a German radio message the Royal Oak, of whose complement of 1,200 men only 414 men are reported to have been saved, was sunk ...
Article : 79 wordsThere passed away in the early hours of this morning at St John of God Hospital a well-known identity of the district in Mr. Henry Pass, J.P., of ...
Article : 472 words"There are 212 dramas at Boys Town." Spencer Tracy was deadly serious as he made the statement. "There are," he said, "212 boys at the ...
Article : 423 wordsTo the toll of Allied losses at sea during the last few days, including the Royal Oak, the British freighter Herouspool, and the big French tanker ...
Article : 210 wordsLord Riverdale, the leader of the British mission to Canada in connection with the air force scheme of training the Empire's airmen, said Canada ...
Article : 82 wordsDeliveries of Australian made Wirraway war planes to the R.A.A.F. will soon be made at a rate equal to the equipping of one complete squadron ...
Article : 153 wordsSince the convoy system was introduced, 1,275 British ships and forty-seven Allied ships have been convoyed safely to their destinations. Up to ...
Article : 44 words"My Ship's Sunk."—As a colloquial cry of despair. "My ship's sunk" has points in its favour. Nowadays ships with paper supplies are being sunk ...
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Geraldton Guardian and Express (WA : 1929 - 1947), Tue 17 Oct 1939, Page 3
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