Weighing anchor at 101 minutes before the Uruguayan ultimatum expired, the Admiral Graf Spee steamed down the River Plate estuary, five miles off shore, and was scuttled in view of 500,000 people crowding vantage points on the ...
Article : 272 wordsIn making a forced landing half a mile from the Darwin aerodrome to-day, the Guinea Airways Lockheed electra air-liner Moresby caught on fire ...
Article : 56 wordsJustice Gavan Duffy said this afternoon that no evidence had been yet presented to him to justify his finding that any bribe had been accepted or offered ...
Article : 43 wordsThere's a war on, but . . . in the sun and the cool breeze recently the rowing boats and skiffs were out as usual on "London's Lake," the Serpentine, ...
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Advertising : 2,311 wordsA French report states that German forces again raided the Blies River-sector last night. Fighting continued until 4 a.m., when ...
Article : 54 wordsThe Admiralty announces that the casualties aboard the Exeter were five officers killed and three wounded: 56 [?] were killed and 20 wounded. ...
Article : 60 wordsDescribing shock troop activities on the Western Front yesterday, at German official news agency states that one unit heavily engaged troops in six ...
Article : 62 wordsAn official news agency states that the commander scuttled the Spee because Uruguay refused to allow the necessary time for repairs to be effected. ...
Article : 48 wordsThe Rovonieme correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that Finnish counter attacks on the north-central front have been amazingly successful. ...
Article : 99 wordsThe British Legation announces that the Exeter reached Port Stanley. [?] The captain of the Tacoma has been ...
Article : 69 wordsBritish front line troops suffered the first casualties in actual warfare when several were wounded and some killed during night patrol operations. ...
Article : 84 wordsMr. W. Peterson, of Byrneville, delivered the first load of new season's wheat in Jung last week. Mr. Roy O'Loughlin carted the grain: it proved ...
Article : 126 wordsA concert held in the hall on Tuesday for the Red Cross showed a net profit of £15. The excellent programme was given by local talent under the ...
Article : 156 wordsSeasonable weather has been experienced and hay-carting is almost completed in this district. Several farmers have started stripping early ...
Article : 193 wordsThe approach of the busy season was evident in the attendance at the third monthly meeting of the sub-branch of the Red Cross Society on December 13. ...
Article : 117 wordsAt the second meeting of the Veetis and District Red Cross branch a good attendance of members and the splendid collection of articles returned for ...
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The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), Tue 19 Dec 1939, Page 3
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