Mr. A. Mair was elected leader of the United Australia Party, at a meeting of the party on Saturday morning, and he was subsequently sworn in as Premier. Mr. Spooner did not nominate for the leadership, and he ...
Article : 2,380 wordsA mixed reception awaits the Federal Government's plan, to be presented at a Premiers' conference in Melbourne on Thursday, for the financing of a ...
Article : 450 wordsGuido Calletti, about 35, who was a figure in the underworld, was fatally shot through the abdomen in a House in Brougham Street, King's Cross, last ...
Article : 304 wordsA grave crisis has been averted as a result of an assurance by the Danzig: Senate that Polish Customs officials will not be prevented from ...
Article : 572 wordsThe blockade of the British Concession at Tientsin has been rigorously tightened, presumably as a reply to the speech of the Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, in the House of Commons on Friday. The food position is growing serious. ...
Article : 731 wordsThe session of the 76th Congress, which was adjourned yesterday sine die, was the embitteied prelude to the political year 1940—seven months of ...
Article : 626 wordsConstable Waldock, of Bankstown, devised a successful ruse to catch an armed bandit who had bailed up and robbed a man and woman at Bass Hill ...
Article : 285 wordsThe president of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, Mr. H. S. Henley, M.L.C., said last night that the Prime Minister's proposal was very fair, provided the price was ...
Article : 92 wordsThe view that responsibility for bounties to industries devolved upon the Commonwealth and not upon the States was expressed by the leader of the Federal Opposition, Mr. Curtin. ...
Article : 205 wordsA million Chinese aie homeless as the result of flooding in 22 districts in the Hopei Piovince. The Chinese authorities allege that the ...
Article : 528 words"If we are re-arming furiously, it is only in order to be victoiious in any fight that is forced on us," declaied Field-Marshal Goering in a speech ...
Article : 326 wordsAn incident on board H.M.A.S. Perth In which the ratings objected to the wealing of white uniforms for shore leave has been magnified by the ...
Article : 569 wordsPatrick Hannaghan, 20, a seaman oh the freighter Dunkeld, escaped both drowning and hanging in Newcastle Harbour to-night. ...
Article : 173 wordsSir Herbert Gepp suggested yesterday that dietitians and chefs should immediately study whether wholemeal flour made from wheat could be used in place of potatoes Potatoes, ...
Article : 59 wordsWhen Marcel Dupre, the distinguished French organist arrived at the Town Hall yesterday afternoon to give a recital, he was among the hundreds ...
Article : 255 wordsIsolated by snow, residents of the township of Walpori, in Otago, have been without bread, butter, and other supplies for many days. ...
Article : 96 wordsIt is officially claimed that 341 Japanese planes have been shot down in fighting on the Mongolian frontier since May 22, and that in the same period ...
Article : 98 wordsFour persons were killed and 19 others injured when the engine and three carriages of the Isles of Arran express from dlasgow plunged over an ...
Article : 304 wordsThe arrest of a number of prominent Sudeten officials, including Herr Blass, who is an associate of Hen Flank, the deputy Regional Governor of the ...
Article : 259 wordsThe 37 men who were charged following a raid on Parliament House on Friday will appear at the Police Court to-morrow. The police will ask for a ...
Article : 82 wordsThe Soviet Government has agreed to buy a minimum of 40,000,000 dollars (£Aust10,000,000) worth of American goods during the next 12 months. ...
Article : 78 words"I was, simply" delighted at seeing such a little wonder," said Dupre, after inspecting the historic organ in St. Peter's Church of England, Watson's Bay, yesterday afternoon. ...
Article : 99 wordsIt is officially stated that 53 men have been executed for their alleged part in the conspiracy which resulted in the murder of Major Gabaldon Irunrun, Inspector of the Madrid ...
Article : 64 wordsA fire which broke out in a milk bar on the passenger wharf at Mafily early this morning caused considerable damage to the shore end of the Jetty. ...
Article : 83 wordsTwo prominent Rugby Union footballers died in New Zealand after playing matches on Saturday. M. Guy, l8, a Wanganui representative ...
Article : 77 wordsSuch of the ovelrsea news in this issue as is headed "From Our Own Correspondent" or "Herald Exclusive Service" is from a service owned and controlled entirely by "The Sydney Morning Herald" ...
Article : 161 wordsEight people were killed and many [?] injured when a train collided with a motor bus at a level crossing at Babelsberg. ...
Article : 36 wordsPlease choose from the following download options:
Share this item on:
Print page as...
Testing
The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 7 Aug 1939, Page 11
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
With your Trove account you can: