MELBOURNE, Thursday.--As the upshot of War Council discussions of the past two days Labor members expect important changes in Australia's home defence program. After the Council broke up to-day they said they looked to ...
Article : 567 wordsLance-Corporal Harry Nicholls, of the Grenadier Guards, a Bren gun blazing from his hip, ran forward and put three German machine-guns out of action. Then, wounded four times, he carried on and attacked the infantry. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 72 wordsLONDON February 5.--Mercilessly lashed by R. A. F. bombers' bullets, their communications constantly attacked, planes smashed from the skies, and landing a' pounded, Italians on all fronts in Africa to-day ...
Article : 1,623 wordsLONDON, February 5.--The 'Daily Mail's Sofia correspondent says: King Boris and the Government both are attempting to ...
Article : 441 wordsLONDON, February 5.--The correspondent of the 'Times' in Tokio says that the Foreign Minister (Mr. Matsuoka) actually ...
Article : 298 wordsLONDON, February 5.--Before leaving England Mr, Wendell Willkie issued, the following statement for transmission to Germany: ...
Article : 259 wordsWASHINGTON, February 5.--The House will begin debating and voting on amendments to the Lend or Lease Bill to-morrow, ...
Article : 277 wordsLONDON, February 6.--The Air Ministry communique states: "R. A. F. aircraft have been very active over the English Channel and ...
Article : 464 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.--In a broadcast address to his people at Christmas, 1939, King George used certain words which attracted a great deal of ...
Article : 272 wordsBRISBANE, Thursday.--More than 1000 men and women have applied already for positions in the new munitions factory to be built at Rocklea. ...
Article : 192 wordsLONDON, February 5.--A special correspondent with the Mediterranean Fleet says: Under the inspiration of Admiral Cunningham's stirring signal ...
Article : 136 wordsBRISBANE, Thursday.--Children of two classes in St. Michael's Convent infant school, Maryborough, will be isolated at home for three weeks ...
Article : 163 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.--The Federal Government may be obliged to introduce a schema for compulsory acquisition of the ...
Article : 173 wordsLONDON, February 5.--A protest, broadcast over the Italian radio, against the alleged "boast" in the B. B. C. program that an Italian Red ...
Article : 168 wordsLONDON, February 5.--Sir Roderick Jones has resigned as chairman and managing-director of Reuters Ltd. After acting as a Reuter ...
Article : 176 wordsBRISBANE, Thursday.--A statement by his son when war broke out was recalled by the Governor (Sir Leslie Wilson) at the seventh ...
Article : 168 wordsBRISBANE, Thursday.--To recommend promotions in the non-commissioned ranks of the Police Force, the Police Promotions Board will begin an ...
Article : 92 wordsLONDON, February 5.--Dealing with enemy raids over Britain to-day, the Air Ministry and Ministry for Home Security communique states: "There ...
Article : 245 wordsVICHY, February 5.--Admiral Da[?]lan is to go to Paris to-morrow, carrying a compromise and proposals, states a communique. After a two hour ...
Article : 86 wordsBRISBANE, Thursday.--War savings certificates are so highly regarded by the people of Australia that 98.4 per cent, of those originally ...
Article : 135 wordsLONDON, February 6.--British children are fast becoming incendiary conscious, and immediately incendiaries are dropped they rush out into the ...
Article : 127 wordsNEW YORK, February 5.--The exiled Belgian Government is seeking to obtain an attachment writ against 260,000,000 dollars Bank of France ...
Article : 114 wordsLONDON, February 5.--The 'Daily Mail' states that a flight with the Royal Air Force a year ago stirred up the illness from which Lord Lloyd ...
Article : 91 wordsDERNA, February 5.--The temper of the troops towards the enemy in Libya is undergoing a complete change. In the early days of the campaign, ...
Article : 143 wordsMADRID, February 5.--As a [?]ax to the press criticism of the [?] blockade as a contributor to [?] shortage of food, 'Arriba' says: ...
Article : 66 wordsMUNGINDI Thursday.--The Mungindi sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League purchased a windmill, tank, and stand and formed a ...
Article : 90 wordsSTOCKHOLM, February 5--Himmler, in a speech at Trondheim about Greater Germany, declared that it would henceforth include Norway as ...
Article : 89 wordsCUNNAMULLA, Thursday.--James Callaghan (60), boring engineer, charged with the murder of his assistant. William John Groves (65), at ...
Article : 108 wordsLONDON, February 5.--Replying to Parliamentary questions relating to the Palestine citrus crop, the Colonial Under-Secretary stated that ...
Article : 72 wordsA Berlin newsagency, commenting [?] American reports of the proposal [?] the emigration of 450,000 Jews to America, says no obstacle on principle ...
Article : 65 wordsNEW YORK, February 5.--The Secretary for the Navy (Colonel Knox) at at conference said that the aircraft carrier Illustrious had recently been ...
Article : 63 wordsNEW YORK, February 5.--A Toronto message says: The 'Financial Post claimed that a Cabinet shake-up was imminent as the result of the ...
Article : 50 wordsNEW YORK. February 5.--Colonel Knox said that Greece is seeking to obtain the priority of planes ordered here via Britain. She was offered 30 ...
Article : 59 wordsLONDON, February 5.--The first A. I. F. casualty announced by the British Press was that of Lieut. Ernest sholto van Citters, whose parents live ...
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Daily Mercury (Mackay, Qld. : 1906 - 1954), Fri 7 Feb 1941, Page 7
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