LONDON, September 14.--Antiaircraft guns were giving another spirited welcome to night raiders as Londoners went to shelters last ...
Article : 1,044 wordsLONDON, September 14.-- It is authoritatively stated that the Italians have not yet begun an offensive against ...
Article : 320 wordsLONDON, September 15.--Writers in the Press and those in political and diplomatic circles who are watching for the decisive hour have not failed to note considerable concentration in recent days of R.A.F. bombing raids against ...
Article : 258 wordsThe Italian Air Force bombed oil tanks and refineries at Haifa, Palestine, late in July. This aerial picture shows smoke clouds from a lire caused by a direct hit. Australian anti-aircraft gunners helped to scatter the attacking planes. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 38 wordsLONDON, September 14.--Enemy planes tried desperately to break through the London defences during the day, on Saturday, but failed. On Saturday night only a few appeared. London defences are getting stronger each day ...
Article : 1,013 wordsTHE final week of the Federal election campaign finds the contests becoming warmer and the propaganda more intensive. The Queensland Premier, Mr. W. Forgan Smith, will speak in Walkerston to-morrow night in the interests ...
Article : 297 wordsLONDON, September 15.--As the air Blitz entered its second week it is obvious that the spirit of Londoners, indeed Britons throughout the ...
Article : 214 wordsLONDON, September 14.--An Italian assault in the Middle East may come at any time, says a message issued from General ...
Article : 523 wordsLONDON, September 15. -- Mr. Churchill's broadcast on Wednesday, in which he showed how seriously he regards the chances of an early ...
Article : 336 wordsLONDON, September 14.--In spite of adverse weather--described succinctly by the pilots themselves on "generally foul"--R.A'.F. bombers on ...
Article : 593 wordsOn Friday afternoon, in daylight, a German raider shut off his engine and, diving low over (Buckingham Palace, dropped ...
Article : 660 wordsPERTH, Saturday.--That the R.A.N. destroyer, Voyager, has been in four successful engagements is claimed by Warrant Officer H. Edmondstone, ...
Article : 324 wordsLONDON, September 15.-- The British United Press Vichy correspondent says that it is reliably reported that the ...
Article : 158 wordsMELBOURNE, Saturday.-- "Brush on one side everything except the one issue that matters-- the issue of life and death for ...
Article : 472 wordsROCKHAMFTON, Friday.--"I would never be surprised to see Labor, if returned, withdraw our soldiers and apply for a separate peace--the sort ...
Article : 367 wordsALEXANDRIA, September 14.-- Sergeant Fitchett, Acting Official Australian War Correspondent, says: H.M.A.S. Sydney's ever-mounting list ...
Article : 200 wordsBLACKALL, Sunday.--Rachael Parker (42) and Shirley Emma Parker, her daughter, aged 12, were killed about 7 o'clock last night as a result ...
Article : 113 wordsBRISBANE, Sunday.--"Egypt is a gateway to Australia in the Middle East, and our men--the A.I.F.--may be fighting there in ...
Article : 187 wordsNEW YORK, September 13.--While report from Mexico indicated that the political situation in that country has become worse, the United States ...
Article : 149 wordsLONDON, September 15.--The invasion bases on the Dutch and Belgian coasts received the full force of last night's operations by bomber ...
Article : 669 wordsMELBOURNE, Sunday.--Within a fortnight Germany would launch another peace offensive following the present nerve-racking raids on ...
Article : 38 wordsLONDON, September 13.--A tremendous change in Syrian sentiment in favor of General de Gaulle has occurred since the ...
Article : 229 wordsKENVIL, September 14. -- Deaths as the result of the explosion at the Hercules powder plant at present total 42. It is expected that further ...
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Daily Mercury (Mackay, Qld. : 1906 - 1954), Mon 16 Sep 1940, Page 5
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