BATAVIA, March 30.—An emergency session of the People's Council has been called by the Government for April 9 to discuss a Bill to improve the ...
Article : 249 wordsKALGOORLIE, March 31.—Hostility to Communists was expressed in strong language by members of the Kalgoorlie and Boulder section of the mining ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 732 wordsWASHINGTON, March 30.—Commenting on the release by the German Foreign Office of the alleged Polish documents found in Warsaw, President ...
Article : 469 wordsLONDON, March 30.—Sir John Gilmour, the Minister of Shipping. died suddenly today of a heart attack at his London residence. He was 64 years of age. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 463 wordsLONDON, March 31.—Britain spent £1,816,873,000 in the financial year which ended tonight, according to official returns. This included £491,750,000 ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 219 wordsMELBOURNE, MARCH 31.—Victorian tramwaymen at a meeting today ad- ministered a severe rebuff to the executive of the Tramways Employees' Union ...
Article : 170 wordsSYDNEY, March 31.—The inclusion of the Leader of the Federal Opposition (Mr. Curtin) and the most experienced and able men of every party in the Federal ...
Article : 405 wordsBATAVIA, March 30.—A number of German ships which have been sheltering in Dutch East Indian waters are preparing to leave, reportedly for ...
Article : 148 wordsLONDON, March 31.—The Rome radio states that Danish, Swedish, Finnisn and Norwegian Ministers are conferring in Stockholm regarding Finland. The ...
Article : 132 wordsLONDON, March 30.—It is learnt in authoritative circles that the Allies are not perturbed at reports of threatened German activity in the Pacific, despite ...
Article : 128 wordsMOSCOW, March 29.—In his address to the Supreme Soviet Council today the Soviet Premier and Foreign Minister (M. Molotov) announced that the ...
Article : 67 wordsLONDON, March 29.—Pilot-Officer Prince Obolensky, widely-known as the "Flying Prince" and a noted Rugby international, was killed today when he ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 120 wordsLONDON, March 30.—Recent reports of Communist activities in Germany by neutral observers throw light on the struggle going on in those countries where ...
Article : 211 wordsISTANBUL, March 30.—The only daily newspaper published in Turkey in the German language has been suppressed, "as a result of the attitude adopted ...
Article : 31 wordsPARIS, March 29.—The Foreign Office states that 6,000 refugee Spaniards have enlisted in the Foreign Legion and 56,000 have joined labour units, while 1,400 are ...
Article : 84 wordsMELBOURNE, March 31.—Figures released by the Minister for Air (Mr. Fairbairn) reveal that more than 10,000 applicants have been interviewed or ...
Article : 70 wordsLONDON, March 30.—A message from Prague states that a new Nazi decree prohibits Jews from engaging in any branch of textile manufacturing or ...
Article : 41 wordsCAPE TOWN, March 29.—At its annual meeting today the Trades Council Congress had before it a resolution demanding the cessation of hostilities. By ...
Article : 81 wordsLONDON, March 30.—German beer-drinkers are now not allowed more than a Quarter of a litre of beer at one time. They are not allowed to buy beer to ...
Article : 74 wordsLONDON, March 29.—The Minister for Transport (Mr. Euan Wallace), speaking at Norwich, today, summarised events since the outbreak of the war and ...
Article : 185 wordsThe third special train bringing West Australian members of the Second A.I.F. home for pre-embarkation leave reached Perth yesterday morning. The West ...
Article : 250 wordsCAPE TOWN, March 29.—It is officially stated that all serving members of the forces will be invited to undertake to serge anywhere in Africa, not only in ...
Article : 63 wordsGENEVA, March 31.—An organisation describing itself as the exiled Government of Georgia (the autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic, created in 1921) ...
Article : 107 wordsLONDON, March 29.—The French inhabitants evacuated from the war zones have received some 40,000 blankets and quantities of children's clothing through ...
Article : 96 wordsAMSTERDAM, March 29.—A new type of aeroplane bomb of enormous power has been washed up on the islands off the north of Holland and on the ...
Article : 59 wordsPARIS, March 29.—A man who did not know that France was at war, Robert Plaiter, has been arrested and will appear before a military tribunal for failing to ...
Article : 72 wordsLAUNCESTON, March 31.—The practicability of obtaining financial assistance from patriotic funds for Legacy work so that provision can be made for ...
Article : 133 wordsSYDNEY, March 31.—Sydney has experienced this month one of the worst heatwaves in history, not so much for the intensity of the heat as for the ...
Article : 119 wordsThe Citizens' Reception Council for entertaining visiting troops recently received a suggestion that it might help in the entertainment of West Australian ...
Article : 295 wordsGAZA, March 30.—An interesting aspect of the work of the Second A.I.F. will begin shortly, when companies will be sent out to occupy positions 30 or 40 ...
Article : 177 wordsLONDON, March 29.—The King spent four hours today inspecting an army division of the Southern Command. His Majesty walked several miles past troops ...
Article : 34 wordsPARIS, March 29.—M. Souritz, the Soviet Ambassador in France. has left for Moscow. [The French Government recently ...
Article : 103 wordsMELBOURNE, March 31.—After one of the hottest months of March ever known—a month in which many new temperature records were established— ...
Article : 62 wordsLONDON, March 29.—The conclusion drawn by the Berlin "Boersen Zeitung" that Danish economic life would flourish if that country joined what the ...
Article : 151 wordsLONDON, March 29.—The death sentence may be imposed on hoarders of metal in Germany, a message from Berlin states. Field Marshal Goering has ...
Article : 96 wordsAt a time when Australia's manhood is training for war in military camps throughout the Commonwealth it is refreshing to learn of a camp where youths ...
Article : 166 wordsSYDNEY, March 31.—Officers of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labour Party decided today to inform the general secretary of the ...
Article : 190 wordsNEW YORK, March 31.—The Hong Kong correspondent of the "New York Times" says it is unofficially reported that Japan has served the Portuguese ...
Article : 73 wordsADELAIDE, March 31.—With 17 days with temperatures in the nineties, an all-time heat record for March was established on Saturday. A cool change came ...
Article : 87 wordsVATICAN CITY, March 30.—The Papal Nuncio at Berlin has informed the Vatican that the German Government refused him permission to visit ...
Article : 71 wordsLONDON, March 30.—From Prague it is reported that all Czech Ministries, law courts and public offices have been ordered to hang a picture of Hitler in ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Mon 1 Apr 1940, Page 14
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