Development of Canbera late last night indicated that the Ministry, which faced a grove risk defeat an the Federal Labour Party's Budge amendment, was prepared to make a last-minute bid through the Advisory War Council to reconcile the policies of the ...
Article : 969 wordsLONDON, Dec. 3.—A communique issued from the British General Head- quarters in Cairo yesterday afternoon stated that in the ambush of a body of ...
Article : 494 wordsIn widespread raids over Britain on Monday night German airmen made Bristol their chief target. The attack began soon after dark and, according to the Air Ministry. "continued on a somewhat heavy scale until a little before midnight." ...
Article : 658 wordsLONDON, Dec. 3.—The latest official news in Athens reports further gains in all sectors of the front in the Greek offensive against the Italians in Albania. ...
Article : 757 wordsLONDON, Dec. 3.—British bombers last night visited Italy and bombed Naples and Augusta (an important port in Sicily). An Italian communique ...
Article : 404 wordsLONDON, Dec. 3.—Following the earlier announcement by Mackay radio officials in New York that stations in the network had picked up distress signals ...
Article : 313 wordsLONDON, Dec. 3.—Merchant shipping losses for the week ended November 25 were above the average for the whole ...
Article : 76 wordsCANBERRA, Dec. 3.—While the lobbies seethed with rumours and speculation about the probable outcome of the Opposition's attack on the Government's ...
Article : 1,645 wordsALEXANDRIA, Dec. 2.—After London, Malta must hold the record for the hammering it has taken from the air, but Valetta has surprisingly little to show ...
Article : 258 wordsLONDON, Dec. 3.—In the House of Commons today the Minister for Shipping (Mr. Cross) announced that Britain had placed orders with American ...
Article : 53 wordsLISBON, Dec. 3.—Firemen at Mirandella (northern Portugal) yesterday captured a balloon believed to have escaped from a British barrage. It had trailed ...
Article : 49 wordsCAIRO, Dec. 2.—In a speech in Parliament tonight the Prime Minister (Hussein Sirry Pasha) said that the Government had protested to Italy ...
Article : 39 wordsLONDON, Dec. 3.—Details of the severe air attack on Southampton on Sunday night the second on successive nights-show that relays of German ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 593 wordsLONDON, Dec. 3.—The Air Ministry news service, in a bulletin issued yesterday afternoon, reported that a road in the south-west of Albania which was ...
Article : 355 wordsNEW YORK, Dec. 2.—A report from Havana says that the German freighters Idarwald (5,033 tons) and Rhein (6,031 tons), which left Tampico (Mexico) on ...
Article : 109 wordsLONDON, Dec. 3.—It was officially announced in Berlin in the early hours of this morning that strong bomber formations were attacking Bristol. ...
Article : 70 wordsLONDON, Dec. 2.—From Madrid it is reported that the British Ambassador to Spain (Sir Samuel Hoare) and the Spanish Foreign Minister (Senor Suner) have ...
Article : 122 wordsLONDON, Dec. 2.—The Minister of Food (Lord Woolton), in a speech today, said: "We must-live harder, using home produce to the maximum and importing ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 232 wordsLONDON, Dec. 3.—The "Evening News" in a leading article last night drew attention to the nine hours of anxiety caused on Sunday to persons ...
Article : 216 wordsLIMA (Peru), Dec. 2.—The Chamber of Deputies has passed a motion requesting the Foreign Office to deny sailing authorisations for four German ships ...
Article : 62 wordsLONDON, Dec. 2.—Correspondents of both "The Times" and the "Daily Telegraph" emphasise that tension in Norway has grown since the attempt on the ...
Article : 223 wordsCANBERRA, Dec. 3.—Discussing the possibility of a dissolution, Dr. Evatt (Lab., N.S.W.) said tonight: "It is to be hoped that in the event of the crucial ...
Article : 212 wordsCOQUIMBO (Chile), Dec. 2.—The German merchantman Portland (7.132 tons) sailed last night for an unannounced destination. ...
Article : 20 wordsLONDON Dec. 3.—It was officially announced last night that the destroyer Sturdy had run ashore on the Scottish coast in thick weather and had been lost. ...
Article : 105 wordsLONDON, Dec. 2.—German Transocean news agency messages, which have become positively lyrical about the damage inflicted on Southampton by Nazi ...
Article : 190 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec. 3.—The Italian admissions that they are withdrawing in Albania and that the campaign has now become a defensive one leave no doubt ...
Article : 261 wordsNEW YORK, Dec. 3.—Mr. Walter Lippmann, the noted commentator, in a remarkable article in which he warns sceptics against losing faith in the just ...
Article : 200 wordsNEW YORK, Dec. 2.—Thirty-four Protestant religious and educational leaders have denounced the prophecies of Mr. Herbert Hoover (the former President) ...
Article : 71 wordsLONDON, Dec. 2.—Southampton has subscribed a further £5,000—making £15,000 in all—to the Spitfire fund. The Minister of Aircraft Production (Lord ...
Article : 42 wordsRIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 2.—Brazil has notified the German-controlled Condor Airline that the time is "inopportune" for the transatlantic air service which the ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Wed 4 Dec 1940, Page 13
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