WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—President Roosevelt issued one of his strongest statements at a Press Conference tonight when referring to Senator Wheeler, who ...
Article : 650 wordsSYDNEY, Jan. 15.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) told a deputation of trade union leaders today that the Federal Government would not exempt the ...
Article : 750 wordsLONDON, Jan. 14.—The Tokio correspondent of "The Times," discussing the review of Japan's relations with Britain and the United States which the Prime ...
Article : 222 wordsSYDNEY, Jan. 15.—The vital importance of an overriding command for all three services—Navy, Army and Air—such as operated at Singapore was ...
Article : 969 wordsMELBOURNE, Jan. 15.—One of the heaviest cloudbursts in the history of Melbourne struck the city tonight and converted many streets into roaring ...
Article : 390 wordsLONDON, Jan. 14.—Saying that it seemed that the time had come when the British might once again talk frankly about relations with the French people, ...
Article : 714 wordsSAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 14.—Captain P. G. Taylor, the noted Australian airman, who is on a mission to the United States, and who has predicted that ...
Article : 260 wordsSYDNEY, Jan. 15.—A Japanese army officer, Major Set Hashida, on his arrival in Sydney yesterday, said through an interpreter that he wanted to see ...
Article : 106 wordsLONDON, Jan. 14.—A message from Clermont-Ferrand states that the cold wave is still sweeping France. Lyons registered 17deg. below zero, and two women ...
Article : 73 wordsTOKIO, Jan. 14.—Japan's first "antiespionage manoeuvres" have started in western Japan. They will last for three days and are centred on the industrial ...
Article : 31 wordsSYDNEY, Jan. 15.—A meeting of members of the Amalgamated Engineering Union and the Australian Society of Engineers decided today to call a general ...
Article : 70 wordsBRISBANE, Jan. 15.—Following a conference of medical men and of officers of the Health Department panel, four medical consultants with specialised knowledge ...
Article : 139 wordsNEW YORK, Jan. 15.—"As Britain's new day and night air offensive against the Axis gains momentum evidence accumulates that the Royal Air Force is ...
Article : 481 wordsLONDON, Jan. 15.—Professor Arthur Lloyd James, Professor of Phonetics at the School of Oriental Languages and linguistic adviser to the British ...
Article : 158 wordsMELBOURNE, Jan. 15.—At a special meeting of 60 shop stewards of the Munitions Workers' Union today, a resolution that the union "fall into line with all ...
Article : 157 wordsLONDON, Jan. 15.—Captain Pat Eves, a former British commercial pilot, today landed in Britain a new American bombing plane built for the Royal Air Force. ...
Article : 160 wordsNEW YORK, Jan. 14.—A radio message was received yesterday at Nassau. that the Governor of the Bahamas (the Duke of Windsor). who is making a tour ...
Article : 116 wordsLONDON, Jan. 15.—The death occurred this morning, at the age of 80. of Viscount Wakefield, oil magnate and generous patron of motor car, speed boat and ...
Article : 474 wordsWASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—The chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives (Senator Bloom) announced today that the ...
Article : 100 wordsAUCKLAND, Jan. 14.—Outspoken criticism of Australia's attitude to China and friendship towards Japan was expressed today by Mr. W. H. Donald, ...
Article : 315 wordsBRISBANE, Jan. 15.—Munition contract orders worth £389,414 have been placed with Queensland firms during the last few days, and even larger orders are ...
Article : 136 wordsSYDNEY, Jan. 15.—Allegations that efforts were being made by the Broken Hill Proprietary to establish permanent Sunday work in all its companies were ...
Article : 422 wordsLONDON, Jan. 14.—The "Daily Telegraph" states that experience gained in the Spanish war is helping the Ministry of Health and the London County ...
Article : 174 wordsLONDON, Jan. 14.—It is officially announced that Sir Clive Balllien (who is an Australian) has been appointed to succeed Mr. Arthur Purvis as ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 322 wordsAUCKLAND, Jan. 15.—Five waterside workers have been dismissed from the Auckland waterfront for the duration of the war. The men stopped work in ...
Article : 59 wordsAUCKLAND, Jan. 15.—Little surprise has been caused in the meat trade by the announcement yesterday of the British Minister of Food (Lord Woolton), ...
Article : 121 wordsLONDON, Jan. 14.—The "Financial News," which expresses the most conservative city opinions and the "Daily Herald," which is a trade union organ, ...
Article : 411 wordsLONDON, Jan. 14.—The Minister of Food (Lord Woolton) In a statement today said: "The public should eat ¾lb. of potatoes daily. The average consumption ...
Article : 83 wordsNEW YORK, Jan. 14.—Thousands of shoppers in Fifth-avenue panicked today when bandits, after killing a clerk and robbing nearby offices, engaged in a ...
Article : 87 wordsHONG KONG, Jan. 15.-Chungking was raided for the first time this year yesterday, when 27 Japanese planes rained bombs and machine-gunned ...
Article : 73 wordsNAIROBI, Jan. 14.—The Governors of Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, Northern Rhodesia and Nyassaland and the Resident of Zanzibar have decided to ...
Article : 57 wordsHOBART, Jan. 15.—Representatives of the fruit industry in Tasmania stated today that they had been prepared for a cessation of exports to Britain, and ...
Article : 60 wordsSYDNEY, Jan. 15.—A girl of 17 and a woman of 23 displayed such bravery in rescuing two young girls from the surf at Manly today that the Mayor of ...
Article : 235 wordsSuffering from concussion and lacerations to the face, Masie Preston (19), of Beechboro-road, Bayswater. was taken by a St. John ambulance to the Perth ...
Article : 168 wordsHONG KONG, Jan. 14.—According to the Thai High Command in Bangkok, two French planes bombed Nakhonpanom (in Thailand) on Sunday, ...
Article : 52 wordsLONDON, Jan. 15.—Mr. T. E. Harvey, an Independent member of the House of Commons, has given notice of a question regarding the condition on board a ...
Article : 97 wordsCANBERRA, Jan. 15.—Labour troubles in shipbuilding and allied trades have already seriously affected the manufacture of paravanes which are wanted for ...
Article : 144 wordsCAPE TOWN, Jan. 15.—Further official details have been released of the action in the South Atlantic early in December last between the armed ...
Article : 234 wordsMEXICO CITY. Jan. 14.—The Mexican Foreign Minister (Senor Ezequiel Padilla) stated to the Press today:— "Any aggression against any ...
Article : 68 wordsLONDON, Jan. 15.—The Johannesburg correspondent of "The Times" states that the South African Minister for Finance (Mr. Hofmeyr) in a speech today, said ...
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Advertising : 440 wordsWASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—The Secretary of the Treasury (Mr. H. Morgenthau, jun.), conferred today with representatives of the New York Investment ...
Article : 71 wordsCANBERRA, Jan. 15.—The Attorney- General (Mr. Hughes) said today he was sure that the secretary of the West Australian State executive of the ...
Article : 107 wordsBUENOS AIRES. Jan. 15.—The Minister of Finance (Senor Frederico Pinedo) has resigned. ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Thu 16 Jan 1941, Page 8
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