LONDON, Monday.—Preparing the way for continuation of the British advance west of Derna, Royal Air Force bombers and fighters have carried out heavy raids on Italian military objectives along the Libyan coast. ...
Article : 1,051 wordsLONDON, Monday.—A cannon-equipled Spitfire shot down a German bomber over the Thames Estuary this afternoon. Pieces of wireckage blinded the fighter pilot, who was compelled to dive clear of the debris. ...
Article : 287 wordsEvery day during the past eight months pilot trainees of the R.A.A.F. have flown in the aggregate a distance equivalent ...
Article : 121 wordsTwenty senior boys of Comrose School, Stanmore, Middlesex, have been organised into a school fire brigade. Instruction is given to the boys by a station officer of the fire brigade and the boys have regular practice drills. The photograph shows the boys ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 60 wordsANKARA, Thursday.—President Roosevelt's special envoy to the Balkans (Col. Donovan) left for Egypt to-day. He will visit England after ...
Article : 92 wordsWASHINGTON, Monday.—It is officially stated that the December export of aeroplanes included 221 to Britain and 87 to Canada—the second ...
Article : 96 wordsMELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The scheme by which the Minister for the Army (Mr. Spender) proposed to send ...
Article : 65 wordsGAZA, Monday.—The Australian Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies), who arrived here to-day, announced his intention ...
Article : 418 wordsOTTAWA, Monday.—The Minister for Defence (Mr. Ralston) announced the expansion of the Canadian army by the enlistment of between 50,000 and ...
Article : 74 wordsMELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Acting Prime Minister and Federal Treasurer (Mr. Fadden) said to-day that the Commonwealth Government's expenditure on war purposes during the six months ended December 31 last totalled ...
Article : 213 wordsLONDON, Tuesday.—The Opposition Whip in the House of Lords, Lord Strabolgi (54), has married his former secretary, Mrs. Geraldine Hamilton. ...
Article : 25 wordsMELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Fadden) said to-night that the appointment of Mr. Nelson Trusler Johnson, at present ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 138 wordsMELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A Royal Australian Air Force air ambulance unit is to be provided for duty in the ...
Article : 161 wordsJapan's rejection-of the Dutch refusal take part in Japan's proposed "new order in East Asia" is symptomatic ...
Article : 348 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—The steel tube workers of Stewart and Lloyd's (Australia) Pty. Ltd. ceased work to-night as ...
Article : 168 wordsHAVANA, Tuesday.—An anonymous 'phone call to Col. Batista, Cuban dictator, threatening to "fire on the palace," preceded arrests of army and ...
Article : 61 wordsA preliminary examination of applications lodged by farmers for the registration of properties and for licences to grow wheat under the ...
Article : 481 wordsMELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Labour unity prospects in New South Wales were heartily welcomed by the Leader of the Federal Opposition Mr. ...
Article : 104 wordsA rebuke to New South Wales Labour members for having disclosed the proceedings of a private deputation in Sydney yesterday, when army methods ...
Article : 215 wordsHONG KONG, Monday.—Mr. K. T. Loh, special emissary of Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, will leave soon on a tour of the Philippines, Australia, New ...
Article : 102 wordsAt a meeting of the Trades Hall Council Executive last night the question of the A.C.T.U. conference was discussed and it was decided to fix the ...
Article : 60 wordsLONDON, Tuesday.—The Berlin communique to-day says: "In addition to routine mining of British ports there were attacks on London by the ...
Article : 47 wordsGerman pressure on the French Government is increasing, and a crisis in Franco-German relations is generally expected. This may synchronise with the next important German move in Europe. Hitler's failure to win over ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 62 wordsNEW YORK, Monday.—Thirty-eight Danish ships, totalling 250,000 tons, now idle in American ports, will soon be moving cargoes to Britain, the ...
Article : 71 wordsLONDON, Monday.—Germany is lacing a serious shortage of copper and is making increasing use of aluminium as a substitute. ...
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Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), Wed 5 Feb 1941, Page 5
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