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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 11, 1939
Page
1
A Warsaw dispatch reports acute crisis fears returning over Danzig as confusion in the city’s money market grows. Polish nerves remain steady, with British and French support credited for avoiding a collapse, while foreign observers warn of extended tension and a stubborn crisis in the Free City of Danzig.
The Malian Foreign Minister Count Cline travels to Spain to discuss economic military and political relations. He will meet General France on Wednesday. Count Diana said the visit confirms Italo Spanish solidarity and says Italy wants a strong united Spain which can always rely on Italy's support.
German reinforcements have arrived along the Czech-Polish frontier, with both nations wary of renewed tensions. A Daily Telegraph dispatch cites Polish and German officials discussing arms smuggling arrests and possible British support to Poland as front lines stay tense and German forces tighten the frontier.
In London the British War Minister Chamberlain spoke in the House of Commons on Danzig. He said the recent events did not justify unilateral action. Poland has prepared defensive measures, and Britain’s guarantee to Poland remains in effect until March 31.
A man, described as from Witluetnstrong, killed his wife after a quarrel with a clergyman Rev. They argued then struggled. He carried the prostrate woman to Homearby rocks and left her under a cover. The crime was discovered a year later after evidence appeared.
In Ankara on Monday General Sarakolgu reported that a treaty was being prepared to promote cooperation in all spheres between Britain and Turkey. The Foreign Minister stated Turkey planned to maintain relations with all States including Italy and the Soviet Union, while terms were being formulated.
Dispatches from Chungking report a new Chinese operation in southeast Shansi as reinforcements pour in to stem the Japanese advance. Guerrilla activity remains high in the Lower Yangtse Valley with heavy Japanese casualties reported.
Report surveys calls for constitutional revision by Curtin and Hughes amid global talks. It notes Anglo Japanese conference nearing in Tokyo with preliminary talks and proposals for Cabinet submission. Japanese and British tensions flare over shipping, queues, and port actions at Trentain, while Mongolia reports a Soviet Mongol retreat on the Manchukuoan border as fighting continues.
Prime Minister Mensies announced today that tax hikes are likely to fund defence. He urged all sections to drop differences and share the burden as the government decides next Monday how the duty will be borne. He claimed the Commonwealth and the nation were working together while warning of a daunting £2,000,000 annual shortage.
Sydney reports a government warning on National Register noncompliance. Minister Sir Henry Gullett says refusal to return a register card signals national division and weakens Australia’s wartime preparedness. The pledge links manpower secrecy to deterrence and suggests ALF actions left a lasting impression on military leaders.
A London cable report from Monday describes at the Defence Conference in Singapore the plan to use Indian troops to reinforce British forces in the Far East. The strategy aims to protect British territories in the Pacific and Near East, with Australia seeking to contribute more to regional defense.
An inquiry transcript from London references an assistant foreman shipwright at Camutol Ching's works and mentions a morning around the sailing day. A second investigation was planned before departure, noting a list of broken items and a length measurement of nearly three inches.
A description of a questionable dowry arrangement involving newly admitted police constables. The proposal, reported by Commissioner Mackay, would assign payments over a three year period and grant promotions or raises at the end of the term, raising concerns about police conduct.
The International Institute of Agriculture forecasts the northern hemisphere wheat crop at 3 530 million peshetts with Europe expected to yield 1 640 million. This would be the third largest crop since the Great War.
Fragmentary account recalls Syria under French mandate from 1920 League of Nations to 1930s, noting replacement of Parliament by a French-controlled Directoire, troop presence, and the push toward independence with political events and treaties spanning 1896 to 1930s. Emergence of a Republican frame after long restraints highlighted.
In Sydney on Monday, Mr. Jon Hunt, government hemimed on the Hinapital Board at Chu Anquiry, claimed hospital directors would likely abuse powers if in control of ten hospitals. Evidence by the secretary of the Royal North Shore Hospital, Mr Huawei, suggested governance flaws.
Wellington reports the New Zealand Government rejected a British financial assistance offer, saying it cannot slow expenditure or alter import policies to satisfy British exporters. The Labour Party will discuss the offer at tomorrow's meeting.
A new company named Daily News Ltd will be registered tomorrow to take over the assets and liabilities of Labor Daily Ltd. The committee will meet tomorrow to allocate shares to unions, while the prospectus of the new company will be available soon, with plans to publish an evening newspaper.
Don Bradman and his wife welcomed a son in Adelaide on Monday. The mother and child are reported well. The NSW Cricket Association secretary H Heydon sent greetings and expressed hopes the boy may follow in his father’s footsteps.
London reports the death announced of Squadron Leader CE W. Fostae formerly a TALAAAR member from Sydney. Also listed are a gaol sentence for house breaker, a stock market summary, resignation of Wimbledon tennis secretary Major Dudley Lacombe, a proposed merger of Greater Union Theatres with Hoyts Ltd, a coronial inquiry into a Camperdown fire, Wellington political proceedings, the death of Dr. Havelock Ellis, and a wrestling draw at Rushcutter Bay Stadium.
The giant U-ton consolidated patrol bomber bound for the British Air Ministry departed San Diego at dawn on an 8,800 mile flight to Batwood Newfoundland, then to England. Richard Archbold and the crew delivered the flying boat, a model similar to the Gulf 1, with the craft returning due to full use of the automatic pilot.
Wellington reports Minister for Works Mr Semple outlining wartime road and rail defenses. He said in an emergency Public Works engineers and machines could rapidly block rail lines, divert rivers, build temporary bridges and forts, trench, and erect bomb proof shelters for civilians within hours, vastly expediting defense readiness.
Bitter opposition from the Mama watu Farmers Union president as the government plans to use 1,890 acres for flat settlement and move gardens to Kulu. He warned force may be used to defend land occupied for generations and urged direct action to defeat the plan.
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