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Newspaper
Maitland Mercury
Location
Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 26, 1939
Page
2
London broadcasts quoted the King urging unity across the Empire as Britain faces war. He praised the Dominions and colonies for sacrifice and saluted the Royal Navy Air Force and Army across the Empire for steadfast resolve. Messages from Gort Newall and the Admiralty were aired alongside Christmas greetings from forces abroad.
Paris December 25 Premier Daladier in a Christmas broadcast urges courage and resolve to resist aggression. He says Germany has invaded others but now is confined to its borders and vows to record every provocation while defending the people of Prague and Warsaw from war and suffering.
Paris dispatch reports Prime Minister General Sikorski affirming Poland’s cause will triumph. He calls the current days the saddest but cites Allied arm successes and resources, warning that Germany will pay dearly for its attack on Poland.
Mrs Toy Grace Vermier, who wed on Saturday, was killed when a car overturned on the Melbourne road Geelong. Her husband, a hospital guest, suffered a fractured jaw.
The Australian Hide and Leather Industries Board refused to designate Newcastle as a hide appraisement centre under national security regulations. A vigorous Newcastle district protest against the action is expected.
Sydney report quotes Archbishop of Brisbane Right Rev. J. W. CG Ward on radio urging devotion to principles and religious liberty. He says Australians fight for Christian civilisation and individual freedom, not just empire safety, and criticizes apocrypha as affecting public opinion of churches' support for the war.
The Acting Minister for Ale announced that four series of wireless operator courses will begin soon at Melbourne Technical College for the Royal Australian Air Force. Recruitment centers will handle inquiries, with applicants aged 18 to 25, British subjects of European descent, and educated in math or physics or radio basics.
Stalin issued a message to von Ribbentrop and Hitler praising joint aims and urging unity against shared foes. He also addressed Skorzeny Kinelson and Kinels, calling for Finnish cooperation and a decisive victory over oppressors. He extended wishes to Chiang Kai-shek for victory over China’s enemies.
Melbourne reports the value of agreements between the Commonwealth and the United Kingdom for supply in the war year, estimated at £AQ,740,000. With wheat and other commodities excluded, total goods may reach £AL01,540,000. The government aims to secure markets beyond the United Kingdom, with strong interest from Japan.
A wartime report claims Soviet forces destroyed or captured over 260 tanks, dozens of guns, and hundreds of machine guns while suffering comparatively fewer losses. It cites Finnish and Russian communiques on air battles, civilian casualties, captured prisoners, and strikes on Kronstadt.
The octagonal house at John o Groats, northernmost Britain, named for the eight Groot brothers from Holland who settled there around 1489. The one room had eight windows and eight doors, each leading a family head to an octagonal table with no head or chief seat to prevent quarrels.
Clarence Sherwood, 45, of Eglington Street Blacktown, was pinned under an overturned ice cart he was driving yesterday. He sustained probable skull fracture, facial abrasions, and scalp wounds.
Lieutenant-Commander G C Phillips commander of the submarine Ursula received the DSO and promotion. Other crew members were decorated for the December 14 exploit that penetrated minefields and destroyer screens and torpedoed a Koenigberg class cruiser at the Elbe mouth.
IRA raiders overpowered guards at the Phoenix Park magazine fort in Dublin and seized a large amount of arms ammunition and equipment. Four men were detained and a parade of 50 to 100 participants was reported, with shots fired at military police in adjacent areas.
Harold Keith Golding eight of Faire Light Street Fivedock drowned in the Burragorang Tower at Bimlow. He was staying with relatives there while his parents resided at Branxton.
In Northern Finland and the Karelian region, harsh winter conditions slow Russian forces. Finnish troops in white cloaks harass invaders from the snow while Finnish air force with largely British-made planes maintains a wary edge. Finland's cultural prowess and resilience are highlighted amid war pressures and international stance.
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