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Churches, 1942

3,171 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 159

Churchill Must Make Changes Or Must Go

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1942 · page 3

SINGAPORE has gone. It is a shattering defeat for the British Empire, a devastating phase in the Pacific war of strategic withdrawals and evacuations…

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Churchill Cable Got Results-- Six Months' Gaol

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1942 · page 2

GILBERT COCHRANE BURLEIGH (44), sir Thomas Mitchell Road, Bondi, lodged a cable with the Eastern Extension Cable Co. on January 23 for the British Prime Minister…

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Churchill Faces Stern Task Tragedy Of Singapore And Channel Fiasco Stir Public Misfits in War Cabinet Will Go

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1942 · page 2

LONDON, Monday.-- Following last week's naval and air force fiasco in the Channel and now the fall of Singapore, only major changes in the War Cabinet can save the Prime Minister (Mr. Churchill) from the justifiable anger of Britain and the indignation of…

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Churchill Cable Got Results-- Six Months' Gaol

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1942 · page 2

GILBERT COCHRANE BURLELGH (44), sir Thomas Mitchell Road, Bondi, lodged a cable with the Eastern Extension Cable Co. on January 23 for the British Prime Minister…

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New Dangers Ahead!-- Churchill "Strain Every Nerve in Defence of Australia"

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1942 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.-- "I speak to you all under the shadow of a heavy and far-reaching blow, a British and Imperial defeat-- Singapore has fallen," stated the Prime Minister (Mr. Churchill) in a broadcast. "Other dangers gather about us, different from any of the…

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Churchill Faces Stern Task Tragedy Of Singapore And Channel Fiasco Stir Public Misfits in War Cabinet Will Go

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1942 · page 2

LONDON, Monday.-- Following last week's naval and air force fiasco in the Channel and now the fall of Singapore, only major changes in the War Cabinet can save the Prime Minister (Mr. Churchill) from the justifiable anger of Britain and the indignation of…

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Churchill Must Make Changes Or Must Go

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1942 · page 3

SINGAPORE has gone. It is a shattering defeat for the British Empire, a devastating phase in the Pacific war of strategic withdrawals and evacuations…

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Churchill Cable Got Results-- Six Months' Gaol

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1942 · page 2

GILBERT COCHRANE BURLEIGH (44), Sir Thomas Mitchell Road, Bondi, lodged a cable with the Eastern Extension Cable Co. on January 23 for the British Prime Minister…

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Churchill Must Make Changed Or Must Go

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1942 · page 3

SINGAPORE has gone. If is a shattering defeat for the British Empire, a devastating phase in the Pacific war off strategic withdrawals and evacuations…

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Churchill Faces Stern Task Tragedy Of Singapore And Channel Fiasco Stir Public Misfits in War Cabinet Will Go

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1942 · page 2

LONDON, Monday.-- Following last week's naval and air force fiasco in the Channel and now the fall of Singapore, only major changes in the War Cabinet can save the Prime Minister (Mr. Churchill) from the justifiable anger of Britain and the indignation of…

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New Dangers Ahead!-- Churchill "Strain Every Nerve in Defence of Australia"

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1942 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.-- "I speak to you all under the shadow of a heavy and far-re aching blow, a British and Imperial defeat-- Singapore has fallen," stated the Prime Minister (Mr. Churchill) in a broadcast. "Other dangers gather about us, different from any of the…

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Japanese Mission Active in Tangier

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 10

LONDON, Tuesday. -- An official Japanese mission has arrived at i Tangier (Spanish Morocco) and it is rumored that Japan will shortly open…

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Japanese Mission Active in Tangier

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 10

LONDON, Tuesday. -- An official Japanese mission has arrived at Tangier (Spanish Morocco) and it is rumored that Japan will shortly open…

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Japanese Mission Active in Tangier

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 10

LONDON, Tuesday. -- An official Japanese mission has arrived at Tangier (Spanish Morocco) and it is rumored that Japan will shortly Open…

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Many Dangers Still for Empire Mr. Churchill Warns Appeal for United Nation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 6

LONDON, February 16 (A.A.P.).—"I have nothing to offer except a hard and adverse war for many months. Many misfortunes, severe and torturing losses, and remorseless, gnawing anxieties lie…

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Had Horses in Church Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 4

When Colin David Stevens. 17, of Geelong West, set out with a companion on horseback in search of adventure, he got…

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Britain's Faith in Churchill

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--Mr. Churchill's speech on the fall of Singapore received a mixed reception in Britain, says E. W. Maicalpine, London editor of the Daily Telegraph…

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Church Services for New Law Term

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 6

THE opening of the law term was marked this morning by a diocesan service at St. James' Church and a Red Mass at St. Mary's…

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Smaller War Cabinet Demanded Responsibility for Strategy Churchill Civil Leader Only?

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday. -- The Singapore surrender has caused a renewed demand for a smaller War Cabinet and the establishment of a strong Imperial staff with which the responsibility for strategy should…

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Two Churchills

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 8

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