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GENERAL MOBILISATION
LONDON, TO-DAY.
CENSORSHIP IN AUSTRALIA
Canberra, To-day. THE WAR OFFICE ANNOUNCES The censorship of postal articles .THAT GENERAL MOBILISATION and telegraphic messages has been
HAS BEEN PROCLAIMED.-Reuter. proclaimed throughout Australia.
PRES. MOSCIĆKI BROADCASTS
Warsaw, To-day. President Moscicki last night broad- cast an appeal to the whole nation to rally to arms "and give the proper re- ply to the German aggressor as have so often done in the past."----- Reuter.
CONTROL OF RAILWAYS
London, To-day.
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The Ministry of Transport is tak- ing control of the undertakings or por- Great tions of the undertakings in Britain belonging to the railway com- panies. Reuter.
BLACKOUT IN WEST GERMANY
London, To-day. An official order has been broad- cast from Cologne stating that until further notice the whole of Western Germany will be completely blacked out at night time.-Reüter.
CONTROL OF POSTS
London, To-day.
The Government has imposed cen- sorship on postal correspondence to places abroad.
and
Generally correspondence to from the British Dominions and lonies will not be affected.--Reuter.
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Reuter.
PARLIAMENT TO MEET ON SUNDAY
London, To-day. Parliament is expected to meet on Sunday and on all the days of next
week.
Control of food prices in England has already been instituted and it is an offence to purchase more than a week's supply of food.-Reuter. AUSTRALIAN MUNITIONS
Melbourne, To-day.
The Minister of Supply announces that Australian munition factories are ready for instant production.-Reuter.
MEATLESS DAYS ORDERED
Rome, To-day. Two meatless days throughout Italy the have been officially decreed by
Reuter. Government.
MARTIAL LAW
IN FRANCE -
Parla, To-day. General mobilisation has been de- creed and martial law proclaimed.
Parliament was expected to meet during the night. --Router.
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Stockholm, To-day. The governments of the north- ern countries of Denmark, Fin- land, Iceland, Norway and Swe- den have simultaneously publish- ed declarations proclaiming, ab- solute neutrality.-Reuter.
Warsaw, To-day,
It is announced that the Poles have repulsed German troops who attacked from East Prussia against Mlawa, on the main Warsaw- Gdynia railway, and from Slova- kia against Zakopane, the well- i known winter sports resort.
A German armoured train claimed to have been captured near Danzig territory."
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Seven aircraft were down at Cracow and Gdynia, while bombers which tried reach Warsaw were driven back. -Reuter.
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Warsaw, To-day.
It is alleged that a refugee train was bombed by German planes near Kutno, causing heavy casualties.
It is claimed that all air raids which marked the opening of hostilities were unsuccessful.--Reuter..
POLISH DEFENCE HOLDS
London, To-day.
It is claimed in Polish circles in London that the German Army has not suceceded in breaking through at any point of the Polish defences.
A spokesman déclared: “Our lines are where they were, practically on the frontier." - Reuter.
FIRST GERMAN WAR COMMUNIQUE
Berlin, To-day....` "Military aption in Sllesla, ·Pomer- ania and East Prussia brought expect- ed successes," claims the first German war communique issued høre,
have German troops, it is stated, reached the heights of Kattowitz, in Polish Upper Silesia, while German forces from East Prussin are fighting on Polish soll.
The German Air Force, the com- munique continues, bombed. veral Polish aerodromes "gained the upper hand in air."
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Units of the German Navy, it also claimed, have taken possession of some positions in the Bay of Danzig, while the Air Force bombed the har- bour of Gdynia→Reuter.
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Landon, To-day. From now on the sounding of factory syrens and hooters is pro- hibited except as an air warning-Reuter,
raid
London, To-day.. Fifteen bills were disposed of in record time last night by Par- liament, which is to meet again to at 3 o'clock to-day in order
several pass
more emergency measures, including an extension of the provisions of the. Militia Training Act.
Under
ft this extension, all men between the ages of 18 and 41 will be liable for military ser- vice. Reuter..
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Helsinki (Finland), To-day. According to reports. reaching here, 150 German planes took part in the bombing of Katowice early this morning-Reuter
Paris, To-day. The German acts of aggression started a few hours after the Po- the informed lish Ambassador Reich Government of the Polish attitude towards the British efforts to maintain peace, according to a communique issued by the off- cial Polish News Agency received In Paris.
It says: "The acts of "
aggres- sion, unequalled in brutality, are to be resisted by the entire Po- lish nation which will defend its liberty, rights and honour to the end. The German allegation that the Polish soldiers attacked Glet- the witz under which pretext
is German aggression is based,
a cynical lie. No-one in the civi- lised world has any doubts as to who is the aggressor."--Reuter.
Ottawa, To-day.
The militia and naval and air forces have been placed on active service.
Mr. Mackenzie King, the Prime Minister, announces that Parlia- ment will be asked to authorise the Government to give most ef- fective co-operation with Britain.
Reuter.
London, To-day.
In Berlin a decree has been issued making listening to for- eign radio stations an offence punishable by penal servitude.
Persons passing on news broad- also cast by foreign stations are
servitude punishable by penal and in serious cases by death, Reuter.
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