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Advertising : 90 wordsMost remarkable picture of the naval war, taken as the British destroyer Grenville was sinking in the North Sea after an explosion. An able-seaman, a non-swimmer, stood on the framework of a port hole, his back supported against the bows, which were only 20ft above the water. For 90 minutes he clung to this precarious perch, jumping into the water as rescuers brought a boat near The ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 1,176 words"IT may get hotter still," said the Divisional Meteorologist (Mr.A. S. Richards) yesterday. And he had just announced that the maximum temperature, 97.5deg., made yesterday the hottest day this summer and the ...
Article : 439 wordsLONDON, January 24.—Almost incredible cold—known as "the return of the ice age, or Hitler's secret weapon"—still, grips all ...
Article : 316 wordsTHE Queensland Women's Peace Movement decided yesterday to write to the Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs ...
Article : 119 wordsOTTAWA, January 24.—By clamping down an embargo on the sale of wheat to Russia, the Canadian Government wrote history to-day by being the first Dominion to act independently in such a manner against a foreign power. ...
Article : 171 wordsA MAN who learned to shoot by practising on crows when a youth, was presented last night. with the Queensland Police Rifle' ...
Article : 99 wordsThough beaten in the quarter-final of the national singles tennis championship at Sydney yesterday, the 19-year-old Sydney player. W. Sidwell. ...
Article : 121 wordsMELBOURNE, Wednesday.—When Victoria's 5000 members of the Second A.I.F. marched through the city to-day crowds broke ...
Article : 335 wordsWith the new chairman (Alderman A. Laurie) presiding, aldermen of the City Council apparently will not have such a free and easy "spin" as in the ...
Article : 126 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—Sydney was almost encircled by bushfires to-day. Fire and smoke drove residents from their homes in Guildford, Carlingford. ...
Article : 120 wordsRecommendations were made by the executive to the Trades and' Labour Council last night that information should be obtained about the cost of ...
Article : 100 wordsLONDON, January 24.—It is officially announced in Helsinki that bombs dropped by Russian planes hit four hospitals yesterday, and killed 19 ...
Article : 56 wordsWASHINGTON, January 23.—America's ambitious two-ocean naval programme is likely to be curtailed further. ...
Article : 145 wordsMELBOURNE, Wednesday.—So that Ministers can keep in the closest touch with work in defence services the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) has ...
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Advertising : 115 wordsSOUTHPORT, Wednesday.—During the shark scare last week no life-saver had been on patrol at Surfers' Paradise, although on one occasion 200 ...
Article : 236 wordsLONDON, January 24.—An Imperial Airways flying boat, London bound, is held up at Rome with 13 passengers because of severe weather at ...
Article : 57 wordsLONDON, January 24.—A jury to-day awarded. Mrs. Valerie Porter £3500 against her parent in-law because they had induced her husband, Bertie, to leave her. ...
Article : 284 wordsISTANBUL, January 24.—It is officially announced that .Turkey will sign a trade agreement with Germany shortly, but it will involve an amount of not more than £1,500,000. ...
Article : 37 wordsGOONDIWINDI, Wednesday.—"It makes my blood boil when I see people who are either too lazy or too disloyal to stand at a theatre for the National ...
Article : 120 wordsState primary and provisional schools in south-eastern Queensland will reopen on Tuesday after their Christmas vacation of six weeks. The schools ...
Article : 117 wordsISTANBUL, January 24.—The Lufthansa Company (the German air company) has suspended the service between Sofia and Istanbul It Is reported, because of a lack of petrol. ...
Article : 36 wordsLONDON, January 24.—The Spring and Summer race meetings at Epsom, including the Derby, have been abandoned for this year. ...
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The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Thu 25 Jan 1940, Page 1
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