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  2. NEW BIG AIR BLOW AT WEWAK: 80 JAP PLANES KNOCKED OUT

    ALLIED airmen dealt another heavy blow at Japanese air strength at Wewak, north-west New Guinea, in a double-barrelled raid on Thursday. In two strikes they destroyed 80 enemy aircraft—72 on the ground and eight in air combat—and damaged another, yesterday's communique said. Lightning fighters which followed closely behind the bombing force caught airborne six Jap medium bombers, with a fighter escort, and shot down six planes. Thunderbolts and Kittyhawks ...

    Article : 499 words
  3. Put Name On Map

    U.S. Marine, Lieut. Jim Hackett (right), of Rumson, New Jersey, with his girl friend, Miss Kathleen ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 69 words
  4. This Is Not Sheet Lightning

    Not lightning, but a burst from a 155 mm. artillery gun, on German positions at Mignana, Italy, lit up the countryside during a night attack in December, silhouetting the gun crew and outlining the emplacement with light. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. GAINSON TWO N.G. FRONTS

    AUSTRALIAN troops have made further advances in the Finisterre Ranges and along the Rai coast of New Guinea. Ground forces operating from the Ramu Valley have ...

    Article : 423 words
  6. Desperate Jap Moves To Escape

    NEW GUINEA, Saturday.—Faced with certain destruction at the hands of the Australians at Memau and the Americans who ...

    Article : 231 words
  7. Acute House Shortage Is Menace To City Health

    TWO families are 'living" on a veranda of a house in one of Brisbane's suburbs. The only privacy they have is given by hessian blinds and a plywood partition. Each family consists of a mother and two young children, who sleep, cook, and eat on their small portion of veranda. ...

    Article : 546 words
  8. Garden Hint Can Win 10/6

    HAVE you a garden "secret"—something that makes all the difference between ordinary and first-class flowers or ...

    Article : 131 words
  9. RISK OF WAR UNDERWORLD

    POLICE fear that underworld warfare may break out in Brisbane at any time now, and are taking wide precautions to prevent it. Factions involved are engaged in ...

    Article : 213 words
  10. More Beer Requested

    More beer for the workers by [?]adjusting supplies is the main proposal to be placed before the Primer (Mr. Cooper) and the ...

    Article : 214 words
  11. QUEENSLANDERS FOR DUNTROON

    CANBERRA, Saturday.—Four Queenslanders are among the 25 candidates chosen for entry into the Royal Military College ...

    Article : 61 words
  12. Pension Plan Of £5 Week

    SYDNEY, Saturday.—A plan under which 600,000 people aged 60 and over would obtain superannuation of £5 week ...

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  13. "Mr. J. CERATODUS" GETS MEAT RATION

    "MR. Johnny Ceratadus," alias Queensland lung-fish, who lives at the Brisbane Museum, has been granted his meat rationing coupons. Mrs. Ceratodus and Ceratodus, junior, and the fresh water ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 228 words
  14. MOVE AT LAST TO AID CIVILIANS IN Q'LAND

    IMPORTANT decisions to improve the not-so-happy lot of the Queensland civilian have been announced in the last few weeks. In every case they have been improvements for which The ...

    Article : 351 words
  15. MIGHT GET HER MAN, BUT NO WEDDING RING

    NEW YORK, Feb. 5—Because so many of Uncle Sam's fighting men have taken to wearing wedding rings, some brides will be faced with the possibility that they will not get a gold band if they do get their man. ...

    Article : 258 words
  16. NINE KILLED IN CRASH

    Nine airmen were killed when two planes collided during cross-country training exercises in southern New South Wales. A tenth ...

    Article : 128 words
  17. All Tax Bills Out Soon

    Most of the taxation assessments for salary and wage-earners are now out, and all will be out within the next two weeks. ...

    Article : 153 words
  18. Seek Union-Digger Link

    The Trades and Labour Council has decided to convene a Statewide conference on April 16 to discuss closer unity between the ...

    Article : 140 words
  19. 2000 COUPLES DANCE IN CITY EVERY NIGHT

    NEARLY 2000 couples go dancing every night in and around Brisbane. There is nothing formal in the way they do it. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 313 words
  20. MUST REMAIN ON JOB

    Waitresses employed in most city cafes seldom stayed more than a fortnight, cafe managers said yesterday. The girls preferred ...

    Article : 185 words
  21. City Cooler

    For the last three days both the maximum and minimum temperatures in Brisbane have been well below normal. ...

    Article : 81 words
  22. BOY'S PLUCKY EFFORT TO SAVE OLDER PAL

    ADELAIDE, Saturday.—A 9-year-old boy made unsuccessful efforts to rescue his 13-year-old pal who was drowned before his ...

    Article : 120 words
  23. SCHOOL AGE EXPERIMENT

    HOBART, Saturday.—Experimental classes under an age group system have been instituted by the Education Department ...

    Article : 152 words
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  26. 'Little Hitlers' Of Civil Life Are Well Known To Readers

    ARTICLES by Osmar White, Sunday Mail special correspondent and "A Digger Returning to New Guinea" slating the "little Hitlers" of civilian life have brought spirited support from Sunday Mail readers. A "Business Girl," of Hamilton ...

    Article : 738 words
  27. C.P. Choice For Nanango Seat

    Mr. J. B. Edwards, the sitting member, was selected as Country Parry candidate for Na[?]ango electorate at the State general ...

    Article : 69 words
  28. £10,000 Union Aim For Troops

    The trade union movement proposes to raise £10,000 by Labour Dar week-end, May 1, for comforts for the troops, said Mr. M. Healy ...

    Article : 100 words
  29. 61 MINERS FINED FOR ABSENTEEISM

    SYDNEY, Saturday.—Sixty-one miners were fined £3 each to-day, for absenteeism at Aberdare Extended mine on January 25. ...

    Article : 41 words
  30. LIBELLED, SAYS TENOR

    LONDON, Feb. 5 (Special).—Heddle Nash, operatic tenor, well known to Australian audiences, allegedly "smocked the vast ...

    Article : 132 words
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