LONDON, Monday.—A Chungking spokesman said yesterday that the Japanese advancing northwards from Lashio had ...
Article : 232 wordsMELBOURNE, Monday. — Army, air force, and naval officers representing the three Allied nations fighting on Australian soil, paid ...
Article : 322 wordsAn anti-tank gun is unloaded from a plane by troops of the United States provisional airborne tank force during a practice attack on Maxton field, "North Carolina, in which parachute troops participated. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 41 wordsWILL the Japanese, if they gain full control of Burma, switch their forces for on invasion of Australia? ...
Article : 510 wordsIN anticipation of the introduction in a fortnight or three weeks of a bill to give effect to the Federal Government's plans for the unification of State and Federal taxation for the remainder of the war the ...
Article : 487 wordsLONDON, Monday. — Occunation of important junctions on the North-west front in Russia is claimed from Moscow. ...
Article : 301 wordsCANBERRA, Monday. — Although the Federal Government requested the State Governments to take action to ...
Article : 304 wordsSTOCKHOLM, Monday.—Nine Empire airmen—seven British, one Canadian, and one Australian—who were shot down in ...
Article : 120 wordsMELBOURNE, Monday. — There was a definite shortage of skilled labour in the aircraft industry, said the Minister for Aircraft Production ...
Article : 179 wordsLONDON, Monday.—Where is General Giraud, commander of the 9th French Army in 1940, who escaped from a German ...
Article : 254 wordsPolling for the four vacancies in the Legislative Council will take place today. The divisions affected are: Huon, Launceston, ...
Article : 416 wordsSYDNEY, Monday. — The Full High Court today reserved its decision in the case arising from the death sentence for murder imposed ...
Article : 286 wordsPOLLOWING a wave of looting from Bath's bombed buildings, armed Home Guards are patrolling ...
Article : 36 wordsThe loss of population in Tasmania, because of the numbers attracted to war industries on the Mainland, was stressed ...
Article : 371 wordsFollowing a meeting of the potato export committee at Burnie yesterday, at which the control of deliveries was discussed, it was stated that an ...
Article : 250 wordsMELBOURNE, Monday. — Both pilot and observer were killed when an R.A.A.F. aircraft crashed seven miles east of Wodonga last Friday ...
Article : 65 wordsNEW YORK, Monday. —Tokio Radio states that the Iranian Minister to Tokio has been ordered to leave Japan. ...
Article : 40 wordsMELBOURNE, Monday. — His observations in the United States had left him with full confidence that the nation was throwing its full weight ...
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Advertising : 234 wordsADELAIDE, Monday. — The Premier. (Mr. Playford) today told the Federal Government Whip (Mr. Conelan) that there was no ...
Article : 34 wordsCANBERRA, Monday,—The Federal Government is seeking advice on the possibility of developing huge deposits of low-grade phosphate ...
Article : 98 wordsCANBERRA, Monday. — Allegations the Minister for Labour (Mr. Ward) made in Parliament last week against the ...
Article : 343 wordsPublic shelters completed in the Hobart scheme for air raid precautions will house about 2,000 persons. A start has been made on the ...
Article : 321 wordsThe protection of crowds at sports grounds and racecourses will receive attention as a result of the experience gained in the air raid rehearsal ...
Article : 290 wordsA rehearsal for Civil Defence Legion personnel in Zone "B," Hobart, will be held tonight. Members should report for duty at 7.45 p.m., and will be ...
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Advertising : 91 wordsPending the receipt of sector reports, Civil Defence Legion officers yesterday reserved their verdict on the public's part in the surprise air raid rehearsal ...
Article : 152 wordsShortly before he was due to give an election address at Devonport yesterday Mr. A. Lillico, M.L.C., fell and struck his side against a form. ...
Article : 63 wordsLONDON, Monday.—A Rome communique states that an Italian, submarine has failed to return to its base. ...
Article : 20 wordsAll sectors and services of the Launceston branch of the Civil Defence Legion will take part in a full-scale rehearsal on Saturday ...
Article : 239 wordsNEW YORK, Monday. — Tokio Radio quotes Domei Agency reports that the elections for a new House of Representatives in Japan showed ...
Article : 113 wordsMELBOURNE, Monday.—"If we do not soon strangle bets and beer," said Dr. C. N. Button, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in ...
Article : 107 wordsMELBOURNE, Monday. — Fewer sweets will be available to civilians in the near future. Difficulties in obtaining some classes of ...
Article : 134 wordsSYDNEY, Monday.—The 200 electricians who went on strike at a Sydney dockyard decided today to resume work tomorrow. ...
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Advertising : 24 wordsNEW YORK, Monday.—Four new destroyers for the United States Navy were launched from a shipyard within 50 minutes today. ...
Article : 23 wordsWhile engaged at her employment. Gwen Miller, of Heathfield Ave., yesterday fell backwards off a step-ladder. She was admitted to the Royal Hobart ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Tue 5 May 1942, Page 2
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