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Advertising : 4 wordsFOR the first time in history, Australian territory has been attacked; for the first time, foreign invaders are trying to gain a footing; for the first time, Australian militia forces have been in action. These stirring announcements were made last night by the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Forde) in a special ...
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Article : 840 wordsWith the southward march of Japanese aggression in the Pacific, Australian militiamen are believed to have been in action for the first time, in the defence of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea. Members of two gun crews of a militia artillery unit are seen above at action stations. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 149 wordsTHE State Government will not order any evacuation likely to interfere with war production until such time as the danger of ...
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Article : 99 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—The Industrial Relations Council which was formed this month to advise the Federal Government on conversion of the nation to maximum ...
Article : 268 wordsBulolo, prolific gold-producing centre in New Gumea, has been attacked by Japanese bombers. The picture shows one of the huge gold dredges at work on the Bulolo field. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Advertising : 135 wordsA CARTOON by David Low in the "Evening Standard" depicts three Australians manning a machine-gun in the ...
Article : 122 wordsREGULATION implementing the War Cabinet decision that all factories, mines, dockyards, and workshops engaged in work for ...
Article : 569 wordsTHE construction of Allied shipping was now forging ahead of the rate of sinkings, and the United States "had the world licked right now" on standard cargo ships and tankers, the chairman of the Maritime Commission (Admiral Land) ...
Article : 337 wordsSYDNEY. Friday.—For half a day today all the coal miners on the northern field were at work. This unusual state of affairs ended at midday when 156 men ...
Article : 140 wordsLONDON. Friday.—The Minister for Pensions (Sir Walter Womersley) announced today that pensions for men entirely disabled as a result of war service ...
Article : 72 wordsWASHINGTON. Friday.—According to the United Press, a well informed diplomat has finally abandoned hope of a separate Russo-Finnish peace. He points ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Sat 24 Jan 1942, Page 1
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