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Advertising : 146 wordsALLIED forces have occupied Portuguese Timor. The B.B.C. said last night that they consisted of Australian and Dutch troops. A Dutch communique last night said that the move was designed to ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 597 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—Plans to give effect to the Federal Ministry's decision that absolute priority must be given to the expansion ...
Article : 240 wordsPeople who began their annual leave before the curlailment of Christmas and New Year holidays was proclaimed on Tuesday will not be ...
Article : 452 wordsAT least 12 Japanese planes were shot down yesterday morning while attempting to blast the Nichols airfield and another aerodrome near Manila (Philippines). This was announced by the ...
Article : 456 wordsA Japanese cruiser burst into flames when it was bombed by Dutch naval planes off Sarawak (British Borneo) on Wednesday. ...
Article : 148 wordsNEW YORK, December 18.—The Philippines inter-island steamer, Cooregidor (1800 tons), was blown up by a mine in Manila Bay on Tuesday ...
Article : 105 wordsMELBOURNE, Thursday.—Japanese installations on Greenwich Island, situated north of New Guinea, approximately 550 miles from Rabaul, were ...
Article : 106 wordsHong Kong has rejected the second Japanese demand for surrender in four days. The United Press correspondent there ...
Article : 246 wordsLONDON, December 18.—The possibility of a new German offensive in the winter, probably in the Mediterranean area, is discussed by the ...
Article : 214 wordsR.A.A.F. pilots, flying Buffalo fighters, shot down two Japanese bombers raiding Penang. Two other enemy machines disappeared and are claimed as probably destroyed. ...
Article : 27 wordsLONDON, December 18.—Axis forces in Libya are in full retreat west of Gazala, and the British troops have pursued them for nearly 30 miles. This was revealed by a communique issued in Cairo yesterday. ...
Article : 273 wordsNEW YORK. December 18.—The Post Office Department has suspended the trans-Pacific air mail service to the Par East. The announcement added ...
Article : 70 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—Australians in Malaya axe at their prearranged war stations, but have not yet gone into action according to the latest ...
Article : 66 wordsLONDON, December 18.—British [?] last night attacked Brest for the second night in succession. Enemy activity over Britain during ...
Article : 53 wordsLONDON, December 18.—Surface mails lost by enemy action include letters and printed papers for the United Kingdom sent from the Adelaide area ...
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The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Fri 19 Dec 1941, Page 1
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