Nightly under the glare of flood-lighting from an electric power-station to be built specially to serve the ...
Article : 470 wordsPARTY OF 52 R.A.A.F. RESERVISTS outside the old Legislative Council building today when the fourth air crew from South Australia was called up under the Empire Air Scheme. The pilots will be trained at Somers, in Victoria, and the observes and air gunner-wireless operators at Bradfield Park, New Sough Wales. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 57 wordsWHYALLA. Saturday.—Because of the housing shortage that has arisen with the mushroom growth of Whyalla, more than 80 people are living in tents and other makeshift quarters on a half-acre block in the township. ...
Article : 484 wordsBERLIN, July 19.—The official newsagency says that a preliminary survey shows that the harvest, especially ...
Article : 486 wordsBRISBANE, Saturday.—Qantas Empire Airways will send a "flying cellar" to the north-west of the State tomorrow. It will be ...
Article : 74 wordsMELBOURNE, Saturday.—With the announcement by the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) that Cabinet will consider next week a ...
Article : 229 wordsMELBOURNE, Saturday.—When the Minister for Air (Mr. Fairbairn) leaves Essendon tomorrow morning on his round-Australia ...
Article : 85 wordsWITH more than 1,200 enrolments in the R.S.L. Volunteer Defence Corps this week the total membership in South Australia has risen to 6,200. ...
Article : 278 wordsLONDON, July 19.—The Secretary of State for the Colonies (Lord Lloyd) has accepted as "a practical demonstration of deep loyalty of the people of British ...
Article : 132 wordsMELBOUNE, Saturday.—The proclamation calling up youths for universal service, under the plan to raise Australia's home ...
Article : 300 wordsMELBOURNE, Saturday.—Ration tickets to be issued to petrol consumers under the rationing scheme are almost certain to be valid for a period up to six months after their date of issue, it was learned authoritatively today. ...
Article : 689 wordsSOUTH Australia's fourth air crew of 52 men called up today under the Empire air scheme included:— Two sons of a suburban minister; ...
Article : 332 wordsThe Premier (Mr. Playford) will address war rallies at Gawler on Thursday and Farrell's Flat on Friday. Mr. Playford has been asked by the ...
Article : 140 wordsMELBOURNE, Saturday.—The view that Federal Labor Parliamentarians must conform with the Federal Labor Conference decisions on the formation ...
Article : 174 wordsLONDON. July 19.—Fairbridge Farm headquarters have applied to the Dominion Office for sanction to immediately send to Australia 300 children ...
Article : 95 wordsPTE. FRED MILLS, of the A.I.F., giving his wife driving instructions, so that she can take his place while he is in the army. He runs a carrying business, and his wife now averages nearly 80 miles a day delivering parcels for him. Mrs. Mills did not known how to drive a truck until a few weeks ago. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 67 wordsEAGER to carry on her husband's business while he is serving abroad, Mrs. F. A. Mills, of Dinwoodie avenue, Clarence Gardens, recently learned how ...
Article : 177 wordsSYDNEY. Saturday.—An idea of the tension in Hongkong prior to the order for evacuation is given by Miss B. Wachman, who has reached Sydney in ...
Article : 151 wordsMELBOURNE, Saturday.—A two to three months' campaign for amendment of the petrol-rationing scheme is ...
Article : 145 wordsThe Premier (Mr. Playford) took 52 of Australia's future airmen to Parliament House today "for a glass of milk." "Britishers knew the navy would do ...
Article : 229 wordsUntil official instructions are received recruiting for the A.I.F. will continue in south Australia. Keswick authorities stated this today. ...
Article : 177 wordsCANBERRA, Saturday.—Perusal of some of the letters received by the Department of the Interior offering to provide homes for evacuated children shows that postponement of the scheme means that thousands of English children will miss experiences beyond the ken of the ordinary English child. ...
Article : 617 wordsMELBOURNE, Saturday.—The Consul for Greece (Mr. Lucas) said today that the donation to the Government by the Greek community of Victoria for ...
Article : 42 wordsA DUAL powered car which derives its power from the storage battery system and an auxiliary gas engine, has been built in Adelaide. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 313 wordsREPRESENTATIVES of the Municipal and Metropolitan Councils' Association would welcome a conference with the Betting Control Board to discuss the ...
Article : 218 wordsMELBOURNE. Saturday.—In a letter home received in Melbourne. Flying Officer J. P. Costello first officer of the Sunderland flying-boat which broke a ...
Article : 228 wordsMELBOURNE, Saturday.—Prof. Paul A. Dodd, Professor of Economics at the University of California, who has arrived in an Australian port in a ...
Article : 201 wordsADELAIDE may return to the boom days of cycling in the summer when petrol rationing keeps motor cars in garages. ...
Article : 195 wordsAUCKLAND, Saturday.—The Pan-American clipper took off for Noumea at 7.45 a.m. today with 37,340 letters, including 4,000 from Australia. It is ...
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