Construction of Darwin defences is proceeding steadily in spite of shortage of civilian labour, high temperatures, and humid atmosphere. Tree trunks and sandbags are going, into the construction of this company headquarters. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 40 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—Immediate inquiries are to be made by the Commonwealth Government into leakages of ...
Article : 195 wordsLONDON, Thursday.—Britain had made it clear she wanted to see slavery abolished in Abyssinia, and the Emperor (Haile Selassie) had ...
Article : 188 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday. — Australia's new war loan of £35.000,000 will be opened for public subscription on February ...
Article : 277 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—The Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) announced today that all male aliens aged 18 years and ...
Article : 295 wordsFOLLOWING closely on the resignation of the Egyptian Government comes the announcement that the Chief of the British Military Mission to the Egyptian Army (Lieut.-Geheral R. G. W. Stone) has ...
Article : 312 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday. — Australian broadcasting stations will be expected to observe a "blackout" if Japanese air attacks are launched ...
Article : 214 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—The scheme for insurance against war damage of State Government property which was ...
Article : 290 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.—A National Trades Congress will be held in Melbourne next week arising from the Federal ...
Article : 184 wordsIT is reported that in South China, Chinese forces have cut the Japanese communications between Canton ...
Article : 60 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—Ten ambulance trains for use on the Australian railways by the Australian Army Medical Corp ...
Article : 145 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday. — To cover any casualties among militiamen at Rnboul, extension of pension lights to the Militia ...
Article : 234 wordsNEW DELHI, Thursday.—Onethird of India's 1,000,000 men under arms is serving overseas. A squadron of the Indian Air Force is ...
Article : 89 wordsTHE United States Ambassador to Spain (Mr. Weddell), has been recalled to Washington to confer with ...
Article : 43 wordsOTTAWA, Thursday.—The Minister for Munitions (Mr. Howe) announced that Canada will manufacture synthetic rubber from ...
Article : 81 wordsTHE Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Fadden) has summoned the first meeting of the executive committee of the joint Opposition ...
Article : 269 wordsLONDON, Thursday.—Royal Australian Air Force oversea headquarters has announced that Wing-Commander A. X. Richards has ...
Article : 302 wordsWASHINGTON, Thursday. — A Treasury report shows that the national debt on January 31 exceeded 60.000,000,000 dollars ...
Article : 88 wordsLONDON, Thursday.—"We have always looked forward to the day when India will administer her own affairs and ...
Article : 228 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—Relatives and friends of R.A.A.F. personnel serving in the United Kingdom may send them gift parcels, which ...
Article : 151 wordsWASHINGTON, Thursday.—The freighter San Gil (3,627 tons), owned by the United Fruit Co., was torpedoed on Tuesday night off the ...
Article : 37 wordsCHUNGKING, Thursday. — The retiring British Ambassador in Chungking (Sir Archibald Clarke Kerr), before he left for Moscow, ...
Article : 85 wordsLONDON, Thursday.—A Royal Air Force Middle East communique states: "We raided Naples (Italy) and Palermo (Sicily) on Monday ...
Article : 117 wordsBack from instruction during flight. Trainees at the wireless air gunners' school at Ballarat (V.) after a flight in the flying classroom—the large machine in the background. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 34 wordsLONDON, Thursday. — British light naval forces, including a unit of the Polish navy, intercepted two heavily-laden supply ships off the ...
Article : 58 wordsLONDON, Thursday.—An appliance which converts the dirtiest river water into clear bacterium-free drinking water in 10 minutes is being ...
Article : 50 wordsLONDON, Thursday.—The Admiralty reports that light forces including a unit of the Polish Navy, intercepted two heavily-laden supply ...
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Advertising : 368 wordsMELBOURNE. Thursday.—Another appeal for miniature cameras to be used in R.A.A.F. operational work was issued by the Department ...
Article : 90 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday. — Sweeping additional restrictions on the use of rubber are embodied in a rubber conservation ...
Article : 244 wordsSCRAP metal inspectors from the Ministry of Works, after having examined the iron gates of Earl ...
Article : 89 wordsThe Melrose limestone quarries may close next week. The men have given notice, which will terminate next Tuesday, ...
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Advertising : 233 wordsMELBOURNE, Thursday.—Representatives of fruitgrowers from many parts of Victoria attended a meeting tonight to discuss the ...
Article : 146 wordsNEW YORK. Thursday. — The Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.'s statisticians, who have estimated the total war dead of all belligerent ...
Article : 64 wordsTHE United States consular staff from Singapore has arrived at Batavia on their way to Australia. A new ...
Article : 50 wordsWASHINGTON. Thursday. — A Navy Department spokesman told the Senate Naval Committee that 1,292 officers and men of the Navy ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 6 Feb 1942, Page 2
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