When Corregidor, Philippines, fell to the Japanese recently a number of United States Army nurses escaped to Australia. Some of them are pictured here. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 34 wordsAfter months in prison camps and military hospitals in Italy, eight Australian soldiers repatriated under the exchange ...
Article : 201 wordsMELBOURNE, Thursday,—A denunciation of a tendency among Australians and Americans to try to preserve as their ...
Article : 277 wordsAN Opposition party meeting today confirmed earlier indications that the uniform taxation bills will be passed by both Federal Houses. Realising that they will transfer to the taxpayers of the other States a large part of the burden of extravagant spending built ...
Article : 604 wordsAFTER a gallant fight, without rest or relief, the British forces which took part in the Burma campaign have been withdrawn to India, and General Alexander, their leader, has completed his term of command. This ...
Article : 345 wordsNO slaughtering was done a in the mutton section of the Homebush abattoirs today because 200 slaughtermen on ...
Article : 85 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.— There is no truth in the allegation by union representatives that wages and working ...
Article : 156 wordsTHE magazine, "Fortune,' in an article points out the need for "shipping without ena." It says that shipping instantly affects the ultimate grand strategy, and demands for shipping space surpass the available supply ...
Article : 441 wordsREPORTS concerning the condition of the Gestapo terrorist Reinhard Heydrich, commonly known as the Hangman, who was wounded in an attempt on his life hear Prague yesterday, are conflicting. Berlin says ...
Article : 423 wordsMELBOURNE, Thursday.—When an Air Force tender and a lorry collided on Geelong Rd. on Wednesday afternoon, 12 R.A.A.F. ...
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Advertising : 465 wordsMELBOURNE. Thursday. — Immediate action has been ordered to effect a substantial improvement in the appearance, bearing, and ...
Article : 118 wordsFollowing a street accident on Wednesday when Alfred Brock Bryan (74), of New Town, an employee of the Mines Department, ...
Article : 139 wordsWHILE admitting that the whole Allied force here constituted the greatest and most efficient fighting force ever assembled on Australian soil, the Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) declared today that the nation ...
Article : 348 wordsIt's Leslie Stebbing's job to look for trouble. He's a roof potter for a big city store. Pretty chilly up there in the carly, hours of the morning, but Lea's not worrying. "Do I catch cold? Not on your lifel Hot Bonox soon warms ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 457 wordsThe "Jeep," smallest combat vehicle used by the United States Army, has reached London. it is only 11ft. long, 4ft. 8in. wide, and 3ft. 4in. high. It has a 60 h.p. engine, and is capable of a good turn of speed. The picture was taken in Piccadilly. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 48 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday. — More than 800 employees at a country munitions factory went on strike for the first time today, ...
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Advertising : 55 wordsMELBOURNE. Thursday. — Ration books, which will be required by all civilians when clothes rationing comes into ...
Article : 259 wordsTHE Labour Party Conference on a card vote rejected, by 1,899,000 to 132,000 votes, a motion asking the ...
Article : 60 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—Although trie Federal Government proposes in the next few months to close thousands of factories throughout ...
Article : 141 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—Transfers of men from the militia forces to the A.I.F. had been unavoidably delayed because of the need for ...
Article : 122 wordsLONDON, Thursday. — Australia's case had never been put more frankly or more effectively, says the diarist of the ...
Article : 250 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday. — The tobacco supply position had not improved and there seemed little hope of relief being extended to ...
Article : 124 wordsJapan still owes Australia £260,000 sterling for wheat sold to her before she entered the war. The Assistant Minister for ...
Article : 110 wordsMELBOURNE, Thursday.—Although arrangements have not been completed for the holding of a court-martial of an American ...
Article : 64 wordsWASHINGTON, Thursday.—Demobilisation of the French warships at Martinique was not yet complete, but was progressing, the Secretary of ...
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Advertising : 23 wordsWith a fractured right arm. Stanley Joseph (13). of Port Cygnet, was admitted to the Royal Hobart Hospital last night. It is believed he was ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 29 May 1942, Page 2
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