SUNDAY.—Following his swift advance from Myola through the pass in the Owen Stanley Range, the enemy has made no further progress in the past 48 hours, and is still being held by Australians at a point "somewhere south of Efogi." ...
Article : 701 wordsThis photograph smuggled from France supplies incontestable proof of the deadly accuracy of RAF bombing. It shows a bombed section of the famous Renault workshops where tanks, lorries, and staff cars were made for Germany. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 43 wordsPersonnel of the CDL (No. 1 sector) and the VDC ("A" Company) were associated in exercises at Sandy Bay ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Advertising : 703 wordsSandy Bay was "under fire" yesterday when the CDL and VDC held a combined exercise. Personnel went into action following an air and land ...
Article : 248 wordsTaxation rates on the higher incomes were now the highest in the world. Mr J. R. Barker, chairman of ...
Article : 250 wordsWHEN the powerful RAF bomber force had finished with Dusseldorf on Thursday night the big industrial town was a roaring furnace, and it was not until the raiders were well out over the sea on their way home ...
Article : 551 wordsCANBERRA, Sunday — The Australian Mutual Provident Society has informed the Prime Minister (Mr Curtin) that it will subscribe ...
Article : 139 wordsLONDON, Sunday.—Du[?]ch circles in Londnn reveal that four men were sentenced to death at Utrecht and three to ...
Article : 107 wordsThe amount now subscribed to the Wattle Day appeal is £1,226/16/6. Further donations: Acknowledged, £1,100/8/2; collections, Bothwell, per ...
Article : 344 wordsWith the outbreak of war men from all parts of the world joined the Royal Air Force. Tasmanians were in the vanguard. ...
Article : 307 wordsTHE Maritime Commission reported that American shipyards are turning out 10,000-ton Liberty ships in the ...
Article : 87 wordsPlans for milk zoning in Hobart are almost complete, and vendors shortly will receive lists of customers. This was reported by the chairman (Mr ...
Article : 195 wordsAn inquest on the d[?]th of Critchley Parker jun., of Melbourne, was opened before the Coroner (Col Clark) at Hobart on Saturday. Evidence of ...
Article : 94 wordsCANBERRA, Sunday. — Restriction of racing far beyond that proposed to him by a deputation of racing interests last ...
Article : 216 wordsMAHATMA GANDHI was described by the Secretary for India (Mr Amery) in the House of Commons as an "arch saboteur, who invariably has been a wrecker." Mr Amery was replying to a debate which followed Mr ...
Article : 593 wordsA three-ringed gun sight used by US naval aircraft enables the gunner to compensate for the difference between the speed of his own plane and that of enemy aircraft or ships. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 37 wordsDecision to withdraw affiliation with the Trades Hall Council and dissociate themselves from further support of the Trades Hall, was reached at a meeting ...
Article : 116 wordsDAMASCUS, Sunday.—"Syria has the right to expect early recognition of its independent status by the United States and the other ...
Article : 68 wordsLarge and appreciative audiences applauded the bright variety programme provided by the fifth edition of "Patches" revue at the Theatre Royal, ...
Article : 157 wordsLONDON, Sunday.—More than half of Rotterdam's children are suffering from rickets. This admission was made by the municipal ...
Article : 47 wordsLONDON, Sunday.—A Russian naval expert, writing in the "Soviet War News," says Allied transports off Dieppe lowered invasion craft ...
Article : 42 wordsWASHINGTON, Sunday. — President Roosevelt conferred with Congressional leaders, but failed to break the deadlock concerning ...
Article : 91 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—Soldiers would not be released from the Army to help farmers unless no other labourwas available, the Director-General ...
Article : 61 wordsCAIRO, Sunday.—RAAF medium and heavy bombers in force raided Tobruk and adjoining targets on Friday night. The coast road was ...
Article : 99 wordsPITTSBURGH, Sunday. — A new type of shockless amputation through chilling in a refrigerator was described at the American Congress of ...
Article : 83 wordsLONDON, Sunday.—The German News Agency reports that a dangerous terrorist was sitting in the dock awaiting sentence of the Court at ...
Article : 53 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—Conscientious objectors may be ordered to register conditionally for work of a civil character under civil control or be ...
Article : 74 wordsLONDON, Sunday.—It is reported from Stockholm that Quisling has published a decree giving the State complete ccntrol of all professional ...
Article : 55 wordsMELBOURNE, Sunday.—Mrs Mary Da Bondi, who celebrated her 90th birthday anniversary today, has lived in the one house at Adelaide ...
Article : 40 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday. — Stocks of women's underwear worth £800 were stolen from the Jeanette Underwear Mills Pty. Ltd., Carlton ...
Article : 42 wordsMANPOWER problems at the mine have been aggravated by absenteeism among a section of employees, stated the general ...
Article : 119 wordsThe Tasmanian division of the Australian Red Cross Society has been informed that the central executive has promoted Major G. F. W. Echlin, ...
Article : 70 wordsNEW YORK, Sunday. — Tokio Radio said the Allied scorched earth policy, had cut the rate of rubber production by 70 per cent in Malaya ...
Article : 37 wordsLONDON, Sunday. — Vichy Radio says 600 workers from Lyons, including the complement of two chemical factories and a number of ...
Article : 38 wordsOversea news in this Issue (unless otherwise slated) is from the Australian Associated Press, of which "The Mercury" is a member. All rights are ...
Article : 44 wordsLONDON, Sunday. — Fourteen persons were killed and 100 seriously injured when trains collided at full speed near Liege. The trains ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 14 Sep 1942, Page 2
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