BRISBANE, Mon. —Queenslanders receiving less than £6 a week, and who have produced certificates exempting ...
Article : 245 wordsLONDON, Dec. 28. —Moscow radio, reviewing the progress on all fronts between December 19 and 26, states: Moscow and Tula are free from immediate danger. The enemy has been thrown back an average of from 50 to 60 ...
Article : 718 wordsMussolini Loses Another Submarine. —The British Navy struck again, and the Italian submarine, here pictured, is no longer on the strength of Mussolini's Navy. The Italian undersea raider was detected by British naval units, attacked with depth charges, and forced to the surface. The picture was taken as boats from British warships were approaching the submarine ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 77 wordsWASHINGTON, Dec. 28. —Japanese forces in the Philippines continue to be reinforced by large numbers of troops, [?]ded from transports. This has resulted in the further distance of the invaders, though local and American defenders ...
Article : 1,379 wordsSINGAPORE, Dec. 28. —Japanese troops, who walked into the British ambush at Perak on the night of December 22, took off in boats and climbed trees in an attempt to escape the British fire. An official account of this success ...
Article : 844 wordsLONDON, Dec. 28. —The 'Times' in a leader says: The anxiety aroused throughout Australia by Japanese ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 522 wordsNEW YORK, December 28. —The radio commentators, Messrs. Pearson and Allen, in a broadcast, said President Roosevelt has asked ...
Article : 98 wordsBRISBANE, Monday. —One hundred and forty-five men, the largest number for 18 months, entered the A. I. F. reception depot ...
Article : 208 wordsA MESSAGE received from London at an early hour this morning says the Japanese claim to have captured ...
Article : 28 wordsBRISBANE, Monday. —The chairman of the Queensland Munitions Board (Mr, J. Kemp) said to-night the board is getting ...
Article : 174 wordsSINGAPORE, DECEMBER 28. —THE STORY OF FOUR OFFICERS AND TWO N. C. O.'s WHO WERE CUT OFF BY THE JAPANESE WHEN ...
Article : 208 wordsMr. A. W. Fadden, Leader of the Opposition, who stated that in the interests of Australia a National Government should immediately be ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 25 wordsMELBOURNE, Monday. —The partial relaxation of the Federal Government's holiday ban to permit of a rostered leave system ...
Article : 161 wordsBRISBANE, Monday. —A system of staggering working hours in Queensland industry will be considered by the State Cabinet next ...
Article : 238 wordsSYDNEY, Monday. —Three steel discs have been found near where the railway pay carriage was blown up at Yanderra on December 8. They may ...
Article : 62 wordsWELLINGTON, December 29. —The Prime Minister (Mr. P. Fraser) extinguished two blazing incendiary bombs by dropping then in a bucket of ...
Article : 106 wordsMELBOURNE, Monday. —In response to a request from the Australian Minister to Washington (Mr. R. G. Casey), the Federal Government has ...
Article : 130 wordsSYDNEY, Monday. —A three-year-old girl was saved from death by the discovery of a bobby pin lodged in the stomach after she had experienced ...
Article : 67 wordsBritish R. A. F. Attacks Wide Area in One Day. —A group of Australian fighter pilots with the R. A. F. compare notes after a magnificent day's operations. This Australian squadron distinguished itself during the biggest daylight offensive raid ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 65 wordsMELBOURNE, Monday. —A pauper with £3700, who was discovered on Christmas Day at Gill Memorial Home, where he went ...
Article : 95 wordsBritain's Desert Patrol. —A British tank officer explains operational plans to the crews of his tank squadron in the Western Desert. British tanks and their crews have given proof of their quality in the hard fighting in Libya. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 44 wordsLONDON, Dec. 28. —The Associated Press Istanbul correspondent says Mr. George Early, United States Minister to Sofia, arrived en route to the United States. He said: I am afraid the Germans are preparing for a big-scale use ...
Article : 103 wordsBRISBANE, Monday. —Queensland's estimated butter production for December was 1,100,000 boxes. This is a slight improvement on ...
Article : 72 wordsNEW YORK, December 29. —The Tokio radio states that reports from Bangkok say that General Sir A. Wavell narrowly escaped death during ...
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Daily Mercury (Mackay, Qld. : 1906 - 1954), Tue 30 Dec 1941, Page 5
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