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Advertising : 33 wordsRAAF men pause for a "quick brew" at a YMCA canteen on Labuan Island, British North Borneo. More than 200 gallons of Australia's national beverage are consumed each day by thirsty troops. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 39 wordsHitting the Japanese at Balik Papan, the "Ploesti of the Pacific," in Borneo.--Using gasoline jelly bombs against the conges ted warehouse district of Balik Papan before its occupation by our forces, B25 Mitchells of the "Jungle Air Force" fly low over the target. The warehouse in the centre of the picture spouts clouds of smoke as ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 66 wordsLONDON, July 17.--No official statements have as yet been released regarding the nature of the discussions which are taking place at the Big Three conference at Potsdam. The utmost secrecy is being observed in official quarters and every ...
Article : 681 wordsLONDON, July 17.--Nearly 10,000 Japanese trapped for weeks in the Pegu Pegu-Yomas mountains are ...
Article : 193 wordsLONDON, July 17.--The. Cunard White Star Company has arranged or is arranging for the ...
Article : 57 wordsBRUSSELS, July 17.--The Chamber of Deputies, by 98 votes to 6, passed a Bill declaring that King Leopold may not resume his constitutional functions until both Houses declared he may reign again. ...
Article : 537 wordsTHE centre of activity in Southern Bougainville yesterday was the Buin-road crossing on the Mivo River, says an Army Public Relations announcement. This point is named Bridgeford. Although Australian patrols in enemy territory north and south of Buin-road ...
Article : 586 wordsCHUNGKING, July 17. -- Chinese observers believe that the mutiny of Japanese puppet troops which led to the Chinese capture ...
Article : 150 wordsIn new sweeps over Japan, along the Chinese coast and Formosa, and against Southern East Indies General MacArthur's air forces, ...
Article : 187 wordsLONDON, July 18.--Cables from New York correspondents state an air of expectancy regarding the Japanese war pervades America and Washington offices are alive ...
Article : 110 wordsLONDON, July 17.--Subject to the approval of the Governments concerned, a trans-Pacific civil aviation service between Canada and Australia via British possessions and New Zealand will be conducted ...
Article : 380 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.--The me Minister (Mr. Chifley) announced to-day that all stock exchanges in Australia had agreed to ...
Article : 73 wordsOKINAWA, July 17.--Lieutenant-Colonel Aoyagi, who commanded all the Japanese guerillas on Okinawa, has been shot and ...
Article : 87 wordsNEW YORK, July 18.--The correspondent of the 'Herald-Tribune' in Washington says State Department sources emphasise that the effort to define unconditional surrender terms contained in leaflets dropped on Japan sought a face-saving formula for the ...
Article : 316 wordsThe Ninth Division's advance north along the Beaufort-Jesselton railway has now gone 15 miles beyond Beaufort without meeting any opposition. If any of the Japanese force ...
Article : 338 wordsLONDON, July 17.--The Queen of Jugoslavia has given birth to a son. ...
Article : 15 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday. -- [?]lities and other vehicles [?]ased to Australia by Britain for [?]mary Producers will be sold at ...
Article : 72 wordsThis mortar crew is in action in Borneo supporting infantry attacking a feature near the Vasey Highway, named by the Seventh Division to commemorate its former leader, Major-General George Vasey, who was killed in an air crash in North ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 49 wordsBRISBANE, Wednesday. -- A statement by the Lord Mayor (Ald. Chandler) yesterday regarding the inability of local authorities ...
Article : 144 wordsZURICH, July 18.--The Hungarian Provisional Government has protested to Russia against a continuation of the transfer of ...
Article : 40 wordsDUBLIN, July 17.--The [?]lre Prime Minister (Mr. de [?]alera), in the course of a speech in the Dail, said: Eire ...
Article : 386 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday. -- Five-year veterans discharged from the services will not be subject to manpower direction, said ...
Article : 137 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.--The Social Services Minister (Mr. Lazzarini) stated to-day that war pensions for the current financial ...
Article : 47 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.--The issue of a special postage stamp of a popular value to commemorate Mr. John Curtin was ...
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Daily Mercury (Mackay, Qld. : 1906 - 1954), Thu 19 Jul 1945, Page 1
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