LONDON, December 26.—Fog and frost stopped all except essential movement on the Western Front yesterday, and grounded the warplanes. Nevertheless the activity of enemy patrols east of the ...
Article : 744 wordsLONDON, December 26.—The conflict in Europe, plus Japan's seizure of vital communication centres, means that China faces a war cut off from British and French supplies, and must rely solely on light armaments ...
Article : 431 wordsDramatic picture, received by air mail, of the sinking of a German U-bout. Sound detectors gave the British ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 128 wordsFULL reports of Finnish victories on all fronts are accompanied by the continued absence of official communiques from ...
Article : 864 wordsNEW YORK, December 26.—The text of the Pan-American States' protest against breaches of the Pan-American neutrality zone has not yet been agreed upon. The point at issue between the Foreign Ministers of the ...
Article : 638 wordsWARWICK, Tuesday. — The Warwick celebrations of the Darling Downs centenary were officially inaugurated to-day with the ...
Article : 611 wordsHow a drover on a visit to Brisbane from faraway Cloncurry met a woman in a city hotel, and subsequently lost his wallet and £25 in banknotes, was ...
Article : 328 wordsLONDON, December 26.—Many people had to walk home on Christmas Eve in consequence of a dense fog. ...
Article : 201 wordsHELSINKI, December 26.—A favourite Christmas dish in Finland this year has been "Salmon a la Molotov." ...
Article : 47 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—A new process of cheap and rapid X-ray photographs for early diagnosis of tuberculosis has been developed in Sydney. ...
Article : 197 wordsLONDON, December 26.—The fire brigade, using a hose, compelled 45 mutineers in the Londonderry Gaol to surrender yesterday after they had ...
Article : 153 wordsLONDON, December 26.—The holding of a peace conference was urged by Mr. de Valera (Premier and Foreign Minister of Eire), in a broadcast to ...
Article : 84 wordsLISBON, December 26.—Storms on the Algarve coast sank the Spanish fishing boat Purita Perez, drowning 56 but of 61 members of the crew, also a ...
Article : 38 wordsGRAFTON, Tuesday.—At 3 a.m. to-day the police were informed that Mrs. Baden Ahern, a young married woman, of Lawrence, was missing from the ...
Article : 104 wordsMOSCOW, December 26.—The first election returns of the local Soviets show that 99.81 per cent, of those qualified voted in Moscow and 93.99 per cent ...
Article : 58 wordsGRAFTON, Tuesday. — When the Wauchope Urban Committee met for the first time an extraordinary position occurred over the election of ...
Article : 78 wordsAUCKLAND (N.Z.), Tuesday. — Reports of an extreme food shortage on Pitcairn Island are denied by Mr. F McCoy, unofficial agent in New ...
Article : 49 wordsLONDON, December 26.—It is earned on reliable authority that German ruthlessness was responsible for the loss of 21 lives when the Danish ...
Article : 89 wordsBERLIN, December 25. — By the intercession of Field-Marshal Goering several members of the Wealthy Radzi-will family. who were arrested when ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 560 wordsPhillip white presents "Back Again"; produced by George Greig. Principal Comedian. Reggie Linton. Music by Ted Lamarceia and his band. ...
Article : 275 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mr. Les Davis a Forbes mercer, stepped out of his shop the other day into a violent duststorm, with £250 in notes and cheques ...
Article : 101 wordsLONDON, December 26.—The aviator, Alex Henshaw (who made a record England-Cape-England flight in 1937). has become affianced to the Countess ...
Article : 44 wordsLater reports of the Slavin—Smith fight say that the English sportsmer are disgusted with Smith's tactics. The Sportsman says: "It is incredible that ...
Article : 134 wordsCOOLANGATTA, Tuesday.—Robert James Weston, 27, single, showman, of Tweed Heads, pleaded guilty in the Coolangatta Court yesterday, before ...
Article : 119 wordsAMSTERDAM, December 25.—The former Kaiser has given £40 to the air raids precaution fund in Doorn (Holland), where he has lived since the ...
Article : 38 wordsBERLIN, December 25.—Foreign newspapers printed in German have been banned, This particularly affects the Swiss and Hungarian newspapers ...
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The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Wed 27 Dec 1939, Page 5
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