AUSTRALIANS have contributed £1,006,000 in interest-free loans and gifts to help the war effort— £898,000 in loans, £108,000 in gifts. This was announced by the Federal Treasurer (Mr. Spender) ...
Article : 340 wordsQUEENSLAND is maintaining its high position in the selection of air crew under the Empire Air Scheme, according to a table showing figures from the outbreak of the war to May 25, which were released yesterday. ...
Article : 1,008 wordsOn Monday, 70 R.A.A.F. recruits marched through a silent city. Said one of them, from Charters Towers: ...
Article : 140 wordsFitters of the Royal Australian Air Force overhauling the engine of a bomber at Archerfield yesterday. There is an unlimited and urgent ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 75 wordsProfessor R. Yorke Hedges amused members of the University of Queensland Law Students' Society at their first annual dinner ...
Article : 118 wordsLarge subscriptions to the £20,000,000 War Loan recorded, in Sydney yesterday included:—Perpetual Trustee Co., Ltd., £100,000. Australian Consolidated ...
Article : 338 wordsThe total wool appraisement by the end of the season is expected to be a record, said the chairman of the Central Wool Committee (Mr. Alex. F. Bell) yesterday. Mr. Bell said that the appraisement ...
Article : 413 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—Two men wera each fined £100 by Mr. Balmain, S.M., at the Bega Court to-day on charges of having established wireless ...
Article : 180 words"No matter what happens, do not give way to despair, and, above all, do not pass on your fears to your neighbours: that is fighting the ...
Article : 158 wordsEstimates for 1940-41, to be presented to Parliament in September, probably will provide for a salary of £1000 a year for the Lieutenant-Governor. ...
Article : 120 wordsBecause of the war, the Queensland State Service Union will reconsider its intention to seek higher classifications and allowances and shorter hours ...
Article : 108 wordsMore than 620 entries—a record—has been received for the third annual Eisteddfod, organised by St. Francis' Church of England, Nundah, which ...
Article : 55 wordsThrough traffic is using the Burdekin railway bridge, which was put out of commission by floods early in April. The Commissioner for Railways (Mr. ...
Article : 50 wordsThe Lord Mayor of Sydney (Ald. Crick) proposes to call a public meeting to consider plans for the adoption of at least 50,000 was orphans by the ...
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Advertising : 160 wordsIPSWICH, Tuesday.—"Diggers here are disgusted at having nothing to do to further Australia's war effort," said Mr. H. Thomas at a meeting of the ...
Article : 229 wordsThere was no rivalry between the three main war funds—the Patriotic Fund, the Red Cross Appeal, and the Australian Comforts Fund, the Lord ...
Article : 233 wordsMELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Australia's part or the Empire air scheme is right up to schedule, and every effort is being concentrated in maintaining the ...
Article : 166 wordsBy an almost unanimous decision, the Diggers' Association (Queensland) last night urged the Federal Government to conscript man-power, wealth ...
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Advertising : 165 wordsThe Diggers' Association (Queensland) will ask the Federal Government to censor talks by war commentators on radio stations. At the association's ...
Article : 84 wordsThe trustees of the Queensland National Art Gallery have decided to send on tour to Roma, Dalby, Toowoomba. Warwick, and Stanthorpe a selected ...
Article : 206 wordsPITTSWORTH, Tuesday.—An appeal at a public meeting held in the Star Theatre, convened by the chairman of the Pittsworth Shire Council (Cr. A. C. ...
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The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Wed 5 Jun 1940, Page 5
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