LONDON, August 27.—Czech airmen were in action against the German raiders on England yesterday. This is revealed by the Air Ministry, which states that a new Czech squadron, which was participating in ...
Article : 1,073 wordsOTTAWA, August 27.—The Mayor of New York (Mr. F. H. La Guardia), who may be Secretary for War next year if Mr. ...
Article : 331 wordsThe Lord Mayor (Alderman Chandler) examining the diagram of a backyard air raid shelter, which was displayed to alderman at the City Council meeting yesterday, when A.R.P. trenches were under discussion. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 66 wordsCANBERRA, Tuesday.—Minimum Commonwealth expenditure on defence works during the current financial year will total at least £20,946,570, of which £1,383,818 would be alloted to Queensland, the Minister for the Interior (Senator Foll) announced to-day. ...
Article : 319 wordsNEW YORK, August 27.—"The United States must prepare for war to fight for peace," said Mr. W. Cudahy, former American ...
Article : 566 wordsCAIRO, August 27.—"We are on top out on the Libyan frontier; we do what we like," says Sergeant John Hale, of Dandenong (V.), one ...
Article : 202 wordsWhen the sirens sounded in London on Monday afternoon the defending counsel in a court martial said: "I don't know whether one ...
Article : 50 wordsLONDON, August 27.—The recent stiffening in the attitude of French Indo-China authorities to Japan apparently has been caused in the first place by Germany, says the diplomatic correspondent of The Times. ...
Article : 444 wordsLONDON, August 27.—Following London's air raid experience last night, the whole question of the circumstances in which the ...
Article : 200 wordsNEW YORK, August 26.—The French Government is banning all French professional sport except cycling, reports the New York Times' Vichy ...
Article : 119 wordsCANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Federal Cabinet may begin planning soon for a huge shipbuilding campaign, because of the United Kingdom request for aid ...
Article : 135 wordsConstruction of pedestrian subways throughout the city was advocated at the City Council meeting yesterday by the chairman of the transit commitee ...
Article : 124 wordsLONDON, August 27.—"Britain is preparing huge forces, incomparably equipped, with which, when the moment comes—and it is not so far ...
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Advertising : 450 wordsThieves broke into the store at the military barracks in Milford Street, Ipswich, during the week-end and stole a large quantity of military ...
Article : 161 wordsIPSWICH, Tuesday.—Although the wish of the Queensland Colliery Employees' Union to return to the State arbitration system was before the ...
Article : 233 wordsLONDON, August 27.—Pilot-Officer E. J. Parsons, the England Rugby fullback of 1939, who is an Australian, has been killed on active service. ...
Article : 29 wordsNEW YORK, August 27.—A Judgement of the Federal Court, sitting at Chicago, has levied 265,877 dollars (£66,470) against Al Capone, gangster ...
Article : 64 wordsOn Monday and Tuesday a representative of the military authorities (Captain B. T. Cowlishaw) and a representative of the Queensland Government Tourist Bureau (Mr. ...
Article : 268 wordsLONDON, August 27.—Henry Cotton, the champion golfer, is now a pilot-officer in the Royal Air Force. ...
Article : 42 wordsTOM, DICK, and HARRY are cobbers. They are three new lan Gall characters, who have enlisted in a Courier-Mail patriotic competition. Every week one or two, or all three of them, will set ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 83 wordsCANBERRA, Tuesday.—Interest-free loans to assist the Commonwealth war effort will be kept open for the duration of the war. This was stated ...
Article : 145 wordsToowoomba, in July, had the lowest cost of living rate in Australia. For the 12 months ended June Warwick had the lowest living costs of the 34 ...
Article : 119 wordsThe Minister for Air (Mr. Fadden) will attend the "win-the-war" rally to be held in His Majesty's Theatre on Friday night, September 6. It will be Mr. Fadden's first ...
Article : 133 wordsCANBERRA, Tuesday.—Aliens and others detained under the national security regulations will have to make their objections in the future to the ...
Article : 127 wordsThe Rosalie Shire Council yesterday struck the following rates for the ensuing year:— General: No. 1 division, 5½d. (increase of 1½d.); No. 2. 6¾d. (increase of 1¾d.); No. ...
Article : 101 wordsROCKHAMPTON, Tuesday.—Mr. S. G. Turrell, who was known in mining circles throughout Australia and the East, as Australian representative of ...
Article : 115 wordsBorne time between Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning thieves wrenched a padlock off the storeroom at the Ipswich drill sheds ind stole shirts, shorts, underpants, singlets ...
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The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Wed 28 Aug 1940, Page 3
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